Current and Future Events

The MARVEL Junior Seminars aim to intensify interactions between the MARVEL Junior scientists belonging to different research groups – this is held in hybrid mode, in order to maintain in-person contacts and allow off-campus attendees to follow the seminars remotely! We are pleased to propose the 73rd MARVEL Junior Seminar: Bruno Ploumhans (Mathematics for materials modelling - MatMat, EPFL) and Sofia Petrova (Computational Molecular Design Laboratory - LCMD, EPFL) will present their research.

The 2-week MARVEL-ICTP College in computational materials science will take place on 1-12 June, 2026 at ICTP in Trieste. This college is dedicated first and foremost to the MARVEL community, as well as junior researchers all around the world, with support also for those coming from emerging economies. It aims to bring together graduate students and early-career researchers from all over the world to learn and explore the state-of-the-art in computational materials science in the era of AI, and to forge the next generation of researchers in the field. DEADLINE for registration: 22 February for applicants requiring a visa and 27 March for all other applicants.

CECAM and MARVEL present a new event in our Mary Ann Mansigh Conversation series. In a discussion with Dr Magdalena Gronau, chemist, and Martin Gronau, classicist and scholar of ancient studies,  both at the Leibniz Centre for Literary and Cultural Research in Berlin, drawing on previously unexamined sources, we will reassess controversy surrounding Erwin Schrödinger’s private relationships and offers a new perspective on his complex personal life, taking into account the viewpoints of his female partners, whose voices have remained largely unheard.

On July 9-10, 2026, MARVEL final event at EPFL will close 12 years of research and activities on computational materials science. This event will be dedicated to the accomplishments of MARVEL and to the relevance of these to the industrial and technological ecosystem, inviting alumni and key players worldwide in academia and industry, SNSF review panel, scientific and industrial advisory boards, EPFL leadership, and scientific journalists. Discover the preliminary program of July 9.