Scientific Programme

23 August 2026, Sunday
  HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
09:30-16:00 Registration
17:00- 17:30 Opening Ceremony
17:30- 18:15 Plenary: Prof. Renato Zenobi (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"TERS: Vibrational Spectroscopy and Chemical Imaging on the Nanometer Scale"
Chair: Prof. Jürgen Popp (Leibniz Instiute Of Photonic Technology, Germany)
18:30-20:30 WELCOME RECEPTION
24 August 2026, Monday
08:30–- Registration (open all day)
HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
09:00–09:45 Plenary: Prof. Katsumasa Fujita (The University of Osaka, Japan)
"Engineering Sensitivity and Selectivity in Raman Cellular Imaging: Advanced Illumination and Cryogenic Strategies"
Chair: Prof. Siva Umapathy (Indian Institute of Science, India) 
09:45–10:05 Coffee Break
  HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
(SERS/TERS)
Chair: Bin Ren   
HALL 2
(NL/TR)
Chair: Janina Kneipp
HALL 3
(Coherent-Imaging)
Chair: Sumeet Mahajan
HALL 4
(Novel)
Chair: Young Mee Jung
HALL 5
(Bio)
Chair: Lingyan Shi
HALL 6
(Bio/SERS/TERS)
Chair: Antonio Gomes Souza Filho
10:05-10:35 Keynote:
Ado Jorio
(UFMG, Brazil),
"Towards quantitative analysis of defects in Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Graphene and other 2D systems"
Keynote:
Tullio Scopigno
(Universitá di Roma, Italy)
"Vibrational Dynamics à la Carte: Background-Free Mode-Selectivity by Phase-Controlled Impulsive Raman Spectroscopy"
Keynote: 
Lingyan Shi
(UC-San Diego),
"Imaging Dynamic Biosynthesis in Aging and Disease with Multimodal Metabolic Nanoscopy"
Keynote:
Yukihiro Ozaki
(Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan),
"Recent Progress on Semiconductoer-enhanced Raman Scatteing"
Keynote:  
Jurgen Popp
(Leibniz Instiute Of Photonic Technology, Germany)
"From Raman Fingerprints to Patients: AI-Driven Translational Raman Spectroscopy for Precision Medicine" 
Keynote: 
Jaebum Choo
(Chung Ang University, South Korea),
"Rapid and Sensitive Pathogen Screening Using SERS Sensors"
10:35-10:55 Invited: 
Naresh Kumar
(ETH Zurich,  Switzerland),
"Unravelling Catalytic Reaction Mechanisms with In Situ Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy"
Invited: 
Dongho Kim
(Yonsei University, South Korea),
"Structural Evolutions in the Multiexciton Generation Processes in Slip-Stacked Perylene Dye Array probed by Time-resolved Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopy"
Invited:
Sandro Heuke
(Institut Fresnel, CNRS, France)
"4-pulse, 2-color stimulated Raman histology"
Invited:
Vikas Kumar
(University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
"Rapid Coherent-Raman Optical Activity (CARS-ROA) spectroscopy in the low millisecond regime"
Invited:  
Takakazu Nakabayash
i (Ohoku University, Japan)
"Application of Raman Imaging to Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation of Proteins: Quantitative Analysis of Coexisting Components"
Invited: 
Lawrence Ziegler
(Boston University, USA)
"Ultra-rapid, Quantitative, Label-free Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing (AST) via SERS Detected Purine Metabolites: The World’s Fastest AST Methodology"
10:55-11:10 #359, Alice Fiocco, TERS for analysing lithium-transfer kinetics on cathode active surfaces #333, Anna Maria Nowakowska, From Molecular Vibrations to Cellular Dynamics: Real-Time Raman Study of Fatty Acid Uptake #22, Florian Matthias Schweizer, Doppler dual-comb coherent Raman spectromicroscopy and holography #112, Jana Thissen, Online Coupling of Size Exclusion Chromatography to Capillary Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Biopharmaceutical and Biological Applications #310, Aleksandra Pragnąca, Spectral signature of hypoxia. Time-dependent effects on brain endothelium revealed by FTIR and Raman imaging #466, Deniz Yilmaz, Label-Free Monitoring of Intracellular Pathways via Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
11:10-11:25 #64, Anushree Dutta,  Nanoplastics Detection in Complex Cellular Environments by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy #335, Antti Penttinen, Compact, single-frequency high repetition rate picosecond laser for time-resolved Raman spectroscopy #57, Itsuki Yamamoto, Time-Lapse 3D SRS Imaging of Multicellular Systems With Reduced Photodamage Using Chirped Picosecond Pulses #17, Jessica Gabb, A New Raman Spectroscopic Approach to Gaseous Tritium Analysis in the Fusion Fuel Cycle Using Hollow-Core Microstructured Optical Fibres #467, Ana Batista de Carvalho, Beyond Histology: Detecting Endometrial Polyps through Raman Spectroscopy  #430, Nihal Simsek Ozek, Unlocking the Wound-Healing Potential of {Tarantula cubensis} Venom: Migration, Cytotoxicity, and Raman Spectroscopic Profiling in a Human Dermal Fibroblast Model
11:25-11:40 #102,Balaji Sanap, Force-Induced Isomerization of azobenzene monitored by Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy #203, Borui Zhang, Impulsive stimulated Raman scattering with multiple pump pulses #37, Jin Guo, A Self-Calibrated High-Speed Delay Scanning System for Time-Domain Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy #146, Katarzyna Szykula Meurs, Novel Raman Sensor for High-Resolution Detection of Small Spectral Shifts #66, Chia Liang Cheng, Raman and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Reveal Molecular Remodeling During Snowflake Yeast Evolution Invited: 
Jianan Huang
(University Of Oulu, Finland)
"AI-assisted plasmonic nanopores for single-molecule SERS detection of post-translational modifications"
11:25-11:45          
11:40-11:55 #204, Dai Zhang, Enhanced Raman spectroscopy for chemical reactions at air-metal interfaces #398, Gaia De Maria, Broadband Stimulated Raman Scattering On Methylene Blue: Probing Equilibrium And Excited State Properties #131, Lilian Magermans, Wide-field Hyperspectral Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (CARS) Microscopy using Speckled Illumination #77, Keishi Yang, High-speed AFM/micro-Raman Multimodal Measurement System: Correlative Analysis of Conformational and Chemical-bond Dynamics #236, Ion Nesterovschi, Raman characterization of blue microplastic ingestion and carotenoid responses in zooplankton Invited:
Peter Mojzes
(Charles University, Czech Republic)
"Characterization of Molecular Crystals Produced by Microalgae by Means of Raman Microscopy"
11:40-12:00          
12:00-13:30 LUNCH
HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
13:30–14:15 Plenary: Prof. Siva Umapathy (Indian Institute Of Science, India)
"Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Raman Spectroscopy in Basic Research and Societal Applications"
Chair: Prof. Tullio Scopigno
14:15–14:35 Coffee Break
  HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
(SERS/TERS)
Chair: Jianan Huang
HALL 2
(NL/TR)
Chair: Dongho Kim
HALL 3
(Coherent-Imaging)
Chair: Haluska Miroslav
HALL 4
(Novel)
Chair: Vikas Kumar
HALL 5
(Bio)
Chair: Kamilla Małek
HALL 6
(SERS/TERS)
Chair: Kumar Naresh
14:35-14:55 Invited:
Sangwoon Yoon
(Chung-Ang University, South Korea),
"Strong Plasmon–Exciton Coupling Tuned by Corner Etching of Gold Nanocubes and Nanotriangles"
Invited: 
Hideaki Kano
(Keio University, Japan),
"Label-Free Detection of Cardiac Amyloid Deposits in Human Tissue by Multiplex CARS Spectroscopic Imaging", 
Invited: 
Hanqing Xion
(Peking University, China),
"Super-broadband stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopy and imaging" 
Invited: 
Hyung Min Kim

"Development of Macro- and Microscale Line-scan Raman Systems for Environmental Monitoring" 
Invited: 
Samir F. El-Mashtoly
(Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany)
"Bioorthogonal Vibrational Probes Enable Raman Imaging of Enzyme Activity in Cells"
Invited: 
Rostislav Bukasov
(Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)
"Looking beyond gold and silver, quest for inexpensive but efficient SERS substrates in sandwich immunoassays with SERS readout and SERS for detection of proteinuria"
14:55-15:10 #207, Felix Schneider, Angular Distribution of Tip-Enhanced Raman Scattering #356, Giovanni Batignani, Temperature Dependence of Stimulated Resonant Raman Scattering #373, Luca Genchi, CARS endoscopy through an ultra-thin multi-core fiber  #472, Montserrat Roman Quintero, Interfacial Vibrational Spectroscopic Insights into Membrane Disruption using Antimicrobial Peptides #13, István Csarnovics, Label‑Free Raman Spectroscopy for Discriminating Breast Cancer Cell Lines and Macrophage Polarization States #489, Serpil Harbeck, Detection of Chemical Warfare Agent Simulants on Commercial Substrates via Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
15:10-15:25 #206, Gleb Tselikov, Hyperbolic-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of 2D materials on natural vdW MoOCl₂ #363, Karolina Skała, Vibrational enhancement in Au₂₅(PET)₁₈​ nanoclusters probed by Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy #384, Marco Da Ros, Multimodal Nonlinear Raman Imaging For Label-Free Histology Of Head And Neck Tumor Microarrays  #341, Morteza Behrouzitabar, Full Vibrational Spectroscopy for Simultaneous Mechanical, Structural and Chemical Analysis #465, Jorge Perez-Juste, Light-Responsive Plasmonic Nanoparticle-Bacterial Biohybrids for Targeted and Multiplexed SERS Imaging #39, Shathar Alobeidat, Validated Quantitative SERS Method for Trace Pharmaceutical Detection
15:25-15:40 #211, Ario Jafari, Quantitative SERS of PEDOT:PSS using nanocellulose–Au@Ag nanowire composite films #306, Koichi Iwata, Initial Phase of Bimolecular Reactions between {p}-Terphenyl Derivatives and Carbon Tetrachloride Detected by Picosecond Time-resolved Raman Spectroscopy #512, Max Brinkmann, Feature level validation of label-free intraoperative histology in glioblastoma using stimulated raman scattering imaging  #293, Andrii Kutsyk, qRICO-Net: machine-learning-based crystallographic orientation mapping using polarized Raman microscopy #36, Joseph O’Halloran, Monte Carlo Based Quantitative Spatially Offset Raman Spectroscopy Towards Non-Invasive Bone Quality Assessment #328, Shilong Zhao, Moiré tunable Raman enhancement in twisted MnPS3
15:40-15:55 #461, Arna Ghosh, Detection To Degradation: A SERS Strategy for Tackling Benzotriazole in Complex Water Matrices #357, Marcin Pastorczak, The Origin of the Frequency-Dependence of the OH Stretch Vibrational Lifetimes in Liquid Water – Polarization-Resolved fs-IR Pump – Stimulated Raman Probe Study #210, Ruidong Ji, Hybrid CW–Pulsed Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering  #342, Anna Lisa Gilioli, Identification and quantification of nanoplastics using Raman spectroscopy optimised by dielectrophoretic pre-concentration #152, Karolina M. Turczyńska, Raman spectroscopic analysis of nanoparticle uptake dynamics in human cells #28, Shrobona Banerjee, Protein-gold nanoparticle interface characterized by machine learning-assisted surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)
15:55-16:10 #242, Barbara Palys, Conducting Polymer-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles As A Reactive Oxygen Species SERS Reporters #284, Masanari Okuno, Polarization-resolved spontaneous nonlinear scattering captures phonon-like motion in liquids #49, Shun Takahashi, Stimulated Raman Scattering Imaging of Dislocation-Induced Strain Fields in Bulk GaN Substrates,  #8, Bogdan Sava, Multimodal Nanoscale Materials Characterization via Correlative Nano-IR, Raman Microscopy, and Atomic Force Microscopy #73, Lucía Ronda, Raman Spectroscopy for Bacterial Identification: From Full Cultivation to In Vivo Measurements #441, Sinan Genc, Low-Cost, Scalable SERS Substrates Based on Copper-Assisted Chemically Etched Silicon with Inverted Surface Architectures
16:10-19:00 POSTER SESSION AND MIXER (Click here to see poster programme)
25 August 2026, Tuesday
08:30–- Registration (open all day)
HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
09:00–09:45 Plenary: Prof. Isabel Pastoriza-Santo (Universidade De Vigo, Spain)
"Engineering Plasmonic Nanostructures For Next-Generation SERS-Based Detection"
 Chair: Prof. Emiliano Cortés (University of Munich, Germany)
09:45–10:05 Coffee Break
  HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
(SERS/TERS)
Chair: Janina Kneipp
HALL 2
(NL/TR)
Chair: Ozaki Yukihiro
HALL 3
(Coherent-Imaging)
Chair: Mustafa Kansiz
HALL 4
(Novel)
Chair: Ado Jorio
HALL 5
 (Bio)
Chair: Jaebum Choo
HALL 6
(NL/TR)
Chair: Thomas Bocklitz
10:05-10:25  Keynote:
Bin Ren
(Xiamen University, China)
 "Electrochemical Tip-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy--More than 10 years development, current status and future opportunity'
Keynote:  
Simion Astilean
(Babes Bolyai University, Romania)
"Multifunctional Plasmonic Nanoplatforms for SERS, Bioimaging and Plasmon-Enhanced Therapies"
Keynote:
Ji-Xin Cheng
(Boston University, USA)
"Stimulated Raman Photothermal Microscopy: 
Chemical imaging with high sensitivity and ease of operation" 
Keynote:
Sumeet Mahajan
(University of Southampton, UK)
'Multi-Excitation Raman Spectroscopy and its Applications in Biology and Medicine'
Invited:
Takakazu Nakabayashi
(Tohoku University, Japan)
"Application of Raman Imaging to Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation of Proteins: Quantitative Analysis of Coexisting Components"
Keynote:
Thomas Bocklitz
(Friedrich Schiller University)
"Extending the photonic data science toolbox: Data Infrastructure Methods and Physically Inspired Deep Learning Models'
10:05-10:35  
10:35-10:55 Invited:
Rares Stiufiuc
(Regional Institute Of Oncology Iasi, Romania)
"SERS-Based Analysis of Biological Fluids for Liquid Biopsy Applications"
Invited:
Shengxi Huang
(Rice University, USA)
"Unconventional phonon and polaron behaviors in low-dimensional materials"
Invited:
Hanqing Xiong
(Peking University, China)
"Super-broadband stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopy and imaging"
Invited: 
Torsten Frosch
(TU Darmstadt, Germany)
Advanced Drug Monitoring of Anti-infectives Exploiting Deep-UV Raman Spectroscopy and Fiber Sensors
Invited:
Peter Mojze
(Charles University, Czech Republic)
"Characterization of Molecular Crystals Produced by Microalgae by Means of Raman Microscopy"
Invited:
Ion Notingher/Radu  Boitor
(University of Nottingham, UK)
"Raman spectroscopy techniques for intra-operative diagnosis in cancer surgery"
10:55-11:10 #219, Cecilia Spedalieri, Probing intracellular interactions of functionalized nanoparticles for organelle targeting with SERS #315, Miroslav Kloz,Vibrational signature of 1Bu+ and hot 2Ag- excited states of carotenoids revisited by femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy #499, Shupeng Zhao, Chemical imaging through scattering medium  #479, Chengxiang Jin, Coherent Raman spectroscopy for buried interfaces via spatiotemporal field engineering #395, Gergo Peter Szekeres, Vibrational probing of the glycosaminoglycan structure-function relationship through physicochemical perturbation Invited:
Nina Jeliazkova
(Ideaconsult Ltd, Bulgaria)
"FAIR Analytical Data for Safe and Sustainable by Design"
10:55-11:15          
11:10-11:25 #303, Dana Cialla-May, SERS-Based Drug Monitoring and Biomarker Detection in Complex Biological Matrices #414, Neethish Madathiparambil Mohanan, Harnessing the coupling of photocarriers to lattice displacements in low dimensional perovskites: an impulsive vibrational spectroscopy perspective #9, Yang Ma, Fast and Low-Power Super-Resolution Vibrational Imaging Enabled by an Improved Photoswitchable Raman Probe  #71, Felix Schröter, Rapid Microplastic Imaging enabled by a pulsed UV Raman Microscope #238, Martyna Anna Pytlarz, Discrimination And Quantification Of Methotrexate In The Presence Of Its Metabolites And Co-administrated Drugs In Patient Serum Using Lab-On-Disc SERS Platform Supported By Multivariate Data Analysis #0321, Jamile Jafari, Towards FAIR Raman and IR Spectroscopy: A Minimal Metadata Framework
11:25-11:40 #290, David Baschnagel, Angularly Resolved Raman Spectroscopy of Cobalt(II)phtalocyanine through a Particle on Mirror System #470, Roozbeh Bonakdar, Accelerating raman spectroscopy imaging via fine-tuned diffusion models for sparse data reconstruction 498, Yaren Sarıboğa, Burst-Mode femtosecond lasers for enhanced stimulated raman spectroscopy  #431, Hankun Yang, Asynchronous Ultrafast Spontaneous Raman Sensing #331, Maryam Jebari Ben Omar, Label Free Assessment Of Spermatozoa Status #129, Shuxia Guo, Machine learning and data science in IR spectroscopy for biomedical applications
11:40-11:55 #286, Eungyeong Park, SERS-based detection of cancer cell surface proteins for early cancer diagnosis #501, Ryu Yoshizawa, Probing microscopic network structure in ultrathin amorphous layers by time-frequency hybrid coherent Raman spectroscopy #279, Yusuke Murakami, Broadband electronic resonance coherent anti-Stokes/Stokes Raman scattering microscopy for High-Speed and High-Sensitivity Imaging of Biomolecules #389, Nicolai Jonathan E. Jacobsen, Miniature Raman Spectrometer with Tunable Laser for Minerals Research #136, Muhammad Asyraf Onn, Multimodal Raman and Infrared O-PTIR Spectroscopy for Detection of Transforming hr-HPV Infection in Single Cervical Cells   
12:00-13:30 LUNCH/ICORS Steering Committe Meeting
HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
13:30–14:15 Plenary: Ramón A. Alvarez-Puebla (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain),
"Plasmonic porous materials and their applications in SERS"
Chair: Zenobi Renato  (ETH Zurich,  Switzerland)
14:15–14:35 Coffee Break
  HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
(SERS/TERS)
Chair: Dae Hong Jeong
HALL 2
(NL/TR)
Chair: Hyeonsik Cheong
HALL 3
(Materials)
Chair: Paul Champion
HALL 4
(Novel)
Chair: Liqing Zheng
HALL 5
(Bio)
Chair: Hugh Byrne
HALL 6
(Bio)
Chair: Samir Elmastholy
14:35-14:55 Invited:  
Sebastian Schlücker
(University of Duisburg Essen, Germany)
"Probing a reactive alkyne centre aligned by a rigid molecular tripod by single-molecule TERS for electric field-induced chemistry'
Invited:
Harumi Sato
(Kobe University, Japan)
"Visualization of In-Situ Marine Biodegradation in Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Using Three-Dimensional Raman Mapping"
Invited: 
Hyeonsik Cheong
(Sogang University, South Korea)
"Raman spectroscopy for magnetic two-dimensional materials"
Invited: 
Katarzyna Majzner
(Jagiellonian University, Poland)
"Decoding drug response across systems: Raman insights from endothelium to leukemia"
Invited: 
Kamilla Malek
(Jagiellonian University, Poland)
 "Raman and FTIR Imaging Sensitivity and Specificity in Decoding Cellular Transformations and Dysfunctions in 2D and 3D In Vitro Models"
Invited:
Agnieszka Kamińska
(Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
"Biomedical and analytical applications of SERS supported by machine learning: Towards development of the novel tool for clinical diagnosis"
14:55-15:10 #193, Eva Kočišová, Photocatalytically Recyclable Nb₂O₅/Metal Hybrid Platforms For Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Spectroscopy  #41, Jitendra Acharyya, Intrinsic backward emission of coherent Raman photons from 
homogeneous media
Invited:
Simona Cintă Pinzaru
(Babes Bolyai University, Romania)
"Aquatic Aged Micro- Nano Plastic Reference Materials as Resonance Raman-SERRS Traceable Probe for Controlled Exposure and Impact Studies"
#345, Polina Kasyanova, Toward Single-Particle Raman Microscopy of Vitrified Biological Samples at Liquid Helium Temperature #408, Parvin Ghalebtarash, High-Throughput Compressed-Sensing Raman Microscopy for Label-Free Cellular Differentiation Analysis  #091, Danylo Komisar, DTNR-SORS: A Hardware Solution to the Sensitivity Bottleneck in Raman Glucose Sensing
14:55-15:15          
15:10-15:25 #60, Giulia Spaggiari,A Multi-scanning-probe Study of Local nanoscale Properties in Cu-Doped Sb₂Se₃ Photovoltaic Films  #311, Sergey G Pavlov, Lattice dynamics of transparent rock-forming minerals probed by complementary frequency-domain and time-domain Raman spectroscopy #334, Alicia Gómez López, Comparing Smoothing Methods for Noise Reduction in Raman Spectroscopy: Impact on Plastics Identification #321, Václav Profant, Terahertz Raman Optical Activity as a Window into G-Quadruplex Self-Assembly #253, Patrycja Dawiec, Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Fatty Acid Synthase and Cholesterol Inhibition in Blood Cancers #065, Ewa Pięta, Multimodal spectroscopic evidence of selective cytotoxic and radiosensitizing effects of withaferin A in cervical cancer cells
15:25-15:40 #241, Gohar Soufi, Automated Sample Pretreatment of Complex Matrices on a Centrifugal Microfluidic Platform for Nanopillar-Assisted Separation and SERS Detection  #427, Jacopo Zini, Alternative Application of Time-Gated Raman Spectrometer: Leveraging Picosecond Time-Gating for Fluorescence Lifetime Sensing of Molecular Diffusion in Collagen Hydrogels #121, Dmitry Smirnov, High-field magneto-Raman spectroscopy of quantum magnets #103, Ventsislav K. Valev, Meta-Raman Optical Activity #125, Sreeparna Nath, Raman Spectroscopy for Detection of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistance in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia #380, Karolina Chrabąszcz, From Cells to Isolated Lipid Droplets: Raman Spectrolipidomics of Treatment Response
15:40-15:55 #220, Hyejin Chang, Dual-Enhanced SERS Platforms Using Edge-Engineered Graphene Quantum Dots and Silver Nanoshells  #322, Shilpa Kurupath Bhavadas, Mapping the Vibrational States in Retinal and Retinal Schiff Base by FSRS #397, Emanuele Mai, Ultrastability and Hyperageing in Amorphous Materials: Polarization Resolved Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy of Fossil Amber #287, Vít Pavelka, Plasmonic Microspheres in Flow: Acoustofluidic Focusing for Sensitive SERS Detection #85, Timea Frosch, Stage-Dependent Mechanisms of Action of Antimalarial Drugs on Hemozoin Formation in Infected Erythrocytes #485, Katarzyna Pogoda, Multimodal Raman and AFM-IR nanospectroscopy of plasma membrane vesicles reveals cell-origin dependent membrane composition
15:55-16:10 #500, Ilayda Alparslan, Direct Laser Written Periodic Nanostructures for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy  #135, Yoonsoo Pang, Ultrafast charge transfer dynamics probe by time-resolved Raman spectroscopy   #87, Yaroslav Aulin, Gemstones and Minerals Identification Using Machine Learning Assisted Raman Spectroscopy #79, Murali Krishna Chilakapati, Minimally Invasive Raman Spectroscopy: Applications for Oral Cancer Assessment  
16:10-19:00 POSTER SESSION AND MIXER (Click here to see poster programme)
26 August 2026, Wednesday
08:30–- Registration (open all day)
HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
09:00–09:45 Plenary: Emiliano Cortés (University of Munich, Germany),
"Raman Spectroscopy for Energy Interfaces and Catalysis"
Chair: Katsumasa Fujita (The University of Osaka, Japan)
09:45–10:00 Announcement of Poster Awards
10:00–10:15 Coffee Break
  HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
(SERS/TERS)
Chair: Mine Altunbek
HALL 2
(TC/Geo/Material)
Chair: Guillermo Lopez
HALL 3
(Imaging/SERS/TERS)
Chair: Ugur Tamer
HALL 4
(Materials/Pharma)
Chair: Duohai Pan
HALL  5
 (Bio)
Chair: Ismail H. Boyaci
HALL 6
(NL/Env/Bio)
Chair: Mehmet Kahraman
10:15-10:35 Keynote: 
Janina Kneipp
(Humboldt Universität Zu Berlin, Germany)
"Biochemistry of lipid metabolism of animal cells as probed by surface-enhanced Raman scattering"
Invited:
Tommaso Giovannini
(University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)
"From Nanoplasmonics to Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopies: an Atomistic Perspective"
Keynote:
Young Mee Jung
(Kangwon National University, South Korea)
"Versatility and Applications of Raman Spectroscopy in Bioassays"
Keynote:
Antonio Gomes Souza Filho
(Univesidade Federal Do Ceará, Brazil)
"2D maerials under high-pressure conditions: strain effects on the phonon spectrum"
Keynote: 
Hugh J. Byrne
(Technological University Dublin, Ireland)
"Raman microscopic analysis of cellular function in vitro"  
Invited:
Ingo Rimke
(Ape Gmbh, Germany)
"Highly sensitive and fast hyperspectral SRS image acquisition as well as TPE microscopy with shot noise limited OPO-based light source"
10:15-10:45    
10:45-11:00 Invited:
Omer Aydin
(Erciyes University, Turkiye)
"AI-Assisted Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy from Spectral Fingerprints to Diagnosis"
#139, Giacomo D’Arcangelo, Why Do Raman Features Change with Excitation Wavelength? How Resonance States Shape Raman Spectra #423, Markéta Benešova, Time-lapse metabolic fingerprinting of bacterial stress responses using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy Invited: 
Jose Antonio Manrique
(Universidad De Valladolid, Spain)
 "Diverse mineralogies characterized with SuperCam Raman and luminescence in Jezero Crater"
Invited:  
Murali Krishna Chilakapati
(Tmc Actrec, India)
"Minimally Invasive Raman Spectroscopy: Applications for Oral Cancer Assessment"
Invited: 
Hyung Min Kim
(Kookmin University, South Korea)
"Development of Macro- and Microscale Line-scan Raman Systems for Environmental Monitoring"
10:45-11:05    
11:05-11:20 #134, Ahmed Y. F. Mahmoud, In-solution SERS for Liquid Biopsies using a Portable Raman Device for Point-of-care Testing #495, Gianluca Serra, Nanographenes' shapes: effects of molecular geometry on Raman spectra from density functional theory #348, Mateusz Kasztelan, Self-Assembled Core-Shell Nanoparticles For SERS Detection Of Fungal Secondary Metabolites #390, Ivan Němec, Study of Polymorphism in the Family of Guanidine-based Molecular Crystals for Nonlinear Optics #371, Philippe Daniel, Application of Raman spectroscopy for ovarian cancer detection: comparative analysis of fresh, formalin-fixed, and paraffin-embedded samples #390, Ivan Němec, Study of Polymorphism in the Family of Guanidine-based Molecular Crystals for Nonlinear Optics
11:20-11:35 #30, Ana Luiza Clivatti Yamanaka, Controlling Gold Nanoparticles Electrodeposition for Reproducible SERS Substrates on Transparent Electrodes #43, Jesper Sand, Evaluating And Choosing Experimental Parameters For Shifted Excitation Raman Difference Spectroscopy: A Quantitative Study #457, Melike Sarıçam, From Lab to Field: Enhancing SERS Detection of Dipicolinic Acid through Sampling-Relevant Chemical Activation Using Commercial Substrates and a Portable Raman Spectrometer #402, Krystian Pupel, Tracking Structural Changes in Graphene Oxide: From Established Raman Signatures to Fragmentation Effects #374, Victor Alcolea-Rodriguez, Label-Free Raman Spectroscopy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: From Tumor Biopsies to Therapy Response Monitoring in Patient-Derived Tumor Slice Cultures  #409, Miklos Veres, Incorporation of nitrogen into nanocrystalline diamond - a multi-wavelength Raman spectroscopic study
11:35-11:50 #120, Ana Luiza Correa Januário, Modulating SERS and Enhanced Fluorescence of Copper Complexes Through Silica Shell Thickness in Ag@SiO₂ Nanoparticles #151, Marc Bröckel, Atomic Contributions to the Raman Intensity Reveal Molecular Charge Density Shifts – a combined Experimental and Computational Approach #447, Munevver Akdeniz, SERS-Based Label-Free Exosome Profiling for Acute Leukemia Detection via Machine Learning #302, Luis Gómez Fernández, Water-vapor induced crystal transformation from the Jahn-Teller Rb2CuCl4 to the Pseudo Jahn-Teller Rb2CuCl4(H2O)2: Diffusion dynamics study #90, Zeynep Kilinc, Systematic Investigation of Drug Resistance Reversal in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Raman Spectroscopy #340, Aradhana Dwivedi, Towards SERS-Based Sensing Platforms for Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Complex Biofluids
11:50-12:05 #332, Angelika Łepek, Rapid manufacturing of nanostructured carbon-based EC-SERS platforms functionalized with gold nanoparticles  #480, Mehdi Hosseini, Raman Adiabatic Passage in a Coupled Three-Level Lambda System: Controlling Population Transfer via Physical Parameters #5, Peilin Xin, Single-Molecule Monitoring of Nucleic Acid Dynamics Using Raman Correlation Spectroscopy in Plasmonic Nanowells #409, Miklos Veres, Incorporation of nitrogen into nanocrystalline diamond - a multi-wavelength Raman spectroscopic study #481, Rami Zewail, Continual Learning Strategies for Sequential Pathogen Update in Raman Spectroscopy-Based Identification #382, Carolin Borbeck, Smaller Plastics, Bigger Risks: Correlative Raman and O-PTIR Microspectroscopy for High-Confidence Identification of Submicron Microplastics
12:05-12:20 #344, Anton Minnekhanov, Natural hyperbolic MoOCl₂ for anisotropic Raman and SERS-like enhancement   #244, Sampurno Banerjee, Sequential raman spectroscopy and imaging of early biochemical alterations in DMBA-induced oral carcinogenesis #202, Miriam Boehmler, In situ Confocal Raman Spectroscopy and Microscopy from Cryogenic to Extreme High Temperatures: Monitoring Material Behaviour Across Wide Thermal Ranges    
27 August 2026, Thursday
08:30–- Registration (open all day)
HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
09:00–09:45 Plenary: Prof. Jian-Feng Li (Xiamen University, China)
"In-Situ Raman Probing Surface Reactions"
Chair: Prof. Sebastian Schlücker (University of Duisburg Essen, Germany)
09:45–10:05 Coffee Break
  HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
(SERS/TERS)
Chair: Yuika Saito
HALL 2
 (Materials)
Chair: Jihyeon Yeom
HALL 3
(Industrial)
Chair: Ilgin Nar
HALL 4
(SERS/TERS)
Chair: Karolina Turczyńska
HALL 5
( Bio/Theory)
Chair: Katarzyna Majzner
10:05-10:35 Invited: 
Shuang Guo
(Jilin Normal University, China)
"Regulation Mechanisms of SERS Activity in Organic Semiconductor Composites"
Invited:
Chiara Cappelli,
(Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy) Atomistic Modeling of Raman Spectra in Complex Environments: From Solutions to Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering
Invited:
Duohai Pan
(Bristol Myers Squibb, USA)
"Raman Spectroscopy and microscopy for Accelerated Pharmaceutical Development: Applications from Preclinical to Commercialization"
Invited:
Dae Hong Jeong
(Seoul National University, South Korea)
"Surface-enhanced Raman Optical Activity of Molecules using Chirality Induction from Chiral Molecules to Non-chiral Molecules on a Particle-on-Film Substrate"
Invited:
Matteo Tommasini
(Politecnico Di Milano, Italy)
"Vibrational spectroscopy under external electric fields: probing molecular structure and interactions"
10:35-10:55 #441, Sinan Genc, Low-Cost, Scalable SERS Substrates Based on Copper-Assisted Chemically Etched Silicon with Inverted Surface Architectures #201, Hirotsugu Hiramatsu, Sugar analysis in honey using HILIC-Raman technique #302, Luis Gómez Fernández, Water-vapor induced crystal transformation from the Jahn-Teller Rb2CuCl4 to the Pseudo Jahn-Teller Rb2CuCl4(H2O)2: Diffusion dynamics study #104, Anton Minnekhanov, Natural hyperbolic MoOCl₂ for anisotropic Raman and SERS-like enhancement #427, Jacopo Zini, Alternative Application of Time-Gated Raman Spectrometer: Leveraging Picosecond Time-Gating for Fluorescence Lifetime Sensing of Molecular Diffusion in Collagen Hydrogels
10:55-11:10 #417, Irving Brian Becerril Castro, Rapid Inkjet Fabrication of Modular Plasmonic Chemosensors #63, Mirosław Mączka, Vibrational Studies of Phase Transitions in Multilayered Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskites #396, Akif Goktug Bozkurt, Discrimination of Regional Honey Samples from Northeastern Türkiye Using Raman Spectroscopy #48, Rostislav Bukasov, Looking beyond gold and silver, quest for inexpensive but efficient SERS substrates in sandwich immunoassays with SERS readout and SERS for detection of proteinuria Invited:
Fiona Lyng
(Technological University Dublin, Ireland)
"Raman Spectral Cytopathology: A Minimally Invasive Approach for Early Detection of Pre-Cancerous Lesions"
10:55-11:15        
11:10-11:25 #21,J ingwen Zhou, Noninvasive Breath-Based Monitoring of Oxidative Stress via Photoinduced Charge-Transfer Mechanisms #291, Nasim Zarrabi, Metrological Calibration of Raman Shift for Strain Quantification in 4H-Silicon Carbide #147, Ané Kritzinger, Fluorescence suppression techniques for through-container Raman spectroscopy #15, Saba Bashir, Integrating Machine Learning with SERS Optophysiology for Enhanced Neurotransmitter Sensing #230, Sungjun Kwak, Affinity-driven SERS detection of natural dyes using hydrophobic interaction and coordination bonding
11:25-11:40 #325, Jitendra Pratap Singh, Spin-selective charge transfer-SERS-based label-free enantioselective discrimination of chiral molecules #314, Nicolás Coca López, Process Control of Zeolite Synthesis Using {in line} Raman Spectroscopy: A Comparison with {Off line} X-Ray Difraction Analysis #487, Darshan Chikkanayakanahalli Mukunda, Raman Spectroscopy Coupled with Multi-Variate Analysis for Estimating Sugars in Fresh and Packaged Tender Coconut Water #39, Shathar Alobeidat, Validated Quantitative SERS Method for Trace Pharmaceutical Detection Invited:
Roman Holomb
(Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics Hungary)
"Detection of single nucleotide variants using alkyne-tagged Raman-active DNA probes"
11:25-11:45        
11:40-11:55 #93, John Kerr, Chirality Conferral Enables the Observation of Hyper-Raman Optical Activity #47, Olena Zavorotynska, Insights into synthesis of metal-organic-frameworks (MOFs) with combined in situ approach: Raman scattering, X-ray absorption and X-ray diffraction #458, Eda Kiriş, Discrimination of Ballpoint Pens and Analysis of Artificially Aged Document with Confocal Raman Spectroscopy  #328, Shilong Zhao, Moiré tunable Raman enhancement in twisted MnPS3 #368, Oleksii Ilchenko, Deviations from inverse-square law in standoff Raman spectroscopy
11:55-12:05 #403, Kacper Jędrzejewski, EC-SERS Studies of Chloramphenicol on Nanostructured Gold – Control of Adsorption, Redox Transformation and SERS Signal Enhancement #285, Sabrina Hakelberg, Correlative Raman Microscopy Across Disciplines: From Cellular Architecture to 2D Material Heterostructures #433, Guillermo Lopez Reyes, Real-time Raman detection and quantification of molecular gases at ppm level using hollow-core fiber sensors   #143, Panchali Saha, Serum Raman Spectroscopy for Oral Disease Stratification
12:05-13:30 LUNCH
  HALL 1 - AMPHITHEATER
(SERS/TERS)
Chair: Elif Ozturk
HALL 2
( TC/Imaging)
Chair: Mehmet Kahrama
HALL 3
(Materials)
Chair: Sangwoon Yoon
HALL 4 -
(SERS/TERS)
Chair: Agnieszka Kaminska
HALL 5
(Plantry/Geo/Materials)
Chair: Omer Aydin
13:30–13:50 Invited:
Liqing Zheng
(Nanjing University, China)
 "Nanoscale chemical imaging of interfacial reactions by tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy"
Invited:
Harumi Sato
(Kobe University, Japan)
"Visualization of In-Situ Marine Biodegradation in Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Using Three-Dimensional Raman Mapping"
Invited:
Jihyeon Yeom
(KAIST, South Korea)
"Chiral-Raman and Its Applications"
Invited:
Yuika Saito
(Gakushuin University, Japan)
 "Temporal Fluctuations in SERS Signals Revealed by DBSCAN-Based Cluster Analysis"
Invited:
Miroslav Haluska
(ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Dual Role of Raman Spectroscopy in Nanosensor Fabrication: Monitoring and Laser Processing of Carbon Nanotubes"
13:50-14:05 #307, Kuo Zhan, Deep Learning Analysis of Individual DNA Dynamics on a nanoparticle by Single-Molecule SERS Spectra #298, Sinje Zimmer, High-Temperature Raman Imaging: Unveiling Mineral Processes in Refractory and Ceramic Materials #19, Zeyu Zhang, In situ Raman Reveals CO2 Assisted Reconstruction of Copper Coordination Polymers Promoting C–C Coupling during CO2 Electroreduction #115, Taeyeong Kim, Hemispherical gold nanoshell arrays on silicon nanospheres for single-digit nanogap SERS substrates #367, Gamze N Ozcan, Micro-Raman Based Identification Of Impurities In Antarctic Glacier Ice Cores Supported By IC And ICP-MS Analyses
14:05-14:20 #379, Lars Dannenberg, SERS of stable radicals and Plasmonically Controlled Radical-Mediated Polymerizations #96, Matteo Tommasini, Vibrational spectroscopy under external electric fields: probing molecular structure and interactions #215, Iuliana-Cornelia Sandu-Poplăcean, Pigment Diversity and Unusual Blue Biogenic Shell in the Invasive Population of Rapana venosa Sea Snail Revealed by Multi-Laser Raman, SERS, FT-IR, XRD, and SEM-EDX Analysis #148, Rasmus Öberg, Selective SERS detection of nerve agents using oxime-based Raman probe molecules #55, Matteo Giardino, Raman imaging for the assessment of residual stress accumulation in naturally aged marble
14:20-14:35 #230, Sungjun Kwak, Affinity-driven SERS detection of natural dyes using hydrophobic interaction and coordination bonding #400, Oliviero Cannelli, Controlling Electron-Phonon Coupling via Ultrashort Core-Resonant X-ray Pulses #347, Raquel Portela, Raman Assessment of Microplastic Production, Identification and Biotransformation during Human Gastrointestinal Digestion #426, Ting Wang, Lock-in sampling: a time-domain strategy for high-speed widefield SERS imaging Invited: 
Guillermo Lopez-Reye
s (Universidad de Valladolid, Spain)
"Raman Laser Spectrometer (RLS) operations and scientific performance for the Rosalind Franklin Mission to Mars"
14:20-14:40      
14:35-14:50 #187, Marek Procházka, PEDOT:PSS Conducting Polymer Substrates: A Robust Platform For Highly Sensitive Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) Spectroscopy #481, Rami Zewail, Continual Learning Strategies for Sequential Pathogen Update in Raman Spectroscopy-Based Identification #516, Zeynep Cantürk, Improving SERS Sensitivity Using Metal Nanoparticles in Textured Silicon Cavities #75, Wenjun Chen, Two-Dimensional Thiophosphites Enhanced Raman Scattering: From Sub-Zeptomolar Sensing to Sixteen‑Order-of-Magnitude Quantitative Analysis #202, Miriam Boehmler, In situ Confocal Raman Spectroscopy and Microscopy from Cryogenic to Extreme High Temperatures: Monitoring Material Behaviour Across Wide Thermal Ranges
14:50-15:05 #104, Anton Minnekhanov, Natural hyperbolic MoOCl₂ for anisotropic Raman and SERS-like enhancement #226, Konstantinos Stergiou, Overcoming Precision Limits in Raman Spectroscopy: A Validated Strategy for Fast and Accurate Dual Axis Calibration #402, Krystian Pupel, Tracking Structural Changes in Graphene Oxide: From Established Raman Signatures to Fragmentation Effects #34, Yuge Liang, Raman spectroscopic of single-live-cell membrane electrical penetration dynamics via plasmonic nanotubes  
15:05-15:20 #28, Shrobona Banerjee, Protein-gold nanoparticle interface characterized by machine learning-assisted surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)   #31, Ruben F. Kranenburg, Deep-UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy Enables Reliable MDMA Identification in Colored Ecstasy Tablets #243, Gohar Soufi, Near-Infrared Light-Driven Zn/Au Janus Micromotors for Multiplex SERS Detection of Anticancer Drugs  
15:30-17:30 CLOSING CEREMONY