The Fourth Middle-Eastern Materials Science Conference (MEMS2026)

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