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The Fourth Middle-Eastern Materials Science Conference (MEMS2026)

Conference

WHEN March 30 - April 1, 2026
WHERE NYU Abu Dhabi WHO NYU Abu Dhabi Institute By Invitation Interested scholars please contact pn21@nyu.edu

The Smart Materials Lab (SML), the Center for Smart Engineering Materials (CSEM), and the UAE Chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS) are proud to welcome you to the Fourth Middle Eastern Materials Science Conference (MEMS2026), the premier materials science conference in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Materials science is one of the most rapidly growing multidisciplinary fields of basic and applied research, with new advanced materials being the key to technological and societal development. Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates is where most of the research community in the UAE and the Middle East who work in both academia and industry in this field are located, and New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) relishes the opportunity to host this international conference and bring researchers in the field from around the globe together in Abu Dhabi.

The conference will feature talks from about 40 leading international and regional speakers, including journal editors and students. Join us for three days of science and networking at the New York University campus in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The conference will cover oral and poster presentations from leading academic, industrial, and regulatory experts in the domain of materials science from the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East. While all speakers are invited, the event facilitates the engagement of post-doctoral fellows and students during poster sessions.

Organized by
  • Panče Naumov, Professor of Chemistry, NYU Abu Dhabi
  • Maryam Alnahyan, Co-Organizer, Assistant Professor and Emerging Scholar in Mechanical Engineering, NYU Abu Dhabi
  • Asif Equbal, Co-Organizer, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, NYU Abu Dhabi
  • Brijith Thomas, Co-Organizer, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, NYU Abu Dhabi

Confirmed Speakers

  • David Weitz, Harvard University, USA
  • Klaus Müllen, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany
  • Johannes Kreutzer, Nature Communications, UK
  • Kathryn Ashe, Nature Chemistry, UK
  • Vjekoslav Dekaris, Chem, USA
  • Huanli Dong, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Erick Carreira, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  • Ben-Zhong Tang, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
  • Xin Su, Angewandte Chemie, Germany
  • Xinhua Wan, Peking University, China
  • Vivian W. W. Yam, The University of Hong Kong, China
  • Lukáš Palatinus, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia
  • Christophe Copéret, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  • Peidong Yang, University of California Berkeley, USA
  • Giulia Pacchioni, Nature Reviews Materials, UK
  • Luis Campos, Columbia University, USA
  • David Amabilino, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Spain
  • Xinliang Feng, TU Dresden, Germany
  • Karl Leo, TU Dresden, Germany
  • Ren-gen Xiong, Southeast University, China
  • Pulickel Ajayan, Rice University, USA
  • Prashant V. Kamat, University of Notre Dame, USA
  • Jyotishman Das Gupta, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
  • Alexej Jerschow, New York University, USA
  • Junliang Sun, Peking University, China
  • Rabih AlKaysi, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Saudi Arabia
  • Sanjay Mathur, University of Cologne, Germany
  • Hiroki Ago, Kyushu University, Japan
  • Stefano Canossa, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
  • Miguel Garcia-Garibay, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  • Ute Kolb, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
  • Wenping Hu, Tianjin University, China
  • Jack Clegg, University of Queensland, Australia
  • Letian Dou, Emory University, USA
  • Hosea Nelson, Caltech, USA
  • Ahsan Ul Haq Al Qurashi, Khalifa University, UAE
  • Kin Liao, Khalifa University, UAE
  • Maryam Khaleel, Khalifa University, UAE
  • Yaser Elhanafi Afifi, UAE University, UAE
  • Lourdes Vega, Khalifa University, UAE
  • Vincenzo Giannini, Technology Innovation Institute, UAE
  • Safiya Khalil, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
  • Ali Alnaser, American University of Sharjah, UAE
  • Na'il Saleh Ibrahim, UAE University, UAE

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