Biography
Anis Rahman is known for his work on Dendrimer based photonics and terahertz technology. He Coined the term “silicon for photonics†and his approach makes it possible to fabricate chip based components from dendrimer for sensing and terahertz generation. He proposed a new mechanism, dendrimer dipole excitation, that generated continuous wave terahertz over a broad spectrum. Under his leadership, dendrimer technology received prestigious awards including the NASA Nanotech Brief’s nano-50 award and CLEO/Laser Focus World’s Innovation award (2011). He completed MS & PhD at Marquette University (Milwaukee, WI) and a postdoctoral research position at Columbia University (NY).
Research Interest
Anis Rahman research expertise includes photonic waveguide gratings, DWDMs, chip-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs), photonics design, simulation, characterization, and packaging; dendrimers; laser-evaporated direct-write of microelectronic components; and thick- and thin-films.
Biography
Thu-Hoa Tran-Thi received her PhD degree in radiation chemistry in 1983 at the University of Paris XI in Orsay. Since 1982, she has been a researcher of the CNRS (National Council of Scientific Research) at CEA (Atomic Energy Commission, Saclay), and is currently CNRS Director of Research. During 1982-97, her research interests included the photophysical and photoreactivity of porphyrins and phthalocyanines compounds, photochemical reactions in solution, amorphous solid state systems and organized media using fast and ultrafast laser spectroscopy techniques. In 1989, as an invited scientist at the University of Sherbooke in Quebec, she developed collaborative projects with physicists, theoretical chemists and biologists, and from 1990 to 2000 was Adjunct Professor. From 2000 to 2006, she was vice-president and president of the French Group of Photochemistry. Since 1998, she has also developed chemical sensors of air pollutants. In 2010, she co-founded the start-up ETHERA (www.ethera-labs.com) and in recognition for her research, was named to the French Legion of Honneur.She presently leads the “Chemical Sensorsâ€team in the CEA-CNRS NIMBE unit and is also the scientific counsellor of ETHERA.She has directed 88 students including 16 PhD students and 28 postdoctoral fellows. She has published 90 articles and has 11 patents.
Research Interest
Gas sensors for Environment and Health, colorimetric sensors, indoor air quality, bacteria detection, gas filters, breath analysis.
Biography
Yanbin Li is a co-founder of BioDetection Instruments. He is one of the leading experts in biosensors for rapid detection of foodborne pathogens. He has a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering from Penn State, and is a Professor and Tyson Endowed Chair in Biosensing Engineering at the University of Arkansas. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Research Interest
Biosensors and bioinstrumentation, Microbial and chemical predictive modeling, Quantitative risk assessment and simulation, Food safety and food system engineering