Speakers for RamanFest 2017
The speakers for the current program include:
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Prof. Ji-Xin Cheng  |
Purdue University, Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry Email: jcheng@purdue.edu |
Title: Latest advances in coherent Raman microscopyProfessor Ji-Xin Cheng was born in Jixi, Anhui Province, P. R. China in 1971. He attended the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) from 1989 to 1994. From 1994 to 1998, he carried out his Ph.D. study on bond-selective chemistry under the supervision of Qingshi Zhu at USTC. As a graduate student, he worked as a research assistant at Universite Paris-sud (France) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). After postdoctoral training in Yijing Yan's group at HKUST and Sunney Xie's group at Harvard University, Cheng joined Purdue University in 2003 as an Assistant Professor. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2009 and Full Professor in 2013 in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemistry. His research is at the forefront of the label-free spectroscopic imaging field. Current projects include the study of aberrant cholesterol metabolism in aggressive cancer and deep tissue imaging by acoustic detection of chemical bond vibration. |
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| Prof. Dor Ben-Amotz
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Purdue University, Physical Chemistry Email: bendor@purdue.edu |
Title: Hyperspectral Raman Imaging using Optimized Binary Compressive DetectionProfessor Dor Ben-Amotz obtained his B.S. degree from Bennington College in 1976, and his Ph.D. from U. C. Berkeley in 1986, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship with Dudley Herschbach at the Exxon Corporate Research Lab in Annandale, NJ. He has been a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry at Purdue University since 1989. In addition to compressive hyperspectral imaging, his experimental and theoretical interests include hydration-shell spectroscopy, liquid theory, and new ways of teaching physical chemistry. |
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| Prof. Yong Chen
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Purdue University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Physics and Astronomy Email: yongchen@purdue.edu |
Title: Raman spectroscopy of graphene-based materialsYong P. Chen is Professor of Physics and Astronomy and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Purdue University. He leads an interdisciplinary research group that works on quantum matter and devices involving such systems as graphene & 2D materials, topological insulators, and cold atoms & molecules, and explores their applications in electronics, sensors, energy and quantum information. He has published over 150 papers and delivered over 140 invited talks and seminars on these topics. He was a recipient of Masao Horiba Award, NSF CAREER Award, DOD DTRA Young Investigator Award, IBM Faculty Award and Purdue University’s Miller Family Professorship in Nanoscience and University Faculty Scholar Award. He received an MSc degree in mathematics from MIT, a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and did a postdoc in physics and nanotechnology at Rice University. He is a Fellow of American Physical Society (APS). |
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| Kelsey Cook
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National Science Foundation |
Title: Enhancing Non-Linear Probabilities: Finding Funding in the Face of Increasing Competition.Kelsey Cook obtained a BA (Magna cum Laude) from Colorado College in 1974, and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1978. He began his teaching career at the University of Illinois in 1978 and moved to Tennessee in 1984. His research interests are in mass spectrometry, with foci on ionization mechanisms (including laser spectroscopic probes of processes in the electrospray plume) and applications in polymer, process, and bioanalysis. At Tennessee, he had extensive collaborations with colleagues at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and served as the Director of the Research Site for Educators in Chemistry and the Measurement and Control Engineering Center. He served as Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry for 27 years, beginning with its inception in 1989. He came to NSF in January 2006 for a 2.5-year appointment as a "rotator" in the Analytical and Surface Chemistry Program, and returned in January 2009 to direct the Chemical Measurement and Imaging Program as a permanent NSF staffer. From June 2011 - March 2015, he served a series of details, first as a Senior Policy Analyst in the White Office of Science and Technology Policy; then as the Senior Staff Associate in the Office of the Assistant Director, NSF Directorate for Mathematics and Physical Sciences; and finally as the Acting Section Head for International Science and Engineering in the NSF Office of International and Integrative Affairs. In addition to leading the Chemical Measurement and Imaging Program, he has co-lead NSF activities related to forensics sciences and has actively pursued avenues to enhancing synergistic interagency cooperation. |
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| Prof. Volker Deckert
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Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien (IPHT) Email: Volker.Deckert@leibniz-ipht.de |
Title: 20 years of plasmon-enhanced near-field spectroscopy and still complaining about tips |
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| Prof. Katsumasa Fujita
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Osaka University, Department of Applied Physics Email: fujita@ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp |
Title: Raman microscopy for molecular imaging of cellsProfessor Katsumasa Fujita is an associate professor of Applied Physics at Osaka University. He received his PhD in Applied Physics from Osaka University in 2000. After working as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and as a research associate at Frontier Research Center in Osaka, he joined Osaka University in 2002 as a faculty member and started researches on super resolution fluorescence microscopy and Raman microscopy and their applications for bio- and medical imaging. He was promoted to an associate professor of Applied Physics in 2007. |
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| Prof. Wei Huang
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University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science Email: bendor@purdue.edu |
Title: Application of Raman micro-spectroscopy to single cell biologyDr Wei Huang is an Associate Professor at University of Oxford. His research interests are Raman single cell biotechnology and synthetic biology. He is one of the pioneers who have utilised Raman micro-spectroscopy for the study of single cells, and this technology helps to manipulate and sort non-culturable microbes, study cell-cell (nanoparticles) interactions and gene expression of single cells. He versioned that single cell Raman spectra can be regarded as single cell phenotypic profiles, indicating cell physiology and linking cells and their metabolic activities. He developed various Raman activated cell sorting using microfluidic device and advanced laser lift technologies, and the sorted cells can be used for single cell genomics and transcriptomics. He acted as a guest editor to address single cell biotechnology for Current Opinion in Biotechnology in 2012. He has published 70 journal papers, 13 book chapters or proceedings and 12 patents. |
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| Dr. Ravi Kalyanaraman
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Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), Global Analytical Technology Email: ravi.kalyanaraman@bms.com |
Title: Applications of Drop Coat Deposition Confocal Raman (DCDCR) Spectroscopy in Biopharmaceuticals |
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| Prof. Igor K. Lednev
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University at Albany, SUNY, Department of Chemistry Email: ilednev@albany.edu |
Title: Raman Hyperspectroscopy for Forensic Purposes and Medical DiagnosticsProfessor Igor K. Lednev is a professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russian Federation, receiving his Ph.D. degree in 1983. Then Dr. Lednev worked at the Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, as a group leader. As an academic visitor, he worked in several leading laboratories around the world including the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada and Germany. In 1997, Dr. Lednev came to the US and joined Prof. Sanford Asher laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh until he moved to the University at Albany in 2002. Dr. Lednev research is focused on the development and application of novel laser spectroscopy for biomedical research and forensic purposes. Dr. Lednev served as an advisory member for the White House Subcommittee on Forensic Science. He is a member of the International Steering Committee of the International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy and serves on editorial boards of five scientific journals including Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, Forensic Chemistry and Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. Dr. Lednev is a fellow of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. He received the Research Innovation Award and the University President Award for Excellence in Research. He has co-authored over 190 publications in peer-reviewed journals. |
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| Dr. Brian Marquardt
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MarqMetrix, Inc. Email: Brian@MarqMetrix.com |
Developing Process Control for Bio and Chemical Reactions: Applications of Sampling, Sensing and Data HandlingBrian J. Marquardt Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry: Director of the Center for Process Analysis and Control (CPAC) and Senior Principal Engineer at the Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington. CEO and founder of MarqMetrix Inc., an optical sensor and instrumentation company focused on development of process Raman technology and industrial process measurement and control. Research interests include the development and application of spectroscopic instrumentation, primarily Raman and LIBS, for continuous real-time chemical, biological and environmental analysis. Commercial technical motivation involves the design and implementation of novel fiber-optic Raman probes/sensors for real-time monitoring of industrial and environmental processes. Primary research focus is to understand the optical sampling characteristics of various spectroscopic techniques to improve measurement precision, accuracy and stability for improved process understanding and control. |
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| Prof. Wei Min
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Columbia University, Department of Chemistry Email: wm2256@columbia.edu |
Title: Visualizing cellular metabolism by SRS imaging of vibrational tagsDr. Wei Min graduated from Peking University, China, with a Bachelor's degree in 2003. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University in 2008 studying single-molecule biophysics with Prof. Sunney Xie. After continuing his postdoctoral work in Xie group, Dr. Min joined the faculty of Columbia University in 2010. Dr. Min's current research interests focus on developing novel optical spectroscopy and microscopy technology to address biomedical problems. His contribution has been recognized by a number of honors, including the Coblentz Award of Molecular Spectroscopy (2017), Buck-Whitney Award of American Chemical Society (2015), Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2015), Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2013), and NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2012). |
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| Prof. Juergen Popp
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Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology e.V. Jena Email: juergen.popp@ipht-jena.de |
Title: Clinical Raman Spectroscopy - Precise Diagnostics for Targeted TherapyProfessor Juergen Popp studied chemistry at the universities of Erlangen and Wuerzburg, Germany. After his PhD in Physical Chemistry, he joined Yale University for postdoctoral work. He subsequently returned to Wuerzburg University where he finished his habilitation in 2002. Since 2002, he holds a chair for Physical Chemistry at the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena. Furthermore, he is the Scientific Director of the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, since 2006. His core research focus is biophotonics. Corner stones are the development and application of linear and non-linear Raman-technologies with particular focus on clinical diagnosis. In this context, Raman methods are utilized and developed according to the needs of pathology, oncology, and infection/ sepsis. He has published more than 630 journal papers and has been named as an inventor on 12 patents in the field of spectroscopic instrumentation. He is founding editor and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biophotonics. In 2012, he received an honorary doctoral degree from Babe?-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Professor Jürgen Popp is the recipient of the 2013 Robert Kellner Lecture Award and the prestigious 2016 Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award. In 2016 he was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows. |
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| Prof. Eric Olaf Potma
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University of California, Irvine, Department of Chemistry Email: epotma@uci.edu |
Title: A coherent Raman look at membranes and cholesterolBorn and raised in the Netherlands, Eric Potma got his Masters at the University of Groningen in 1996. He stayed five more years for his graduate research, which he completed in 2001. While working in the ultrafast spectroscopy group of Prof. Douwe Wiersma, Eric focused his research on the development of laser sources for microscopy, and the application of nonlinear methods to optical imaging. In 2001, Dr. Potma joined the group of Prof. Sunney Xie at Harvard University as a postdoctoral fellow. During this time, he was been involved with projects on synchronizing mode-locked lasers, visualizing lipid bilayers with CARS microscopy and vibrational imaging of tissue in vivo at video rate. In 2005, he joined the Department of Chemistry at the University of California in Irvine, where he currently is an Associate Professor. His group focuses on the characterization of nanostructures and complex biological materials with the aid of new optical imaging techniques. |
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| Prof. Bin Ren
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Xiamen, China, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Email: bren@xmu.edu.cn |
Title: TERS for solid/liquid interface and 2D materialsProfessor Bin Ren is now a professor in Chemistry and Vice Director of the State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University. He obtained his bachelor and Ph. D in the Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University. He was an Alexander von Humboldt fellow and worked in Fritz-Haber Institute, Germany on tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. He was awarded the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholar Fund, and the National high-level talents special support plan. He has published over 200 scientific paper with citations over 10000 times. He is now an associate editor of Analytical Chemistry (ACS). His research field is on surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and electrochemistry, and their application in studying the fundamental aspect of surface and interfaces of energy and bio-related systems. |
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| Prof. Marlan Scully
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Texas A&M University, Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering Email: scully@tamu.edu |
Title: The Connection Between Coherent Raman and Dicke SuperradianceMarlan O. Scully received undergraduate training in Engineering Physics and Nuclear Engineering from the University of Wyoming and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Ph.D. in Physics from Yale University in 1966. He has held faculty positions at Yale, MIT, University of Arizona, University of New Mexico and the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik. He presently holds a joint appointment between Texas A&M and Princeton Universities.He has been instrumental in many seminal contributions to laser science and quantum optics. These include: The Scully-Lamb quantum theory of the laser, the classical theory of the free electron laser, the theory of the laser gyroscope and especially the theory of correlated spontaneous emission noise quenching in such devices, the first demonstration of lasing without inversion and the first utilization of coherence effects to generate ultraslow light in hot gases. Furthermore Scully's work on quantum coherence and correlation effects has shed new light on the foundations of quantum mechanics and yielded new insights into quantum thermodynamics. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the Academia Europaea, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Max Planck Society and has received numerous awards including the Charles H. Townes Award of the OSA, the Quantum Electronics Award of IEEE, the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute, the Adolph E. Lomb Medal of the OSA, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Alexander von Humboldt Distinguished Faculty Prize. More recently, he was awarded the OSA Frederic Ives Medal / Quinn Prize which recognizes overall distinction in optics and is the highest award of the society, was named Einstein Professor by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and received the Commemorative Medal of the Senate of the Czech Republic. |
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| Prof. Richard P. Van Duyne
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Northwestern University Email: vanduyne@northwestern.edu |
Title: Single Molecule Spectroscopy and Nanoscale Chemical Imaging and with Surface and Tip-Enhanced Raman SpectroscopyProfessor Van Duyne discovered surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), invented nanosphere lithography (NSL), and developed ultrasensitive nanosensors based on localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) spectroscopy. His research interests include all forms of surface-enhanced spectroscopy, plasmonics, nanoscale biosensors, atomic layer deposition (ALD), atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), ultra-high vacuum (UHV) STM, UHV-tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (UHV-TERS), and surface-enhanced femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy (SE-FSRS).He has been recognized for his accomplishments with the Theophilius Redwood Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (2015), E. Bright Wilson Award in Spectroscopy, American Chemical Society (2014); Thomson Reuters List of Highly Cited Researchers (2014); Charles Mann Award in Applied Raman Spectroscopy, Society of Applied Spectroscopy (2014); Sir George Stokes Award, Royal Society of Chemistry (2013); Honorary Member, Society of Applied Spectroscopy (2013); Thomson Reuters list of top 100 chemists over the period 2000-2010 as ranked by the impact of their published research (2011); Charles N. Reilley Award, Society for Electroanalytical Chemistry (2011); Election to the US National Academy of Sciences (2010); Analytical Chemistry Award, American Chemical Society, (2010); Bomem-Michelson Award, Coblentz Society (2010); Ellis R. Lippincott Award, Optical Society of America (2008); L'Oreal Art and Science of Color Prize (2006); Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education, American Chemical Society (2005); Election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2004); The Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society (2004); Excellence in Surface Science Award of the Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation (1996); Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award (1991); National Fresenius Award, American Chemical Society (1981); and the Coblentz Memorial Prize in Molecular Spectroscopy (1980). He is also a fellow of the Society of Applied Spectroscopy (2013), Royal Society of Chemistry (2013), American Physical Society (1985), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1983). Van Duyne received his B.S. degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1967) and a PhD. degree in analytical chemistry from the University of North Carolina (1971). |
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| Lawrence D. Ziegler
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Boston University Email: lziegler@bu.edu |
Title: Rapid Disease Diagnostics: Probing Metabolomics by SERSProfessor Lawrence D. Ziegler received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Cornell University in 1978 (advisor: A. C. Albrecht) where he carried out Raman experimental and theoretical studies. After an NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship (advisor: Bruce Hudson) at the University of Oregon, and an NRC Research Associateship at NRL, he held appointments of Assistant Professor and Professor in Chemistry at Northeastern University. In 1991 he moved to Boston University where he is currently Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department and a member of the BU Photonics Center. He pioneered the development of UV resonance Raman, resonance hyper-Raman, and resonance rotational Raman scattering for applications including the study of short-time chemical reaction dynamics. Subsequent research interests include the characterization of ultrafast responses of transparent materials, solvation dynamics in dense fluids and supercritical fluids, ultrafast electronic relaxation in novel semiconducting materials (e.g. carbon nanotubes and WBG semiconductors), and ultrafast IR studies of biological waters. More recently, his lab has explored the use of surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy for bioanalytical applications, including rapid infectious disease diagnostics, blood aging, cancer detection and forensics. He was co-organizer of the 22nd International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (Boston, August 2010) and is currently Senior Associate Editor for the Journal of Raman Spectroscopy. |
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