SPOF and the organizers of AOP2026 conference will do their best to support the participation at AOP2026 of students and young researchers from economically deprived regions.
* / ** awarded by EOS, the European Optical Society, each for an amount of 200 €. Best Student Oral Presentation Award: - Mariline Costa, University of Aveiro, Portugal, "Going Around The Core: Ultra-Sensitive Refractometry Based on Cladding Multimode Interference" Best Student Poster Presentation Award: - João Pedro Carvalho, University of Porto, Portugal, "Differential optical sensing platform based on strong-coupled interactions between plasmonic and excitonic materials" - Marta Rodriguez-Lorenzo, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain, "Fabrication and structural characterization of dexamethasone-loaded SZ2080 structures viatwo-photon polymerization"
*** awarded by MDPI journal “Sensors” on an amount of 500 €. SENSORS’ (MDPI journal) Best Talk Award: - João Mendes, et al, Innoaqua, "Innovative Approaches for an Integrated use of Algae in Sustainable Aquaculture Practices and High-Value Food"
**** awarded by MDPI journal “Photonics” on an amount of 500 € PHOTONICS ’ (MDPI journal) Best Presentation in Photonics: - Rita Pereira de Faria, "Two Optical-Fiber Approaches to Embeddable Concrete Monitoring, Interferometric and Intensity-Based Method"
***** / ****** awarded by SPOF.
