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:
1. Susan LeFrancois, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Data Science and Business Analytics
Email: slefrancois@floridapoly.edu
2. Bradford Barker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Email: bbarker@floridapoly.edu
3. Pedro Manrique Charry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Email: pmanrique@floridapoly.edu
4. Sanna F. Siddiqui, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department
Email: ssiddiqui@floridapoly.edu
5. Nathaniel Hermann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Email: nhermann@floridapoly.edu
6. Hyeyoung Cho, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Email: hcho@floridapoly.edu
7. Rishikesh Srinivasaraghavan Govinda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Email: rsrinivas@floridapoly.edu
Scholars:
Daniel Fellows
Email: dfellows@floridapoly.edu
Joshua Morris
Email: jmorris5205@floridapoly.edu
Justin Sanchez-Almirola
Email: jsanchezalmirola@gmail.com
Michael Blake
Email: mblake3287@floridapoly.edu