Dmitry Gorin
Skoltech, Moscow, Russia
“Laser radiation, ultrasound and nanostructured particles work together to realise the theranostic approach”
Dmitry Gorin was born in Saratov, Russia, in 1975. He is a Professor at the Center of Photonic Science and Engineering at Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology. Dmitry Gorin received his Diploma of Engineer-Physicist in 1997 and CSc and DSc degrees in Physical Chemistry in 2001 and 2011, respectively, from Saratov State University. From 2005 to 2009, he visited the Max-Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (the group of Dr. G.B. Sukhorukov), before becoming a postdoc there from 2009 to 2010 in the group of Prof. Dr.H. Moehwald. He was then appointed professor at the Department of Nano- and Biomedical Technologies at Saratov State University from 2011 till 2017, after which he joined Skoltech as a Full Professor. He was the supervisor and co-supervisor of 11 CSc and 3 PhD theses and consultant of 2 DSc theses. His research interests are biophysics, biophotonics, and physics of colloids and interfaces. As a visiting scientist, he collaborated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (Little Rock), Charité University Hospital (Berlin), Queen Mary University of London, Ankara and Ghent Universities, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Bilkent University.
Walter Blondel
Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
“Multimodal spectro-imaging for human skin in vivo optical biopsy”
Walter C.P.M. Blondel was born in Nancy, France, in 1968. He received the electrical engineering degree from ESIGELEC Rouen (France) in 1991, the M.Sc. degree in optoelectronics from Hertsfordshire University (U.K.) in 1992, and the Ph.D. degree in biological and medical engineering from the Université Henri Poincaré (France) in 2000. Currently, he is a Professor at Université de Lorraine (France), heading the M.Sc. in Health Engineering and the Health Sciences and Engineering department at the faculty of medicine in Nancy (France). He’s leading the research group interactions of light with biological tissues at the CRAN laboratory (France) and his research fields of interest are in: UV-Vis-NIR optical spectroscopy and imaging for in vivo characterization of biological tissues, light-tissue interactions modelling, multidimensional data processing and machine learning.
Valentin I. Borshchevskiy
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
“Advancing 7TM-protein structural studies: from XFELs to light-enabled cell control”
Dr. Valentin I. Borshchevskiy (born June 12, 1984) is a specialist in structural biology and protein dynamics, focusing on retinal membrane proteins and G protein-coupled receptors. His research is dedicated to advancing optogenetic approaches and structure-based rational drug design. Dr. Borshchevskiy co-authors over 90 publication and has been nominated for the Yu. Struchkov Prize and the Young Scientist Award 2021 of the European Synchrotron. Dr. Borshchevskiy is the Head of the Laboratory for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, as well as the Vice-Head of the Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases, both located at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.