Aug 26 – 27, 2024
Paul Scherrer Institut
Europe/Zurich timezone

Scientific Programme

Monday, 26th of August

08:00 – 08:55 Registration
08:55 – 09:00 Welcome remarks
Crystal growth using the Czochralski and Bridgman methods
09:00 – 09:40 Keynote talk: Dr. Christo Guguschev (Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth, Germany)
09:40 – 10:20 Keynote talk: Dr. Karl Krämer (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Crystal growth using the floating zone method
10:20 – 10:45 Contributed talk: Dr. Monica Ceretti (Institute Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, University of Montpellier, France)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 11:55

Keynote talk: Prof. Geetha Balakrishnan (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)

11:55 - 12:20

Contributed talk: Dr. Arnau Romaguera Camps (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)

12:20 – 12:45

Contributed talk: Dr. Yong Liu (EPFL, Switzerland)

12:45 – 14:00

Lunch break

14:00 – 14:25

Contributed talk: Dr. Dorota Pulmannova (Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth, Germany)

Synthesis and crystal growth in extreme conditions
14:25 – 15:05

Keynote talk: Dr. Pascal Puphal (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany)

15:05 – 15:30

Contributed talk: Dr. Igor Plokhikh (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

Crystal growth using the chemical vapour transport method
16:00 – 16:40

Keynote talk: Prof. Anna Böhmer (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)

16:40 – 17:05

Contributed talk: Anastasiia Lukovkina (University of Geneva, Switzerland)

17:05 – 17:30

Contributed talk: Dr. Ashutosh Wadge (Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)

17:45 – 19:15

Poster session and Apéro

19:30 – 21:30

Workshop dinner at PSI Restaurant OASE

Tuesday, 27th of August

Crystal growth using the flux method
08:30 – 09:10

Keynote talk: Prof. Tomasz Klimczuk (Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland)

09:10 – 09:35 Contributed talk: Lea Richter (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Germany)
09:35 – 10:00

Contributed talk: Kai Daniel Röseler (University of Geneva, Switzerland)

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
Perspectives on materials science: from prediction to realisation
10:30 – 11:10

Keynote talk: Prof. Nicola Marzari (EPFL, Switzerland)

11:10 - 11:35

Contributed talk: Dr. Jonathan Schmidt (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)

11:35 – 12:00 Contributed talk: Timo Reents (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)

Round table discussions

12:00 – 12:45

Moderator: Dr. Romain Sibille (Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland)

12:45 – 12:50 Closing remarks
12:50 – 14:00 Lunch break
14:00 – 15:30 Visit to SINQ

Note for presenters

  • Keynote talks : 30 minutes presentation + 10 minutes Q&A.
  • Contributed talks: 20 minutes presentation + 5 minutes Q&A.
  • Poster format: A0 portrait.