SpinFrontier: Quantum Matter, Textures & Beyond
IMPRS & USCM Joint Retreat
The retreat is organized by early-career scientists of the IMPRS Halle and USCM (Radboud University Nijmegen). Besides our scientific sessions, further highlights will be lab tours at Radboud University and an industry visit at the facilities of ASML.
Date: September 21-24, 2026
Venue: Kasteel de Berckt, The Netherlands
Invited speakers:
- Dima Afanasiev (Radboud University)
- Tamalika Banerjee (University of Groningen)
- Carl Davies (Radboud University)
- Bimalesh Giri (MPI Halle)
- Gregor Jotzu (EPFL Lausanne)
- Dinar Khusayinov (Radboud University)
- Alexey Kimel (Radboud University)
- Ivan Kindiak (MPI Halle)
- Johan Mentink (Radboud University)
- Banabir Pal (MPI Halle)
- Wenjie Zhang (MPI Halle)
Program highlights:
- invited talks
- poster presentations
- world café
- industry visit to ASML
- social program
Registration deadline: August 10, 2026.
Organizing team:
- Ricardo Barbosa (IMPRS)
- Rutger Berns (USCM)
- Vivek Dwij (USCM)
- Lukas Körber (USCM)
- Renata Lei (IMPRS)
- Yelyzaveta Mala (IMPRS)
- Ayush Mokashi (IMPRS)
- Anshuman Padhi (IMPRS)
- Finnian Rist (USCM)
