Rubén Esteban obtained his PhD from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) in 2007, for work performed at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart (Germany) with Klaus Kern and Ralf Vogelgesang. Since 2020 he is Científico Titular in the Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). His main interest is the study of the reponse of optical nanoresonators and their coupling with quantum emitters. Currently, he focuses on quantum nanophotonics, analysing a variety of quantum effects in these systems. This work includes the development of a molecular optomechanics description of Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy in the search of new insights and phenomena.

Dr. Yury Gogotsi is Distinguished University Professor and Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University. He also serves as Director of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute. He received his MS (1984) and PhD (1986) from Kiev Polytechnic and a DSc degree from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in 1995. His research group works on 2D carbides and nitrides (MXenes), nanostructured carbons, and other nanomaterials for energy, water and biomedical applications. He published more than 800 papers, which have been cited more than 170,000 times. He has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry and Materials Science, and a Citations Laureate in Physics by Clarivate Analytics. He has received numerous awards for his research including a Chemistry of Materials Award from ACS, MRS Medal, S. Somiya Award from IUMRS, European Carbon Association Award, Materials Innovation Award from Materials Today, International Nanotechnology Prize (RUSNANOPrize), R&D 100 Awards from R&D Magazine and many other distinctions. He has been elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, World Academy of Ceramics, AAAS, MRS, ACerS, ECS, RSC and ISE. He holds honorary doctorates from several European universities

Anders Kristensen received his PhD in Physics from University of Copenhagen in 1994, and joined the Technical University of Denmark, DTU in 2001. His research has focus on nano-photonics and their integration with micro/nano fluidics for new sensor and actuation technology, currently with emphasis on Raman spectroscopy and hyperspectral Raman imaging on blood and in-vitro models. Professor Kristensen is a Fellow of OPTICA (formerly the Optical Society of America, OSA).

PD Dr. Naresh Kumar's research focuses on the development and applications of optical nanospectroscopy and nanoimaging. Specifically, he develops AFM- and STM-based plasmon-enhanced optical spectroscopies - including Raman, fluorescence, and photoluminescence - to enable hyperspectral molecular and chemical imaging at the nanoscale. Dr. Kumar applies these cutting-edge nanoanalytical tools to a broad spectrum of research areas, including catalytic materials, biomaterials, polymeric systems, photovoltaic materials, and two-dimensional materials such as single-layer graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides. He also explores chemical transformations at crystalline metal surfaces and solid–liquid interfaces at the nanoscale.

Olivier Pagès is Professor of Physics at the Lorraine University (Metz, France). His field of research is concerned with the introduction of a percolation scheme for the basic understanding of the lattice dynamics of A1-xBxC semiconductor mixed crystals. This offers a unique playground to investigate how physical properties are impacted by disorder at all length scales, from long-wavelength phonon-polaritons probed by near-forward Raman scattering to short wavelengths achieved by inelastic neutron scattering. He contributed around 90 publications.

George Sarau is Group Leader and Head of the Optical Spectroscopy Lab at the Fraunhofer IKTS in Forchheim, Germany. He received his PhD in Physics from the University of Duisburg-Essen in collaboration with the Research Center Jülich in 2007. His expertise lies in developing scale-bridging, multimodal workflows that combine spectroscopy and microscopy techniques, precise relocalization technologies, and correlated data analysis using machine learning. These approaches support a deeper understanding of the interplay between relevant material properties and their impact on the performance of final devices.

Master Thesis at Leibnitz Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), Frankfurt (Oder) “Deposition and characterization of Graphene on non-metallic layers”

Doctoral Thesis at Infineon Technologies AG, Regensburg, Fraunhofer IMWS and Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg “Analysis of the influence of sample preparation methods on the intrinsic stress inside Silicon with Raman Spectroscopy”

Infineon Technologies AG Failure Analysis Specialist with focus on Surface Characterization with Raman, FTIR, XPS and AES

I am a full Professor and Director of the Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology of the University of Münster. I also act as head of the Institute of Reproductive and Regenerative Biology. I am trained in reproductive biology with a focus on male gonadal physiology and development. I obtained postdoctoral training at Monash University, Australia and the University of Pensylvania, USA before becoming Professor at the University of Pittsburgh, USA and director the Plum Boro Primate Facility from 2003-2008. My primary research interest are testicular stem cells and their somatic niches. Specifically, I perform basic science experiments using a number of animal models including monkeys. Alternative strategies using cells and tissues in microfluidic chips and organoid systems are also developed and applied. My research team is also interested in sperm function and application of Raman spectroscopy and multispectral flow cytometry to identify and sort intact sperm.