Florida Association for Nanotechnology
Conference Overview & Objectives
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The NanoFlorida Conference is a unique event with a long, successful tradition of uniting student researchers from across the state of Florida to share their discoveries in nanotechnology and learn from distinguished speakers from around the United States.
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NanoFlorida 2026 will be hosted in Tampa, Florida on October 2-4, 2026.
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Conference Organizing Committee:
Dr. Shyam Mohapatra: Convenor
Dr. Jing Wang (Co-Chair), USF College of Engineering
Dr. Subhra Mohapatra (Co-Chair) USF Morsani College of Medicine
Dr. Ajeet Kaushik (Co-Chair) Florida Polytechnic
Dr. Ian Bentley (Co-Chair) Florida Polytechnic
Local Organizing Committee:
Faculty:
Susan LeFrancois, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biotechnology
Email: slefrancois@floridapoly.edu
Bradford Barker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Email: bbarker@floridapoly.edu
Pedro Manrique Charry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Email: pmanrique@floridapoly.edu
Nathan Dawson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Email: ndawson@floridapoly.edu
Nathaniel Hermann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Email: nhermann@floridapoly.edu
Hyeyoung Cho, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Email: hcho@floridapoly.edu
Jessica Martin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Email: jmartin@floridapoly.edu
Rishikesh Srinivasaraghavan Govinda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Email: rsrinivas@floridapoly.edu
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Scholars:
Daniel Fellows
Email: dfellows@floridapoly.edu
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Stuti Dasgupta
Email: stutidasgupta@usf.edu
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Joshua Morris
Email: jmorris5205@floridapoly.edu
Justin Sanchez-Almirola
Email: jsanchezalmirola@gmail.com
Michael Blake
Email: mblake3287@floridapoly.edu
Alexander Ishmael Vila
Email: avila0354@floridapoly.edu
Jessie Pate
Email: jpate3679@floridapoly.edu
Dan Vo
Email: dvo3219@floridapoly.edu
