The Biophotonics Seminar Series is held to showcase cutting-edge research in biophotonics. It provides an opportunity for students, faculty, and experts to come together and learn about the latest developments in the field. Presenters discuss their research, methods, and techniques, and how their findings may be used in various applications. The topics covered range from basic theory to advanced techniques and technology, as well as cross-disciplinary areas. Each seminar is followed by a question-and-answer session where attendees can ask questions to gain deeper insights into the subject matter. Through this series of seminars, we aim to promote collaboration between research groups, provide a platform for students and researchers to exchange ideas, and build connections. We are dedicated to advancing the field of biophotonics, and this Seminar Series is one way in which we do so.
| Name | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|
Patience Mthuzi-Kufa, PhD | College of Graduate Studies University of South Africa | Biophotonics and Artificial Intelligence for Improved Diagnostics: Applications in Health, Pharmaceuticals, & Agriculture |
Peter E. Andersen, PhD | Group Leader Biophotonic Imaging Group & Head of PhD School DTU Health Tech Technical University of Denmark | Spatial Offset OCT for Deep Tissue Imaging |
Mihaela Balu, PhD | Department of Dermatology University of California, Irvine | Multiphoton Microscopy Breakthroughs: Enhancing Non-Invasive Clinical Skin Imaging |
Summer Gibbs, PhD | Biomedical Engineering Oregon Health & Science University | Can Near Infrared Nerve-Specific Imaging Improve Surgical Outcomes? |
Dimitris Gorpas, PhD | Institute of Biological and Medical Imaging at Helmholtz Munich and Biological Imaging at the Technical University of Munich | Early esophageal cancer detection with fluorescence molecular endoscopy |
Francesco Pavone, PhD 
Victoria Barygina, PhD | European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS) of the University of Florence, Italy.
European Laboratory for Nonlinear Spectroscopy (LENS) of the University of Florence, Italy. | Photonics biosensing based on liquid & online biopsies |
Gracie Vargas, PhD | Professor and Vice-Chair in Department of Neurobiology at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | Label-free Multimodal imaging based on widefield fluorescence imaging and multiphoton autofluorescence microscopy: Potential for detection of oral epithelial neoplasia |
Baowei Fei, PhD | Professor of Bioengineering and Cecil H. and Ida Green Chair in Systems Biology Science at the University of Texas at Dallas | Hyperspectral Imaging for Cancer Detection and Image-Guided Surgery |
Samuel Achilefu, PhD | Professor and Lyda Hill Distinguished University Chair in Biomedical Engineering University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center | Lighting the Path to Cancer Detection and Therapy |
Simon Poland, PhD | Research Fellow King’s College London | Massively Parallel Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy to Investigate Cellular Dynamics |
Nimmi Ramanujam, PhD | Professor and Director Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies Robert W. Carr, Jr. Professor of Biomedical Engineering Duke University | A Technological Approach to Tackling Invisible Barriers to Cancer Progression and Death |
Jonathan Lasch, PhD | Executive Director Alfred E. Mann Institute for Biomedical Engineering University of Southern California | Technology Development: The Pull Model and Lessons Learned |
Kristen Maitland, PhD | Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering Director Microscopy & Imaging Center Texas A&M University | Optical Imaging Technologies for Detection of Pulmonary Tuberculosis |
Jürgen Popp, PhD | Professor, Physical Chemistry, Leibniz-IPHT/FSU Jena Leibniz-IPHT | Linear and Non-linear Raman Spectroscopy Principles: Applications in Clinical Diagnostics (Infectious Diseases, Cancer Detection, etc.) |
Daniel Elson, PhD | Professor, Surgical Imaging and Biophotonics, Imperial College London | Multispectral Imaging, Ultrasound Mediated Optical Tomography, Structured Lighting, Light Sources in Endoscopy and Scattering Spectroscopy |
Stefan Anderson-Engels, PhD | Head, Biophotonics, Tyndall National Institute; Professor, Physics, University College Cork | Optical Molecular Imaging in Tissue Diagnostics (5-ALA, etc) — Principles: Applications to Cancer Diagnostic and Therapy |