Prof. Frank Cichos – head of the Molecular Nanophotonics Group at Leipzig University. He has recently co-authored a paper in Nature communications on the use of active microparticles for artificial intelligence (sic!). His research group works on, inter alia, microswimmers, thermophoretic trapping as well as thermofluidics.
Dr Sylwia Zięba – researcher at the Department of Molecular Crystals of the Institute of Molecular Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The department researches proton conductors for applications in energy technology. Doctor Zięba has recently studied temperature expansion and compressibility of an imidazolium benzoate salt and proposed a model explaining the observed properties. Her findings were published in Scientific Reports.
Prof. Paulina Płochocka-Maude – researcher working simultaneously at the Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology of Wrocław University of Science and Technology, as well as Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). Her recent publications concern 2D perovskites and properties of crystalline materials. In 2020 prof. Płochocka-Maude was awarded the Polish Smart Development Award for research into perovskites for photovoltaic applications. More about this esteemed guest can be found in a short news piece published on our University website in 2021 (PL).
Dr hab. Piotr Fita – team leader at the Ultrafast Phenomena Laboratory of the University of Warsaw. His recent research activity is dominated by bioimaging via linear and nonlinear optical phenomena. This includes a 2022 paper on two-photon excitation for the detections of amyloids. An extended bio of our guest from Warsaw can be found on his division’s website.
Dr Marco Deiana – Assistant Professor in the Institute of Advanced Materials of Wrocław University of Science and Technology. A scientific globetrotter who has worked at MIT and Umeå University (Sweden) currently investigating G-quadruplex DNA structures as targets of photodynamic therapy. Dr Deina is closely collaborating with PhoBiA’s supervisor and former members employed at the institute, we are all exceptionally happy to welcome him at our conference. You can read more about his scientific journey in this news piece from 2023 (PL).
Prof. Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato – member of the Group of Optics of exceptionally scientifically prolific São Carlos Intitute of Physics at the University of São Paulo. An expert in photodynamic therapy. His recent publications regard photodynamic and sonphotodynamic therapies of bacterial infections and cancer.