The 38th International Winterschool on Electronic Properties of Novel Materials (IWEPNM) will take place from February 28 until March 06, 2026 in Kirchberg/Tirol, Austria.
Join us in the heart of the Alps for a high-level, Gordon-style research conference covering the latest physics and chemistry of carbon nanostructures, 2D and organic materials, and topological systems. IWEPNM brings together leading researchers and early-career scientists in a single-track program designed for collaborations and deep scientific exchange.
Morning and evening invited talks highlight most recent cutting-edge results, while afternoons offer flexible mini symposia for informal meetings and time to explore the mountains. IWEPNM is known for its evening poster sessions featuring contributions from all career stages as much as its tradition of streaming talks into the hotel bar, with the all-too-familiar call: “Are there questions from the bar?”
Invited Speakers
| J.-H. Ahn (KR) | L. Banszerus (AT) | M. Ben Shalom (IL) |
| S. Berciaud (FR) | K. Bolotin (DE) | H. Bretscher (DE) |
| M. Crommie (US) | S. Csonka (HU) | C. Dean (US) |
| G. Düsberg (DE) | M. Drndic (US) | B. Esser (DE) |
| I. Grigorieva (UK) | A. Guandalini (IT) | M. Hentschel (DE) |
| S. Hofmann (UK) |
T. Ihn (CH) | L. Ju (US) |
| Y. Kato (JP) | J. Kono (JP) | J.-S. Lauret (FR) |
| N. Leisgang (DE) | X. Li (US) | X. Marie (FR) |
| N. Marzari (CH) | F. Niroui (US) | J.-M. Park (US) |
| Y. Ronen (IL) | R. Ribeiro-Palau (FR) |
A. Rubio (DE) |
| B. Schuler (CH) |
A. Seiler (CH) | J. Shan (DE) |
| J. Shiomi (JP) | F. Wang (US) | M. von Delius (DE) |
| F. von Oppen (DE) | S. Yang (CN) | H. Yoo (KR) |
| J. Zhu (US) |
Attendance is limited to 180 participants. The abstract and registration deadline is 07 November 2025. Full details are in the general informaiton and the call for abstracts.
The Kirchberg Winterschool is organized by the groups of
Stephanie Reich (Freie Universität Berlin, DE),
Sebastian Heeg (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, DE),
Janina Maultzsch (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE),
Andreas Hirsch (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE), and
Christoph Stampfer (RWTH Aachen University, DE)
Scope
The scope of the winterschool covers experimental and theoretical work in the following fields:
- materials science of graphene, nanographene, and carbon nanotubes
- novel two-dimensional materials
- optics, electronics, growth, and selection of carbon nanotubes and graphene
- theory of novel materials
- applications of novel materials
- nanostructure spintronics
- topological materials
- plasmonic nanostructures
- single-molecule experiments
Program committee
| E. Andrei (US) | S. Ilani (IL) | K. S. Novoselov (SG) |
| A. Bachtold (ES) | A. Jorio (BR) | E. Obraztsova (RU) |
| C. Backes (DE) | R. Krupke (DE) | Th. Pichler (AT) |
| H. M. Cheng (CN) | H. Kuzmany (AT) | M. Prato (IT) |
| J. Fink (DE) | Y. H. Lee (KR) | S. Reich (DE) |
| O. Frank (CZ) | Y. Li (CN) | P. Rudolf (NL) |
| M. Glazov (RU) | F. Libisch (AT) | C. Stampfer (DE) |
| R. Gorbachev (UK) | X. Ling (US) | M. Strano (US) |
| I. Grigorieva (UK) | A. Loiseau (FR) | K. Suenaga (JP) |
| S. Haigh (UK) | A. Luican-Mayer (US) | A. Swan (US) |
| S. Heeg (DE) | S. Maruyama (JP) | C. Voisin (FR) |
| T. Heine (DE) | J. Maultzsch (DE) | J. Zaumseil (DE) |
| T. F. Heinz (US) | F. Mauri (IT) | A. Zettl (US) |
| A. Hirsch (DE) |
