Invited Speakers
Invited Speakers for the 2026 edition
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Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos
Director and Chair |
Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging, Helmholtz Zentrum München Chair of Biological Imaging, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany. |
Advanced Optoacoustic Imaging and its multimodal approaches: currents and trends. |
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Prof. Aydogan Ozcan Director |
Director, Bio&Nano-Photonics Laboratory, Chancellor’s Professor, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. |
Diffusion model-based super-resolved virtual staining of label-free tissue. |
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Dra. Dana Cialla-May Head of working group |
Plasmon-enhanced Bioanalytics group, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT), Jena, Germany. |
Innovative optical effects to significantly enhance signal in Raman spectroscopy for biological and biomedical applications: present and future |
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Prof. Kristen M. Kelly Chair |
Department of Dermatology and Prof. of Dermatology and Surgery, UCI, Newport Beach, California, USA. |
Photodynamic Therapy for Cutaneous Diseases: currents and trends. |
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Prof. Guillermo Tearney Director |
The Tearney Lab, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA. |
Last advances on Micro OCT for imaging cells and sub-cellular structures in the coronary wall
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Prof. Mikael Käll Head |
Nano and Biophysics group, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothemburg, Sweden. |
Optical Antennas and Metasurfaces for life sciences and medicine applications: principles, currents and trends
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Prof. Susana Marcos Director |
David R. Williams Center for Visual Science, The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, NY, USA. |
Latest advances on Light-based technologies to improve vision |
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Prof. Laura Lechuga Director |
Nanobiosensors and Bioanalytical Applications Group, Catalan Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Barcelona, Spain. |
Biophotonic advanced Sensors: currents and trends |
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Prof. Andrea Cusano Head |
Optoelectronic and Photonic Group, Università degli Studi del Sannio, (UniSannio) Benevento, Italy. |
Lab-on-Fiber advanced devices for Point of Care medical applications |
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Prof. Carlos Molpeceres Director |
Laser Institute, Deputy Vicerrector for Innovation, UPM, Madrid, Spain. |
Manufacturing of key tools for medicine using laser-based processing technologies |
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Prof. Naomi Halas Director |
Laboratory for Nanoengineering, Nanophotonics, RICE University, USA. |
Gold nanoshell-localized photothermal ablation of tumors: lessons learned on the prostate cancer case |
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Prof. Andy Yun Head |
Harvard Medical School and faculty member at MIT, Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Boston, MA, USA. |
Deep-tissue efficient PDT of cancer activated by Bioluminescence: Science-fiction or reality |
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Prof. Kishan Dolakia Director |
Centre of Light for Life, University of Adelaide, Australia. |
Optical Trapping and manipulation of biological species useful in medicine: currents and trends. |
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Prof. Li-Huei Tsai Director |
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, Boston, USA. |
Could we Treat Alzheimer with Light and Sound?
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Prof. Paul Chazot Director |
Wolfson Research Institute Special Interest Group, Department of Biosciences, Durham University, United Kingdom. |
Transcranial non-invasive infrared Photobiomodulation Therapy fighting Alzheimer
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Prof. Mariana G. Figueiro Director
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Light and Health Research Center, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai NY, USA. |
Rhythmic Light Therapy to Entrain Gamma Oscillations and the Circadian System in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease
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Prof. José Miguel López Higuera Emeritus Professor AH, ISLIST director |
Former Head of Photonic Engineering Group of UC, CIBER-BBN and IDIVAL, Spain. |
Light Technologies for early detection and executive functions monitoring on Alzheimer's Disease patients |
