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Prof. Indrek Jõgi Vice Director & Program Manager for doctoral studies in Physics and Chemistry, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia | |
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About the Speaker: Dr.
Indrek Jõgi is
an Associate Professor of Plasma Technology at the Institute of Physics,
University of Tartu. His research interests cover the development,
characterization and applications of non-equilibrium gas discharges and the use
of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) for material analysis. His early
research career started with the investigation of the electrical properties of
Atomic Layer Deposited (ALD) dielectric layers used in microelectronics. During
his post-doctoral studies at Uppsala University, he studied the ALD thin films for
the application of solar energy harvesting. During his tenure at the Institute
of Physics, he has gained knowledge of the physics and chemical activity of non-equilibrium
dielectric barrier and corona discharges and used these discharges for the cleaning
pollutants and viruses from the air, treatment of cancer cells in the liquids, surface
treatment of temperature-sensitive materials such as wood, graphene or electrospun
drug delivery systems. In the recent years, he is developing the LIBS analysis method
for the tritium retention analysis in the fusion reactors. He represents the
University of Tartu and Estonia in the European fusion energy research and
development organizations EUROfusion and Fusion for Energy. In the Institute of
Physics, he is the current deputy director. He has published 76 journal
articles as the main or co-authors and has h-index of 21 (Web of Science).
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Prof. Saulius JUODKAZIS Professor and Deputy Director of the Optical Sciences Centre at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
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| Invited talk: “Nanoscale femtosecond laser processing of materials” | |
About the Speaker: Saulius
Juodkazis is a Professor and Deputy Director of the Optical Sciences Centre at
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia. In 1998, he received
his PhD (cotutelle) in experimental physics and material sciences jointly from
Vilnius University, Lithuania, and Lyon-I University, France. His current interests are in the
fields of light-matter interactions occurring in small space (nanoscale) and
time (femtoseconds) domains. He planned,
established, and directed a multi-user Nanotechnology facility at Swinburne open
to the Australian National Fabrication Facility ANFF users from December 2011. His
research is focused on applying principles of light-field enhancement and its
spectral control for applications in micro-optics, solid-state lighting, and
solar energy conversion. Professor Juodkazis has contributed to the development of three-dimensional laser printing with nano-/micro-scale precision using femtosecond laser for applications in optofluidics, micro-optics, optical
memory, and photonic crystals. He has shown experimentally the creation of
high-pressure density phases of materials using tightly focused ultra-short
laser pulses. He demonstrated that the nano-textured surface of Si (black-Si) has bactericidal/biocidal properties and acts as a “mechanical antibiotic”, which can be mass-produced. This work received
the 2017 Eureka Prize for scientific research in Australia. He is a Fellow of the Optical
Society of America (OSA) and the International Society for Optics and Photonics
(SPIE).
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Prof. Arved Vain Dotsent Emeritus, Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu | |
| Invited talk: “Technology for determining constitutive biomechanical parameters of soft tissues” | |
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About the Speaker: Arved Vain is a Dotsent Emeritus, Faculty of Natural and Exact Sciences, Institute of the Physics University of Tartu, Estonia and working as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, TN, USA. He obtained his PhD degree in 1970 from the University of Tartu, and in 1993 he obtained Dr. Habil. Biol. degree at the Latvian Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics for the dissertation entitled "The Phenomenon of Mechanical Stress Transmission in Skeletal Muscles". He has supervised dissertations for 10 PhD students and 13 Master's students. He has authored or co-authored over a hundred scientific journal papers, conference publications, and patents. | |
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Prof. Hasan Yilmaz
Assistant professor at UNAM- Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University in Turkey | |
| Invited talk: “Wave optics and imaging in complex media” | |
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About the Speaker: Dr. Hasan Yılmaz is a tenure-track assistant professor at UNAM- Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, Bilkent University in Turkey, and the founder and principal investigator of the Emergent Complex Optical Systems Laboratory at Bilkent University UNAM. He focuses his research on the physics and practical uses of complex photonic systems, where optics intersects with statistical and condensed matter physics. Previously, he worked as a postdoctoral associate and an associate research scientist at Prof. Hui Cao’s lab at the Department of Applied Physics, Yale University. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Twente in the Netherlands for his thesis entitled “Advanced Optical Imaging with Scattering Lenses” with Prof. Allard Mosk in 2015. | |
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Prof. Kalev Tarkpea
Head of the Department of Physics Education, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia | |
| Invited talk:
"General Principles of Modern Physics" Annotation: The talk will be based on a commented version of the links "General principles" and "Physical concept mapping" in https://sisu.ut.ee/pae/. | |
About the Speaker: Prof. Kalev Tarkpea graduated in solid state physics (PhD level) at the University of Tartu (UT) in 1985, worked as a researcher and lecturer at UT during years 1985-1990, and then worked as a postdoc at the Technical
University of Aachen, Germany during years 1990-1991. Upon returning to
Estonia, I worked as an Associate Professor at the UT during the years 1993-2008
and then as Head of the Department of Physics Education, Institute of Physics,
UT from 2008 until today. I have a very long teaching experience at different
levels of physics and physics-related curricula. | |
| Prof. Heli Valtna Guest researcher of innovation policies and ecosystems in Delta Management School, University of Tartu, Estonia | |
| Invited talk: "Physics and deep tech
entrepreneurship" Annotation: In this talk a deep tech company growth model will be introduced and the nature of its elements will be explored with the conceptual and modeling tools from physics and mathematics. | |
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About the Speaker: Heli Valtna is a guest researcher of innovation policies and ecosystems at Delta Management
School, University of Tartu. Before co-founding and serving as the CEO of deep
tech startup LightCode Photonics for 3 years, she was associate professor
and head of laboratory of physical optica in Institute of Physics, Uni Tartu.
She is also known for her activities in science communication, incl. serving as
a judge in Rakett69 for several seasons.
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Prof. Vambola Kisand Associate professor and the head of the Laboratory of X-Ray Spectroscopy at the University of Tartu | |
| Invited talk: “Antimicrobial coatings” | |
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About the Speaker: Vambola Kisand is the associate professor and the head of the Laboratory of X-Ray Spectroscopy at the University of Tartu. He obtained his PhD degree in 2001 at the University of Hamburg for the thesis entitled „Creation of Free Excitons in Solid Krypton Investigated by Time-Resolved Luminescence Spectroscopy“ (sup. Prof. Georg Zimmerer). He has 25 years of international experience in materials science, including nanoparticles and antimicrobial coatings, nanosafety, nanoparticle-based thin films, photocatalytic compounds etc. He has published more than 140 articles in peer-reviewed journals (H-Index 30). Previously, he worked also as CEO and member of the supervisory board in the Estonian Nanotechnology Competence Center (a high-tech, science-driven company with 40 employees). | |
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Dr. Darius Gailevičius Laser Research Center (LRC), Vilnius University, Lithuania | |
| Invited talk: “Insights and Applications in Direct Laser Written Phase Elements” | |
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About the Speaker: Darius Gailevičius
is working at Vilnius University, currently in the Laser Micromachining Group,
focusing on various approaches to centering and direct laser writing to produce
volume and other types of optical elements. Refractive index distribution and
spatial periodic arrangements are particular topics of interest, especially
their applications in laser cavities
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Dr. Balys Momgaudis Laser Research Center (LRC), Vilnius University, Lithuania | |
| Invited talk: "Ultrafast phenomena characterisation using time resolved digital holography" | |
About the Speaker: Balys Momgaudis is an early career scientist, who
attained his PhD in physics in 2022. He has accumulated over ten years of
experience in the field of nonlinear light and matter interaction as well as
digital holographic imaging. Currently working as both a lecturer and as a
researcher in Vilnius University.
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| Prof.
Rainer Pärna Laboratory of X-ray Spectroscopy at the Institute of Physics at the University of Tartu | |
| Invited talk: “Synchrotron Radiation for Medical Physics” | |
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About the Speaker: Rainer Pärna (PhD from University of Tartu
2012) is an Associate Professor of Materials Science at the University of Tartu
Institute of Physics. In total R. Pärna has 15 years of research and 10 years
of project management (national and international) experience. He was project manager and one of the key
responsible persons during the design, construction, commissioning and
operation of the FinEstBeAMS beamline at the world’s brightest synchrotron
research facility MAX IV laboratory (Lund, Sweden). | |
Dr. Veiko Palge Researcher at the Institute of Physics, University of Tartu. | |
| Invited talk: "Quantum computing: opportunities and challenges" | |
| About the Speaker: Veiko Palge is a researcher at the Institute of Physics, University of Tartu. He obtained his PhD for work in relativistic quantum information (Leeds, UK), and is interested in the geometric approach to quantum theory. He is also interested in quantum computing and its application to problems in physics. | |
| Prof. Taavi Repan Associate Professor of Computational Nanophotonics, Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, Estonia | |
| Invited talk: "Advances in computational methods for designing optical nanostructures" | |
About the Speaker: Dr. Taavi Repän is an Associate Professor of Computational
Nanophotonics. His primary expertise lies in finite element simulations of
nanoscale optical systems. He completed his PhD studies from 2015 to 2019 at
the Technical University of Denmark, focusing on plasmonics and metamaterials.
Following that, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Karlsruhe
Institute of Technology, specializing in machine learning for computational
nanophotonics. Since the end of 2021, Dr. Repän has held the associate
professor position at the Institute of Physics, University of Tartu. His
current research interest revolves around machine learning methods for
designing photonic nanostructures. | |
| Dr.
Shree
Krishnamoorthy
Post Doctorate Researcher in the Biophotonics@Tyndall group at Tyndall National Institute in Ireland | |
| Invited talk: “Breathless – hypoxia and metabolism assessment through light” | |
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About the Speaker: Shree
Krishnamoorthy is a Post-doctoral researcher in the Biophotonics@Tyndall
group at Tyndall National Institute in Ireland. She has focused her career
on improving women's and children's health by developing optical spectroscopic
tools for biomedical imaging and spectroscopy. Her technology development has a
further focus on long-wavelength near-infrared (LW-NIR) regions where
biomarkers of importance have their spectroscopic signatures. She has
supervised and mentored PG and UG student projects, and lectured in both academic
and public settings. She has led the setting up of new BioPhotonics laboratories in
hospital and engineering settings enabling technological developments to
utilize both the clinical and cutting-edge photonics technology. She is funded
by the competitive Irish Photonics Integration Center’s Emerging Leader’s
fellowship for developing a complete hypoxia assessment based on optical
spectroscopy. | |
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Dr. Riin Rebane Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tartu | |
| Invited talk: “Journey of an idea from laboratory to market.”
There will be an
introduction to intellectual property, how you may create it, how to protect it
and how to commercialize IP. In addition, there will be a short overview of
what technology transfer process includes, why it is necessary and what are
some of the main aspects to consider. | |
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About the Speaker: Riin acquired a PhD in
analytical chemistry from University of Tartu where she now teaches and
supervises. After acquiring a PhD she was head of research and development in
Estonian Environmental Research Centre for almost 10 years. In parallel, she
obtained a master’s degree in law with a focus in intellectual property and did
a LifeArc-AUTM fellowship, a program designed for scientists interested in the
technology transfer career. A bit more than a year ago she left her career in
the laboratory and is now working as a patent expert in a patent attorney
office Moosedog OY, with a plan to come a qualified patent attorney in a few
years.
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| Dr. Peeter Piksarv
Software and R&D Lead at LightCode Photonics | |
| Invited talk: “(My) life after PhD / (Minu) elu pärast doktorit.” | |
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About the Speaker: Peeter Piksarv is a Software and R&D Lead at LightCode Photonics. Studied physics in Tartu from 2003, and graduated in 2013 with a PhD. My main topics revolved around creating the so-called non-diffracting beams and pulses and measuring them. Thereafter, I got an opportunity to spend two years in St. Andrews playing around with optical tweezers and building light-sheet fluorescent microscopes. Returned to Tartu as a data scientist in Mooncascade and later in Enefit. For the last three years, I have been with a deep-tech start-up LightCode Photonics building better eyes for robots. After PhD, I picked up playing clarinet and am part of Popsid.
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| Jawahar Desai Doctoral student in School of electrical and computer engineering at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel | |
| Invited talk: "Resolution-enhanced incoherent imaging using annular synthetic aperture with superposition of phase – shifted optical transfer functions" | |
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About the Speaker: Jawahar Desai is a Doctoral student in School of electrical and computer engineering at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He is working under the guidance of Prof. Joseph Rosen. Jawahar’s research focuses on use of dynamic coded phase masks for advanced imaging. He finds interest in 3D-imaging, holography and computational imaging. Jawahar holds Masters Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India in applied optics. He is also completed Master of Science in Physics and Electronics from University of Mumbai, India. | |
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Youcef
Abdelmoumene Aouf
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| Invited talk: "Navigating Soft Terrains with Quadruped Robots" | |
About the Speaker: Youcef Abdelmoumene Aouf is a control and automation
engineering student in his final year at the National Polytechnic School of
Constantine, Algeria. He is currently engaged in a joint master internship
between the Montpellier Laboratory of Computer Science, Robotics and
Microelectronics (LIRMM) in France and the Centre for Biorobotics in Tallinn,
Estonia. His research interests focus on complex terrain navigation with
quadruped robots. During his engineering studies, Youcef collaborated with his
classmates on many projects including implementing automation systems for
production lines and developing solutions for water level control. As the head
of the technical department at CIRTEC club and the school volleyball team
captain, Youcef is all about building connections and making sure everyone has
a good time. | |
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Simon Martineau
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| Invited talk: "An Introduction to SLAM in Mobile Robotics" | |
| About the Speaker: Simon Martineau received his B.Sc in mechanical engineering from ENSTA Bretagne in France in 2023. He is pursuing a M.Sc in autonomous robotics in the same school. Currently, he’s working as an intern at the Center for Biorobotics at TalTech, where he is developing an algorithm for the RoboMiners3 robot to enable it to navigate and map underground environments. His research interests include autonomous navigation, control and computer vision. In his free time, he enjoys practicing sports such as cycling and running. Simon is excited to be able to be a part of this summer camp and to introduce you all to mobile robotics. | |
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Kaarel Siimut Industrial PhD student at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Grundfos | |
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Invited talk: "Metal Forming -
Basics, Potential and State-of-the-art" | |
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Kaarel Siimut is an Industrial PhD student at
the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Grundfos, the largest pump
manufacturer in the world. He graduated the Physics, Chemistry and Materials
Science BSc program at the University of Tartu and holds a MSc in Materials and
Manufacturing Engineering from DTU. Being interested in everything STEM-related
from an early age, he was part of season 5 of the science TV show
"Rakett69" in Estonia. He has experience with medical device
manufacturing at Novo Nordisk and mechanical design of cutting-edge optical
products at NKT Photonics. His PhD project is in the field of metal
forming, where his focus is on developing adjustable tools for metal forming
processes, such as ironing. He spends his free time playing sports, building
rockets at Copenhagen Suborbitals, and playing the guitar. Kaarel is
excited to introduce the world of metal forming to the participants of the
summer school and elaborate more on his research.
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| Kenneth Tuul PhD student and Junior Research Fellow of Physical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Tartu | |
| Invited talk: "High-temperature challenges for Li-ion batteries in surgical instruments" | |
About the Speaker:
Kenneth Tuul is a PhD student and Junior Research Fellow of Physical
Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Tartu, having
focused on energy storage technologies. He has a BSc and MSc cum laude
in Materials Science from the University of Tartu. He has been very active in
science communication, leading the science-popularizing initiative Science Bus
and participating in the TV show “Rakett69.” He’s also been active in science
administration, having been part of the original team for the CIPHR project,
and, more recently, was the head of the Research Management Division at Tallinn
University. His research has focused on solid-state hydrogen storage to help
transition into a renewables-based energy economy. More recently, however, he’s
transitioned into electrolytes for Li-ion batteries, having been a visiting
graduate research student at Dalhousie University under Prof. Jeff Dahn. In cooperation
with Tesla, he focused on improving and characterizing the lifetime and
high-temperature performance of Li-ion batteries.
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Kätlin Tiigi
PERH Radiotherapy Department | |
| Invited talk: "The Role of Medical Physicists
in Modern Radiotherapy" Annotations: A brief overview of how medical physicists contribute to the precision, safety, and efficacy of radiotherapy treatments. From ensuring the accurate delivery of radiation doses to developing cutting-edge technologies and protocols, medical physicists are at the heart of enhancing patient outcomes in radiotherapy. We will explore the essential responsibilities and innovative contributions of medical physicists, with a few examples of their impact on Estonia's cancer treatment." | |
| About the Speaker: Kätlin is currently the Head of the Radiotherapy Department at North Estonia Medical Centre and a professional medical physicist specializing in radiotherapy. She earned her first master's degree in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering from TalTech and the University of Tartu in 2017. In 2022, she completed a second master's degree in Advanced Medical Physics at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). Kätlin has been part of the radiotherapy department since 2014, contributing to cancer treatments at Estonia's largest cancer center. Her areas of interest include radiotherapy dosimetry, quality assurance, and the application of magnetic resonance imaging in radiotherapy. | |
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Erik Karlsen
Verification Engineer, Karl Storz Video Endoscopy Estonia OÜ | |
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About the Speaker: Erik Karlsen, Verification
Engineer at Karl Storz Endoscopes. Karl Storz is an independent, family owned MedTech
company who ambitiously thinks in generations instead of quarters to improve
patients’ lives around the world. At KARL STORZ, we pride ourselves on
harnessing leading technologies, precise workmanship, and dedicated customer
support. Erik leads the verification department at Karl Storz’s Tallinn facility. As a Verification Engineer, he has helped lead the verification department in expanding the DVT capabilities into the Estonian market. Prior to Karl Storz, Erik has worked in many industries, prior to his commitment to the Medical Devices. These industries include; Shipping & Maritime, Oil & Gas, Defense & artillery, Food Co-packing and Perforated Metals. Erik held various Engineering roles within these industries including; Senior Design Engineer, Operations Engineer, Production & Service Engineer, CAD Engineer, Mechanical Engineer and now currently Verification Engineer. He started out as a Mechanical Engineer Trainee for the U.S. Army and expanded to verification, supporting innovative products, and ensuring the endoscopes that Karl Storz produces, are safe and adhere to the User Needs. | |
