Juergen Popp
Organisation: Friedrich-Schiller University and Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology Role: Chair for Physical Chemistry and
Biophotonics has grown rapidly in recent years, according to Juergen Popp, especially when utilised together with AI for applied clinical diagnosis and therapy. ‘The next big step will be translating
these approaches into routine clinical applications. This translation will also be the biggest challenge,’ he said. Popp believes the EU Medical Device
Regulation (MDR) makes it more difficult or near impossible to test biophotonic approaches on patients in the form of preclinical or clinical studies: ‘Numerous photonic technologies have proven their
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Scientific Director Based in: Jena, Germany Education: PhD, Chemistry
potential for certain diagnostic and therapeutic questions in proof-of-principle studies, but the actual performance has not yet been demonstrated under routine clinical conditions in the form of comparative studies on a large cohort of patients. 'Here, funding for such validation studies
is urgently needed to generate a marketable product. It only makes economic sense for industry to support a biophotonic proof-of- concept approach if there is a regulation- compliant study on a large cohort of patients that clearly demonstrates the added value.' Popp plans to attend Photonics West and SciX.
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www.linkedin.com/showcase/electro-optics Fabrizio Preda
Organisation: Nireos Role: CEO and Co-founder
Nireos is an Italian start-up and spin- off of Politecnico di Milano University. The company manufactures devices for spectroscopy, including an ultra-compact interferometer for FT spectroscopy that features a high delay stability and reproducibility (better than one attosecond). For this reason, it can be used without any active control or position tracking even in harsh environments. Preda’s Master’s thesis on ‘Ultrafast Bidimensional Electronic Spectroscopy implemented with a birefringent interferometer (TWINS)’, forms part of the
Based in: Milan, Italy Education: MSc (specialising in nano optics and photonics), Politecnico di Milano
technology found in Nireos’ interferometers. After graduating in 2015, he worked as
a research fellow at Politecnico di Milano, where he contributed to two Horizon 2020 projects: Vibra, an innovative microscope for real-time non-invasive imaging of cells and tissues to identify tumours; and Chimera, which aimed to commercialise a device for identifying the chirality of molecules. Between 2016 and 2017, he won three Italian competitions (StartCup Lombardia, Switch To Product 2017 and Research Ideas for the Market), recognising high-potential, marketable research and technologies.
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