FC-RELAX Workshop on NMR relaxometry for biomedicine and advanced materials September 8-11, 2026 (Pisa, Italy)

Confirmed invited speakers:

• Mauro Botta – University of Eastern Piedmont
• Sabine Bouguet-Bonnet – University of Lorraine
• Lucia Calucci – CNR, Pisa
• Pellegrino Conte – University of Palermo
• Valentina Domenici – University of Pisa
• Eliana Gianolio – University of Turin
• Anton Gradisek – Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
• Carlos Platas Iglesias – University of A Coruña
• Rémi Kogon – University of Surrey    
• Zoltán Kovács – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Claudio Luchinat – University of Florence
• Thomas J Meade – Northwestern University
• Anne-Laure Rollet – Sorbonne Université
• Kay Saalwächter – Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• Jordan Ward-Williams – University of Cambridge

Doctoral candidates presenting their PhD research:

• Adam Kubrak (tutor: Giacomo Parigi) – University of Florence
• Kahinga Kamau (tutor: Danuta Kruk) – University of Warmia and Mazury
• Guru Kiran Kadanuru Rajashekar (tutor: Sophie Laurent) – University of Mons
• Muhammad Muntazir Mehdi (tutor: Pedro Sebastião) – Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon
• Angel Mary Chiramel Tony (tutor: Ralf Ludwig) – University of Rostock
• Rajka Pejanovic (tutor: Fabien Ferrage) – Ecole normale supérieure, Paris
• Denis Burov (tutors: Gianni Ferrante and Angelo Galante) – Stelar
• Madalina Ranga (tutor: Zsolt Baranyai) – Bracco Imaging 
• Valeriia Baranauskaite (tutor: Leonid Grunin) – Resonance Systems 
• Mamoona Riffat (tutor: Erkki Lähderanta) – Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology
  
  

REGISTRATION FEE: 160€  
The registration fee includes coffee breaks and lunches. Dinners and accommodation are not included.
A limited number of short talks are available for registered participants (please note that no poster sessions will be held). To apply, please submit your abstract as soon as possible to fcrelax@cerm.unifi.it, and no later than April 15, 2026.

REGISTRATION FEE FOR ACCOMPANYING PERSONS of invited participants: 350€, including lunches, dinners and accommodation in double room.

For information and registration, write to fcrelax@cerm.unifi.it

Workshop schedule

 

Organizing Committee
Linda Cerofolini, Francesca Morelli, Giacomo Parigi – University of Florence
 
Scientific Committee
Giacomo Parigi – University of Florence
Danuta Kruk – University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn
Sophie Laurent – University of Mons
Pedro Sebastião – Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon
Ralf Ludwig – University of Rostock
Fabien Ferrage – École Normale Supérieure, Paris
Gianni Ferrante – Stelar s.r.l.u.
Zsolt Baranyai – Bracco Imaging S.p.A.
Leonid Grunin – Resonance Systems GmbH
Erkki Lähderanta – Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology
Lionel Broche – University of Aberdeen
Angelo Galante – University of L'Aquila
Linda Cerofolini – CIRMMP, Florence

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