School Lecturers (April 3-4 2018) 
 
Upconversion: Lanthanides
John A. Capobianco
Centre for NanoScience Research, Concordia University
 
Photophysical properties of the lanthanides: intermetallic communication in up and down conversion processes
Louise Natrajan 
School of Chemistry, University of Manchester
 
Acquisition, analysis and interpretation of upconversion luminescence data
Stanley May
Department of Chemistry, University of South Dakota
 
Probing the photophysical limits of UCNP brightness, and expanding them by controlling composition, coupling to antennas, and coherent lasing emission
Peter J. Schuck 
Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
 
Multifunctional upconversion nanoparticles for nanomedicine: Small, smart and safe 
Daniel Horák 
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry AS CR Prague
 
Luminescence Nanothermometry
Fiorenzo Vetrone
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique Centre Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec
 
Toxicity testing of nanoparticles in conventional and advanced culture systems
Eleonore Frohlich
Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz
 
Synthesis Approaches for Upconverting Nanoparticles 
Eva Hemmer
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa 
 
Optical trapping of upconverting nanoparticles: from fundamentals to applications
Daniel Jaque
Faculty of Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 
 
Challenges in safety evaluation of upconverting nanoparticles: facing with interferences
Ivana Vinković Vrček 
Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb 
 
Safe nano-innovations:  Addressing nano-related safety issues along the innovation process 
Andreas Falk
BioNanoNet Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Graz

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