Professor Fiorenzo Vetrone is a pioneer in the field of upconverting rare earth doped nanoparticles and published the first paper that launched this new field of research. His highly cited work is internationally regarded and has led to breakthroughs in unravelling the photophysics of upconversion at the nanoscale
as well as opening doors to new diagnostic and therapeutic tools for cancer and other diseases. He has been bestowed numerous awards including the Rutherford Memorial Medal (Chemistry) from the Royal Society of Canada and the Keith Laidler Award for excellence in physical chemistry from the Canadian Society for
Chemistry among others.