Fundamentals: ab-initio and effective theories, spin and magnetic phenomena, quantum optics, quantum coherence, as well as novel analytical and spectroscopic methods… Materials: epitaxial & chemically synthesized dots, nanoplatelets, atomically-thin 2D materials, electrostatically defined QDs, layered perovskites, color centers and hybrid organic / inorganic QD nanosystems… Applications: quantum information technologies, energy harvesting, light-emission, sensors, detectors and bio-sciences…