Speakers & Program

We are excited to host a panel of professionals known for their expertise within the Raman community.
Each of the individuals listed below will give a talk at this year's Raman Imaging Symposium. 

Sebastian
Schlücker

University of
Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Nico
Sommerdijk

Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands

Thomas
Dieing

WITec GmbH, Ulm, Germany

Jenna Poonoosamy

Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

Peter
Mojzes

Charles University
Prague, Czech Republic

Andrew
Steele

Carnegie Institution of Washington
Washington DC, USA

Martin
Lee

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany

Amber
Watson

University of Southampton, UK

Nishant
Garg

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

Ute
Neugebauer

Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany

Linsen
Li

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Eva
Brauchle

Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany

Programm

Monday, September 23, 2024

14:00 - 14:30


Registration

14:30 - 14:45


Welcome 

14:45 - 15:45

Sebastian Schlücker
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

The principles of Raman spectroscopy and its application in microscopy

15:45 – 16:00

Coffee

16:00 – 16:45

Thomas Dieing
WITec GmbH, Ulm, Germany

3D confocal Raman imaging: Instrumentation,
performance and correlative techniques

16:45 – 17:30

Nico Sommerdijk
Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

Correlating Raman microscopy with advanced electron microscopy
for the investigation of bone biomineralization

17:30 – 19:15

Poster session & Get-together
with snacks and beverages

19:15 – 20:00

The “Physikanten Show”

Evening lecture: Professor's Highlights -
The witty and intelligent show with big spectacular experiments

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

08:45 – 09:00

Coffee

Session I – New Frontiers in Geochemistry Research

09:00 – 09:30

Nishant Garg
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Raman Imaging of Construction Materials:
From Traditional Rocks to Modern Cements

09:30 – 10:00

Jenna Poonoosamy
Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

A lab-on-a-chip concept for rationalizing hydro-geochemical processes
in energy subsurface applications

10:00 – 10:30

Andrew Steele
Carnegie Institution of Washington

Raman Spectroscopy on Earth and Mars

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee

Session II – Advanced Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical Research

11:00 – 11:30

Peter Mojzes

Raman microscopy of intracellular inclusions: 
How Raman microscopy incited paradigm change
of biocrystallization in unicellular eukaryotes

11:30 – 12:00

Eva Brauchle
Development NCE, Boehringer Ingelheim

Talk Title to be confirmed

12:00 – 12:30

Ute Neugebauer
Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologie

Raman imaging as a powerful tool to visualize infections:
from intracellular bacteria to immune cell phenotypes

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch & Poster session (continued)

Session III – Exploring Novel Materials

13:30 – 14:00

Amber Watson
University of Southampton, UK

RISE Correlative Microscopy for Battery Materials Research

14:00 – 14:30

Martin Lee
Universität München LMU, Munich, Germany

Extracting the Band Structures of graphene using
Quantum Twisting Microscopy

14:30 – 15:00

Linsen Li
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Correlative SEM-Raman Studies of Functional Materials:
A Magic Journey from Batteries to Pharmaceuticals

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee

Session IV – Contributed Presentations

15:30 – 17:00

Contributed Talks and Titles
to be confirmed

Starting 19:00

Conference dinner &
Poster Award ceremony

Wednesday, 25. September

The third day features equipment demonstrations at WITec headquarters and the chance to engage directly with the company’s development and applications teams.