Invited Speakers

Bertrand Dubus, University of Lille, CNRS, France

Talk title: Space-time phononic crystals

Bertrand Dubus received the Engineering Diploma degree from the Institut Supérieur d’Electronique du Nord, Lille, France, the Ph.D. degree in solid-state physics from Lille University, Lille, and the Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches from Valenciennes University, Valenciennes, France. He was the Head of the IEMN Acoustic Department from 2009 to 2015. He is a Senior Principal Scientist with the Institute for Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, CNRS, Lille. His research interests include the development of numerical models and the design of innovative multiphysical devices for various application fields, such as acoustic MEMS for telecommunications, transducers for underwater acoustics, ultrasonic cavitation, acoustic scattering, phononic crystals, and acoustic metamaterials.

Vitalyi E. Gusev, Le Mans University, France

Talk title: Generation and detection by lasers of GHz - sub-THz surface, surface skimming and bulk acoustic waves in cleaved superlattices

Vitalyi E. Gusev received his Ph.D. degree in physics and mathematics (laser physics) in 1982 from M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia. He received Habilitations in Moscow State University in mathematics and physics (acoustics) in 1992 and in Le Mans University, France, in 1997. He is currently a Professor at Le Mans University. Since 1980, his research interests were in the development of the theoretical foundations of nonlinear acoustic, optoacoustic, photothermal and thermoacoustic phenomena. His most recent research has focused on applications of timedomain Brillouin scattering for imaging, on nonlinear laser ultrasonics, acoustics of granular media and nondestructive testing and evaluation of nanomaterials and nanostructures.

Elly Martin, UCL, UK

Talk title: TBC

Dr. Elly Martin is a physicist and engineer working in biomedical ultrasound, her research focuses on development of therapeutic uses of ultrasound for different applications including treatment of cancer and neurological conditions, and new uses of ultrasound such as ultrasonic rewarming of biological materials after cryopreservation. This includes making quantitative comparisons between hydrophone measurements and simulations of acoustic fields, and the development and characterisation of ultrasound devices. Dr. Martin’s work underpins the development of model-based treatment planning and estimation of in situ acoustic parameters for ultrasound therapies.

Katy Tant, University of Glasgow, UK

Talk title: Ultrasonic Travel-Time Tomography for Approximating the Local Elastic Tensor in Complex Media

Dr Katy Tant is a Senior Lecturer in AI for Engineering in the James Watt School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow. She was appointed as a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Strathclyde in 2019 and moved to the University of Glasgow in 2024, where she currently directs the Physical Science and Engineering Programme at the Centre for Data Science and AI. Dr. Tant co-led the establishment of the IEEE UK & Ireland Chapter in Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, which she now chairs. Her research interests include modelling waves in complex media, inverse problems, imaging, and tomography, with applications in non-destructive evaluation, medical and seismic imaging, space, transducer design, and ocean forecasting.