Lead Speakers

Prof. Anna Painelli
Prof. Anna Painelli
Professor, Physical Chemistry, Parma University, Italy
Prof. Andrew Monkman
Prof. Andrew Monkman
Professor, Department of Physics, University of Durham, UK
Prof. Frank Wurthner
Prof. Frank Wurthner
Professor, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Germany
Prof. Timothy Schmidt
Prof. Timothy Schmidt
Professor, Department of Chemistry, UNSW, Sydney
Prof. Xing Yi Ling
Prof. Xing Yi Ling
Professor, Department of Chemistry, NTU, Singapore
Prof. J N Moorthy
Prof. J N Moorthy
Director, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India
Prof. Dirk Guldi
Prof. Dirk Guldi
Chair of Physical Chemistry I Friedrich Alexander University, Germany
Prof. Dwayne Miller
Prof. Dwayne Miller
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
Prof. Kenji Matsuda
Prof. Kenji Matsuda
Professor, Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan
Prof. Tsuyoshi Kawai
Prof. Tsuyoshi Kawai
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Prof. Greg Hartland
Prof. Greg Hartland
Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, USA
Prof. Prashant Kamat
Prof. Prashant Kamat
Professor, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, USA
Prof. Shinsuke Takagi
Prof. Shinsuke Takagi
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Prof. Paul Mulvaney
Prof. Paul Mulvaney
Professor, Chemistry, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Stefan Maier
Prof. Stefan Maier
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Monash University & Lee-Lucas Chair in Experimental Physics, Imperial College London, UK
Prof. Jochen Feldmann
Prof. Jochen Feldmann
Professor, Department für Physik und CeNS University of München, Germany
Prof. Luis Liz-Marzán
Prof. Luis Liz-Marzán
Professor, Department of Physical Chemistry CIC biomaGUNE and University of Vigo, Spain
Prof. Martin Zanni
Prof. Martin Zanni
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Prof. Johan Hofkens
Prof. Johan Hofkens
Professor, Department of Chemistry ku leuven university, Belgium
Prof. Hirendra Nath Ghosh
Prof. Hirendra Nath Ghosh
Director National Institute of Science Education and Research, India
Prof. Howe-Siang Tan
Prof. Howe-Siang Tan
Professor, Department of Chemistry Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof. Akshay Rao
Prof. Akshay Rao
Professor, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
Prof. Kei Murakoshi
Prof. Kei Murakoshi
Professor, Division of Chemistry Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof. S Umapathy
Prof. S Umapathy
Professor, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry IISc Bangalore, India
Prof. Dongho Kim
Prof. Dongho Kim
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Yonsei University, South Korea

Sponsor Invited Speakers

Mr. Uwe Ortmann
Mr. Uwe Ortmann
Head of Sales,
PicoQuant
Mr. Thomas Klos
Mr. Thomas Klos
Director - Global DM,
Toptica Photonics AG

Invited Speakers

Dr. Adithya Lakshmanna
Dr. Adithya Lakshmanna
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India
Prof. Akihiro Furube
Prof. Akihiro Furube
Institute of Post-LED Photonics Tokushima University, Japan
Prof. Anindya Datta
Prof. Anindya Datta
Professor, Department of Chemistry IIT Bombay, India
Prof. Anshu Pandey
Prof. Anshu Pandey
Professor, Department of Chemistry IISc Bengaluru, India
Dr. Apurba Lal Koner
Dr. Apurba Lal Koner
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Bhopal, India
Dr. Arijit Kumar De
Dr. Arijit Kumar De
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Mohali, India
Prof. Chayan Kanti Nandi
Prof. Chayan Kanti Nandi
Professor, Department of Chemistry IIT Mandi, India
Prof. Christopher Hall
Prof. Christopher Hall
Professor, Department of Chemistry University of Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Cristina Flors
Prof. Cristina Flors
IMDEA Nanociencia, Spain
Prof. Cristina Sissa
Prof. Cristina Sissa
Assistant Professor, Physical Chemistry University of Parma, Italy
Prof. Cyriaque Genet
Prof. Cyriaque Genet
Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering (ISIS) Strasbourg, France
Prof. Davide Comoretto
Prof. Davide Comoretto
Professor, Università di Genova, Italy
Dr. Debanjan Bhowmik
Dr. Debanjan Bhowmik
Scientist C, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, India
Prof. Dominik Wöll
Prof. Dominik Wöll
Full Professor, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Prof. Edwin Yeow
Prof. Edwin Yeow
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Prof. Giribabu Lingamallu
Prof. Giribabu Lingamallu
Professor, Department of Polymers & Functional Materials CSIR-IICT, India
Prof. Girish Lakhwani
Prof. Girish Lakhwani
Professor, Department of Chemistry University of Sydney, Australia
Prof. Guoqiang Yang
Prof. Guoqiang Yang
Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Hironori Kaji
Prof. Hironori Kaji
Professor, Institute for Chemical Research Kyoto University, Japan
Prof. Hiroshi Masuhara
Prof. Hiroshi Masuhara
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
Prof. Izumi Iwakura
Prof. Izumi Iwakura
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Kanagawa University, Japan
Prof. JaeHong Park
Prof. JaeHong Park
Professor, Department of Chemistry & Nanoscience Ewha Womans University, South Korea
Prof. James Hutchison
Prof. James Hutchison
Professor, Department of Chemistry University of Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Jatish Kumar
Dr. Jatish Kumar
Assistant Professor, IISER Tirupati, India
Prof. Jayamurugan Govindasamy
Prof. Jayamurugan Govindasamy
Professor, Institute of Nano Science and Technology Mohali, India
Dr. Jino George
Dr. Jino George
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Mohali, India
Dr. Jooyoung Sung
Dr. Jooyoung Sung
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Chemistry DGIST, South Korea
Dr. Joshy Joseph
Dr. Joshy Joseph
Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR - NIIST Thiruvananthapuram, India
Prof. Juwon Oh
Prof. Juwon Oh
Professor, Department of Chemistry Kyungpook National University, Republic of Korea
Prof. Jyotirmayee Mohanty
Prof. Jyotirmayee Mohanty
Scientist, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), India
Prof. Kai Chen
Prof. Kai Chen
Professor, Department of Physics Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Dr. Kalaivanan Nagarajan
Dr. Kalaivanan Nagarajan
Reader, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Prof. Kazuyuki Ishii
Prof. Kazuyuki Ishii
Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Ken Ghiggino
Prof. Ken Ghiggino
Former President, The Asian and Oceanian Photochemistry Association, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Kosei Ueno
Prof. Kosei Ueno
Professor, Department of Chemistry Hokkaido University, Japan
Prof. Kyungwon Kwak
Prof. Kyungwon Kwak
Professor, Department of Chemistry Korea University, South Korea
Prof. Mahesh Hariharan
Prof. Mahesh Hariharan
Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India
Prof. Manabendra Chandra
Prof. Manabendra Chandra
Professor, Department of Chemistry IIT Kanpur, India
Prof. Manho Lim
Prof. Manho Lim
Professor, Department of Chemistry Pusan National University, South Korea
Prof. N.D.Pradeep Singh
Prof. N.D.Pradeep Singh
Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, India
Prof. Norimitsu Tohnai
Prof. Norimitsu Tohnai
Professor, Osaka University, Japan
Prof. Padmaja Prasad Mishra
Prof. Padmaja Prasad Mishra
Professor, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India
Prof. Partha Hazra
Prof. Partha Hazra
Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Pune, India
Prof. Pavan Kumar G. V
Prof. Pavan Kumar G. V
Professor, Department of Physics IISER Pune, India
Prof. Peng Zeng
Prof. Peng Zeng
Associate Professor, Sichuan University-Pittsburgh Institute, China
Prof. Prakash P. Neelakandan
Prof. Prakash P. Neelakandan
Professor, AcSIR INST, India
Dr. Pramod Pillai
Dr. Pramod Pillai
Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Pune, India
Prof. Prasun K. Mandal
Prof. Prasun K. Mandal
Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Kolkata, India
Prof. R. S. Swathi
Prof. R. S. Swathi
Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India
Dr. Rajamalli
Dr. Rajamalli
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry IISc Bengaluru, India
Prof. Rajesh V. Nair
Prof. Rajesh V. Nair
Professor, IIT Ropar, India
Prof. Ranjani Viswanatha
Prof. Ranjani Viswanatha
Professor, JNCASR, India
Prof. Reji Varghese
Prof. Reji Varghese
Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India
Prof. Sachin Dev Verma
Prof. Sachin Dev Verma
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Bhopal, India
Prof. Sadahiro Masuo
Prof. Sadahiro Masuo
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry for Environment, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Prof. Sameer Sapra
Prof. Sameer Sapra
Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, India
Dr. Sanchita Sengupta
Dr. Sanchita Sengupta
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry IISER Mohali, India
Dr. Santanu Bhattacharyya
Dr. Santanu Bhattacharyya
Associate Professor, Department Of Chemical Sciences, IISER Berhampur, India
Prof. Santhosh Babu Sukumaran
Prof. Santhosh Babu Sukumaran
Principal Scientist and Associate Professor, Organic Chemistry Division, NCL Pune, India
Prof. Saptarshi Mukherjee
Prof. Saptarshi Mukherjee
Professor, Department of Physical Sciences IISER Bhopal, India
Dr. Sayan Bagchi
Dr. Sayan Bagchi
Senior Principal Scientist, National Chemical Laboratory Pune, India
Dr. Soumit Chatterjee
Dr. Soumit Chatterjee
Associate Professor, IIT-ISM Dhanbad, India
Prof. Sriram Kanvah Gundimeda
Prof. Sriram Kanvah Gundimeda
Professor, Department of Chemistry IIT Gandhinagar, India
Dr. Supratik Sen Mojumdar
Dr. Supratik Sen Mojumdar
Associate Professor, IIT Palakkad, India
Prof. Tae Kyu Kim
Prof. Tae Kyu Kim
Professor, KAIST South Korea, South Korea
Prof. Takashi Hirano
Prof. Takashi Hirano
Professor, The University of Electro-Communications Japan, Japan
Prof. Takashi Tachikawa
Prof. Takashi Tachikawa
Professor, KOBE University, Japan
Prof. Taku Hasobe
Prof. Taku Hasobe
Professor, Keio University, Japan
Prof. Takuya Nakashima
Prof. Takuya Nakashima
Professor, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Prof. Tal Schwartz
Prof. Tal Schwartz
Professor, TEL AVIV University, Israel
Dr. Tapasi Sen
Dr. Tapasi Sen
Associate Professor (Scientist-E), INST, India
Prof. Tushar Kanti Mukherjee
Prof. Tushar Kanti Mukherjee
Professor, IIT Indore, India
Prof. Valentine I. Vullev
Prof. Valentine I. Vullev
Professor, University of California, USA
Prof. Vasudevan Pillai Biju
Prof. Vasudevan Pillai Biju
Professor, Material and Molecular Sciences Hokkaido University, Japan
Dr. Vijayakumar Chakkooth
Dr. Vijayakumar Chakkooth
Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR - NIIST Thiruvananthapuram, India
Prof. Yasuhiro Kobori
Prof. Yasuhiro Kobori
Professor, Molecular Photoscience Research Center, Kobe University, Japan
Prof. Yi Li
Prof. Yi Li
Professor, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Yiying Wu
Prof. Yiying Wu
Distinguished Professor, The OHIO State University, USA
Dr. Yusuke Yoneda
Dr. Yusuke Yoneda
Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, Japan

APA Award 2024 Lecture

Dr. Masako Kato
Prof. Masako Kato
Lecturer, Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan
Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University, Japan

APA Young Scientist Award Lecture

Dr. Anoop Thomas
Dr. Anoop Thomas
Assistant Professor, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry IISc Bangalore, India
Dr. Fazalurahman Kuttassery
Dr. Fazalurahman Kuttassery
Assistant Professor , University of Calicut, India
Dr. Tomohiro Fukushima
Dr. Tomohiro Fukushima
Lecturer, Hokkaido University, Japan

Early Career Speakers

Dr. Ajay Jha
Dr. Ajay Jha
Associate Investigator,
The Rosalind Franklin Institute
Dr. Chris John
Dr. Chris John
Postdoctoral Researcher,
University of PISA
Dr. Navendu Mondal
Dr. Navendu Mondal
Assistant Professor
IIT Delhi
Prof. Sudipta Seth
Dr. Sudipta Seth
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
KU Leuven, Belgium

Note: The list of lead speakers from various Asian and Oceanian countries is being updated.