ICOPVS 2006: Invited/Plenary Lectures

Paper No.

Author

Institution/Address

E-mail

Papers

KNL

Prof. Janos Mink

Institute of Structural Chemistry,

Chemical Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 17, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary.Phone: +36-1-438-1159 Fax: +36-1-438-1159

http://anchem.vein.hu/~mink/indexen.htm

jmink@chemres.hu

mink@almos.vein.hu

Infrared Microscopy and Imaging in Complex Sample Analysis

PL1 

Prof. Rohit Bhargava

Bioimaging Science and Technology

4265 Beckman Institute University of Illinois 405 N. Mathews Ave. Urbana, IL 61801 (217) 265-6596 Telephone: (217) 244-1176 Fax: (217) 333-2922 http://www.beckman.uiuc.edu/directory/index.php?qry=BY_NETID&type=BIO&filter=rxb

rxb@uiuc.edu

Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging: Towards a practical tool for clinical histopathology

PL2

Prof. Martina Havenith 

Head of the Department PC-II Ruhr-Universität Bochum Lehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie II Gebäude NC, Raum 7/72 Universitätsstr. 150 D-44780 Bochum Phone (PC-II office): [49] (0)234 32-28249 Phone (direct call): [49] (0)234 32-24249 Fax: [49] (0)234 32-14183 http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/pc2/index_en.html

martina.havenith@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

The THz Dance Of Water With Biomolecules

PL3

Prof. Shiv K. Sharma 

Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology, 1680 East-West Road, POST #602, Honolulu, HI-96822 Phone: 808-956-8476 Fax:808 -956-3188 http://www.higp.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/higp/directory.cgi?func=disp&searchname=ShivK.Sharma

sksharma@soest.hawaii.edu

Remote Raman Spectroscopic Detection of Inorganic, Organic and Biological Materials to 100 m and More

IL1

Dr. Reinhard Schweitzer-Stenner

Associate Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Phone:  (1)-215-895-2268 Fax: (1)-215-895-1265

Cellular: (1)-610-804-7509

http://www.drexel.edu/coas/chemistry/Stenner%20Group/Principal%20Investigator.htm

rschweitzer-stenner@drexel.edu

Peptides as Model Systems for the Unfolded State of Proteins Explored By Vibrational Spectroscopy

IL2

Prof. Ole Faurskov

Nielsen

University of Copenhagen Department of Chemistry 5-Universitetsparken DK-2100 Copenhagen Denmark tel: +45-35320321 fax: +45-35320322 http://www.kiku.dk/intra/person.php?lang=DA&menu=org&id=4761&type=VIP

ofn@kiku.dk

Hydrogen Bonding in Proteins and Water studied by Far-IR and Low-Wavenumber Raman Spectroscopy

IL3

Prof. Ewan Blanch

Faculty of Life Sciences, Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street,Manchester M1 7DN, U.K.tel: +44 (0)161 306 5819 fax: +44 (0)161 236 0409 http://www.ls.manchester.ac.uk/people/profile/index.asp?id=2512

Blanch@manchester.ac.uk

 

 

Investigations Of Conformational Transitions In Proteins And RNA Using Raman Spectroscopy And Raman Optical Activity

IL4

Dr. H.M. Heise

ISAS - Institute for Analytical Sciences at the Technical University of Dortmund Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Str. 11

D-44139 Dortmund, Germany Phone: +49-(0)231-1392-215 Fax: +49-(0)231-1392-120 http://www.isas.de/index.php?id=135

michael.heise@isas.de

Monitoring of Biofluids in Clinical Chemistry using Vibrational Spectroscopy

IL5

Prof. Prasad L.M Polavarapu

Professor of Chemistry, 7332 Stevenson Center, Vanderbilt University, VU Station  B  351822

Nashville, TN 37235, Ph: (615)322-2836, Fax: (615)322-4936  http://sitemason.vanderbilt.edu/site/kr1BrW/home

Prasad.L.Polavarapu@vanderbilt.edu

Chiral discrimination through molecular vibrations

IL6

Prof. Vladimir Baumruk

Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Physics, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16 Prague 2

Czech Republic, phone +420 221 911 473, fax +420 224 922 797 http://www.ms.mff.cuni.cz/cgi-bin/who/?lan=en&db=mff&ask=!MFF.10515

baumruk@karlov.mff.cuni.cz

Raman Optical Activity of Biomolecules: From Simple Models to Complex Systems

IL7

Prof. Irena Kostova

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University, 2 Dunav St., Sofia 1000, Bulgaria  http://mu-sofia.bg/index.php?p=1&l=1

irenakostova@yahoo.com

Experimental (FTIR and FTRaman) and Theoretical (DFT) Studies on the Vibrational Spectra of Biologically Active Lanthanide(III) Complexes

IL8

Prof. M. Alcolea Palafox

Departamento de Química-Fisica1. Facultad de Ciencias Químicas. Universidad Complutense. Madrid- 28040, Spain  http://www.umsl.edu/services/abroad/universities/complutense.html

alcolea@quim.ucm.es

DFT Study of the structure and spectra of Uracil and several 5-substituted derivatives

IL9

Dr.N.M.Gupta

Emeritus Scientist (CSIR), Catalysis Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. Pin 411008

http://www.ncl-india.org/

nm.gupta@ncl.res.in

Infrared spectroscopy studies on the dynamics of small molecules confined in the porous aluminosilicates

IL10

Prof. H. W. Siesler

Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen, Schuetzenbahn 70, D 45117 Essen, Germany. Tel:+49-(0) 2011832927;Fax:+49-(0)2011833967 http://www.uni-essen.de/pc-sa/

hw.siesler@uni-due.de

Mid-Infrared and Near-Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy with Focal Plane Array Detectors: Applications in Material Science and Pharmaceutical Quality Control

IL11

Prof. Richard Brereton

Centre for Chemometrics School of Chemistry University of Bristol Cantocks Close BRISTOL BS8 1TS

phone +44-117-9287658 fax +44-117-9251295 http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/

r.g.brereton@bris.ac.uk

 

On-line Reaction monitoring using Mid Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics           

IL12

Prof. Paul Heng

Department of Pharmacy National University of Singapore Science Drive4

Singapore 117543 Tel: 6516 2930

Fax: 6779 1554 http://www.pharmacy.nus.edu.sg/staff/stf_paulh.htm

phapaulh@nus.edu.sg

Quality in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing with Real-Time Information

IL13

Prof. Suresh K Bhargava

Chair- Industrial Chemistry Director RMIT RVSF and XRD Facility School of Applied Sciences Science, Engineering and Technology Portfolio RMIT University GPO BOX 2476V Melbourne-3001 Australia Ph and Fax 61 3 99253365(d) http://131.170.40.30/browse;ID=els9sjs2d7qo

suresh.bhargava@rmit.edu.au

Industrial applications of FT-IR spectroscopy and imaging

IL14

Prof. V B Kartha

Center for Laser Spectroscopy, Manipal University, Manipal, KARNATAKA, INDIA.  http://www.manipal.edu/manipalsite/Users/Colsubpage.aspx?PgId=399&ID=1&collegeId=17

sbkartha@hotmail.com

Brain, Blood, Bone and  Muscle:  The Raman Approach

IL15

Prof. Lutz Hecht

Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ phone: +44 (0) 141 330 2269 Fax: +44 (0) 141 330 4888 http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/staff/profile.php?s=11

lutz@chem.gla.ac.uk

Raman Optical Activity: An Incisive Probe Of Molecular Chirality And Biomolecular Structure

IL16

Prof. Salim Abdali

Assoc. Prof. Quantum Protein Centre, QUP Dept. of Physics, Building 309 Technical University of Denmark 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark phone +45 4525 3341 fax +45 4593 1669 cell +45 2893 5445     http://www.qup.dtu.dk/English/Staff/Salim%20Abdali.aspx

abdali@fysik.dtu.dk

SEROA, a Spectroscopic Tool for Biomolecules

IL17

Dr. Sebastian Schluker

Institut für Physikalische Chemie Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg Am Hubland 97074 Würzburg Telefon (0931) 888 6338

Fax (0931) 888 6341

http://phys-chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de/kiefer/schlue/index.html

sebastian.schluecker@uni-wuerzburg.de

SERS microscopy: selective and sensitive localization of proteins in tissue specimens

IL18

Prof. Juergen Popp

Institut für Physikalische Chemie

Institutsdirektor Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena Helmholtzweg 4

D-07743 Jena Tel.  +49 3641 948320

Fax  +49 3641 948302  http://www.uni-jena.de/Homepage-lang-en.html

juergen.popp@ipht-jena.de

Raman Spectroscopy - a Powerful Tool for the Analysis of Complex Biological Systems 

IL19

Prof. Wolfgang Werncke

Max- Born-Institut, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, D-12489 Berlin, Germany.  http://www.mbi-berlin.de/en/research/projects/2-04/contact/     

werncke@mbi-berlin.de

Time-resolved resonance Raman spectroscopy of vibrational populations monitored after electronic and infrared excitation

IL20

Dr. Arnulf Materny

Professor of Chemical Physics School of Engineering and Science Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH Campus Ring 1 | 28759 Bremen | Germany phone: +49 421 200 3231 | fax: +49 421 200 49 3231  www.jacobs-university.de/schools/ses/amaterny

a.materny@jacobs-university.de

Nonlinear Raman Techniques in Femto-second Time Resolved Spectroscopy for the Analysis and Control of Molecular Dynamics

IL21

Prof. Chandrabhas Narayana

Associate Professor Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Jakkur P.O. Bangalore 560064 Tel: +91 80 2208 2810

Fax: +91 80 2208 2766  http://www.jncasr.ac.in/cbhas

cbhas@jncasr.ac.in

Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering of Biomolecules

IL22

Prof. Hartwig  Schulz

JKI – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants Institute for Ecological Chemistry, Plant Analysis and Stored Products Protection Königin-Luise-Straße 19 14195 Berlin

Germany http://www.jki.bund.de/nn_888230/EN/Institute/JKI__OEPV/OEPV__node.html__nnn=true

h.schulz@bafz.de

Potential of Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy for Plant Analysis

IL23

Dr Alka Ingale

Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology Indore   452013 (M.P), INDIA Tel:  +91-731-2488355 Fax: +91-731-2321343 http://www.cat.ernet.in/index.html

alka@cat.ernet.in

Insight into formation of nanostructures using Raman spectroscopy

IL24

Prof. Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen

Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Molecular Engineering Group University of Copenhagen

Phone: +45 3532 0210 Fax: +45 3532 0212 http://lww.nano.ku.dk/people/person.php?id=13&lang=uk

mbn@kiku.dk

Synthesis and Intrinsic Optical Properties of Retinal Schiff Base and Green Fluorescent Protein Chromophores

IL25

Prof. B.P. Asthana

Laser and Spectroscopy Laboratory, Department of Physics Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005 INDIA

Tel.+91-542-2307208 (extn. 229) FAX:    +91-542-2368174  http://crl.du.ac.in/BHU.htm

bpasthana@rediffmail.com
bpasthana@gmail.com

Raman Line Shape Analysis and Its Applications to Physical, Chemical and Biological Systems

IL26

Dr. Gajendra Pratap Singh   

Postdoctoral Associate Laser Biomedical Research Center G.R. Harrison Spectroscopy Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology

77 Massachusetts Ave, Room 6C-033B

Cambridge, MA 02139 USA 857-204-2083 (cell) 617-253-5077 (office) http://web.mit.edu/spectroscopy/people/staff.html

gpsingh@mit.edu

Transcutaneous measurement of blood analyte concentration using Raman spectroscopy

IL27

Dr. R.J. Kshirsagar

Scientific Officer (G) High Pressure Physics Division BARC, Mumbai, India http://www.barc.ernet.in/

rj_kshir@yahoo.co.in rohidas@barc.gov.in

Infrared Spectroscopy using Synchrotron Radiation: High Resolution and High Pressure studies

IL28

Prof. Narayana Kalkura

Assistant professor/Reader, Crystal Growth Center, Anna University, Chennai – 600025, INDIA telephone: 091-44-22203577/22352774(office)

091-44-22355024(home) fax: 091-44-22352870 http://www.annauniv.edu/ceg/index.htm

kalkura@annauniv.edu
kalkura@yahoo.com

Vibrational spectroscopy of biominerals