Category Archives: Seminars

Seminar: Data Fusion in Computational Neuroscience: Challenges and Prospects in Analysis of Multi-View, Multimodal, Massive Data

When: 25-08-2015 13:30
Where: Room TBD, TROC-3

We invite you to a Seminar on “Data Fusion in Computational Neuroscience: Challenges and Prospects in Analysis of Multi-View,  Multimodal, Massive Data” with Prof. Andrzej Cichocki, RIKEN Brain Science Institute (JAPAN).

When: August 25, 2015, 13.30 – 15.00         

Where: Room TBD, TROC-3

 

Neuroscience applications are greatly developing world-wide. Image courtesy of sop.infria.fr

Neuroscience applications are greatly developing world-wide. Image courtesy of sop.infria.fr (click photo to enlarge)

Seminar Abstract

With the increasing availability of various sensor technologies, we now have access to large amounts of multi-block (also called multi-set, multi-relational, or multi-view) data that need to be jointly analyzed to explore their latent connections and extract hidden components. Medical recording and diagnostic devices play an important role in generating such massive data.

In order to explore spatial, temporal, and spectral differences and similarities in multi array, multi-block, bio-signals and images, we need to develop a variety of strategies based on multi-way component analysis and tensor decompositions.

In this talk Prof. Cichocki will first provide a brief review of his previous and current research related to blind signal processing and linked component analysis methods for the joint analysis of such multidimensional data with a focus on computational neuroscience applications, including brain computer interface, aging of a human brain and early diagnosis of  mental disorders, e.g., prediction of clinical onset of Alzheimer disease. Illustrative examples will be given to demonstrate their effectiveness for biomedical data analysis.

Then Andrzej will discuss their important extensions and generalization to multi-block tensor decompositions in other possible applications. I show how constrained multi-block tensor decomposition methods are able to extract common components that are shared by all blocks, by incorporating the multi-way nature of data.

Special emphasis will be given to challenges and future perspectives, especially related to big data processing.

Speaker Introduction

Andrzej Cichocki received the MSc (with honors), PhD and Dr Sc (Habilitation) degrees, all in electrical engineering, from Warsaw University of Technology (Poland).  Since 1972, he worked in the Institute of Theory of Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Information Systems at the Warsaw University of Technology, where he became a full Professor in 1995. He spent several years at University Erlangen (Germany) as an Alexander-von-Humboldt Research Fellow and Guest Professor.

In 1995-1997 he was a team leader of the Laboratory for Artificial Brain Systems, at Frontier Research Program RIKEN (Japan). He is currently a Senior Team Leader and Head of the laboratory for Advanced Brain Signal Processing, at RIKEN Brain Science Institute (JAPAN).

Prof Andrzej Cichocki (click photo to enlarge)

Prof Andrzej Cichocki

He has authored more than 300 technical journal papers and 4 monographs (books) in English (two of them translated to Chinese). He serves as an Associated Editor of IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, IEEE Trans. on Cybernetics and IEEE Trans. Signals Processing and he was as a founding Editor in Chief for Journal Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience.

Currently, his research focus on multiway analysis, tensor decompositions, blind sources separation, brain machine interface, EEG hyper-scanning, human to robot interactions and their practical applications. According to Google Scholar his publications currently report over 25,000 citations (his h-index is 69).

 

Seminar: Inspiring Frontiers of Engineering

When: 23-07-2015 13:30
Where: Room 403, TROC-3

We invite you to a seminar with Dr. Marcos Pinotti titled “Inspiring Frontiers of Engineering”.

When: July 23, 2015, 13.30 – 15.00

Where: Room 403, TROC-3

 

Biomimetic refers to human-made processes, substances, devices, or systems that imitate nature. Image courtesy of wikipedia, under Creative Commons license

Biomimetic refers to human-made processes, substances, devices, or systems that imitate nature. Image courtesy of wikipedia, under Creative Commons license

SEMINAR ABSTRACT

Innovation is successful use of knowledge to create practical and tangible solutions for the benefit of society. This talk covers basic concepts of bioengineering, biomimetics and their connection with the spectrum of human activity.

In the work conducted in my Labs and companies, the interface with biology expands frontiers of engineering in benefit of health sciences (bioengineering) and in benefit of general engineering by learning nature inspired technologies (biomimetic).

Practical examples of translating science into innovation illustrate product development cycle, patent protection, licensing, regulatory process management and new business model organization. My personal plans for the closest future include:

1) Development of the next generation of orthopedic implants obtained by additive manufacturing

2) Designing light weight and safer car structures

3) Using cognitive computing and internet of things to achieve better diagnostics via equipment connectivity and self-learning by evidences.

Besides all technological difficulties faced in those projects, the creation of usable, tangible and economically viable products depends strongly on the development of new business models and new regulatory frame. The unveiled discoveries hidden beyond the horizon drive me as professor and entrepreneur, transforming the challenging difficulties into attractive and inspiring frontiers of engineering.

 

Dr Marcos Pinotti

Dr Marcos Pinotti

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION

Marcos Pinotti is Full Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is the head of three research and innovation laboratories with strong connections to companies – Bioengineering Laboratory (LABBIO), Research Laboratory Applied to Neural Vision (LAPAN) and Advanced Laboratory of Law and Innovation (ALADIN).

He is one of Brazilian leading scientists, entrepreneurs and public actors committed to education, research and innovation. Marcos is the President of The Latin American Society of Biomaterials, Artificial Organs and Tissue Engineering (SLABO), Secretary of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (ABCM), Member of the Administrative Board of Belo Horizonte Technological Park (BHTEC), member of Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies (Denmark) and Fellow of the International Union of Societies for Biomaterial Sciences and Engineering (IUSBSE). In 2014, he served as the co-chairman of Bioengineering of the National Academy of Engineering Brazil-US Frontiers of Engineering.

Marcos is consultant for different corporations (GE Healthcare, FIAT, EMBRACO-Whirlpool, Vale and Thyssen Krupp) and medium size enterprises in Brazil, Italy and Russia. He also mentors startups companies. As entrepreneur, he founded three companies, one in the area of energy and two devoted to medical devices.

Marcos is also involved in federal policy development in Brazil, he served for more than ten years in the Technical Advisory Committee of the Brazilian President’s Office on Assistive Technology, organizing the scientific area and defining strategies to define investments, policies and regulations.

His research is focused in the areas of biomimetics, bioengineering (for automotive industry, regenerative medicine, cardiology, gynecology, dermatology, assistive technology and neurosciences), and innovation models for companies. He is Mechanical Engineer with Ph.D. in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer.

Seminar: Distributed Power Generation Optimization and Advanced Process Integration

When: 21-07-2015 13:30
Where: Room 402, TPOC-3
Combined cooling, heat and power or co-generation at a power plant. Image courtesy of Wikipedia, under creative commons license

Combined cooling, heat and power (or co-generation) at a power plant. Image courtesy of Wikipedia, under creative commons license

We invite you to a seminar with Dr. Aldo Bischi on Distributed Power Generation Optimization and Advanced Process Integration.

When: July 21, 2015, 13.30 – 15.00   

Where: Room 402, TPOC-3

 

Seminar Abstract

 The talk will focus on the speaker main research streams: distributed power generation optimization and carbon capture and storage (CCS).

CO2 sequestration and utilization is a valuable bridging technology towards a sustainable future energy mix. At first, one of the most promising CCS technologies will be presented: Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC). Later, possible integrations with renewable energies will be shown, e.g. biomass (Bio-CCS) and power-to-gas methanation.

Combined Cooling, Heat and Power (CCHP) generation is an effective way to reduce primary energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Such systems make rational use of primary energy generating simultaneously heat, electric/mechanical power and refrigeration effect.

Several types of prime movers are suitable for cogenerative applications, ranging from microturbines to gas-steam turbine combined cycles. They can have more than one independent operative variable, highly nonlinear performance curves, limitations or penalizations affecting their start-up/shut-down operations. The CCHP units also depend on ambient temperature and may be integrated with heat pumps, renewable energy sources as well as energy storage. In addition national and European Union incentive policies come into play.

Due to the large number of decision variables and the necessity of determining trade-off solutions, the design and the operation planning require the development of specific optimization models discussed in the talk.

 

Dr. Aldo Bischi

Dr. Aldo Bischi

Speaker Introduction

 Dr. Aldo Bischi received his Ph.D. in “Energy and Process Engineering” from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology-NTNU (Norway) with a dissertation on Chemical Looping Combustion (CLC) reactor system design. An Innovative design for a 150kWth test-rig was proposed, consisting of two pneumatically controlled interconnected circulating fluidized beds.

The design was finalized by the construction and commissioning of a full scale cold flow model. Since 2012 Dr. Bischi holds a post-doctoral position in the “Group of Energy COnversion Systems” – GECOS at Politecnico di Milano (Italy), being awarded of a “Polimi International Fellowships”. He is currently working on distributed power generation: Combined Cooling, Heat and Power (CCHP) systems, dealing with all CCHP aspects from technical to economic point of view.

Main objective is the development of mathematical models for the scheduling and design optimization of CCHP systems. In parallel he has been involved in several research projects and consultancies with industrial partners.

Since academic year 2013/2014, he is responsible, as Adjunct Professor, for the course of “Energy and Environmental Systems” at the Politecnico di Milano master program in Management Engineering. Moreover he has been involved, as lecturer and CCHP expert, in several executive courses.

Seminar: The Challenges of Being Both Lean and Global: Research Insights for Science & Technology Entrepreneurs

When: 09-07-2015 13:00
Where: TPOC-3 building, room 403
The Lean Startup by Eric Reis suggests a method for developing startup businesses and products. Dr Stoyan Tanev will offer his research based insights on the topic. Image courtesy of Betsy Weber, Flickr

The Lean Startup by Eric Reis suggests a method for developing startup businesses and products. Dr Stoyan Tanev will offer his research based insights on the topic. Image courtesy of Betsy Weber, Flickr

We invite you to a talk by Dr. Stoyan Tanev, University of Southern Denmark (SDU).

When: July 09, 2015. 13.00 – 14.30

Where: TPOC-3 building, room 403

Seminar Abstract

At Skoltech Dr. Stoyan Tanev will give a talk focusing on “The Challenges of Being both Lean and Global: Research Insights for Science & Technology Entrepreneurs”, including:

  • A brief introduction describing his experience of moving from a scientific career in the optical sciences to the multidisciplinary field of technology entrepreneurship and innovation management aiming at developing insights for scientists and engineers interested in starting new high-tech firms.
  • A brief presentation of the Lead-to-Win and Global Start-up programs driven at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
  • A discussion of the emergence of the Lean Global Start-up as a new type of firm that could become a valuable model for newly created science and technology firms.
  • A summary of insights from a research project focusing on identifying the factors that could help new technology start-ups to achieve global success.

 

Selected publications

Tanev et al. (2015) Lean and global technology startups: Linking the two research streams, International Journal of Innovation Management, 19(3), 41 p.

Tanev, (2012) Global from the Start: The Characteristics of Born-Global Firms in the Technology Sector, Technology Innovation Management Review, March: 5-8: http://timreview.ca/article/532

Tanev et al. (2011) Advances in the FDTD design and modeling of nano- and bio-photonics applications, Photonics and Nanostructures – Fundamentals and Applications 9(4): 315-327.

 

Dr Stoyan Tanev of the University of Southern Denmark is our guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar

Dr Stoyan Tanev of the University of Southern Denmark is our guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar

Speaker Introduction

Dr. Stoyan Tanev is an Associate Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation in the Department of Technology and Innovation, Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Odense, Denmark. He is also Adjunct Research Professor associated with the Technology Innovation Management (TIM) Program at the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Before joining SDU in August 2009, Dr. Tanev was Assistant Professor in the TIM Program at Carleton University. At SDU Dr. Tanev had been associated with the Center for Integrative Innovation Management – a research unit operating across the Faculties of Engineering, Business and Social Sciences and focusing on studying emerging technology innovation, marketing and business practices. Since 2014 he is leading the emergence of a new Technology Entrepreneurship stream of the Product Development and Innovation Program at SDU. He is also part of the Management Council of the Lead-to-Win Start-up program at Carleton University, being responsible for its global expansion.

Dr. Stoyan Tanev has a multidisciplinary background including an MSc and PhD in Physics (1995, University Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France, co-awarded by Sofia University, Bulgaria), a MEng in Technology Management (2005, Carleton University, Canada), a MA (2009, University of Sherbrooke, Canada) and a PhD in Theology (2012, Sofia University, Bulgaria). He started his professional career as Assistant Professor of Physics in the Institute of Applied Physics at the Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria. After a post-doctoral study in the University of Quebec at Hull, QC, Canada, in 1997 Dr. Tanev joined the Ottawa photonics industry and gradually became an active member of the local knowledge-based business community by contributing to the emergence of the biophotonics technology sector. He returned to the Academia in 2006 by joining the TIM program at Carleton University. Dr. Tanev’s research interests spread across several disciplines including photonics and biomedical optics design, simulations and modeling, as well as technology entrepreneurship and innovation management with a focus on value co-creation platforms, lean and global start-ups, technology commercialization and business model innovation practices. He has personal interests in the philosophy of religion focusing on epistemological issues on the interface between Orthodox theology and contemporary physics.

 

Seminar: Protecting Market Options Through Integrated IP Strategy: The Role of Strategic Disclosure

When: 07-07-2015 13:30
Where: Room TBD, TROC-3

 We are glad to invite you to a seminar by Dr. Jana Thiel, Maastricht University, Netherlands, titled “Protecting Market Options Through Integrated IP Strategy: The Role of Strategic Disclosure”.

When: July 7, 2015, 13.30 – 15.00

Where: Room TBD, TROC-3

 

SEMINAR ABSTRACT:

In this seminar I will look at technology-market-linking as a core activity in technology ventures.

I will highlight key avenues of research and will then zoom into the specific challenges that emerge for technology entrepreneurs when managing intellectual property to protect multiple market linkages and commercialization routes. I will present recent research with colleagues on the role of strategic (or voluntary) disclosure when designing efficient IP strategies in entrepreneurial ventures.

We suggest that, in particular for smaller actors and globally operating firms, strategic disclosure offers solutions to specific needs in the commercialization strategy, which are unaddressed by the current patenting system.

This seminar will provide a brief review along with case-based evidence on how firms integrate patent and non-patent-based disclosure and will then discuss more recent findings from a unique data set of 484 surveyed companies in which we find that with greater market diversity a firm’s tendency to strategically disclose increases.

The seminar will conclude with a discussion of the implications for further research and practice.

 

Jana Thiel, Maastricht University, is our guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar.

Jana Thiel, Maastricht University, is our guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar.

Dr. Jana Thiel
Maastricht University, Netherlands

Jana Thiel is currently an assistant professor at the Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship at Maastricht University.

She obtained her PhD in Entrepreneurship from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and prior to her appointment at Maastricht University she spent two years as a post-doctoral fellow at ESADE Business School in Barcelona. Jana’s research is situated at the intersection of entrepreneurship, technology management, and strategy. Her specific interests focus on providing new insight into what constitutes core entrepreneurial actions and how strategic behaviors impact entrepreneurial outcomes.

While being interested in all forms of entrepreneurial activity, Jana gets most excited about studying and mentoring entrepreneurs in implementing new-to-the-world science-based venture ideas.

Seminar: Novel Geophysical Seismic Imaging Techniques for Characterizing Earth Formation Properties

When: 08-06-2015 15:30
Where: Room TBD, TPOC-3
Subsurface imaging is crucial for oil exploration. Image courtesy of statoil

Subsurface imaging is crucial for oil exploration. Image courtesy of statoil

Skoltech is pleased to invite scientists and the public to a seminar on “Novel Geophysical Seismic Imaging Techniques for  Characterizing Earth Formation Properties”. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Marwan Charara.

When: June 08, 2015; 13.30 – 15.00

Where: Room TBD, TPOC-3

 

SEMINAR ABSTRACT

The purpose of geophysical seismic imaging is to provide an image of the Earth’s subsurface in a non-destructive way.

Classical seismic imaging techniques, also referred to as “seismic migration”, provide a satisfactory solution for describing the shape of the potential hydrocarbon reservoir but they fail to characterize its physical properties such as the fluid content. To properly characterize the physical properties of Earth formations, we need to take into account all the physics contained in the seismic data.

For that purpose, on one hand, it is necessary to develop accurate forward modeling tools such as high order finite element method (Spectral element method) to describe the seismic wave propagation phenomena in its rheology complexity and properly model the complexity of the geological interfaces and topography. This simulation scheme should also be well suited with the new HPC hardware, i.e., GPU. On the other hand, we should also develop new inversion techniques, such as the “full waveform inversion”, to solve for very large number of parameters. These techniques allow us to retrieve the spatial distribution of the different physical field quantities.

In this presentation, I will start discussing the forward modeling and associated inverse problems in seismic imaging and then I will further elaborate on the more ambitious task of coupling seismic and electromagnetic measurements through the electrokinetic phenomena. The latter is related to characterizing the fluid flow in the reservoir and in turn is used to evaluate the key parameter for oil production, the permeability of a hydrocarbon reservoir.

Dr. Marwan Charara, guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar

Dr. Marwan Charara, guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION

Dr. Marwan Charara is currently consultant in geophysics for Skoltech Center for Hydrocarbon Recovery.

He received his MS and PhD degrees in geophysics from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in 1996 under the supervision of Prof. Albert Tarantola. After his PhD, he joined Schlumberger Riboud Product center (France) where he worked and supervised various research projects: borehole seismic interpretation, reservoir monitoring and control, permeability logging and wireless telemetry.

While in Schlumberger, from 2003 to 2004, he was in secondment at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris in the rock physics department investigating the electrokinetic phenomena on rock samples for logging purposes. He also thought a course on logging and formation evaluation. In 2006, he moved to Schlumberger Moscow Research Center where he was in charge of the research program “Multi-physics numerical modeling and full waveform inversion”.

He actively contributed in the conception of new generation borehole seismic tools and sonic logging tools. He is the inventor of a new logging tool based on the electrokinetic phenomena. In 2014, he was promoted to Schlumberger Scientific Advisor in recognition for his outstanding and leading research role within the organization. He holds more than ten patents and has published over fifty technical papers in leading scientific research journals and proceedings.

 

Seminar: The Next Life of Silicon

When: 20-04-2015 13:30
Where: Beijing-2 auditorium, China cluster Skolkovo School of Management
Scanning tunneling microscope. Photo: Ilan Goren

Scanning tunneling microscope. Photo: Ilan Goren

We are pleased to invite to a seminar titled “The Next Life of Silicon” with guest speaker Prof. Gabriel Aeppli (ETH Zürich and EPF Lausanne; head of the Synchrotron and Nanotechnology department of the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland).

Who: Prof. Gabriel Aeppli

When: April 20, 2015 13.30 – 15.00

Where: Beijing-2 auditorium, China cluster Skolkovo School of Management

SEMINAR ABSTRACT:

The 20th century has been distinguished by the silicon-based information revolution, where bits are encoded as charges which are manipulated and stored via field effect transistors. The continued exponential growth of information technology based on straightforward extrapolations of this paradigm is not guaranteed, and there has therefore been a search for both alternative paradigms and materials.

The new paradigms entail exploitation of spin and orbital degrees of freedom, including related quantum phenomena.  While “exotic” materials have been successfully used to demonstrate some of the associated physics, we show here that silicon may be an excellent host for the new effects. In particular, laser cooling and electromagnetic traps have led to a revolution in atomic physics, yielding dramatic discoveries ranging from Bose-Einstein condensation to quantum control of single atoms. Because it is a semiconductor of extraordinary cleanliness which can be acquired at low cost, silicon can also be thought of as a poor man’s atom trap.

We describe here the beginnings of the science of silicon as atom trap, where the trapped atoms are the donor impurities. Key tools, enabling the visualization and manipulation of the impurity quantum states, are free electron lasers and scanning tunneling microscopes.

References:
Greenland et al., Nature (2010)

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v465/n7301/full/nature09112.html

Vinh et al., PRX (2013)

http://prx.aps.org/abstract/PRX/v3/i1/e01101

Morley et al, Nature Materials (2010 and 2013)

http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v9/n9/full/nmat2828.html and

http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v12/n2/full/nmat3499.html

Schofield et al., Nature Comm. (2013) http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v4/n4/full/ncomms2679.html

Prof. Gabriel Aeppli, ETH Zurich and EPFL, guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar

Prof. Gabriel Aeppli, ETH Zurich and EPFL, guest speaker at the Skoltech seminar

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION:

Gabriel Aeppli is professor of physics at ETH Zürich and EPF Lausanne, and head of the Synchrotron and Nanotechnology department of the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. After taking his B.Sc., M.Sc. and PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT, he spent the majority of his career in industry (NEC, AT&T and IBM) where he worked on problems ranging from liquid crystals to magnetic data storage.

He was subsequently co-founder and director of the London Centre for Nanotechnology, Quain Professor at University College London, and cofounder of the Bio-Nano Consulting Company. He is a frequent advisor to numerous private and public entities worldwide (including China, Australia, Europe and the US) engaged in the funding, evaluation and management of technology.

A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and Fellow of the Royal Society (London), he was a recipient of the Mott Prize of the Institute of Physics(London), the Oliver Buckley prize of the American Physical Society and the Neel Medal/International Magnetism Prize. His current technical focus is on the implications of photon science and nanotechnology for information processing and health care.

Seminar: Design of Novel Materials For Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells

When: 25-03-2015 13:30
Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster, Skolkovo School of Management
Solar cells facade on a municipal building located in Madrid, Spain. Image courtesy of Wikipedia, CC

Solar cells facade on a municipal building located in Madrid, Spain. Image courtesy of Wikipedia, CC

We would like to invite you to a guest seminar by Dr. Pavel A. Troshin on the “Design of Novel Materials For Organic and Hybrid Solar Cells”.

When: March 25, 2015, 13.30 – 15.00

Where: Beijing-1 Auditorium, China cluster, Skolkovo School of Management

SEMINAR ABSTRACT:

Organic and hybrid solar cells represent a promising photovoltaic technology which is aimed to deliver cheap electrical energy utilizing inexpensive and abundant materials and high throughput roll-to-roll production technologies. Organic (hybrid) solar cells can be mechanically flexible, light-weight, semitransparent and environmentally friendly.

Rather unique properties of these devices open a number of exciting opportunities for their use in mobile applications, smart windows, textile-integrated photovoltaics (power suits) and etc. Dr. Troshin and his team have contributed significantly to design of novel fullerene-based and polymer-based nanomaterials for organic and hybrid perovskite solar cells demonstrating light conversion efficiencies of 6-11% and improved operation stabilities. Fundamental correlations have been revealed between the molecular structures of the novel materials, their physical and electronic properties and the device performances. The developed approaches can be applied in the future for designing electrode materials for organic batteries.

Dr. Pavel A. Troshin

Dr. Pavel A. Troshin

SPEAKER INTRODUCTION:

Dr. Pavel A. Troshin was born in Bryansky region, Russian Federation. He received his BS and MS degrees in organic and physical chemistry in 2003 from Higher Chemical College of the Russian Academy of Sciences at D. I. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. He obtained his PhD degree in physical chemistry in 2006 from the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPCP RAS). He is currently a head of the Research Group for Multifunctional Materials and Organic Electronics at IPCP RAS. His current research focuses on polymer and fullerene chemistry, organic electronics, solar energy conversion, organic batteries and biomedical applications of fullerenes.