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FC-RELAX Workshop on NMR relaxometry for biomedicine and advanced materials
September 8-11, 2026 (Pisa, Italy)
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The event, organized in the frame of the MSCA-DN FC-RELAX activities, will be held at the Grand Hotel Duomo in Pisa (Via Santa Maria, 94). It brings together internationally recognized experts in field-cycling NMR relaxometry and doctoral candidates nearing the completion of their PhDs, offering an exceptional networking opportunity to foster scientific exchange.
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Confirmed invited speakers:
- Armin Afrough – Aarhus University
- 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
- Rémi Kogon – University of Surrey
- Zoltán Kovács – University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Giulia Licciardi – Ecole normale supérieure, Paris
- Claudio Luchinat – University of Florence
- Thomas J Meade – Northwestern University
- Carlos Platas Iglesias – University of A Coruña
- Anne-Laure Rollet – Sorbonne Université
- 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
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION: Please submit your abstract to fcrelax@cerm.unifi.it by May 31 using this template.
Registration is open to all interested participants. 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