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PLENARY SPEAKERS
16
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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INVITED SPEAKERS
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EXPECTED PARTICIPANTS
PLENARY SPEAKERS
alphabetically ordered

Prof. Benjamin Dietzek-Ivanšić
Vorstand
Wissenschaftlicher Direktor
Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Germany
Title: Excited-State Proton Transfer in Molecules and Materials
ABSTRACT
The talk will discuss recent advances in photobase/photoacid research. We will consider the photophyiscs of polymer-embedded photobases and photoacids to control the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity balance and, hence, the swelling behaviour of polymers and polymer nanoparticles. We will show that polymer integration of well-known photoactive molecular building blocks not only changes the rate but also the yield oft he intermolecular proton transfer reaction. The second part of the presentation will report on advances in synthesizing and spectroscopically characterizing transition metal compounds, which act as photobases upon visible-light excitation. The discussion will start with Ru(II) complexes with photobasic ligands and continue to show how the concept can be transferred to Fe(II) complexes.

Prof. Paolo Fornasiero
Vice Rector for Research, Deputy Director
University of Trieste, Italy
Title: Catalysis at the Crossroads: From Fundamental Insights to Sustainable Solutions
ABSTRACT
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Prof. Asterios Gavriilidis
Dept of Chemical Engineering
University College London, United Kingdom
Title: Flow synthesis of nanomaterials: a never ending story
ABSTRACT
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Prof. Stefan Grimme
Chair of Theoretical Chemistry,
Mulliken Center for Theoretical Chemistry
University of Bonn, Germany
Title: to be announced

Prof. Martina Havenith-Newen
Speaker EXC 2033 RESOLV
Director ZEMOS
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Title: Terahertz spectroscopy as a powerful new tool to study the role of water
ABSTRACT
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Prof. Angelos Michaelides
1968 Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Title: Structure and dynamics of water at interfaces and under confinement
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Prof. Şefik Süzer
Professor of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey
Title: Solid-Liquid and Solid-Solid Interfaces, as probed by using X-Ray-Photoelectron and Electro-Chemical-Impedance Spectroscopic Techniques Together

Prof. Wolfgang Kautek
University of Vienna, Department of Physical Chemistry, Vienna, Austria
Title: Physicochemical Challenges in Heritage Science

Prof. Reinhard Kienberger
Chair for Laser and X-Ray Physics, Chair for Laser and X-Ray Physics, Munich University of Technology, Germany
Title: High-energy ultra-short laser pulses to create the shortest light pulses ever made

Prof. Emilio J. Cocinero
University of the Basque Country (EHU), and Biofisika Institute (CSIC-EHU), Spain
Title: High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy: A Tool for Solving Chemical Problems

Associate Prof. Teresa Andreu Arbella
Department of Materials Science and Physical Chemistry, Universitat de Barcelona (IQTCUB), Spain
Title: From Electrodeposition to Electrosynthesis: Enabling Sustainable CO2 and Glycerol Upcycling

Prof. Gerardino D’Errico
Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, and CSGI (Unit of Naples), Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant’Angelo, Naples, Italy
Title: Biosurfactants for the design of eco-sustainable functional formulations: Hope or reality?

Prof. Ιzaskun Jiménez-Serra
Center of Astrobiology (CAB), Torrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Title: Towards prebiotic chemistry in interstellar space: At the crossroads of microwave spectroscopy, astrophysics and astrobiology.

Prof. Stefan Willitsch
Cold and Controlled Molecules and Ions group, University of Basel, Switzerland
Title: Quantum logic for molecular precision measurements

Prof. Konstantinos Triantafyllidis
Chemistry Department, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia | Interdisciplinary Research Center for Refining and Advanced Chemicals, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia | Saudi Aramco Chair in Catalysis and Petrochemicals, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
Title: Advanced catalytic processes for the sustainable chemical recycling and upcycling of plastics

Prof. Ania Conchi
Université d’Orléans, Orleans, France
Title: ……..

Prof. Juan Carlos Colmenares Q.
Institute of Physical Chemistry (ICHF), Polish Academy of Sciences
Title: Beyond Photocatalysis: Harvesting Light, Sound and Mechanical Energy for Disruptive Green Chemistry

Prof. Dimitrios Gournis
Physical Chemistry and Chemical Processes Laboratory, Technical University of Crete, Greece
Title: Bottom-up and top-down synthetic approaches for the development of novel 2D Xenes for energy and environmental applications

Prof. Joaquin Silvestre-Albero
University of Alicante, Spain
Title: Structural Flexibility in MOFs

Associate Prof. Aleksandra Maršavelski
Chemistry Department, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Title: Decoding Enzyme Thermostability: Biophysical Insights for Engineering Efficient Plastic-Degrading Enzymes

Prof. Dr. Mirabbos Hojamberdiev
Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Title: Advancing Solar Water Splitting with Transition Metal Oxynitrides

Prof. Teresa Bandosz
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The City College of New York, USA
Title: In search for porous carbon surface features affecting the form of inserted sulfur
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Dr. Aristeidis Bakandritsos
Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Palacky University Olomouc & Nanotechnology Centre, Centre For Energy and Environmental Technologies, VSB–Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
Title: Engineering two-dimensional materials for catalysis and energy storage

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INVITED SPEAKERS

Associate Prof. Maguy Abi Jaoude
Center for Catalysis and Separation (CeCaS), Department of Chemistry, Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KU), Abu Dhabi, UAE
Title: Probing Charge-Carrier Dynamics in One-Dimensional Mixed-Oxide Photothermal Catalysts Using Time-Resolved Photoluminescence Spectroscopy

Dr. Noah Al-Shamery
Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM), Leipzig, Germany
Title: Exploring Physicochemical Heterogeneity with Advanced Scanning Probe Microscopy

Assοciate Prof. Mariusz Barczak
Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University (UMCS), Lublin, Poland
Title: Doping the nano pores of carbons by γ-Sulfur: The effects on the physicochemical properties & applications efficiency

Ass. Prof. Maximilian Besenhard
Department of Chemical Engineering, University College of London (UCL), UK
Title: Flow spectroscopy, AI and robotics; What we know

Ass. Prof. Dr. Stefanos Chaitoglou
Department of Applied Physics, University of Barcelona, Spain
Title: Insights on the Morphology–Performance Interplay in Hybrid Graphene–Transition Metal Composites for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution

Ass. Prof. Katrin Erath-Dulitz
Institut f. Ionenphysik und Angewandte Physik, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Title: Cold and controlled chemistry of trapped anions and neutrals

Dr. Leticia Fernández Velasco
SEEP research unit, Department of Chemistry, Royal Military Academy, Avenue de la Renaissance 30, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Title: When humidity meets materials: interfacial processes for energy harvesting and environmental applications

Assistant Prof. Evelina Liarou
Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Greece
Title: Towards atomic scale imaging of common synthetic polymers

Dr. Asier Longarte
University of the Basque Country (EHU), Spain
Title: Relaxation dynamics of aromatic chromophores in water: electron ejection and solvation

Prof. Dariusz Matoga
Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Title: Building Proton-Conducting Frameworks via Coordination and Hydrogen Bonding

Associate Prof. Costas Nikiforidis
Biobased Soft Matter, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
Title: Interfacial Control of Natural Lipid Droplets for Selective Cellular Lipid Trafficking

Associate Professor Dr. Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou
School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
Title: From Biobased Materials to Sustainable Self-Powered Electronics

Dr. Jovana Prekodravac Filipović
Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences-National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Title: When Photocatalysis Is Not the Answer: Carbon Quantum Dots as Powerful Nano-Adsorbents?

Dr. Andrea Usenik
Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Zagreb Faculty of Science, Croatia
Title: Old receptors, new tricks: intrinsic fluorescence of calixarenes and its applications
to be announced soon…