Dr. Alexandre Brolo
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Professor of Chemistry - University of Victoria, Canada. Research interests: biophotonics, plasmonics, SERS, electrochemistry, SPR, nanotechnology
Victoria, BC
Joined September 2009
We are organizing a #SERS symposium @Materials_MRS @SMMaterAC in #Cancun 🇲🇽 Deadline for abstract submission is May 1st. Feel free to email any of the organizers for more information. Great conference and nice beach are powerful combination for good science, networking and fun😀
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A new #tenure_track assistant prof opening @chemistryatuvic in inorganic/physical #Chemistry . We invite #womeninSTEM and gender diverse peoples to apply for the opportunity to work in one of the best chemistry Depts in 🇨🇦! https://t.co/uBceytNA0H
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Cuts to federal research funding, threats to indirect costs that support research, and revocation of previously awarded grants from the NSF and NIH in the first weeks of President Donald J. Trump’s second administration have roiled academia.
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I gave my opinion to @ACSPublications @cenmag about the situation students are facing in the US https://t.co/nEGN1CHQsr Canada is an excellent option for international students (including Americans). @chemistryatuvic has strong research program and we are open for applications!
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With Emmanuel Maisonhaute, Professor Sorbonne Université (France), we are looking for a PHD candidate to do tip-enhacned Raman spectroscopy under electrochemical and vacuum condition with both Paris and Chicago experience. If you are interested in this, please contact us:
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Our very own alum Dr. Laurel Schafer @ubcchem @laurelschafer has received a 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award. Laurel completed her PhD in 1999 under the supervision of UVic faculty David Berg, and supervised another one of our faculty David Leitch during his PhD. Congrats Laurel!
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Submissions are open for #PLASMONICA2025, the workshop on #Plasmonics and #NanoOptics 💡, organized this year by @UNIMORE_univ and @Cnr_Nano #Modena! Further information at https://t.co/jSHZtPnWl5. The deadline for submission is 31 March, 🗓️ see you in #Modena! Topics include:👇
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Please, RT. A note to #chemistry #undergraduate students #USA #internationalstudents If you are looking for a good grad school, consider 🇨🇦 #UVic Come for exciting research in one of the most beautiful places in the world😀 Check us out! DM for more info https://t.co/1lrlkWi6Y0
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I had a chance to give at talk @westernuchem about our #analytical_chemistry work related to quantification using #SERS #Raman_spectroscopy I want to thank everyone who came out to attend the talk. Particularly the students for their interest and insightful questions 😀
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I had a great time visiting Francois' lab @Lagugne @WesternU with @JAWijngaarden A great infrastructure to study surface-related phenomenon and vibrational #spectroscopy. I also want to congratulate Francois' team efforts on developing #nanotechnology tools for #harmreduction
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The @LabonaChip review issue is out! It contains our review on the synergy between #plasmonics and #microfluidics. https://t.co/6dUD7NikOQ I hope that this review will be help some students out there 😀
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In the past decade, interest in nanoplasmonic structures has experienced significant growth, owing to rapid advancements in materials science and the evolution of novel nanofabrication techniques....
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I finally decided to open an account in #BlueskySocial #BSKY If you are also in that environment, please, follow me there ( https://t.co/CAFLMIZcxh). I am still trying to find my way around in that platform 😀
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The title says it. Factors that Affect Quantification in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering | ACS Nano
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is an analytical technique capable of detecting trace amounts of specific species. The uniqueness of vibrational signatures is a major advantage of SERS. This...
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Just arrived at #spie #photonicswest in San Francisco. Looking forward to my talk on digital #SERS quantification. #Raman #spectroscopy #nanotechnology
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Do you want to learn how to merge #plasmonics and #microfluidics? Here is our latest review https://t.co/6dUD7NhMZi Prof. Carlos Escobedo @Micro_Optofluid and I worked really hard on this (it took a while...). I hope that you will enjoy the end product 😀
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Transfer Contrastive Learning for Raman Spectroscopy Skin Cancer Tissue Classification. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 28, no. 12, pp. 7332-7344, Dec. 2024, https://t.co/exduaUEneh
#ramaneffect #skincancer #cancer
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Using Raman spectroscopy (RS) signals for skin cancer tissue classification has recently drawn significant attention, because of its non-invasive optical technique, which uses molecular structures...
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I am proud to be part of a comprehensive review on the history of #SERS
https://t.co/DX6ibuN3tF Thx to Prof. Tian from Xiamen🇨🇳 for leading this large scale international effort. This is indeed a historical document that celebrates the advances in the 50 years of the technique!
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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has evolved significantly over fifty years into a powerful analytical technique. This review aims to achieve five main goals. (1) Providing a comprehensive...
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The special @ACSPublications issue on 50 years of #SERS is finally out https://t.co/aCI8PDlVFI Thxs Nathan Lindquist @BethelU for being my co-Editor. The issue include contributions in several areas #nanotechnology #catalysis #electrochemistry #analytical_Chemistry among others
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Our #uvicresearch team took an early ferry to participate in the PCAMM ( https://t.co/ocIEvUo2BW)
@UBC a very nice meeting that showcases the excellent #materialscience research from #BCCanada #nanomaterials @chemistryatuvic
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Congrats to Dr. Leitch for receiving an NSERC Alliance Advantage Grant titled "Quantitative Structure-Reactivity-Selectivity Models of Organometallic C-H Activation: Advancing Predictive Chemistry and Catalysis". @UVicScience @LeitchLab
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