Our research training group is pleased to announce the 2nd Workshop from October 7th to 9th 2025 in Mainz. This interdisciplinary workshop aims to advance our understanding of structure formation and self-organization in soft materials from supramolecular to colloidal systems, focusing on the interplay of experiment and computational modeling.
Topics include:
- Dissipative & Non-equilibrium Assemblies
- Molecular Engineering
- Multiscale Assemblies
- Fluid Interfaces
- Supramolecular Functional Materials
- Polymer Brushes
We invite abstracts for posters and a few selected contributed talks.
Information about Registration will come soon.
Invited Speakers & Program
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- Giulia Celora (University of Oxford)
- Sissi de Beer (University of Twente)
- Svenja Hövelmann (Kiel University)
- Gerhard Hummer (MPI-Biophysics, Frankfurt)
- Angelika Kühnle (Bielefeld University)
- David Lynn (Emory University, Atlanta)
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- Marcus Müller (Göttingen University)
- Roland Netz (Free University of Berlin)
- Tsing-Young Dora Tang (Saarland University)
- Paulo Cesar Telles de Souza (ENS Lyon)
- Jacopo Vialetto (University of Florence)
- Paul van der Schoot (TU Eindhoven)
The program will be available soon.
Pre-Conference Student Workshop
Note that there will be a pre-workshop on October 6th with the aim to facilitate networking amongst early career researchers in the field of structure formation in soft materials. Only PhD students (and early-career postdocs) will present their work through contributed talks followed by a social gathering. If you are interested to participate in addition to the workshop, please submit an abstract of your work here. We will inform about the selected talks beginning of September.
Venue
The meeting will take place on the campus of the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz. Oral and poster sessions are located in the lecture hall C02/C03 and foyer of the Schulz-Horner Building (2321), in between the Physics and Chemistry buildings.
The campus is easy to reach from the Mainz main train station or city center by public transport (RMV):
- Tram lines 51, 53, 59: stop Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg
- Bus lines 54, 55, 56, 58, 650, 68, 75, 91, 93: stop Friedrich-von-Pfeiffer-Weg
- Bus lines 9: stops Staudingerweg or Duesbergweg
Conference Dinner
A social event will take place on Wednesday October 8th.
More information to come soon...
A selection of pictures of the previous Workshop 2022 can be found here.