About MAF

The phenomenon of fluorescence spans scientific, medical and engineering disciplines. Just about every structure on the atomic and molecular scale is capable of absorbing and emitting light as fluorescence under the right conditions. This ubiquitous nature of fluorescence lends itself to translating progress across different fields of research and their application. The Methods and Applications of Fluorescence (MAF) Conference provides a great opportunity to share multidisciplinary skills and knowledge at their interface and beyond. 

Until the 1990s, when MAF became established, fluorescence research was mainly reported at more general conferences such as those on photochemistry and photobiology, but as recognition of the importance and potential of fluorescence became evident the unmet need for a conference dedicated to fluorescence became clear. 

Today, fluorescence is widely recognised as a field in its own right. Consistently attracting well over 350 delegates, MAF is the largest and most established conference in the field. 

MAF has a long-standing tradition for over 30 years in bringing together practitioners of fluorescence in spectroscopy and imaging with applications ranging from materials research to life sciences. MAF's aim is to keep and develop this tradition and to gather a large number of world-leading experts, industrialists, emerging investigators, students and postdocs to discuss state-of-the-art of this field of research. 

This mutual synergy across fluorescence researchers and users benefits learning at all levels from students new to the field wanting to gain feedback on initial results through to expert practitioners in research institutions and industry wanting to learn more about the current frontiers and emerging trends. Papers relating to work presented at the Conference can be submitted to a special issue of the Institute of Physics MAF journal (Impact Factor 3.2).