The 25th International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements and the XVI International Conference on Crystal Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds
will take place in Lublin, Poland on June 15-18, 2026
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Two in one – Your 2026 meeting on transition-metal and intermetallic compounds The well-known International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements has, since its creation in 1965, been organized in Austria, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. At a committee meeting in 2021, it was decided that the 25th edition would take place in Ukraine, in the city of Lviv, which has a long tradition in solid-state chemistry. Since 1971, the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv has been organizing the International Conference on Crystal Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds and, given the fields covered by the two conference series, it was suggested to merge the 25th edition of SCTE and the 16th edition of IMC in 2026. This exceptional joint meeting will therefore serve as a forum to present and discuss new results concerning the synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications of solid compounds of d– and f-elements, as well as of intermetallic and related compounds. Since the decision was made, the geopolitical situation in Europe has changed and it is currently not realistic to hold |
It would have been a pleasure for us to welcome you to our beloved city, which is an important cultural centre with traces of the Polish and Austro-Hungarian heritage everywhere, but also the university city of Lublin is a beautiful and pleasant city with features common to this part of Europe. With the help of the members of the two Advisory Committees, we are trying to create a rich and interesting scientific programme covering different aspects, and we would be happy to include also your contribution, either as an oral presentation or as a poster. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I warmly invite you to SCTE&IMC in Lublin – and to Lviv once the war is over.
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SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
The joint SCTE&IMC 2026 meeting, bringing together the 25th International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements and the XVI International Conference on Crystal Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds, will serve as a forum to present and discuss new results on synthesis, characterization, properties, and applications of solid compounds of d- and f-elements, as well as intermetallic and related compounds.
The conference language is English.
MAIN TOPICS
- Synthesis and characterization
- Phase equilibria and phase transitions, thermodynamics
- Crystal structure, crystal chemistry
- Electronic structure, chemical bonding
- Simulation, machine learning, databases
- Magnetic, transport, and optical properties
- Topological and correlated matter
- Energy production and storage, applications
SCTE&IMC ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Roman Gladyshevskii, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Fernando Bartolome, University of Zaragoza, Spain
Ernst Bauer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Rached Ben Hassen, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
Jean-Louis Bobet, University of Bordeaux, France
Herbert Boller, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria
Radovan Černý, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Ross Colman, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
Serena De Negri, University of Genoa, Italy
Thomas Fässler, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Daniel Fruchart, Institut Néel, CNRS, Grenoble, France
Mauro Giovannini, University of Genoa, Italy
Yuri Grin, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany
Ladislav Havela, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
Dariusz Kaczorowski, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, Wrocław, Poland
Mercouri Kanatzidis, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
Arthur Mar, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Takao Mori, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan
Mathieu Pasturel, University of Rennes 1, France
Antonio Pereira Gonçalves, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Rainer Pöttgen, University of Münster, Germany
Klaus Richter, University of Vienna, Austria
Peter Rogl, University of Vienna, Austria
Caroline Röhr, University of Freiburg, Germany
Andrzej Szytuła, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Ihor Zavaliy, Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute, NASU, Lviv, Ukraine
CONFERENCE SITE
The originally planned conference site was Lviv, Ukraine, but, because of the on-going war in Ukraine, SCTE&IMC 2026 will be held in Lublin, Poland. Lublin is the 9th largest city in Poland, located 174 km southeast of Warsaw, and 188 km northwest of Lviv. It is a beautiful and interesting city, with a well-preserved Old Town, a varied culinary scene, and a rich history.
The oral and poster sessions will take place at the Lublin Conference Centre (LCC).
TRAVELING TO LUBLIN
The information provided below is a brief selection of various options. Please check your preferred websites for detailed and up-to-date information.
You can easily get to Lublin …
… BY PLANE
Lublin Airport (LUZ) is located about 10 km from the city centre and is connected to the centre by regular bus shuttles (line no. 005) and train connections. The airport is relatively small but offers, among other destinations, daily flights to/from Warsaw, Gdansk, London, Barcelona, and Milan.
A convenient way to get to Lublin from afar is to take a flight to Warsaw. Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport (WAW) regularly serves all major European cities, as well as direct flights to/from New York and Tokyo, for ex. From the airport, you can take a train (line S2, S3 (SKM) / RL (KM)) or bus (line no. 175) to Warsaw Central Railway Station (Warszawa Centralna), from where you can reach Lublin by PKP Intercity train, or you can choose a direct bus connection from the airport to Lublin (see below).
… BY TRAIN
A high-speed train brings you from Berlin to Warsaw in 5 h. You can also travel to Warsaw on an overnight train from various European cities, including Munich and Vienna, with options for sleeper compartments and couchettes. The express train from Warsaw Central Station (Warszawa Centralna) to Lublin Main Station (Lublin Główny) takes about two hours.
You can reach the Lublin Conference Center from the main station by city bus (lines no. 2, 6, 14, or 15). On foot, it takes 30 to 35 minutes to reach the LCC (just over 2.5 km), while a taxi will take you there in 5 to 10 minutes.
… BY BUS
Bus connections are often the cheapest way of transport. It is possible to travel the 750 km from Berlin to Lublin in 12 hours by bus, for 33 EUR. There are direct bus connections from Warsaw Frederic Chopin Airport to Lublin.
… BY CAR
Lublin can of course also be reached by car. Approximate distances: Warsaw-Lublin 180 km, Lviv-Lublin 217 km, Prague-Lublin 692 km, Berlin-Lublin 742 km, Paris-Lublin 1755 km, Madrid-Lublin 2913 km. The Lublin Conference Centre has a private parking lot, accessible for a fee.
ACCOMMODATION
HOTELS
Lublin, being a city with a population of nearly 340,000 inhabitants, has numerous hotels in various price ranges. Below, you will find a selection of hotels within walking distance of the Lublin Conference Centre (LCC).
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MERCURE LUBLIN CENTRUM*** |
HOTEL WIENIAWSKI*** |
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IBB GRAND HOTEL LUBLIN**** |
CAMPANILE HOTEL LUBLIN*** |
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VICTORIA*** |
HAMPTON BY HILTON LUBLIN*** |
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VANILLA HOTEL*** |
B&B HOTEL LUBLIN CENTRUM** https://www.hotel-bb.com/en/hotel/lublin-centrum ul. Dolna 3 Maja 7 (1100 m ≈ 16 min from LCC) |
STUDENT DORMITORIES
Thanks to an agreement with the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, a limited number of spots in student dormitories will be available during the conference. The price for a bed in a two-bed room is 80 PLN (~19 EUR) per night. Please contact the organising committee it you are interested.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
The currency in Poland is Polish Złoty (PLN). Credit/debit cards can be used everywhere.
Poland is situated in the CET time zone.
Daytime temperatures in Lublin in June are around 23°C, while nights can drop to about 12°C. Lublin in June generally receives moderate rainfall, averaging around 87 mm for the month.
CONFERENCE FEES
The basic conference fee for a regular participant is 400 EUR, for a student 200 EUR (applicable until April 15, 2026).
| Deadline | June 15, 2026 | |
| Regular participant | 450 | |
| Student / Retired | 225 | |
| Accompanying person | 125 | |
The category Student includes PhD students; retired participants are assumed not to be employed. Special fees will be applied for participants from Ukraine.
The conference fee includes access to the complete scientific program, get-together party, as well as lunch Monday-Thursday.
Purpose: SCTE&IMC registration fee First name SURNAME
If you do not receive an acknowledgement of receipt at the email address for confirmation within 10 days, please contact us by email at scte.imc.2026@gmail.com
INVITED SPEAKERS
PLENARY LECTURES
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With a MS in Physical Chemistry from the University of Sofia, Bulgaria, Svilen left Europe for the US where he obtained a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Notre Dame, IN. After post-doctorate positions in neutron scattering and condensed matter research at Los Alamos National Lab, he was engaged at the University of Delaware, where he at present occupies a full-professor position at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He is the author of approx. 300 publications (including more than 50 with undergraduate co-authors) and over 160 National and International presentations, and has received numerous awards. |
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Serena De Negri |
Serena De Negri is a Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Genoa, Italy, where she conducts research on alloy systems, especially based on Mg and rare earth elements, with focus on phase equilibria and crystal chemistry of intermetallic compounds. She obtained her PhD in Chemical Sciences in 2003 and her Master’s degree in Chemistry with honours from the University of Genoa. Her academic career includes positions as postdoctoral and permanent researcher, Associate and Full Professor, with extensive teaching activity and supervision of master’s theses. She holds some academic leadership roles, including Coordinator of the Chemistry Degree Programmes. She has been an invited speaker at international conferences, and she is a reviewer for leading scientific journals. |
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Prof. Tomasz Klimczuk graduated from the Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics at the Gdansk University of Technology with a degree in physics. He was awarded the Columbus Scholarship from the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP), which provided him with the opportunity to conduct research in the Department of Chemistry at Princeton University from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, he began an internship as a Director-Funded Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). Three years later, he moved to the Institute of Transuranium Elements at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Karlsruhe. For the past ten years, he has developed a research group at the Gdansk University of Technology. The primary focus of his research endeavors lies in the synthesis and physical properties of novel materials. He has reported several new compounds, including actinide-based materials and over a dozen superconductors, which remain his scientific obsession. |
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 Jan-Hendrik Pöhls University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada |
Jan has joined the Department of Chemistry as an Assistant Professor at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), Canada, in August 2022 and was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2025. He is currently the Fritz-Grein Science Research Recipient at UNB. His work focuses on the establishment of quantum materials in the renewable energy sector. Jan received his BSc and MSc in Materials Science and Engineering from Kiel University in Germany. For his PhD in Physics, he moved to Halifax, Canada, where he worked under Dr. Mary Anne White. Before joining UNB, Jan conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Alberta (Dr. Arthur Mar, Chemistry), McGill University (Dr. Bradley Siwick, Physics), and McMaster University (Dr. Yurij Mozharivskyj, Chemistry) in Canada. |
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Sophie Tencé is working at ICMCB in Bordeaux since 2012 as CNRS researcher. Her research topics concern the modulation of catalytic, magnetic, electronic and transport properties via the insertion of light elements (H, B, C, N, O, and F) in intermetallics made up of rare earths, transition elements and p-elements. Her work has notably led to the discovery of new unconventional iron-based superconductors, the first ones with FeSi as superconducting layer. In addition, she develops a new thematic on the topotactic fluorination of intermetallics, which also opens up prospects in the field of fluorine batteries, and works on electride materials for catalytic reactions under mild pressure-temperature conditions. |
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 Frank Wagner Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany |
After PostDoc stages in Toulouse (IRSAMC at Université Paul Sabatier), Paris (LCT at Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie) and Saarbrücken (IAARC at Universität des Saarlandes) Frank Wagner is working at the MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids (Dresden) since its official start in 1998. From the beginning, he is engaged in the development and application of chemical bonding analysis methods and tools in position space. Since 2013 he holds a group leader position on Chemical Bonding. The ultimate goals are the characterization of the complex bonding scenarios in intermetallic phases and establishing a methodological framework sufficiently general to encompass all types of molecular and crystalline compounds. |
SECTION LECTURES
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After his PhD and habilitation at TU Dresden and the MPI CPfS, Marc Armbrüster accepted a professorship at TU Chemnitz in 2014. In 2024 he relocated to the Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at TU Darmstadt and leads the Professorship “Inorganic Solid State and Material Chemistry“. His research focuses on the synthesis, characterisation and chemical properties of intermetallic compounds – especially for the chemical energy conversion. |
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 Ernst Bauer Vienna University of Technology, Austria |
Ernst Bauer obtained his Ph.D. in 1984 from the Technische Universität Wien. and became associate professor at the TU Wien in 1997. In 2009 he was awarded University Professor at the TU Wien. His research is focused on strongly correlated electron systems at extreme conditions, on superconductivity and thermoelectric materials. In 2023 he was awarded by the “Outstanding Achievement Award” of the ICT, Seattle, USA. He published more than 550 journal papers and about 10 book chapters. |
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JL Bobet completed his PhD at the age of 25 from the University of Bordeaux, France, in the field of materials science. After a post-doctoral position in Japan, he became Associate Professor in France and full professor at the age of 37. He was the head of the chemistry department from 2014 to 2019. He has published more than 200 papers in reputable journals and is the co-inventor of 6 patents. He was a visiting researcher at Université du Québec à Trois Rivières (Canada) and Universidade Federal do ABC (Brazil). He established collaborations with Japan, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, USA, Romania, Bulgaria, and Lebanon. His main research activity is on hydrogen storage in metal hydrides (for the past 30 years) and production by magnesium hydrolysis (for the past 10 years). He studies the relationship between crystal structure and properties. |
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 Ross Colman Charles University, Prague, Czechia |
Ross H. Colman is the head of the Magnetism Group and a Research Scientist in the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at Charles University (Prague), following his Ph.D. studies at University College London, and postdoc positions at the University of Aberdeen, and Durham University (UK). His work explores emergent magnetic behaviour in frustrated quantum materials — particularly triangular, kagome, and pyrochlore magnets — where strong anisotropy and competing interactions can suppress conventional order and stabilise exotic correlated ground states. He combines materials synthesis and single-crystal growth with detailed low-temperature and high-field characterisation (magnetisation, heat capacity, magnetic torque); and complementary microscopic probes including neutron scattering and μSR, to connect microscopic Hamiltonians to macroscopic thermodynamics and magnetocaloric performance. He recently served as Conference Chair of SCTE2024. |
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Daria Drozdenko is a researcher at the Department of Physics of Materials, Charles University (Prague, CR), where she earned her PhD in Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Research. Her main scientific activities focus on the research and development of Mg alloys with enhanced properties and the application of advanced in-situ experimental techniques in materials science. Her research on advanced Mg alloys has been shaped through extensive international collaboration with institutions in Germany, Spain, Hungary, and Japan, incl. a postdoc in Kumamoto University. At the same time, her expertise includes the application of state-of-the-art microscopy and in-situ techniques, such as in-situ SEM deformation, HR-EBSD, acoustic emission, and diffraction methods, for comprehensive materials characterization and analysis of plastic deformation of various metallic materials. Her international recognition is reflected in several awards and her service as an Editor for Elsevier journals (JALCOM, JALMES). |
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 Thomas Fässler Technical University of Munich, Germany |
After earning his PhD in organometallic chemistry at University of Heidelberg and completing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago, he established his independent research program on Zintl ions and Zintl phases at ETH Zurich. Following a Chair in Solid-State Chemistry at Technical University of Darmstadt, he accepted in 2003 the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry with Focus on New Materials at the Technical University of Munich. His research spans molecular main-group polyanions and intermetalloid clusters, with the aim of advancing the understanding of chemical bonding at the interface between molecular and solid-state chemistry. His work in materials chemistry addresses materials for energy conversion and energy storage. He is Editor of Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie (ZAAC) and has received several prestigious awards, including the Wilhelm Klemm Prize and the Arfvedson–Schlenk Prize of the GDCh. |
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Riccardo Freccero received his PhD from the University of Genoa with a thesis on rare-earth intermetallic germanides, carried out as a joint project with the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids in Dresden, where he also conducted his postdoctoral research. He is currently Assistant Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Genoa. His research focuses on Intermetallic Chemistry, with particular emphasis on the synthesis, crystal structure, and chemical bonding analysis of rare-earth-based systems. His interest in the chemistry of intermetallic materials extends also to their application as heterogeneous catalysts for CO2 valorization processes. |
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 Mauro Giovannini University of Genoa, Italy |
After earning a BSc and MSc in Physics and a Master’s in Science and Technology of Materials at the University of Genoa, Mauro Giovannini received his Ph.D. in Science and Technology from TU Vienna in 2000. He is currently an associate professor at the University of Genoa. His research focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and study of the magnetic properties of novel rare-earth intermetallic compounds, as well as the investigation of phase diagrams. He is also part of the international project INFN NUMEN, where he serves as coordinator of the WP “Targets”, which investigates targets using carbon foils as substrates with high thermal dissipation. In 2024, he was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa (Dr.h.c.) in Physics by the University of Prešov, Slovakia. |
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PhD from the University of Lviv, Ukraine. Assistant professor, associate professor, vice-president at the University of Lviv, then researcher at the MPI für Metallforschung and the MPI für Festkörperforschung in Stuttgart, head of research group at the MPI für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe in Dresden. 2001-2023 Director at the MPI für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (Department Chemical Metals Science) in Dresden, faculty member and honorary professor in chemical metal science at the Dresden University of Technology. Since 2023 Director Emeritus at the MPI für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe in Dresden. Visiting scientist at the University of Vienna, Austria, Universities of Rennes and Caen, France, and the University of Shanghai, China, Professor Honoris Causa of the Institute of Low Temperatures and Structure Studies in Wroclaw, PAS, Poland. More than 800 scientific publications (h > 60) and 15 patents. Carl-Hermann Medal of the German-Crystallographic Society and awards for outstanding achievements in thermoelectric materials science. |
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 Ladislav Havela Charles University, Prague, Czechia |
PhD 1987, Charles University in Prague. He worked at the University of Amsterdam and ITU Karlsruhe, from 1993 back to the Charles University. Currently senior researcher and associate professor at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics. Research interests include actinide intermetallic compounds as bulk and thin films, metal hydrides, magnetism, superconductivity, surface science and photoelectron spectroscopy. |
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Constantin Hoch studied chemistry at the University of Freiburg (town twinned with the city of Lviv) and also received his PhD there with a thesis on double salts of oxidometalates together with Zintl anions. After a postdoc and a research stay at Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart and at Unversity of Stuttgart, he received his habilitation in 2018 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. He now is professor for inorganic solid state chemistry at LMU München and studies highly polar intermetallic systems as well as subvalent oxometalates. His interests are mainly transitions between metallic and ionic bonding situations. His group is known for intermetallic mercury chemistry and works on modern solid state synthesis methods, crystallography, and descriptions of the electronic bonding within solids. |
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 Dariusz Kaczorowski Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, Wrocław, Poland |
Dariusz Kaczorowski is a Polish physicist, professor, and Director of the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the PAS in Wrocław. He is a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Academia Europaea. His research focuses on experimental condensed matter physics, specifically superconductivity, magnetism in strongly correlated systems, and topological materials. With over 630 scientific papers in prestigious journals and three monographs, he has earned over 8,300 citations (h-index 40). Stanford University consistently ranks him among the top 2% of most-cited scientists globally. Professor Kaczorowski has delivered over 50 invited lectures at international conferences and actively serves on numerous advisory and program committees for major global scientific events in his field. |
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Prof. Andrzej Katrusiak is of intermediate age. He was born in Poznań, studied Physics at the Adam Mickiewicz University, obtained an MSc in Quantum Electronics, a PhD on Crystal Chemistry, habilitation on High-Pressure Crystallography. Till 2025, he headed the Materials Chemistry Department of the Faculty of Chemistry at the same University in Poznań. His interests are increasingly diffused around thermodynamics, structure-property relations, cohesion forces, phase transitions, ferroics, photovoltaics, diffractometry, high-pressure methods, symmetry, quaternions and others. His planned research exceeds the number of completed projects. |
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 Sylvain Le Tonquesse Crismat, Caen, France |
Dr. Sylvain Le Tonquesse is currently a CNRS researcher at CRISMAT, a laboratory for crystallography and materials science in Caen, France. His research focuses on the synthesis and characterization of functional intermetallic materials, with particular interest in structure–property relationships and in the use of Bayesian and machine-learning methods to guide materials synthesis and discovery.
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After a PhD in Materials Chemistry (Nancy, France) defended in 2011, two post-doctoral positions at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Manitoba (Canada) and at the CRISMAT laboratory at Caen (France), Pierric Lemoine got a CNRS researcher position at the ISC Rennes (France) in 2014 before he joined the Institut Jean Lamour as Professor at the Université de Lorraine (Nancy, France) in 2022. His research focuses on the synthesis and determination of crystal structures and magnetic properties of intermetallic compounds and thermoelectric chalcogenides.
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 Monika Lužnik TU Wien, Vienna, Austria |
Monika Lužnik is a postdoctoral researcher in the Quantum Materials group at the Institute of Solid State Physics at TU Wien, where she also obtained her PhD. As an experimental physicist, she focuses on transport measurements to investigate the properties of novel materials. Her research interests include thermoelectric materials, systems with nontrivial topology, and strongly correlated electron systems, with particular emphasis on the interplay between the latter two.
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Arthur Mar received his PhD at Northwestern University and completed postdoctoral work at the Institut des Matériaux de Nantes. He is a professor at the University of Alberta, conducting research in inorganic solid state chemistry (intermetallics, pnictides, chalcogenides) and applying machine learning approaches to materials discovery. He was chair of the Gordon Research Conference in Solid State Chemistry in 2024 and he received the 2025 Canadian Light Source T. K. Sham Award in Materials Chemistry. |
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 Takao Mori National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan |
Takao Mori received his PhD at U. Tokyo, Dept. Physics. He is a Field Director at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Professor of U. Tsukuba Graduate School, and elected Board Member, present President of the International Thermoelectric Society (ITS). Mori’s research interests are, broadly speaking, to find ways to control structures and properties of inorganic materials. He is especially involved in development of thermoelectric materials and multidisciplinary enhancement principles, such as utilizing magnetism, in order to find new routes to achieve high control over band structures and electrical and thermal transport. And furthermore, working on thermoelectric devices, module and thermal management technology for applications. Mori is a Senior Editor of Materials Today Physics, Advisory Board Member of JSSC, J. Materiomics, Joule, Device. He is a Program Manager of JST Mirai Large-scale Program. |
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Takao Mori received his PhD at U. Tokyo, Dept. Physics. He is a Field Director at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Professor of U. Tsukuba Graduate School, and elected Board Member, present President of the International Thermoelectric Society (ITS). Mori’s research interests are, broadly speaking, to find ways to control structures and properties of inorganic materials. He is especially involved in development of thermoelectric materials and multidisciplinary enhancement principles, such as utilizing magnetism, in order to find new routes to achieve high control over band structures and electrical and thermal transport. And furthermore, working on thermoelectric devices, module and thermal management technology for applications. Mori is a Senior Editor of Materials Today Physics, Advisory Board Member of JSSC, J. Materiomics, Joule, Device. He is a Program Manager of JST Mirai |
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 Marcella Pani University of Genoa, Italy |
Marcella Pani has been working at the University of Genoa since 1988, first as a Technician, then as a Researcher and presently with the role of Associate Professor in Physical Chemistry at the Chemistry Department. Since the beginning of her career the scientific activity of M. Pani has been devoted to the study of intermetallic systems, with particular interest to the synthesis, structural characterization, thermodynamic stability, and physical properties of intermetallic phases. Over the years, other classes of materials have been investigated, in particular Ceria-based oxides and perovskite-type oxides, both promising materials to be used as electrolytes and electrodes in solid oxides cells. The in-depth structural characterization of these materials is functional to the understanding of the mechanisms that determine their optimal properties. She is co-author of about 130 scientific works (including two book chapters), published in peer-reviewed international journals. |
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Mathieu Pasturel obtained his PhD in Physical Chemistry of Condensed Matter in 2004 from Bordeaux 1 University (France), dealing with the influence of hydrogenation on the crystallographic and physical behaviour of CeTX (T = transition metal, X = p-block element) intermetallics. After a 2-year post-doc position at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) dedicated to the development of hydrogen sensors based on metal-hydride switchable mirrors, he got a CNRS researcher position at the Rennes Institute of Chemical Sciences (France). Here, he leads the research on intermetallics, mainly centered on uranium compounds with both a fundamental axis (discovery of new phases and their properties) and an applied axis (synthesis, stability and reactivity of nuclear materials). He recently opened the research topics of his team to thermoelectric and magnetocaloric materials, within national and international collaborations. |
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 Volodymyr Pavlyuk Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine |
The scientific activity of Volodymyr Pavlyuk is closely connected with the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and the Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa. PhD in 1989, and in 1993 he received the degree of Doctor of Sciences. The title of Professor was awarded in 1999. The primary focus of his scientific research is the synthesis of new intermetallic compounds, particularly those involving lithium or magnesium. These intermetallics serve as the basis for creating materials for Li, Na, Mg-ion, and metal hydride batteries, as well as for hydrogen storage devices. Special attention is paid to determining the crystal and electronic structures of intermetallic compounds and analyzing the chemical bonds between their atoms. |
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António Pereira Gonçalves is a Coordinator Researcher at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, with a Ph.D. and D.Sc. in Chemistry and a long-standing career in Solid State Chemistry and Materials Science. His research interests include actinide and rare earth intermetallics, nuclear materials for peaceful applications, and thermoelectric materials. He currently serves as Vice-President of the European Thermoelectric Society, and is an active member of several international scientific advisory boards. |
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 Caroline Röhr University of Freiburg, Germany |
Caroline has been a professor at the Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry in Freiburg/Germany for thirty years. She completed her chemistry studies at the Technical University of Darmstadt in 1991 with a doctoral dissertation on intermetallic compounds in Rüdiger Kniep’s group. After a postdoctoral stay with Prof. Hans-Beat Bürgi in Bern/Switzerland, she returned to Darmstadt and received her habilitation in 1996 with a thesis on oxygen-deficient intermetallics. In the same year, she moved to Freiburg and continued her work with a small research group. Our interests include synthetic, crystallographic and crystal-chemical aspects of new polar intermetallic phases of late d– and p-block metals. In addition, bond-theoretical questions are an important focus of our research. |
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Michael (Mykhailo) Shatruk was born in Lviv (Ukraine). He is currently a Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University (FSU) and the founding director of the FSU Quantum Initiative. Michael obtained his PhD in inorganic chemistry in 2000. He continued his studies in solid-state inorganic chemistry at Cornell University, working on 4-D crystallography of intermetallics with incommensurate structures, followed by another postdoctoral stint at Texas A&M University, where he discovered a fascinating field of molecular magnetism. He joined the FSU Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2007. His research interests focus on magnetostructural correlations in molecular and solid state materials, including studies of spin transitions in 3d metal complexes and clock transitions in lanthanide complexes, as relevant to the emerging fields of molecular spintronics and molecular spin qubits. The other side of his research interests deals with investigation of itinerant magnetism and non-trivial spin textures in intermetallic compounds. |
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| Andrzej Szytuła Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland |
For over 50 years, Andrzej Szytuła has been conducting research on structural and magnetic properties of rare earth intermetallics. The results have been published in near 450 works. |
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Yaroslav Tokaychuk studied chemistry at the University of Lviv, where he also received a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry after defending his thesis “Synthesis, structure and properties of new gallium compounds with p‑elements from group IV and rare-earth metals of the cerium subgroup”. After two postdocs at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and CNRS Institute of Chemistry and Materials Paris East (France) he returned to Ukraine and currently occupies a Senior Researcher position at the Department of Inorganic Chemistry of Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. His research focuses on the synthesis, crystal structure determination, crystal chemistry of intermetallic compounds, investigation of phase equilibria, and construction of phase diagrams of metallic systems. |
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 Michal VališkaCharles University, Prague, Czechia |
Michal Vališka is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. He received his PhD in Condensed Matter Physics from Charles University in collaboration with the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble, France, and later carried out postdoctoral research at CEA Grenoble and LNCMI Toulouse. His research interests include unconventional superconductivity, strongly correlated electron systems, and quantum materials, with a particular focus on uranium-based compounds such as UTe2. His work combines the preparation of high-quality single crystals with advanced experiments under extreme conditions of low temperature, high magnetic field, and pressure. A significant part of his recent research has been devoted to the study of the complex phase diagram of UTe2 and to the interplay between superconductivity, magnetism, lattice effects, and topology. His scientific career has been shaped by international experience at leading research institutions and large-scale facilities, together with broad collaborations throughout Europe and beyond. |
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PhD from the University of Geneva (1991), Postdoc at (Ames Lab-USDOE,1991-1994, USA. Returned to China (1994) and became a full Professor of Materials Chemistry at Xiamen University (1997-1999) and later to Shanghai Institute of Ceramics – Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai University and Guilin University of Electronic Technology. He was a visiting scholar at the Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (1999-2002, Germany), Nanophotonic Center at Texas Tech University (2016-2018, USA) and Department of Physics of UC Davis (2018-2020, USA). Research interests focus on Inorganic Materials Chemistry and Physics, and development of energy-related materials and sensor devices, such as thermoelectrics, scintillators, luminescence and supercapacitor materials. |
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PROGRAMME
PLENARY LECTURES
Solid-state chemistry of pnictides (Svilen Bobev, University of Delaware, Newark, USA)
Studying phase equilibria in Mg-containing intermetallic systems: relevance, difficulties, classic and new approaches (Serena De Negri, University of Genoa, Italy)
Synthesis, structure, and physical properties of the rhombohedral REIr3 binary compounds (Tomasz Klimczuk, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland)
Computational-driven optimization of renewable energy materials (Jan-Hendrik Pöhls, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, USA)
New functional materials by challenging the reactivity of intermetallics with highly electronegative elements (Sophie Tencé, ICMCB, Bordeaux, France)
Facets of chemical bonding in intermetallic compounds from position-space analysis of 1- and 2-densities (Frank Wagner, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany)
SECTION LECTURES
Material control and controlled materials in heterogeneous catalysis (Marc Armbrüster, TU Darmstadt University, Germany)
d-Element-based thermoelectricity (Ernst Bauer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Towards a better comprehension of the hydrogen absorption mechanism in high-entropy multicomponent alloys of HfTiNbVZr composition (Jean-Louis Bobet, University of Bordeaux, France)
Rare-earth hexaaluminates as a playground for triangular lattice magnetism (Ross Colman, Charles University, Prague, Czechia)
Advanced in-situ techniques for investigation of plastic deformation of high-strength Mg alloys (Daria Drozdenko, Charles University, Prague, Czechia)
Transition metal incorporation in binary lithium phosphides and antimonides: Access to room-temperature Li-ion conductivities beyond 40 mS/cm (Thomas Fässler, Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Polarity-extended 8-Neff rule for Cu-chalcopyrite materials (Riccardo Freccero, University of Genoa, Italy)
Eu–Pd–Sn compounds as a playground for complex magnetic order (Mauro Giovannini, University of Genoa, Italy)
Structure type and chemical bonding in an intermetallic compound (Yuri Grin, MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany)
Probing limits of 5f magnetism in U systems (XMCD on UCu2P2 under pressure) (Ladislav Havela, Charles University, Prague, Czechia)
New aspects of mercuride structural chemistry (Constantin Hoch, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany)
Thermodynamic and electrical transport properties of new representatives of the nodal-line semimetal series LnSbTe (Dariusz Kaczorowski, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, PAN, Wrocław, Poland)
Pressure effects on a high-entropy alloy and interactions in prototype metallocenes (Andrzej Katrusiak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland)
Investigations on the influence of transition metals on the crystal structures and magnetic properties of CeNiSi2-type derivative compounds (Pierric Lemoine, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France)
Rational guidance of materials synthesis and exploration from limited data: A Bayesian optimization approach in the lab (Sylvain Le Tonquesse, Crismat, Caen, France)
Nonlinear transport in the Weyl-Kondo semimetal Ce3Bi4Pd3 (Monika Lužnik, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria)
Prediction and validation of medium-entropy quaternary alloys and A15-type superconductors (Arthur Mar, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
Novel principles to enhance thermoelectric power generation and cooling materials & devices (Takao Mori, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan)
Materials informatics tools for supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods to predict crystal structures (Anton Oliynyk, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, USA)
Perovskite-based materials as innovative electrodes for intermediate-temperature solid oxide cells (Marcella Pani, University of Genoa, Italy)
Oxidation (and protection) of thermoelectric skutterudites (Mathieu Pasturel, University of Rennes 1, France)
Magnesium intermetallics: features of the crystal and electronic structures, chemical bonding and hydrogen storage properties (Volodymyr Pavlyuk, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine / Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa, Poland)
Earth-abundant thermoelectrics: from materials development to device integration (Antonio Pereira Gonçalves, University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Crystal structures and physical properties of Ni–Zn–Sb compounds deriving from the NiAs-type (Peter Rogl, University of Vienna, Austria)
Trielides – From triangles, tetrahedra and tetrahedra packings. New intermetallic compounds in the systems Sr/Ba(–Li)–Al/Ga/In (Caroline Röhr, University of Freiburg, Germany)
Crystallographic frustration as a means to induce complex spin textures toward new quantum materials (Michael Shatruk, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA)
Magnetic properties of complex ternary rare-earth intermetallics in the light macro- and micro-measurements (Andrzej Szytuła, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland)
Crystal chemistry of ternary intermetallics in systems with two p-elements of groups 13-15 (Yaroslav Tokaychuk, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine)
UTe2 under extreme conditions: Insights into its complex superconducting phase diagram (Michal Vališka, Charles University, Prague, Czechia)
Multi-scale interface design to achieve high-performance conversion efficiency in Mg-based thermoelectric devices (Jingtai Zhao, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, China)
IMPORTANT DATES
April 15, 2026 – deadline for submission of abstracts
June 15, 2026 – opening of the conference
September 15, 2026 – deadline for submission of proceedings
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
We cordially invite you to present new results on any aspect of solid state chemistry and physics of compounds based on d- and f-elements, as well as intermetallic and related compounds. Participants who would like to make a presentation (short oral or poster) are asked to submit an abstract (1 page A4). Accepted contributions will be available on-line.
The abstracts must be written in English.
Please submit your abstract online by completing the Abstract Submission Form (one form per abstract). The text of the abstract should be prepared in A4 format with Times New Roman font 12 pt, using single spacing (margins: top – 3.5 cm, bottom, left, right – 2.5 cm). An old abstract can be downloaded and used as starting point (template).
The Abstract Submission Form should be submitted before April 15, 2026. The presenting author will be informed about the decision of the Organizing Committee (short oral or poster presentation ) by April 22, 2026.
REGISTRATION
Participants should register online by completing the Registration Form. Registered participants who pay the registration fee, attend the meeting and contribute with an oral or poster presentation will receive a certificate of attendance (2 credits of ECTS).
The registration desk at the Lublin Conference Centre will be open throughout the duration of the conference for information and general assistance.
PROCEEDINGS
Conference proceedings will be published in the peer-reviewed journal Chemistry of Metals and Alloys, published by the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and available online for free. Manuscripts, in English or Ukrainian, can be submitted to the conference secretariat during the conference, or by email before September 15, 2026.
ORGANISERS
The joint SCTE&IMC 2026 meeting is organised under the auspices of the
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Ukrainian Crystallographic Committee
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Roman Gladyshevskii (chairman), Oksana Zaremba (secretary), Karin Cenzual, Grygoriy Dmytriv, Dorota Kołodyńska, Igor Melnyk, Khrystyna Miliyanchuk, Volodymyr Pavlyuk, Svitlana Pukas, Zofia Rzączyńska, Yaroslav Tokaychuk
Department of Inorganic Chemistry
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Kyryla i Mefodiya St. 6, UA-79005 Lviv, Ukraine
telephone: +380 32 2600388; e-mail: scte.imc.2026@gmail.com
website: chem.lnu.edu.ua/about/departments/scte_imc_2026
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
Both the International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements and the International Conference on Crystal Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds have long-standing tradition. SCTE meetings have been held since 1965, in Austria, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom, IMC meetings since 1971, always in Lviv, Ukraine.
PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF SCTE
24 International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements (SCTE 2024), Prague, Czechia
23 International Conference on Solid Compounds of Transition Elements (SCTE 2022), Bordeaux, France
PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF IMC
XV International Conference on Crystal Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds (IMC-XV), 2023
XIV International Conference on Crystal Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds (IMC-XIV), 2019
XIII International Conference on Crystal Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds (IMC-XIII), 2016
XII International Conference on Crystal Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds (IMC-XII), 2013
XI International Conference on Crystal Chemistry of Intermetallic Compounds (IMC-XI), 2010