Confirmed Invited Speakers

presented in alphabetical order

Kestutis Aidas (invited lecture) Vilnius University, Lithuania; Structural and NMR properties of ionic liquid materials: insights from MD/QM modelling

Liudmil Antonov (invited lecture) Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria; Make Tautomerism Great Again: New Challenges and New Possibilities

Massimiliano Bartolomei (invited lecture) Instituto de Física Fundamental, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid; Carbon Dioxide Preferential Adsorption and Conversion on Sodium Decorated γ-Graphyne

Malgorzata Biczysko (invited lecture) University of Wroclaw, Poland; QM- and AI-based Approaches to the Structure and Spectroscopy of Biological Macromolecules

Avelino Corma Canós (overview lecture) Universitat Politècnica de València–Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain; Molecular Sieves for Reactions in Confined Spaces that Mimic Enzymatic Catalysts

Attila G. Csaszar (invited lecture) ELTE, Hungary; Intriguing Manifestations of Noncovalent Interactions

Alessandro Fortunelli (overview lecture) CNR, Italy; The COSY Working Group 3: “Confined Metal and Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles and Clusters Down to the Subnanometer Scale”

Berta Fernández-Rodríguez (invited lecture) University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Efficient Machine Learning barrier height and reaction enthalpy corrections for low- and mid-level quantum mechanical calculations

Leticia González (invited lecture) University of Vienna, Austria; Molecules in Confinement: How Environmental Shapes Reactivity and Photochemistry

Sonja Grubisic (overview lecture) University of Belgrade, Serbia; Molecular Motion in Confined Systems: Advances in Simulations, Methods, and Models – WG2 Highlights 

Majdi Hochlaf (invited lecture) Gustave Eiffel University, France; Spectroscopy and collisional dynamics of medium sized molecules

Lauri Halonen (overview lecture) University of Helsinki, Finland

Dariusz Kedziera (invited lecture) Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland; Reliable PESs for Astrochemistry with autoPES: Methodology, Pitfalls, and Case Studies

Teodora Kirova (invited lecture) University of Latvia, Latvia; Theoretical study of the sensing properties of KL 1421 luminophore interacting with carotenoids

María J. López Santodomingo, University of Valladolid, Spain; Novel single-atom and single-cluster metal catalysts supported on carbon based layered materials

Jorge M. C. Marques (invited lecture) University of Coimbra, Portugal; Bio-inspired functionalization of chitosan for water remediation: computational insights into neonicotinoid sequestration

Fernando Martín García (invited lecture) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain; New directions in Attosecond Chemistry

Markus Meuwly (invited lecture) University of Basel, Switzerland; Machine Learning Interactions for Chemical Reactions: Validation and Applications

Francesca Mocci (invited lecture) Universita Degli Studi Di Cagliari, Italy; Environmental Control of G-Quadruplex Stability: A Molecular Dynamics Perspective

Marcel Mudrich (overview lecture) University of Kassel, Germany; Tracking microhydration of salt molecules by Penning ionization electron spectroscopy in helium nanodroplets

Martin Quack (invited lecture) ETH Zurich, Switzerland; High resolution spectroscopy, parity violation and quantum tunneling dynamics in chiral molecules of astrophysical and general interest

Sergiy Perepelytsya (invited lecture) National Academy of Science, Ukraine; Metallized Ag-DNA: Computational insights into a novel biomolecular material

Cristina Puzzarini (overview lecture) University of Bologna, Italy; Modeling Reactivity under Interstellar Conditions

Félix G. Requejo (invited lecture) UNLP and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina; Understanding Catalytic Clusters under Operando Conditions by XANES

María Luisa Senent-Díez (invited lecture) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain; AB initio calculations applied to the study of organic non-rigid molecules with (at least) three interacting torsional modes.

Paul Scheier (invited lecture) University of Innsbruck, Austria; Experimental Solution of the Thomson Problem

Kaido Sillar (invited lecture) University of Tartu, Estonia; Chemically Accurate Ab Initio Prediction of Adsorption Thermodynamics and Isotherms in Metal–Organic Frameworks

Ignacio Solá (invited lecture) Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain; Steering Complex Photodissociation Dynamics through Initial Vibrational Coherences

Vladimir Sreckovic (invited lecture) Institute of Physics Belgrade, Serbia; Modeling Astrochemical Reaction Rates in Confined Molecular Environments

Marinella Striccoli (invited lecture), CNR, Italy; Controlled assembly of luminescent colloidal nanocrystals into highly ordered 3D superstructures

Stefan Vajda (invited lecture) Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic; From Single Atoms to Bimetallic Clusters and Nanostructured Surfaces: Selective Dehydrogenation & Hydrogen Production

Piotr Zuchowski (overview lecture) Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland

Confirmed Speakers for Hot Topic Contributed Talks

presented in alphabetical order

Jorge Alonso de la Fuente (contributed talk), IFF-CSIC, Spain, Photoionization of phosphorous hydrides: experimental and theoretical comparison

Avni Berisha (contributed talk), University of Prishtina, Kosovo, How Oxide Nanocages Trap the Most Inert Greenhouse Gases

Stefan Bromley (contributed talk), University of Barcelona, Spain, Identifying Observable Infrared Signatures of Nanosilicate Dust Grains in the Interstellar Medium

Andrew Cassidy (contributed talk), Aarhus University, Denmark, Self-polarizing molecular films; confined electric fields in ices

Milan Dimitrijevic (contributed talk), Astronomical Observatory, Belgrade, Serbia, Molecular data for characterization of confined molecular systems and corresponding databases

Lala Gahramanli (contributed talk), Nano Research Laboratory, Center of Excellence, Baku State University, Azerbaijan, Plasmonic–Semiconductor–Metal Oxide Synergy in a 2D/1D Graphene/Ag–Ag₂S–Ag₂O Photocatalyst for photocatalysis

Esther García Arroyo (contributed talk), IFF-CSIC, Spain, Selectivity of D₂/H₂ isotopologues by means of adsorption on a sodium-decorated graphene prototype: a quantum-mechanical low-pressure study

José R. B. Gomes (contributed talk), CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal, Breaking the Oxygen Shield for Reactivity Control in Mo₂C-Based MXenes

Justyna Krupa (contributed talk), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, Poland, Matrix-Isolation Photochemistry: Experimental–Theoretical Insights for Astrochemical Complexity

David Lauvergnat (contributed talk), CNRS and Université Paris-Saclay, France, Quantum Dynamics with a Smolyak scheme. Applications to clathrate hydrates

Mikolaj Lewandowski (contributed talk), NanoBioMedical Centre Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, Iron nitrides under oxidizing conditions: What we know from model studies on 2D Fe(x)N islands on copper?

Ateeque Malani (contributed talk), IIT Bombay, India (cancelled), Thermodynamics of confined water in swelling of clays: Role of Competetive Cation Hydration

Manuel Mendoza Hurtado (contributed talk), University of Cordoba & University of Jaen, Spain, Dual-locality learning under neighbourhood coupling: interpretable and transferable models for structured trace data

Konstantin Neyman (contributed talk), ICREA & Universitat de Barcelona, Spain, When Platinum Becomes Not Noble: Platinum-Oxide Clusters Supported on Ceria

Nicolina Pop (contributed talk), Politechnica University of Timisoara, Romania, Electron scattering on H₂⁺, BeH⁺ and their isotopologues: Dissociative recombination and ro-vibrational transitions

Magdalena Sałdyka (contributed talk), University of Wrocław, Poland, Photo-transformations of thiazole carboxylic acids in low temperature matrices

Abdulkadir Sezai Sarac (contributed talk), Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, Confined Magnetic Ferrite Nanoparticles in Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers: Tunable Nanostructures for Tissue Engineering

Alessandra Savarese (contributed talk), University of Bologna, Italy, Energetic and Spectroscopic Insights into the C₃H₆O₂ Isomer Family for Astrochemical Purposes

Nevin Uras-Aytemiz (contributed talk), Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, Turkey, First Principal Study of Defects in s-I and s-II Gas Hydrates

Hot Topic Posters Introduced by 2-Minute Flash Presentations

Nawras Abidi (flash presentation), ICGM-CNRS, France, Grand-canonical DFT investigation of transition-metal sulfide nanoalloys for electrochemical nitrogen reduction

Ana Paola Aizpurua Leyva (flash presentation), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, Dynamics and Binding Behavior in Light-Responsive HDAC Inhibitors

F. Mine Balci (flash presentation), Süleyman Demirel University, Turkey, Vacancy Bjerrum Defects in s-II type Clathrate Hydrates

Petra Čechová (flash presentation), Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN), Czech Republic – Geometry and phase behaviour of nonlamellar lipids in confined environments

Francisco Colmenero Ruiz (flash presentation), CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain, On the use of theoretical models as tools for the stability prediction of actinide extractants

Ilker Demiroglu (flash presentation), Eskisehir Technical University, Turkey, Gaussian Approximation Potentials for Adsorbate-Functionalized Pt–Cu Nanoparticles

Humahuti Dihingia (flash presentation), Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland, Towards Accurate Description of Intermolecular Induction

Andreu de Donato (flash presentation), University of Barcelona, Spain, Emergent Stability of 2D Metal Oxides at the Nanoscale

Jorge Fabila Fabian (flash presentation), Universidad de Barcelona, Spain, Machine learning modeling for infrared spectra of titanium carbide nanoparticles

Sabina Hajizada (flash presentation), Surgical Research Laboratory Department of Surgery Faculty of Medicine Mannheim University of Heidelberg, Methodological Perspectives on Modeling Photo-Induced Interactions at the Silver Nanoparticle-Bio Interface

Aynura Karimova (flash presentation), Baku State University, Azerbaijan, Confined Drug Organization in Fe3O4@Dextran Nanostructures: Effect of Nanocarrier–Drug Ratio

Alexandros Kyriazis (flash presentation), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain, When two worlds collide: what happens when silicate and carbonaceous dust grains meet?

Jelena Maljkovic (flash presentation), Institute of Physics Belgrade, University of Belgrade, Serbia, Elastic electron scattering on the inhalation aneasthetic molecules in gas phase at medium energy range

Luis Martín-Encinar (flash presentation), University of Valladolid, Spain, Machine learning interatomic potentials for hydrogen adsorption/desorption on transition-metal-carbon platforms

Edgard Alejandro Miranda Sáenz (flash presentation), Department of Chemistry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, Theoretical Study of Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) on Graphene and Pt-Supported Catalysts

Luis M. Molina (flash presentation), University of Valladolid, Spain, Hydrogen adsorption at graphene layers doped with transition metals: Insight from DFT simulations.

Sevinj Nuriyeva (flash presentation), Baku State University, Azerbaijan, Size-Dependent Optical and Luminescence Behavior of ZnO Hybrid Nanostructures for Optoelectronic Applications

Junjie Shi (flash presentation), TU Wien, Austria, From Methanol to C₂ Products: Active Surface Oxygen–Mediated Pathways in Methane Conversion over Ce–LaOₓ Catalysts

Alia Tadjer (flash presentation), University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Na⁺/Cu⁺ rivalry in organic solvents and on an inert surface

Vicente Timón (flash presentation), Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain, The role of Water in Physisorption and Chemisorption of Pollutants within Copper Squarate: A DFT cluster study

Veljko Vujcic (flash presentation), Astronomical Observatory Belgrade, Serbia, Molecular Dissociative Recombination Theoretical Data into the ACol VAMDC Node for Confined Molecular Systems

İdris Yazgan (flash presentation), Kastamonu University, Turkey, Development of Fluorescent Gold Nanoparticles using Rhodamine 6G, Sulforhodamine B, Rhodamine 101, Fluorescein and Coumarin dyes for sensing applications

Scientific Committee

María Pilar de Lara-Castells (Action Chair)
Cristina Puzzarini (Action Vice-Chair)
Juan Carlos Hernández-Garrido (Scientific Grant Holder Representative)
Piotz Zuchowski (WG1 leader)
Sonja Grubisic (WG2 leader)
Alessandro Fortunelli (WG3 leader)
Marcel Mudrich (WG4 leader)
Lauri Halonen (WG5 leader)