COMMITTEE

CHAIRMAN

Prof. Frank Vollmer

Prof. Frank Vollmer

University of Exeter, UK

Frank Vollmer is Professor in Biophysics at the University of Exeter, UK. He obtained his Ph.D. in ‘Physics & Biology’ from the Rockefeller University in NYC, USA, in 2004. He was Rowland Fellow at Harvard University from 2004 to 2009, Scholar-in-Residence at the Wyss Institute at Harvard in 2010, Group Leader (untenured Associate Professor) at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Germany from 2011–2016 and Instructor in Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School where he directed a satellite laboratory from 2011– 2016. Since 2016 he is Professor in Biophysics at the School of Physics, University of Exeter, UK. He received the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award in 2017 and in 2021 the Rosalind Franklin Medal and Prize from the Institute of Physics (IoP). Since 2021 he is Fellow of the IoP.

 

 CO-CHAIRMAN 

 

Prof. Jerome Wenger

Prof. Jerome Wenger

Aix Marseille University, France

Jerome Wenger is the CNRS director of research at Institut Fresnel in Marseille. After an engineering degree from Ecole Supérieure d’Optique in 2001, he obtained his PhD in quantum optics at Institut d’Optique Orsay in 2004. He then joined the CNRS and Institut Fresnel at Marseille in 2005, and obtained the habilitation (HDR) in 2012. His main research interests focus on nanophotonics and biophotonics. He has authored more than 110 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and is co-inventor of 6 patents. His scientific work has been recognized by 7 scientific prizes and >40 invited talks at international conferences.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

The S3IC 2024 Scientific Committee will be composed of experienced Professors and Doctors who are in charge of assessing the submitted papers based on the peer review method.

Prof. Jamil Akhtar

Prof. Jamil Akhtar

Institute for Innovations in Science and Technology, India

Prof. Anton Belogorlov

Prof. Anton Belogorlov

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute), Russian Federation

Dr. Thomas Derrien

Dr. Thomas Derrien

University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Dr. Felix Campelo

Dr. Felix Campelo

ICFO, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Spain

Prof. Daniel Granados

Prof. Daniel Granados

IMDEA Nanoscience, Spain

Dr Callum Jones

Dr Callum Jones

University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Dr. Heiner Linke

Dr. Heiner Linke

Lund University, Sweden

Dr. Nikita Toropov

Dr. Nikita Toropov

University of Southampton, United Kingdom