MDPI International Day of Light 2024 Webinar
Meet Our Speakers
Prof. Dr. Alexey Popov
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland;
Alexey Popov is a Research Professor at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.
He was trained as a physicist, with an emphasis on Biomedical Optics (Biophotonics), Laser Physics, and Spectroscopy. His scientific activity focuses on the development of wearable and portable optical sensing solutions for biomedical diagnostics and wellness. Prof. Popov is an author and co-author of over 140 papers in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and conference proceedings, 5 book chapters and over 100 presentations at the major international conferences in the field, including over 25 plenary & invited lectures.
Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Pavesi
Nanoscience Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Trento, Italy;
Lorenzo Pavesi is a Professor of Experimental Physics at the Department of Physics of the University of Trento (Italy). He leads the Nanoscience Laboratory (25 people), and teaches several classes at the Department of Physics of the University of Trento. He is the director of Q@TN, a joint lab between the University, the Bruno Kessler Foundation, CNR and INFN. He founded the research activity in semiconductor optoelectronics at the University of Trento. He has directed 42 PhD students and more than 48 Master thesis students. During the last years, he concentrated on Silicon-based photonics where he looks for the convergence between photonics and electronics. A recent development is toward integrated quantum photonics and neuromorphic photonics. He is an ERC grantee. He is an author or co-author of more than 500 papers, author of several reviews, editor of more than 15 books, author of 2 books and holds 9 patents. He is in the advisory board of Glass-to-Power, an Italian start-up. In 2001 he was awarded the title of Cavaliere by the Italian President for scientific merit. He holds an H-number of 64 according to Scopus and of 62 for Web of Science, and of 79 according to Google Scholar.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kautek
University of Vienna, Department of Physical Chemistry, Austria;
Wolfgang Kautek holds academic degrees from the Vienna University of Technology, Austria, and from the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, and served as a research scientist at the University of Kentucky, USA, at the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society, Berlin, at the IBM San Jose Research Laboratory, California, and the Siemens Research Center, Erlangen, Germany, from 1976 to 1987. 1988 he became head of the Laboratory for Thin Film Technology of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing, Berlin, and Adjunct Professor at the Free University Berlin. 2004 he was appointed to the University of Vienna, Austria, as full-professor for physical chemistry. He served as Russell Severance Springer Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of California, Berkeley, in 2017. He conducts research in nanotechnology and laser processing of interfaces, also in the area of cultural heritage science. More than 230 scientific publications and 4 patents were authored by him.
Dr. Antonio Garcia-Martin
Instituto de Micro y Nanotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain;
Antonio García-Martin was born in 1971 and is a Research Scientist in the Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC). His scientific interests are in the area of nanophotonics. He is particularly interested in the study of the optical response of complex resonant nanostructures. These include metallic resonant structures (plasmonics and chiral plasmonics), high refractive index (lossless) materials, or those possessing simultaneously magneto-optical activity and resonant excitations (magneto-plasmonic materials). This gives rise to a plethora of application possibilities such as photonic crystal-based devices, sensors, modulators, energy harvesters, thermal emitters and diverse types of transducers. He has authored more than 120 scientific papers, more than 200 contributions to conferences, and has been involved in the organization of 16 scientific conferences at international and national levels.
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In order to commemorate International Day of Light 2024 (https://unesco.org/en/days/light), MDPI is launching a special webinar to encourage researchers to come together, take action, and highlight how the exchange of findings facilitates efforts to raise awareness about the study of light. The study of light has led to promising alternative energy sources, lifesaving medical advances in diagnostics technology and treatments, light-speed internet, and many other discoveries that have revolutionized society and shaped our understanding of the universe.
We are very much looking forward to seeing you at the MDPI International Day of Light 2024 Webinar. Please find below an up-to-date outline of presenters.
Date: 16 May 2024
Time: 09:00 am CEST | 03:00 pm CST Asia
Webinar ID: 812 7001 7767
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journal.webinar@mdpi.com
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Nanomaterials
Light-Matter Interaction in Nano Systems: Fundamentals and Applications
Guest Editor: Zhengkun Fu, Lianghui Huang and Mengtao Sun
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2024
Sensors
Automotive Visible Light Communications (AutoVLC)
Guest Editor: Alin-Mihai Cailean
Deadline: 30 June 2024
Recent Trends and Advances in Laser Spectroscopy and Sensing
Guest Editor: Violeta Lazic
Deadline: 20 August 2024
Feature Papers in Optical Sensors 2024
Guest Editor: Gabriele Bolognini and Yuliya Semenova
Deadline: 31 December 2024
Applied Sciences
Application of Advanced Lighting Systems in Buildings and Cities
Guest Editor: Luis Santos and M. Glória Gomes
Deadline for manuscript submission: 10 June 2024
Optical Sensors: Applications, Performance and Challenges
Guest Editor: Yubing Wang, Lijun Wang and Junfeng Song
Deadline for manuscript: 20 September 2024
Smart Lighting and Visual Safety
Guest Editor: Yandan Lin and Minchen Wei
Deadline for manuscript 20 August 2024
New Trends in Next-Generation Optical Networks
Guest Editor: Gerardo Antonio Castañón-Avila
Deadline for manuscript: 21 December 2024
Interdisciplinary Approaches and Applications of Optics & Photonics (AOP2024)
Guest Editor: Manuel Filipe P. C. M. Costa and Sandra Franco
Deadline for manuscript 31 December 2024
Advances in Optics, Photonics and Lasers
Guest Editor: Aleksej Rodin and Sergey Y. Yurish
Deadline for manuscript 30 December 2024
Laser Ultrasonics and Advanced Sensing: Technologies and Applications
Guest Editor: Chenyin Ni
Deadline for manuscript 20 December 2024
Ultrafast and Nonlinear Laser Applications
Guest Editor: Sergej Orlov
Deadline for manuscript: 20 November 2024
Diode Lasers: Materials, Devices and Application
Guest Editor: Jing Yang and Zhenfu Wang
Deadline for manuscript submission: 31 October 2024
Nanophotonics and Integrated Photonics
Guest Editor: Fanfan Lu and Zhiqiang Yang
Deadline for manuscript submission: 20 October 2024
Optics
Ultrafast Light-Matter Interaction
Guest Editor: Daria Popova-Gorelova
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2024
Energies
Advances in Solar Systems and Energy Efficiency
Guest Editor: Maciej Zajkowski, Adam Idzkowski, Zbigniew Sołjan, and Stanislav Darula
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 19 June 2024
Inventions
Recent Advances in Visible Light Communication and Optical Wireless Information Systems
Guest Editor: Jupeng Ding
Deadline: 31 May 2024