International School of Bioelectromagnetism “Alessandro Chiabrera”
XIII Course: “Bioelectromagnetic systems for innovative High Performance Sensing and Interaction strategies”
Erice, May 2-7, 2026
Directors of the Course
Nunzio Cennamo – University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli – Italy
Katia Grenier – LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse, France
PROGRAMME
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May 2 – Day 1 – arrival and accommodation |
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May 3 – Day 2 |
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| 8:30 – 8:45 |
Welcome to Participants, Brief Overview of The School and practical details |
School Directors |
| 8:45 – 9:00 | Introduction and Course opening | Course Directors |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Introduction of participants and the topics they work on | |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Introductory lesson – The multidisciplinary approach and best laboratory practices | M.R. Scarfì, CNR-IREA, Italy |
| 10:00 – 10:45 | Coffee break and Poster hang up | |
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Photonic sensing – Transduction mechanisms & Molecular recognition elements |
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| 10:45 – 11:30 |
Overview of optical fibers and planar waveguides |
L. Zeni, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy |
| 11:30 – 12:15 |
Biological & biomimetic interfaces for sensing |
O. Soppera, Universitè de Haute Alsace, France |
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Photonic Biosensors/1 |
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| 12:15 – 13:00 | Optical Sensing strategies for detection at a single molecule level | N. Cennamo, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy |
| 13:00 – 15:00 | Lunch | |
| 15:00 – 15:45 |
Planar waveguides-based devices |
L. Zeni, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Coffee break | |
| 16:15 – 17:00 | Photonic sensors for environmental and medical applications | O. Soppera, Universitè de Haute Alsace, France |
| 17:00 – 17:45 |
Nanophotonics and photonic sensing in several application fields |
S. Kumar, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Found., India |
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May 4 – Day 3 |
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Photonic Biosensors/2 |
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| 8:30 – 9:15 |
Devices based on linear and nonlinear optics for biosensing |
N. Cennamo, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy |
| 9:15 – 10:00 |
Spectroscopy for medical applications |
P. Jorge, INESC-TEC, Portugal |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break | |
| 10:30 – 11:15 |
Optical fiber biosensors |
P. Jorge, INESC-TEC, Portugal |
| 11:15 – 12 | Hands-on experience | |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | |
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Terahertz sensing |
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| 14:00 – 14:45 | Terahertz radiation: generation and detection | G. P. Gallerano, formerly ENEA-Fracati, Italy |
| 14:45 – 15:30 |
Terahertz imaging: an overview |
I. Catapano, CNR-IREA, Italy |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Security gates | Speaker to be confirmed |
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May 5 – Day 4 |
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Systems for exposure and therapy |
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| 8:30 – 9:15 |
Electroporation: from basic research to clinical applications |
M-P. Rols, CNRS, Toulose, France |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Microwave laboratory devices | A. Paffi, Univ. of Rome La Sapienza, Italy |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break | |
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Microwave systems for sensing and interaction |
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| 10:30 – 11:15 | Microwaves for viruses’ inactivation | A. Manna, ELT Group, Italy |
| 11:15 – 12:00 |
Microwave dielectric spectroscopy for biological analysis and EM fields interactions |
K. Grenier, CNRS, France |
| 12:00 – 12:45 |
Microwave imaging for biomedical applications: from models to inverse problems |
R. Solimene, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy |
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Excursion with lunch box |
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May 6 – Day 5 |
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Microwave exposure and radiation |
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| 8:30 – 9:15 | Miniature microwave exposure systems | K. Grenier, CNRS, France |
| 9:15 – 10:00 | Biological effects of microwaves | M-P. Rols, CNRS, France |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break | |
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Wearable and ingestible devices for sensing and energy transfer and harvesting |
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| 10:30 – 11:15 | Microwave wearable devices for energy transfer and harvesting | A. Costanzo, University of Bologna, Italy |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Theoretical foundations and design strategies for wireless implantable devices | D. Nikolayev, University of Rennes, France |
| 12:00 – 12:45 | Microwave wearable devices | M. Spirito, Technical University, The Netherlands |
| 12:45 – 14:45 | Lunch | |
| 14:45 – 17:30 | Poster session | |
| 20:00 | Course Dinner and price for the best poster | |
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May 7 – Day 6 |
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| 09:00 – 10:30 | On-going research and projects | |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Conclusions with questionnaire (quality of the course, impressions) | all participants |
| Lunch | ||
| Departure | ||
Programme draft 2026-Program_draft_21.10.2025
