Prof. Dr. Francesca Venturini

ZHAW School of Engineering
Forschungsschwerpunkt Angewandte Optik
Technikumstrasse 9
8400 Winterthur

+41 (0) 58 934 47 14
francesca.venturini@zhaw.ch

Work at ZHAW

Position

Head team Spectroscopy
Deputy head team Applied Optics
Professor of applied optics
Coordinator of the MSE Profile Photonics
Reviewer for Springer Nature, Elsevier, Optica, MDPI, Royal Society of Chemistry
Reviewer for the European Research Council

Focus

Optics, laser spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, absorption spectroscopy, sensor development, gas sensing, fiber optic, non-linear optics, solid state physics, superconductivity, magnet technology

Teaching

Physics 1 and 2
Case Studies Stock and Flow - Systeme 1 and 2
MSE: Optical Engineering and Metrology
CAS Digitale Technologien und Innovation

Experience

Expert for Innosuisse
Innosuisse
01 / 2023 - today
Cofounder and CTO
TOELT GmbH
11 / 2018 - today
Professor of applied optics
ZHAW
12 / 2017 - today
Researcher and lecturer
ZHAW
09 / 2013 - 11 / 2017
Head of product development R&D
Mettler-Toledo AG
06 / 2011 - 08 / 2013
Senior project manager R&D
Mettler-Toledo AG
08 / 2008 - 05 / 2011
Project manager R&D
Bruker BioSpin AG
08 / 2003 - 07 / 2008

Education and Continuing education

Education

PhD / Physics
Technische Universität München, München, DE
09 / 1998 - 04 / 2003
Graduate studies
The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
08 / 1997 - 07 / 1998
Master of Science (M.Sc.) / Physics
Università degli Studi di Firenze, IT
10 / 1992 - 07 / 1997

Continuing Education

CAS in Higher Education
Pädagogische Hochschule Zurich, PHZH
01 / 2016
PGCert Business Administration
The Open University Business School, UK
11 / 2007

Network

Membership of networks

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2562-9932

Social media

Projects

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

Michelucci, U., & Venturini, F. (2026). The infinite-dimensional nature of spectroscopy and why models succeed, fail, and mislead. The Analyst. https://doi.org/10.1039/d6an00346j
Di Maria, M., Planeta, D., Venturini, F., Torregrossa, F., & Crupi, P. (2026). How can we sustainably assess the shelf life of EVOO? A systematic review on analytical strategies and food waste reduction. Frontiers in Nutrition, 12(1722145). https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1722145
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., Magnus, I., & Smeesters, L. (2025). Multi-mycotoxin detection using fluorescence spectroscopy and machine learning. Food Control, 181(111728). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2025.111728
Smeesters, L., Venturini, F., Paulus, S., Mahlein, A.-K., Perpetuini, D., Cardone, D., Merla, A., Gac, B., Perrin, S., Trégoat, D., Poffo, L., Fournier, A., Bonifazi, G., Serranti, S., Liao, W., Osseiran, N., Vanwolleghem, M., Peretti, R., Bandyopadhyay, A., et al. (2025). 2025 photonics for agrifood roadmap : towards a sustainable and healthier planet. Journal of Physics: Photonics, 7(3), 32501. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/adbea9
El Ghazouali, S., Gucciardi, A., Venturini, F., Venturi, N., Rueegsegger, M., & Michelucci, U. (2024). FlightScope : an experimental comparative review of aircraft detection algorithms in satellite imagery. Remote Sensing, 16(24), 4715. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16244715
Michelucci, U., & Venturini, F. (2024). Deep learning domain adaptation to understand physico-chemical processes from fluorescence spectroscopy small datasets and application to the oxidation of olive oil. Scientific Reports, 14(22291). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-73054-y
Ahmad, A., Liew, A. X. W., Venturini, F., Kalogeras, A., Candiani, A., Di Benedetto, G., Ajibola, S., Cartujo, P., Romero, P., Lykoudi, A., De Grandis, M. M., Xouris, C., Lo Bianco, R., Doddy, I., Elegbede, I., D’Urso Labate, G. F., García del Moral, L. F., & Martos, V. (2024). AI can empower agriculture for global food security : challenges and prospects in developing nations. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 7(1328530). https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2024.1328530
Venturini, F., Fluri, S., Mejari, M., Baumgartner, M., Piga, D., & Michelucci, U. (2024). Shedding light on the ageing of extra virgin olive oil : probing the impact of temperature with fluorescence spectroscopy and machine learning techniques. LWT - Food Science and Technology, 191(115679). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2023.115679
Eggertson, E. C., & Venturini, F. (2023). Resonant Raman spectroscopy of carotenoids in aging of extra virgin olive oil. Sensors, 23(17), 7621. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23177621
Michelucci, U., & Venturini, F. (2023). New metric formulas that include measurement errors in machine learning for natural sciences. Expert Systems with Applications, 224(120013). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2023.120013
Venturini, F., Fluri, S., & Baumgartner, M. (2023). Dataset of fluorescence EEM and UV spectroscopy data of olive oils during ageing. Data, 8(5), 81. https://doi.org/10.3390/data8050081
Venturini, F., Sperti, M., Michelucci, U., Gucciardi, A., Martos, V. M., & Deriu, M. A. (2022). Extraction of physicochemical properties from the fluorescence spectrum with 1D convolutional neural networks : application to olive oil. Journal of Food Engineering, 336(111198). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2022.111198
Michelucci, U., & Venturini, F. (2021). Estimating neural network’s performance with bootstrap : a tutorial. Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction, 3(2), 357–373. https://doi.org/10.3390/make3020018
Michelucci, U., Sperti, M., Piga, D., Venturini, F., & Deriu, M. A. (2021). A model-agnostic algorithm for Bayes error determination in binary classification. Algorithms, 14(11), 301. https://doi.org/10.3390/a14110301
Venturini, F., Sperti, M., Michelucci, U., Herzig, I., Baumgartner, M., Caballero, J. P., Jimenez, A., & Deriu, M. A. (2021). Exploration of Spanish olive oil quality with a miniaturized low-cost fluorescence sensor and machine learning techniques. Foods, 10(5), 1010. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10051010
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., & Baumgartner, M. (2020). Dual oxygen and temperature luminescence learning sensor with parallel inference. Sensors, 20(17), 4886. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20174886
Michelucci, U., & Venturini, F. (2019). Multi-task learning for multi-dimensional regression : application to luminescence sensing. Applied Sciences, 9(22). https://doi.org/10.3390/app9224748
Michelucci, U., Baumgartner, M., & Venturini, F. (2019). Optical oxygen sensing with artificial intelligence. Sensors, 19(4), 777. https://doi.org/10.3390/s19040777
Venturini, F., Baumgartner, M., & Borisov, S. (2018). Mn4+-doped magnesium titanate : a promising phosphor for self-referenced optical temperature sensing. Sensors, 18(2/668). https://doi.org/10.3390/s18020668
Chelwani, N., Baum, A., Böhm, T., Opel, M., Venturini, F., Tassini, L., Erb, A., Berger, H., Forró, L., & Hackl, R. (2018). Magnetic excitations and amplitude fluctuations in insulating cuprates. Physical Review B, 97(2). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.97.024407
Michelucci, U., & Venturini, F. (2017). Novel semi-parametric algorithm for interference-immune tunable absorption spectroscopy gas sensing. Sensors, 17(10), 2281. https://doi.org/10.3390/s17102281
Venturini, F., Schönherr, V., Rey, J., & Adolfsson, E. (2017). Characterization of light-gas interaction in strongly-scattering nanoporous materials and its implications for tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. Applied Physics B, 123(4), 123–136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-017-6705-z
Venturini, F., Bürgi, R., Borisov, S., & Klimant, I. (2015). Optical temperature sensing using a new thermographic phosphor. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 233, 324–329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2015.07.009
Munnikes, N., Muschler, B., Venturini, F., Tassini, L., Prestel, W., Ono, S., Ando, Y., Peets, D. C., Hardy, W. N., Liang, R., Bonn, D. A., Damascelli, A., Eisaki, H., Greven, M., Erb, A., & Hackl, R. (2011). Pair breaking versus symmetry breaking : origin of the Raman modes in superconducting cuprates. Physical Review B, 84(144523). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.144523
Prestel, W., Venturini, F., Muschler, B., Tütto, I., Hackl, R., Lambacher, M., Erb, A., Komiya, S., Ono, S., Ando, Y., Inosov, D., Zabolotnyy, V. B., & Borisenko, S. V. (2010). Quantitative comparison of single- and two-particle properties in the cuprates. The European Physical Journal Special Topics, 188(1), 163–171. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2010-01304-2
Hackl, R., Tassini, L., Venturini, F., Erb, A., Hartinger, Ch., Kikugawa, N., & Fujita, T. (2006). Raman study of ordering phenomena in copper–oxygen systems. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 67(1-3), 289–293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2005.10.126
Tassini, L., Venturini, F., Zhang, Q.-M., Hackl, R., Kikugawa, N., & Fujita, T. (2005). Dynamical properties of charged stripes in La(2-x)SrxCuO4. Physical Review Letters, 95(117002). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.117002
Zhang, Q., Venturini, F., Hackl, R., Hori, J., & Fujita, T. (2003). New electronic Raman scattering results in underdoped La2−xSrxCuO4. Physica C: Superconductivity and Its Applications, 286, 282–285. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4534(02)02132-9
Opel, M., & Venturini, F. (2002). Raman scattering in solids. European Pharmaceutical Review, 7(3), 76–82.
Venturini, F., Opel, M., Devereaux, T. P., Freericks, J. K., Tüttő, I., Revaz, B., Walker, E., Berger, H., Forró, L., & Hackl, R. (2002). Observation of an unconventional metal-insulator transition in overdoped CuO2 compounds. Physical Review Letters, 89(10), 107003–107001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.107003
Michelucci, U., Venturini, F., & Kampf, A. (2002). Quantum interference phenomena between impurity states in d-wave superconductors. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 63(12), 2283–2286. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3697(02)00238-X
Venturini, F., Opel, M., Hackl, R., Berger, H., Forró, L., & Revaz, B. (2002). Doping dependence of the electronic Raman spectra in cuprates. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 63(12), 2345–2348. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-3697(02)00239-1
Venturini, F., Zhang, Q.-M., Hackl, R., Lucarelli, A., Lupi, S., Ortolani, M., Calvani, P., Kikugawa, N., & Fujita, T. (2002). Raman scattering versus infrared conductivity : evidence for one-dimensional conduction in La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4). Physical Review B, 66(6). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.060502
Venturini, F., Hackl, R., & Michelucci, U. (2002). Comment on : nonmonotonic $d_{x^{2}-y^{2}}$ superconducting order parameter in Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$. Physical Review Letters, 90(14), 149701–149701. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.149701
Opel, M., Nemetschek, R., Venturini, F., Hackl, R., Tutto, I., Berger, H., Forro, L., Erb, A., Revaz, B., & Walker, E. (2001). A light-scattering study of dynamical carrier properties in cuprate systems. Ferroelectrics, 249(1), 155–164. https://doi.org/10.1080/00150190108214977
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., Devereaux, T. P., & Kampf, A. P. (2000). Collective spin fluctuation mode and raman scattering in superconducting cuprates. Physical Review B, 62, 15204–15207. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.15204
Opel, M., Venturini, F., Hackl, R., Revaz, B., Berger, H., & Forrò, L. (2000). Superconducting gap and pseudogap in Bi-2212. Physica B: Condensed Matter, 284-288, 669–670. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4526(99)02344-3
Opel, M., Götzinger, M., Hoffmann, C., Nemetschek, R., Philipp, R., Venturini, F., Hackl, R., Erb, A., & Walker, E. (1999). Pseudogap and superconducting gap in YBa2Cu3o6+x : a raman study. Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 117(3-4), 347–351. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022513531861
Opel, M., Nemetschek, R., Venturini, F., Hackl, R., Erb, A., Walker, E., Berger, H., & Forrò, L. (1999). Raman spectroscopy in YBa2Cu3O6+x and Bi2Sr2(CaxY1-x)Cu2O8+d : pseudogap and superconducting gap. Physica Status Solidi B, 215(1), 471–476. doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1521-3951(199909)215:1<471::AID-PSSB471>3.0.CO;2-K

Books, peer-reviewed

Venturini, F. (2003). Raman scattering study of electronic correlations in cuprates : observation of an unconventional metal insulator transition [Doctoral dissertation]. Mensch-und-Buch-Verlag.

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Hackl, R., Tassini, L., Venturini, F., Hartinger, C., Erb, A., Kikugawa, N., & Fujita, T. (2005). Ordering phenomena in cuprates. In B. Kramer (Ed.), Advances in solid state physics (Vol. 45, pp. 227–238). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/11423256_18
Venturini, F. (2003). Evidence for a metal-insulator transition in overdoped Cuprates : new Raman results. In B. Kramer (Ed.), Advances in solid state physics (pp. 253–266). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-44838-9_18

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

Venturini, F. (2025). Innovative sensor technologies for agrifood quality assessment [Conference paper]. SMSI 2025 Conference Proceedings, 188–189. https://doi.org/10.5162/SMSI2025/D2.1
Venturini, F., Fluri, S., Mejari, M., Baumgartner, M., Piga, D., & Michelucci, U. (2024). Machine learning-enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy for the quality assessment of extra virgin olive oil during ageing [Conference paper]. In F. Berghmans & I. Zergioti (Eds.), Optical Sensing and Detection VIII (p. 129991F). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016879
Gucciardi, A., El Ghazouali, S., Michelucci, U., & Venturini, F. (2024). Machine learning feature extraction for predicting the ageing of olive oil [Conference paper]. In T. Bocklitz (Ed.), Data Science for Photonics and Biophotonics (p. 130110A). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017680
Mathys, M., Gebbers, P., & Venturini, F. (2024, April 9). Probing carotenoids in the skin using resonant Raman spectroscopy. SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 7-11 April 2024. https://spie.org/photonics-europe/presentation/Probing-carotenoids-in-the-skin-using-resonant-Raman-spectroscopy/13010-48?enableBackToBrowse=true
Schmid, C., Laurenzi, E., Michelucci, U., & Venturini, F. (2023). Explainable AI for the olive oil industry [Conference paper]. In K. Hinkelmann, F. J. López-Pellicer, & A. Polini (Eds.), Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (pp. 158–171). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43126-5_12
Michelucci, U., Fluri, S., Baumgartner, M., & Venturini, F. (2023). Deep learning super resolution for high-speed excitation emission matrix measurements [Conference paper]. In B. Jalali & K.-i. Kitayama (Eds.), AI and Optical Data Sciences IV (Vol. 12438). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647589
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., Sperti, M., Gucciardi, A., & Deriu, M. A. (2023). Understanding the learning mechanism of convolutional neural networks applied to fluorescence spectra [Conference paper]. In B. Jalali & K.-i. Kitayama (Eds.), AI and Optical Data Sciences IV (Vol. 124380). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2647809
Sperti, M., Gucciardi, A., Michelucci, U., Venturini, F., & Deriu, M. Agostino. (2022). Chemical analysis of olive oils from fluorescence spectra thanks to one-dimensional convolutional neural networks [Conference paper]. SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 3-7 April 2022, 121391K. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621666
Arnaud, G., Michelucci, U., Venturini, F., Sperti, M., Martos, V. M., & Deriu, M. A. (2022). Compact optical fluorescence sensor for food quality control using artificial neural networks: application to olive oil [Conference paper]. In F. Berghmans & I. Zergioti (Eds.), Optical Sensing and Detection VII (p. 121391J). Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621588
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., Sperti, M., Gucciardi, A., & Deriu, M. A. (2022). One-dimensional convolutional neural networks design for fluorescence spectroscopy with prior knowledge : explainability techniques applied to olive oil fluorescence spectra [Conference paper]. In F. Berghmans & I. Zergioti (Eds.), Optical Sensing and Detection VII (p. 1213917). Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621646
Gucciardi, A., Michelucci, U., Venturini, F., Sperti, M., Martos, V. M., & Deriu, M. A. (2022, April 6). Compact optical fluorescence sensor for food quality control using artificial neural networks: application to olive oil. SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 3-7 April 2022. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2621588
Sperti, M., Michelucci, U., Venturini, F., Gucciardi, A., & Deriu, M. A. (2022, April 6). Chemical analysis of olive oils from fluorescence spectra thanks to one-dimensional convolutional neural networks. SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 3-7 April 2022. https://spie.org/EPE/conferencedetails/optical-sensing-detection
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., & Baumgartner, M. (2021). New approach for temperature-immune oxygen sensing based on Pt-TFPP [Conference paper]. OSA Technical Digest, SW5H. https://doi.org/10.1364/SENSORS.2021.SW5H.2
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., & Baumgartner, M. (2021). Implementation of multi-task learning neural network architectures for robust industrial optical sensing [Conference poster]. In P. Lehmann, W. Osten, & A. Albertazzi Gonçalves Jr. (Eds.), Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection XII. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593469
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., & Baumgartner, M. (2021). Implementation of multi-task learning neural network architectures for robust industrial optical sensing [Conference paper]. In P. Lehmann, W. Osten, & A. Albertazzi Gonçalves Jr. (Eds.), Optical Measurement Systems for Industrial Inspection XII (p. 117822H). Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2593469
Michelucci, U., & Venturini, F. (2021). New autonomous intelligent sensor design approach for multiple parameter inference [Conference paper]. Engineering Proceedings, 2(1), 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/engproc2020002096
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., & Baumgartner, M. (2020). Dual oxygen and temperature sensing with single indicator using multi-task-learning neural networks [Conference paper]. Proceedings Volume 11354 : Optical Sensing and Detection VI, 113541C. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2554941
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., & Baumgartner, M. (2020). Deep-learning for multi-parameter luminescence sensing : demonstration of dual sensor. Proceedings Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science.
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., & Baumgartner, M. (2020, January 27). Multi-task learning approach for optical luminescence sensing. Applied Machine Learning Days (AMLD), Lausanne, 25-29 January 2020.
Venturini, F., Baumgartner, M., & Michelucci, U. (2019). New approach for luminescence sensing based on machine learning [Conference paper]. In B. Jalali & K.-i. Kitayama (Eds.), Proceedings Volume 10937 : Optical Data Science II (Issue 109370H). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2508969
Venturini, F., Baumgartner, M., & Borisov, S. M. (2018). New opportunities for optical temperature sensing with Mn4+-doped magnesium titanate. Advanced Photonics 2018. https://doi.org/10.1364/BGPPM.2018.JTu2A.63
Venturini, F., Schönherr, V., & Adolfsson, E. (2017). Ultracompact oxygen sensor using nanoporous materials as strongly-scattering multipass cell for tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2017.
Venturini, F., & Michelucci, U. (2017). Novel algorithm for calibration-free absorption spectroscopy sensor [Conference paper]. Proceedings, 1(833). https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings1080833
Venturini, F., Schönherr, V., Rey, J., & Adolfsson, E. (2016). Characterization of light-gas interaction in strongly-scattering nanoporous materials and its implications for tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy. International Conference on Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research (FLAIR 2016), Aix-Les-Bains, Frankreich, 12.-16. September 2016.
Borisov, S., Klimant, I., Bürgi, R., & Venturini, F. (2015). Temperature sensing and sensor design using a new thermographic phosphor for a wide range of applications. Proceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference.
Borisov, S., Klimant, I., Schönherr, V., Bürgi, R., & Venturini, F. (2015). Investigation of the Luminescence Emission of Chromium(III)-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Borate for the Design of an Optical Temperature Sensor. MAF 14, the 14th Conference on Methods and Applications in Fluorescence, Würzburg, Germany, 13-16 September 2015.
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., Devereaux, T. P., & Kampf, A. P. (2000). Collective modes and electronic raman scattering in the cuprates [Conference paper]. Physica C: Superconductivity and Its Applications, 340, 2265–2266. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0921-4534(00)00972-2
Minardi, F., Knight, D. J. E., Arie, A., Pavone, F. S., Venturini, F., & Inguscio, M. (1997). Frequency doubling of 1083 nm diode-laser radiation for locking to iodine absorption [Conference paper]. In Z. Zhang (Ed.), Laser Spectroscopy: Xiii International Conference : Hangzhou, China 2-7 June 1997. World Scientific.

Other publications

Venturini, F., Sperti, M., Michelucci, U., Gucciardi, A., & Martos, V. (2023). Dataset of fluorescence spectra and chemical parameters of olive oils. SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, 28 January - 2 February 2023. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2301.04471

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Venturini, F. (2025). Overcoming intrinsic limitations of fluorescence spectroscopy data in food quality and safety with machine learning and deep learning [Conference presentation]. Optica Sensing Congress 2025 (AIS, Sensors, QSM), AM2E. https://doi.org/10.1364/AIS.2025.AM2E.3
Venturini, F. (2025, May 6). Innovative sensor technologies for agrifood quality assessment. Sensor and Measurement Science International, Nuremberg, Germany, 6-8 May 2025.
Gucciardi, A., El Ghazouali, S., Michelucci, U., & Venturini, F. (2024, April 11). Machine learning feature extraction for predicting the ageing of olive oil. SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 7-11 April 2024. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017680
Venturini, F., Fluri, S., Mejari, M., Baumgartner, M., Piga, D., & Michelucci, U. (2024, April 10). Machine learning-enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy for the quality assessment of extra virgin olive oil during ageing. SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 7-11 April 2024. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016879
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., Sperti, M., Gucciardi, A., & Deriu, M. A. (2023, February 1). Understanding the learning mechanism of convolutional neural networks applied to fluorescence spectra. SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, 28 January - 2 February 2023.
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., Sperti, M., Gucciardi, A., & Deriu, M. A. (2022, April 7). One-dimensional convolutional neural networks design for fluorescence spectroscopy with prior knowledge : explainability techniques applied to olive oil fluorescence spectra. SPIE Photonics Europe, Strasbourg, France, 3-7 April 2022. https://spie.org/photonics-europe/presentation/One-dimensional-convolutional-neural-networks-design-for-fluorescence-spectroscopy-with/12139-60
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., & Baumgartner, M. (2021, July 21). New approach for temperature-immune oxygen sensing based on Pt-TFPP. OSA Optical Sensors and Sensing Congress, Online, 19-23 July 2021. https://osa.zoom.us/rec/play/MvNgUQyUZcCHsaYidUEieFhKJSC_0H951ohgwMQLgaJu2hOUG4Cp8c6EbckrxwSFPVgA4icXYkOKpYHl.bke5ll04aQIuRasd?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=rEeKPUbBRbuPidh8EtTeUQ.1630395453945.87ac6bdfd1c3781b0e74319831d7e46a&_x_zm_rhtaid=928
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., & Baumgartner, M. (2020). Deep-learning for multi-parameter luminescence sensing : demonstration of dual sensor. OSA Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science, Online, 14-17 September 2020.
Venturini, F., Michelucci, U., & Baumgartner, M. (2020, April 1). Dual oxygen and temperature sensing with single indicator using multi-task-learning neural networks. SPIE Photonics Europe, Digital Forum, France, 6 - 10 April 2020.
Venturini, F. (2020, January 22). Applications of ML to oxygen sensing. Deep Learning Meets (Astro)physics : A One Day Tutorial on Neural Nets, Deep Learning and TensorFlow 2.0, with Applications to (Astro)physics and Science, ETHZ, Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich (Switzerland), 22 January 2020. https://sites.google.com/view/dl-meets-astrophysics-2020/
Venturini, F., & Baumgartner, M. (2019). New approach for luminescence sensing based on machine learning. SPIE OPTO, San Francisco, USA, 2-7 February 2019.
Venturini, F. (2016, March 31). Progress in NIR spectroscopy and its industrial applications. Swiss Photonics Optical Sensing Workshop : From THz to X-Ray - Inventing the Future, Zurich (Switzerland), 31 March 2016. https://www.swissphotonics.net/workshops/workshop-datenbank?2914
Venturini, F., Dumont, E., Fuchs, H. U., & Maurer, W. (2014). From forces of nature to the physics of dynamical systems. 9th International Conference on Conceptual Change, Bologna, Italy, 26-29 August 2014.

Research data

Venturini, Francesca; Sperti, Michela; Michelucci, Umberto; Gucciardi, Arnaud; Martos, Vanessa; Deriu, Marco Agostino, 2022. Dataset of fluorescence spectra and chemical parameters of olive oils. Mendeley Data. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17632/thkcz3h6n6.6

Patents and patent applications

Bergström, Pär Wilhelm; Tazreiter, Martin; Kondziella, Ralph; Venturini, Francesca; Hertel, Martin,

2025.

Gas cell.

Patent number US12480865 B2

(2025-11-25)

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Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DUS12480865B2
Venturini, Francesca; Bergstroem, Paer; Hertel, Martin,

2022.

Gas measurement system.

Patent number US11327008 B2

(2022-05-10)

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Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DUS11327008B2
Fischer, Milan; Ulmer, Lilya; Venturini, Francesca,

2020.

Optochemical sensor.

Patent number EP3333568 B1

(2020-06-24)

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Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP3333568B1
Venturini, Francesca; Mock, Patrick; Schauwecker, Robert,

2017.

Horizontal magnet arrangement with radial access.

Patent number DE102007013349 B4

(2017-11-02)

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Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DDE102007013349B4
Venturini, Francesca; Vanoni, Claudio,

2017.

Messverfahren für einen optochemischen Sensor.

Patent number EP2887054 B1

(2017-02-22)

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Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP2887054B1
Vanoni, Claudio; Venturini, Francesca; Kleinlogel, Christoph,

2015.

Method of operating an optochemical sensor.

Patent number US9103795 B2

(2015-08-11)

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Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DUS9103795B2
Venturini, Francesca; Schauwecker, Robert; Bovier, Pierre-Alain,

2013.

Superconductive magnet assembly with hysteresis-free magnetic coils.

Patent number EP1990648 B1

(2013-08-14)

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Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP1990648B1
Allgaeuer, Mario; Ehrismann, Philippe; Meier, Dario; Ufheil, Joachim; Vayhinger, Marcus; Venturini, Francesca,

2013.

A Sensor utilizing a clamping mechanism.

Patent number WO2013083759 A1

(2013-06-13)

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Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DWO2013083759A1
Radanovic, Dragan; Venturini, Francesca,

2013.

Opto-chemical sensor.

Patent number EP2573548 A1

(2013-03-27)

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Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP2573548A1

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