Eli Slenders has a bachelor degree in Physics from Hasselt University (Belgium) and graduated in 2013 as a master of Science in Physics from KU Leuven (Belgium). In 2018, Eli obtained his PhD in Physics from Hasselt University under supervision of Prof. Dr. M. Ameloot with a thesis entitled "Resolution in coherent and incoherent optical imaging with two-photon excitation microscopy". In 2019, Eli joined the Molecular Microscopy and Spectroscopy research line of Dr. G. Vicidomini at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa, Italy, the first two years as a post-doctoral researcher, then as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow, and from 2023-2026 as a researcher. In 2026, Eli started his own research line "Optical Investigation of Dynamical Systems" in IIT thanks to an ERC starting grant for the project MotionPicture. His research interests include the theoretical design and experimental validation of optical microscopy tools such as image scanning microscopy, single-molecule localization and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy.
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