Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award
Sunday, March 8, 2026 1:30 PM to 4:40 PM · 3 hr. 10 min. (America/Chicago)
Room 221B
Award
Bioanalytical & Life Science
Information
The Pittsburgh Spectroscopy Award, established in 1957, is given annually to a researcher who has demonstrated outstanding achievements in the field of spectroscopy.
this years awardee, Igor K. Lednev is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and the Williams-Raycheff Endowed Chair in Chemistry at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the founding director of the Center for Biophotonic Technology and Artificial Intelligence (CeBAI), an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and a faculty member of the RNA Institute. Lednev’s research focuses on the development and application of novel laser spectroscopy for forensic purposes, medical diagnostics, and fundamental biochemistry.
Lednev is the founder and CTO of SupreMEtric LLC (www.supremetric.com), which commercializes a universal method for identifying body fluid traces for forensic purposes, and Early Diagnostics LLC, which develops saliva and blood screening tests for Alzheimer’s disease.
this years awardee, Igor K. Lednev is a SUNY Distinguished Professor and the Williams-Raycheff Endowed Chair in Chemistry at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is the founding director of the Center for Biophotonic Technology and Artificial Intelligence (CeBAI), an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, and a faculty member of the RNA Institute. Lednev’s research focuses on the development and application of novel laser spectroscopy for forensic purposes, medical diagnostics, and fundamental biochemistry.
Lednev is the founder and CTO of SupreMEtric LLC (www.supremetric.com), which commercializes a universal method for identifying body fluid traces for forensic purposes, and Early Diagnostics LLC, which develops saliva and blood screening tests for Alzheimer’s disease.
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Session
Session Number
AW-06-00
Morning or Afternoon
Afternoon
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Presentations
Raman Spectroscopy and Machine Learning for Forensic Purposes Biomedical Applications
Sunday, March 8, 2026 1:40 PM to 2:20 PM
Room 221B
Igor Lednev · University at Albany, SUNY
Toward a Personalized Optical Digital Twin: AI-Enabled Raman Spectroscopy for Immune Profiling and Translational Clinical Diagnostics
Sunday, March 8, 2026 2:30 PM to 3:00 PM
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Juergen Popp · Leibniz Institute of Photonic, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Physical Chemistry and Abbe Center of Photonics
AI-assisted Diagnosis of Early-stage Esophageal Cancer Probed by Raman Spectroscopy
Sunday, March 8, 2026 3:00 PM to 3:30 PM
Room 221B
Yukihiro Ozaki · Kwansei Gakuin University
Transforming Laboratory Spectroscopy in to Implementable PAT Solutions - Simplifying the Analysis Without Losing Data Integrity and Information
Sunday, March 8, 2026 3:40 PM to 4:10 PM
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Andrew Whitley · HORIBA
Advances of SERS-Based Bioassay
Sunday, March 8, 2026 4:10 PM to 4:40 PM
Room 221B
Young Mee Jung · Kangwon National University