Name: 7th international workshop on new Photon-Detectors (PD2025)
Start: 2025-12-02T16:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-12-06T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Biblioteca Salaborsa

7th international workshop on new Photon-Detectors (PD2025)

from Tuesday, December 2, 2025 (4:00 PM) to Saturday, December 6, 2025 (7:00 PM)

Monday, December 1, 2025
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

5:00 PM Social Events: Visit to INFN Bologna Labotatories
Visit to INFN Bologna Labotatories
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: INFN Bologna
Wednesday, December 3, 2025

8:00 AM Registration

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
9:00 AM Opening Session
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

9:00 AM Welcome from the Workshop Organisers - Roberto Preghenella (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

9:05 AM Welcome from the Director of the INFN Division of Bologna - Eugenio Scapparone (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

9:10 AM Welcome from the Director of the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Bologna - Andrea Cimatti

9:15 AM Workshop Organisation Details - Luigi Pio Rignanese (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
9:30 AM Plenary Session
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

9:30 AM Invited | Radiation damage in Silicon Photomultipliers - Erika Garutti

9:55 AM Radiation damage studies of silicon photomultipliers for the CMS MIP Timing Detector - Yuri Musienko (University of Notre Dame (US))

10:13 AM Effect of Increased DCR on the Detection of Minimum Ionizing Particles with SiPMs - Katjana Neumann (Universitaet Hamburg)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
11:00 AM Plenary Session
11:00 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

11:00 AM Radiation Hardness Chacterisation of Silicon Photomultipliers for Next-Generation Particle Identification Detectors - Boris Gardinovački (Institute Jožef Stefan)

11:18 AM Invited | Photon detectors at the frontiers of particle identification - Silvia Gambetta (University of Edinburgh)

11:43 AM The ALICE 3 RICH detector: prototype beam test results - Mario Nicola Mazziotta (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:01 PM Ultra-Fast Small-Angle Calorimeter for Photon Detection at KOTO II - Pierluigi Fedeli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:19 PM Photodector and Scintillator Development for the LHCb PicoCal - Julie Delenne (CERN)
12:45 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:45 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
2:15 PM Plenary Session
2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

2:15 PM Requirements for Digital SiPMs in fibre sampling dual-readout calorimeter at future lepton colliders - Romualdo Santoro (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

2:33 PM Invited | Pushing analog SiPM performance: innovations and custom solutions - Alberto Giacomo Gola (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

2:58 PM Invited | 3D-integrated SPAD-CMOS detector systems - Serge Charlebois (Université de Sherbrooke)

3:23 PM First Application of Photon-to-Digital Counters to Particle Physics - Brais Palmeiro Pazos (University of Manchester)

3:41 PM Advanced Single Photon Detectors by 3D-Integration of ultra-low noise SPADs - Peter vom Stein (Fraunhofer IMS)
4:00 PM Tea Break
Tea Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
4:30 PM Plenary Session
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

4:30 PM Invited | CMOS SPADs and digital single-photon imaging sensors - Edoardo Charbon

4:55 PM Topical discussion | When will digital SiPMs become available for physics?
5:30 PM Exhibitors Talks
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

5:30 PM Hamamatsu - Giuseppe Brizi

5:48 PM INCOM: Recent advances in large area MCP-PMTs based on lead-free MCPs - Alexey Lyashenko (Incom Inc.)

6:06 PM CAEN: Comprehensive Solutions for Advanced Data Readout - Camilla Maggio (CAEN SpA)

6:24 PM Photonis-Exosens: Fast-timing Single Photon Counting and Imaging with vacuum based detectors - Dmitry Orlov (Photonis Netherlands) Emilie Kernen

6:42 PM FBK-SD: R&D for photodetectors technology - Michele Penna (Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK))
7:00 PM Poster Session
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

7:00 PM A new computed tomography system based on a Timepix4 sensor with CdTe for cultural heritage analysis applications: preliminary results - Matteo Bettuzzi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:01 PM 3-inch PMTs for the Hyper-K outer detector - Robert Kralik (King's College Londond)

7:02 PM Performance of the fiber tracker of the Zirè detector onboard NUSES satellite - Antonio Liguori (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:03 PM Preliminary characterization of the 64-channel MIZAR ASIC for Cherenkov light detection - Andrea Di Salvo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:04 PM DENEB: a 1024-Channel Mixed-Signal ASIC for SiPM Readout with sub-100 ps Timing and Photon Counting Operating from 77 K to 300 K - Stefano Durando (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:05 PM The ICECAL65: an Energy Measurement ASIC for the Upgrade II in the LHCb Calorimeter Detector - Alberto López Guillén (ICCUB)

7:06 PM Multi-anode Photomultiplier Tubes: review of characterisation and operations at the LHCb RICH detectors - Michael Kane (University of Edinburgh)

7:07 PM The ARC compact RICH detector concept: design, simulations and prototype development - Serena Pezzulo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:08 PM TCSPC Setup with SiPM Readout for Volatile Organic Compound Identification - Jacopo Dalmasson

7:09 PM Characterization of a GAGG/Si-PM Gamma Camera Prototype for Ag-111 Imaging Apllications - Edoardo Borciani (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:10 PM Zero-Dimension Cs3Cu2I5 Perovskite-Inspired Scintillators for Next-Generation Nuclear Medicine-based Medical Imaging - Ibrar Ahmad (sapienza university of rome)

7:11 PM Single-Pulse Spectroscopy with 2D Perovskites: from Single Crystals to Thin Films - Lorenzo Margotti (UNIBO)

7:12 PM Status of the SiPM camera upgrade for the prototype Schwarzschild-Couder Telescope - Serena Loporchio (University and INFN Bari)

7:13 PM Characterization of afterpulse in SiPMs with single-cell readout as a function of bias voltage and fluence - Pavel Parygin (University of Hamburg)

7:14 PM A novel single photon detector based on MCP-PMT with embedded Timepix4 ASIC - Dario Fornaro (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Ferrara and University of Ferrara, Physics and Earth Sciences Department)

7:15 PM Multi-Photomultiplier Detectors in the Water Cherenkov Test Experiment - Bartosz Piotrowski (Warsaw University of Technology)

7:16 PM Design and characterization of the SiPM-based tracker-calorimeter system for space astrophysics - Gaia De Palma (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:17 PM Revealing the Impact of Phase Transition on n = 1 2D Perovskite Photodetectors with Intrinsically Tunable Narrowband Detection - Ding Ding (Imperial College London)

7:18 PM New generation of TSV-enabled SiPM technologies for medical imaging and industrial applications - Carina Trippl (Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK))

7:19 PM Near-infrared CMOS imaging for large-area SiPM-based photodetectors diagnostics - Andrea Marasciulli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:20 PM First observation of minimum ionising particle tracks in the RIPTIDE detector - Samuele Lanzi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:21 PM Cherenkov detectors in the extreme LHC environment: LUCID PMTs and fibers. - Davide Cremonini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:22 PM Preamplifier Readout Electronics for Summing SiPMs Enhanced Circuit (PRESSEC) for Advanced SiPM camera - Daniel David Marín Medina (Institut de Ciències del Cosmos - Universitat de Barcelona)

7:23 PM A SiPM-based readout for high-resolution electromagnetic calorimetry - Simone Vallarino (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:24 PM Probing Radiation Damage in SiPMs with Emission Microscopy - Tommaso Marinelli (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:25 PM Recent GasPM advances: photon-feedback mitigation and LaB6 photocathode studies - Simone Garnero (UNIBO)

7:26 PM Fully-Digital 110 nm CMOS SiPM for Ultra-Fast Amplitude, Time-of-Arrival, and Time-over-Threshold Measurements - Tommaso Maria Floris (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:27 PM Development of a Thin-Layer Scintillation-Based Dosimeter for Surface Dose Measurement in Radiotherapy - Giulia Tosetti (Université de Caen Normandie, ENSICAEN, CNRS/IN2P3, LPC Caen UMR6534, F-14000 Caen, France)

7:28 PM Evaluating Position Dependency of Detection Performance for 50-cm Hyper-Kamiokande Photomultiplier Tube - Shogo Horiuchi (Keio University)

7:29 PM Studies of Silicon Photo-Multipliers for the LHCb Upgrade II in Genova - Simon Ghizzo (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:30 PM Radio Frequency Photo Multiplier Tube with different photocathodes - Sergey Abrahamyan (A. Alikhanyan National Laboratory)

7:31 PM Modular Wavelength-Shifting Photon Detector with SiPM Readout for Large-Area Applications - Cornelia Hanna Esther Arcaro (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

7:32 PM Development and Beam-Test Results of the SiPM-Based Readout Plane for the ePIC-dRICH Photodetector at the EIC - Nicola Rubini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
Social Events: Welcome Reception
Welcome Reception
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Thursday, December 4, 2025
8:30 AM Plenary Session
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

8:30 AM Microlense enhanced SiPMs - Guido Haefeli (EPFL)

8:48 AM Innovative Back-Side Illuminated SiPMs (BSI-SiPMs): first results from the IBIS project - Priyanka Kachru (FBK)

9:06 AM Development of UV-Sensitive GaN Single Photon Geiger-Mode avalanche diodes - Nepomuk Otte (Georgia Institute of Technology)

9:24 AM Invited | Time resolution and efficiency of SPADs and SiPMs - Werner Riegler (CERN)

9:49 AM Invited | Enabling photon detection: the role of ASICs - Angelo Rivetti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

10:14 AM A Digital SiPM for Photon Multiplicity Measurement operated with a Compact USB Readout - Peter Fischer (Heidelberg University)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
11:00 AM Plenary Session
11:00 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

11:00 AM ALCOR, a mixed-signal ASIC for SiPM readout of the ePIC-dRICH detector at the EIC - Fabio Cossio (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

11:18 AM A first photon detector module based on the FastRICH ASIC - Floris Keizer (CERN)

11:36 AM FastIC+ ASIC, a high-performance scalable solution for fast-timing applications - Daniel Guberman (Insitut de Ciencies del Cosmos, Universitat de Barcelona (ICCUB))

11:54 AM Invited | Photodetectors in medical applications - Dennis Schaart (Delft University of Technology)

12:19 PM High-Performance Planar TOF-PET Imager - Rok Pestotnik
12:45 PM Group Photo
Group Photo
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi

1:00 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
2:15 PM Plenary Session
2:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

2:15 PM Wearable, Lightweight, and Flexible Dosimeters for Real-Time Monitoring - Andrea Ciavatti

2:33 PM Invited | Advances in MCP-PMTs: performance, challenges and beyond - Albert Lehmann (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

2:58 PM The prototype of MCP-PMT with a novel photocathode design - Mikhail Barnyakov (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

3:16 PM Preparation status of the Hyper-Kamiokande 50 cm photomultiplier tubes - Kota Nakagiri (Kamioka Observatory, ICRR, The University of Tokyo)

3:34 PM Mechanism for reduction of the afterpulsing rate of PMTs - Kai Morita (ICRR, U. Tokyo)

3:52 PM PICMIC concept - Imad Laktineh (ipnl)
4:15 PM Tea Break
Tea Break
4:15 PM - 4:45 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
4:45 PM Plenary Session
4:45 PM - 7:00 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

4:45 PM Comprehensive characterization of LAPPD and HRPPD photodetectors - Mikhail Osipenko (GE)

5:03 PM Systematic evaluation of series-produced Microchannel-Plate PMTs - Katja Gumbert

5:21 PM Simulation and characterisation of a 16-by-96 multi-anode MCP-PMT - Alexander Davidson (University of Warwick)

5:39 PM Understanding the timing and charge sharing in MCP PMTs - Samo Korpar (University of Maribor)

5:57 PM Invited | Precision timing with photon detectors - Jon Lapington (University of Leicester)

6:22 PM Precision timing with the CMS Barrel Timing Layer - Martina Malberti (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

6:40 PM Direct charged particle detection with SiPMs for the ALICE 3 timing layer - Francesca Carnesecchi
8:00 PM Social Events: Gala Dinner
Gala Dinner
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Room: Ristorante Donatello
Friday, December 5, 2025
8:30 AM Plenary Session
8:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

8:30 AM Invited | Light detection in dark matter and neutrino detectors - Gianfranca De Rosa (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

8:55 AM PLATON: high-resolution 3D photographs of particles interacting in a monolithic scintillating volume - Till Dieminger (ETH Zurich)

9:13 AM Overview of the TAO photo-detector and recent progress - Hanwen Wang (Institute of High Energy Physics (IHEP))

9:31 AM Invited | Gaseous photon detectors: applications and perspectives - Florian Brunbauer (CERN)

9:56 AM The CYGNO experiment: a gaseous TPC with optical readout for rare events searches - Fabrizio Petrucci (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
10:15 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
10:45 AM Plenary Session
10:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

10:45 AM The focal plane cameras of the ASTRI Mini-Array air-Cherenkov telescopes for gamma ray astronomy - Giuseppe Sottile

11:03 AM Pushing the Frontiers of Space UV Detection: The SiSMUV project - Marco Mese (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

11:21 AM Invited | Photon Detectors at Cryogenic temperatures - Inés Gil-Botella (CIEMAT)

11:46 AM Production and Characterisation of SiPM-Based Photo Detection Units for the DarkSide-20k Experiment - Dmitrii Rudik (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:04 PM The DUNE Far Detector Photon Detection System - Anna Balboni (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

12:22 PM A New Window into Noble Elements: VUV-Sensitive Amorphous Selenium Photodetectors for Cryogenic Applications - Elena Gramellini (University of Manchester)
12:45 PM Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
2:00 PM Plenary Session
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

2:00 PM LiquidO: A Revolutionary Approach to Particle Imaging and Detection Exploiting Opaqueness. - Stefano Dusini (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

2:18 PM Invited | Quantum technologies for photon detectors - Boris Korzh (University of Geneva)

2:43 PM Development of drop-cast PbS QD detectors – from X-ray photoresistors to proton detection - Marco Ruggieri (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)

3:01 PM Invited | Perovskite single-photon counting detectors - Paul Sellin (University of Surrey)

3:26 PM Vapor-processed Perovskite Thin-Film Photodetectors - Michele Sessolo (University of Valencia)

3:44 PM Solution-processed Mn-doped 2D perovskite wavelength shifters for noble-liquid photon detection - Elisabetta Colantoni (DIFA-UNIBO)

4:02 PM Development of Inorganic perovskite thin-film photo-detectors - Mara Bruzzi (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
4:30 PM Closing Session
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: Auditorium Enzo Biagi
Contributions

4:30 PM Awards Ceremony

4:35 PM A word from the DRD4 Collaboration Spokesperson - Massimiliano Fiorini (INFN and University of Ferrara)

4:45 PM A word from the International Advisory Committee Chairperson - Fabrice Retiere (TRIUMF)

4:55 PM Future Workshops and Farewell - Roberto Preghenella (Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare)
5:30 PM Social Events: Visit to INFN Bologna Laboratories
Visit to INFN Bologna Laboratories
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Room: INFN Bologna
Saturday, December 6, 2025

10:30 AM Social Events: Guided City Tour Excursion
Guided City Tour Excursion
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: Excursion Meeting Point

2:30 PM Satellite event: "da dove vengono i colori?"
Satellite event: "da dove vengono i colori?"
2:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: Sala Conferenze

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