Today, Fernando Caprile obtained his degree in Physics from the University of Buenos Aires with the highest grade.
Fernando came to our group wishing to perform single-molecule experiments and to learn the latest advances in fluorescence nanoscopy, in particular about MINFLUX. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 outbreak made it impossible for us to go to the lab. We had to change plans and Fernando carried out a fully theoretical graduation thesis where he studied the generation of toroidal foci for fluorescence nanoscopy. His thesis will be a reference text for our group, and possibly many other groups, where the calculation of optical foci of arbitrary shape is described in detail. In addition, Fernando put together an open-source code in Python for the calculation of optical fields in the focus of a microscope under various conditions, including a multilayer sample and total internal reflection conditions.
Congratulations Fernando! and good luck in your future ventures!
Coming soon – Fernando Caprile, “Analisis de la generacion de focos toroidales para tecnicas de nanoscopía de fluorescencia”, 2021
