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Invited Speakers

Optica Biophotonics Congress: Optics in the Life Sciences

Bio-Optics: Design and Applications (BODA)
Clinical and Translational Biophotonics (Translational)
Novel Techniques in Microscopy (NTM)
Optical Manipulation and Its Applications (OMA)
Optical Molecular Probes, Imaging and Drug Delivery (OMP)
Optics and the Brain (Brain)

Bio-Optics: Design and Applications (BODA)

  • Mini Das, University of HoustonUnited States
    X-ray Phase Imaging
  • Xu Feng, University of Texas at DallasUnited States
    Advancing High-resolution, Quantitative Measurement of Corneal and Lens Biomechanics Using Optical Coherence Elastography
  • Mooseok Jang, Korea Advanced Inst of Science & TechRepublic Of Korea
    Phase Imaging, Holography, Deep Learning
  • Javier Jo, University of OklahomaUnited States
    Photodiagnostics
  • Léa Krafft, ONERA
    High Resolution Camera-based Multimodal Retinal Imaging, Blood Flow Visualization and Neurovascular Coupling
  • Erin Lamb, Cornell UniversityUnited States
    Shape Sensing Endoscope Fiber
  • Rongguang Liang, Univ of Arizona, Coll of Opt SciencesUnited States
    3D Glass Printing, Miniature Optics
  • Xinyu Liu, Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore
    Retinal PS-OCT
  • Xinyue Liu, Michigan State UniversityUnited States
    Towards volumetric Illumination: Hydrogel Fiber Optics for Optogenetics and Photoacoustic
  • Shalin Mehta, Chan Zuckerberg BiohubUnited States
    AI in Advanced Microscopy
  • Fei Xia, University of California IrvineUnited States
    computational Imaging and Optical Computing
  • Murat Yildirim, Lerner Research InstituteUnited States
    Innovative Optical and AI-Driven Solutions for Neuroscience: Revolutionizing Disease Research through Advanced Imaging and Behavioral Platforms
  • Young-Gyu Yoon, KAIST Electrical Engineering Dep LibraryRepublic Of Korea
    Seeing Beyond Limits using AI: Noise and Wavelength
  • Yide Zhang, University of Colorado at Boulder JILAUnited States
    Ultrafast Photoacoustic and Optical Imaging for Vascular and Neural Dynamics

Clinical and Translational Biophotonics (Translational)

  • Stefan Andersson Engels, Tyndall National InstituteIreland
    Diffuse Optics to be Announced
  • Justin Baba, Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States
    Intraoperative Nerve Imaging
  • Ishan Barman, Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States
    Raman Imaging and Deep Learning
  • Regine Choe, University of RochesterUnited States
    Title to be Announced
  • Mamadou Diop, Lawson Health Research InstituteCanada
    Title to be Announced
  • Adam Eggebrecht, Washington University in St LouisUnited States
    Title to be Announced
  • Muyinatu Lediju Bell, Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States
    Photoacoustics
  • Cécile Moro, CEA GrenobleFrance
    Photobiomodulation, an Innovative Treatment with Light to Slow Down Parkinson disease: from Bench to Bedside Story
  • Cécile Moro, CEA GrenobleFrance
    Photobiomodulation, An Innovative Treatment with Light to Slow Down Parkinson Disease : from Bench to Bedside Story
  • Timothy Muldoon, University of ArkansasUnited States
    Optical Imaging of Immune Cell Metabolism
  • Tatiana Novikova, Ecole PolytechniqueFrance
    Polarization Imaging
  • Milind Rajadhyaksha, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States
    Confocal Microscopy in Dermatology
  • Anna Yaroslavsky, University of Massachusetts LowellUnited States
    Polarization Sensitive Optical Biopsy

Novel Techniques in Microscopy (NTM)

  • Jamie Arroyo, ETH Zurich
    Delivering Specificity to Interferometric-based Microscopy
  • Hilton de Aguiar, Laboratoire Kastler BrosselFrance
    Linear and Nonlinear Single-pixel Imaging: Overcoming Old Challenges with New Computational Approaches
  • Irene Georgakoudi, Tufts UniversityUnited States
    miRNA Informed Label-free Two Photon Fluorescence Imaging of Human Neuron-glial Metabolic Interactions Following Injury
  • Anna-Karin Gustavsson, Rice University
    Mapping Cellular Function Through 3D Volumetric Single-molecule super-resolution Imaging
  • Elizabeth Hillman, Columbia University
    Title to be Announced
  • Abhishek Kumar, University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States
    Reimagining Line Confocal Microscopy for Fast and High Resolution Imaging
  • Matthew Lew, Washington University in St LouisUnited States
    Single-Molecule Orientation-Localization Microscopy: New Approaches and Applications
  • Jinyang Liang, Institut National de la Recherche Sci.Canada
    Optical Thermometry Using Coded Streak Imaging
  • Dan Oron, Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael
    Superresolved Nonlinear Raman Microscopy by Coherent Image Scanning
  • Kyle Quinn, University of ArkansasUnited States
    Understanding Skin wound Healing Dynamics Through AI-powered Analysis of Label-free Multiphoton Imaging
  • Magdalena Schneider, Janelia Research Campus
    Title to be Announced
  • Chiara Stringari, CNRS, Ecole PolytechniqueFrance
    Mapping Metabolism and Myelin Dynamics in Live Brain Tissue by Label-free Multimodal Non-linear Microscopy
  • Danielle Tokarz, Saint Mary's UniversityCanada
    Polarization-resolved Second Harmonic Generation Microscopy for Biomedical Applications
  • Junjie Yao, Duke University
    From Light to Sound: Break the Limits in Photoacoustic Imaging and Bioprinting
  • Shu-Chi Yeh, University of RochesterUnited States
    Intravital Tracking and Manipulation of the Blood Stem Cell Niche

Optical Manipulation and Its Applications (OMA)

  • Anna Bezryadina, California State University NorthridgeUnited States
    Biophotonics Optical Tweezers Imaging Solitons Solar Cells
  • Theodoros Bouloumis, OISTJapan
    Plasmonic Tweezers
  • Marco Capitanio, University of Florence Italy
    Single Molecule Biophysics Molecular Motors Mechanobiology
  • Kenneth Crozier, University of MelbourneAustralia
    Plasmonic Nanotweezers
  • Maria Grazia Donato, CNR IPCFItaly
    Optical and Acoustic Trapping
  • Antonino Foti, CNR IPCFItaly
    Raman Optical Tweezers, Microplastics, etc.
  • Maria Guix, Universitat de BarcelonaSpain
    Active Matter and Micro Robotics
  • Abhay Kotnala, University of HoustonUnited States
    Plasmonics, Thermoplasmonics
  • G V Pavan Kumar, IISER-Pune
    Optothermal Manipulation
  • Xiaoguang Ma, Southern Univ of Science & TechnologyChina
    Soft Condense Matter
  • Aldona Mzyk, DTU ElectroDenmark
    Optical Tweezers
  • Fan Nan, Univ of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States
    Optical Manipulation
  • Robertson-Anderson Rae, University of San DiegoUnited States
    Bio-insired Squishy Physics and Optical
  • Ruben Ramos-Garcia, Inst Nat Astrofisica Optica ElectronicaMexico
    Optical Trapping and Non linear optics
  • Erick Sarmiento-Gomez, Inst Nat Astrofisica Optica ElectronicaMexico
    Soft Matter
  • Jiawei Sun, Shanghai AI Lab
    Optical Trapping, Deep Learning Wavefront Shaping
  • Gan Wang, Gothenburg University
    Metamaterials and Optical Forces
  • Yuebing Zheng, University of Texas at AustinUnited States
    Manipulation of Light, Thermoplasmonics
  • Joanna Zielinska, ETH ZurichSwitzerland
    Optomechanics and Angular Momentum of Light
  • Jeremie ZOUEU, INSTITUT NATIONAL POLYTECHNIQUE
    RBC Mechanical Properties
  • Nasim Mohammadi Estakhri, Chapman UniversityUnited States
    Theoretical Work on OM

Optical Molecular Probes, Imaging and Drug Delivery (OMP)

  • Mekhail Anwar, University of California San Francisco
    Title to be Announced
  • Michael Bouvet, University of California San Diego
    The Use of Fluorescence Imaging in Endocrine Surgery
  • Oliver Bruns, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Biomedical Imaging beyond the Visible - Fluorescence and Raman Imaging in the Shortwave-Infrared
  • Jim Delikatny, United States
    Title to be Announced
  • Daniel Elson, Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
    Intraoperative Spectroscopic Imaging
  • Rekha Gautam, Tyndall National InstituteIreland
    Bone Quality Assessment Through Turbid Media
  • Summer Gibbs, Oregon Health and Science UniversityUnited States
    Near Infrared Contrast Agents to Improve Clinical Medicine
  • Dimitris Gorpas, Helmholtz Zentrum München
    Fluorescence Molecular Endoscope for Early Detection of Esophageal Cancer
  • Lina Hacker, University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
    Title to be Announced
  • Maryam Hajfathalian, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyUnited States
    Photoacoustic Imaging in Disease Diagnosis: From Vascular Conditions to Biofilm-Associated Infections
  • SANATHANA KONUGOLU VENKATA SEKAR, BioPixS Ltd
    Title to be Announced
  • Ethan LaRochelle, QUEL ImagingUnited States
    Title to be Announced
  • Laura Marcu, University of California DavisUnited States
    FLIM in Neurosurgery
  • Brian Pogue, University of Wisconsin-Madison
    Imaging Skin and Lymph Dynamics in Vivo with Endogenous Hypoxia Contrast
  • Stephan Rogalla, Stanford UniversityUnited States
    Optical Imaging Modalities to Enhance Precision in Invasive Medical Procedures
  • Kimberley Samkoe, Dartmouth CollegeUnited States
    Title to be Announced
  • Martin Schnermann, National Cancer InstituteUnited States
    Tracking the Fate of Antibody Conjugates Using Purpose-Built Optical Probes
  • Lingyan Shi, University of California San Diego
    Multimodal Nanoscopy for Studying Metabolism in Aging and Diseases

Optics and the Brain (Brain)

  • Lamiae Abdeladim, University of California BerkeleyUnited States
    Mesoscopy and Holography
  • Ahmed Abdelfattah, Brown UniversityUnited States
    Voltage Sensor Development
  • Ed Boyden, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States
    Towards Comprehensive Imaging and Control of Biological Systems
  • Erin Buckley, Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States
    Illuminating Biomarkers of Stroke with Diffuse Optical Spectroscopies
  • Mamadou Diop, Lawson Health Research InstituteCanada
    Time-resolved Near-infrared Spectroscopy, Diffuse Correlation Spectroscopy and Multichannel Derivative-spectroscopy.
  • Tommaso Fellin, Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaItaly
    Endoscopy and Adaptive Optics
  • Silvina Ferradal, Children's Hospital, BostonUnited States
    Title to be Announced
  • Rodrigo Forti, Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUnited States
    Hybrid Diffuse Optics for Monitoring Cerebral Physiology After Traumatic Brain Injury'
  • Amanda Foust, Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
    Title to be Announced
  • Jerome Mertz, Boston UniversityUnited States
    Voltage Imaging in the Mouse Brain: Pushing the Limits
  • Rickson Mesquita, University of BirminghamBrazil
    Title to be Announced
  • Valentin Nägerl, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2France
    STED Microscopy
  • Ferruccio Pisanello, Istituto Italiano di TecnologiaItaly
    Implantable Neurophotonics Probes
  • Chris Schaffer, Cornell UniversityUnited States
    In Vivo Imaging of Functional Changes in the Brain of Mouse Models of Neurodegenerative Disease
  • Spencer Smith, University of California Santa BarbaraUnited States
    2P Mesoscopy
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