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Solid State to Biophysics XII
Dubrovnik, Croatia
June 13-20, 2026

Invitations stage

Join us for the 12th edition of our biannual conference and engage in discussions with esteemed scientists who blur the lines between various scientific disciplines — from solid-state physics and soft-matter science to biophysics and biomedical sciences.

Strongly correlated electronic materials

Alexander Balandin

Alexander Balandin

UC Los Angeles

USA

Andrei Bernevig

Andrei Bernevig

Princeton U.

USA

Gerrit Bauer

Gerrit Bauer

Tohoku U.

Japan

Sadamichi Maekawa

Sadamichi Maekawa

RIKEN

Japan

Stuart Parkin

Stuart Parkin

MPI Halle

Germany

Adv. Materials / Photonics / Quantum systems

Marin Soljačić

Marin Soljačić

MIT

USA

Mark Brongersma

Mark Brongersma

Stanford U.

USA

Marko Lončar

Marko Lončar

Harvard U.

USA

Michele Simmons

Michele Simmons

UNSW

Australia

Silvija Gradecak

Silvija Gradecak

NUS

Singapore

Nanofluidics and Nanopores

Cees Dekker

Cees Dekker

TU Delft

Netherlands

Hassan Arafat

Hassan Arafat

RIC2D Khalifa U.

UAE

Jens Gundlach

Jens Gundlach

U. Washington

USA

Marija Drndic

Marija Drndic

U. Pennsylvania

USA

Michael Strano

Michael Strano

MIT

USA

Life science / Biophysics / Soft Matter

Bianxiao Cui

Bianxiao Cui

Stanford U.

USA

Chwee Teck Lim

Chwee Teck Lim

NUS

Singapore

Gui Bazan

Gui Bazan

NTU

Singapore

Rashid Bashir

Rashid Bashir

UI Urbana-Champaign

USA

Vahid Sandoghdar

Vahid Sandoghdar

MPI Erlangen

Germany

2D and nanoscale materials

Andras Kis

Andras Kis

EPFL

Switzerland

Boris Yakobson

Boris Yakobson

Rice U.

USA

Efthimios Kaxiras

Efthimios Kaxiras

Harvard U.

USA

Manish Chhowalla

Manish Chhowalla

Cambridge U.

UK

Vladimir Falko

Vladimir Falko

U. Manchester

UK

Previous Conferences

Since 2002, the conference has consistently attracted trailblazers in the fields of physics, nanoscience, and life sciences. We invite you to check the previous iteration From Solid State to Biophysics XI (2024).

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Over the years, some of the distinguished participants have included...

Organizing committee

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Aleksandra Rađenović

EPFL

Switzerland

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Csaba Forró

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CZ Biohub Chicago

USA

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Davor Pavuna

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EPFL

Switzerland

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László Forró

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University of Notre Dame, USA

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Neven Barišić

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U. Zagreb, Croatia

TU Wien, Austria

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Slaven Garaj

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NUS

Singapore

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