Asian NIR Symposium 2026

Speakers

Keynote speaker:

Prof. Jose Manuel Amigo

Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country, Spain

"NIR in more than 2 dimensions. Future of volumetric projections in NIR Hyperspectral Imaging" 

 


Invited speakers (in alphabetical order by last name): 

Prof. Rajib Bandyopadhyay

Department of Instrumentation and Electronics Engineering, Jadavpur University, India

"Improving SNR in NIR spectrometer: Case studies with Cinchona and Jute samples"

 

Dr. Juntae Kim

Department of Biosystems Machinery Engineering, Chungnam National University, Korea

"Development of a Handheld NIR Spectrometer for On-Site Prediction of Composition and Oleic Acid Content in Korean Hanwoo Beef Carcasses"

 

 

Prof. Federico Marini

Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

 "Interpretability by Design: Chemometric Strategies for NIR Spectroscopy"

 

Assoc. Prof. Ahmad Fairuz Omar

 School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

"Malaysia’s Sustainable NIR Spectroscopy Landscape: Spatial Heterogeneity in Harumanis Mango Predictive Modeling"

 

Assoc. Prof. Khwantri Saengprachatanarug

Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Khon Kaen University, Thailand

"Multi-Scale Sensing for Tropical-Crop Quality Control: Coupling UAV Imagery and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy across Sugarcane and Cassava Value Chains in Thailand"

 

Assoc. Prof. Toshihiro Takamatsu

Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, Japan

"Seeing Beneath the Surface: Near-Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging for Endoscopic Applications"


Assoc. Prof. Weijie Lan
Sanya Institute of Nanjing Agricultural University, China

"Seeing Through the Barriers: Methodological Strategies for Robust NIR Modeling of Food Quality under Multi-Layer Medium Interferences"

 

Dr. Ying Zhu

 National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

"Neural Correlates of Mathematical Reasoning: An fNIRS Study"