LS Instruments

Date: June 1, 2025

LS Instruments Appoints Gora Conley as New CEO

LS Instruments is pleased to announce the appointment of Gaurasundar (Gora) Conley as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective as of June 1st, 2025.

Gora Conley joined LS Instruments in December 2024, bringing a distinctive blend of scientific expertise and leadership experience. With a strong academic background in soft matter, light scattering techniques, rheology, and microscopy, Gora previously conducted research under the supervision of Prof. Frank Scheffold, co-founder of LS Instruments, further strengthening his connection to the company’s scientific roots.

In addition to his scientific background, Gora has held leadership positions in dynamic and growing organizations. He brings valuable experience in business development, innovation management, and strategic operations. His understanding of the challenges and opportunities faced by technology-driven companies makes him well-equipped to lead LS Instruments into its next phase of development.

At the same time, LS Instruments would like to sincerely thank Dario Leumann for his outstanding leadership and dedication over the past five years as CEO. Under Dario’s guidance, the company has made significant strides in industrialization, expanded its market presence, and introduced numerous product innovations that have strengthened LS Instruments’ technological leadership. We wish Dario all the best for his future endeavors.

"We are excited to welcome Gora Conley to lead LS Instruments," said Gabriel Haering, Chairman of the Board of Directors. "His strong scientific foundation, combined with his leadership capabilities and entrepreneurial mindset, make him an excellent fit for the company as we continue to grow and innovate."

With this leadership transition, LS Instruments is well positioned to build on its achievements and further strengthen its role as a leading provider of advanced solutions for light scattering, microrheology, and particle characterization.

Date: January 2025

LS Instruments to Participate in Key 2025 Conferences and Exhibitions

In 2025, LS Instruments will be present at numerous conferences and exhibitions focused on materials science and research and development across a wide range of sectors—including pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, and academic research.

The company will showcase its advanced solutions in microrheology and particle sizing and characterization, essential tools for accelerating and enhancing product development.

Date: 14th-17th of October

Join us for an insightful workshop on food rheology at the 14th NIZO Dairy Conference!

Discover the latest advancements in food microrheology and microstructure characterization in our interactive workshop at the 14th NIZO Dairy Conference. This session will explore Diffusing Wave Spectroscopy (DWS), a passive microrheology technique, and the valuable insights it offers for applications in dairy and food science.

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Date: 14.05.2024

LS Instruments AG is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with DKSH, a leading Market Expansion Services provider with a focus on Asia. Effective January 1st, 2024, this exclusive agreement grants DKSH the rights to promote and distribute LS Instruments’ cutting-edge products in China and Japan, marking a significant milestone in LS Instruments’ global expansion efforts.

2024/03 Reliable particle sizing in vaccine formulations using advanced dynamic light scattering

Date: 21.03.2024

LS Instruments is proud to announce the publication of ground-breaking research from its collaboration with Swiss global leader in contract research, development, and manufacturing (CRO/CDMO) Solvias.

Date: Fribourg, 25.05.2022

LS Instruments AG is pleased to announce the opening of a wholly-owned subsidiary in North America, LS Instruments North America LLC, located in Los Angeles.

"The north american market is important for LS Instruments and having somebody present locally to support both, product information requests but also troubleshooting and services was essential in order to improve our quality of service" confirms Dario Leumann, company CEO.

Ian Block has joined as General Manager after some years having his own and different activity. He was an LS Instruments employee. He was employeed by LS Instruments in 2009 as Scientist and became Chief Technology Officer in 2011 until 2013 when he moved back to the US.

"Having Ian joining us to lead the north american affiliate is of great value not only for us but for our customers in the US and Canada" says Dario Leumann, company CEO. "His technical/scientific skills combined with commercial and leadership is unique and we look forward to grow the market together".

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Date: Fribourg, 08.02.2022

LS Instruments AG, Fribourg (CH), announces the successful completion of an oversubscribed capital increase.

The company, which specializes in the characterization of nanoparticles, will use the money raised to finance further product developments in order to be able to provide the best solution to solve issues in the developmente of new drugs in the pharmaceutical sector, in particular vaccine, cell and gene therapy analytics.

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We are pleased to announce that our network of distributors is growing around the globe. Welcome to our distributors in the UK & Ireland, Poland and Russia. To see a list of our distributors, follow our link below.

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Date: April 19,2021

Watch a demo video of our NanoLab 3D and see how to perform particle sizing without the typical errors generated by standard DLS instruments! Spoiler: there is nothing to do. Just pop the sample in and get a result you can trust, in less than a minute!
To view the demo directly on our website and obtain more information about the NanoLab 3D, please follow this link.
To watch the video on our YouTube channel by clicking this link. 

Date: September 2nd, 2020

LS Instruments is beyond honored to announce that Peter Schurtenberger from Lund University, co-founder and shareholder of LS Instruments, is the recipient of the Overbeek Gold Medal for 2020.

The Medal recognizes his extended periods of scientific excellence, including inspiring contributions in the field of colloid and interface science.

Our unique light scattering technologies are direct outputs from his outstanding work.