5–7 May 2026
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg
Europe/Berlin timezone

Conference program

Tuesday, 5 May

8:30

9:20

Registration

9:20

9:30

Introductory Talk

 

 

Session 1 - Electronic Structure and Excited-State Dynamics in Transition-Metal Complexes

(Chair: Karolína Fárníková)

9:30

10:10

X-ray transient absorption linear anisotropy probes metal - to - metal charge transfer and intersystem crossing

Jacky Burke

10:10

10:30

Multi - configurational theory for spectra and dynamics in highly - excited molecules

Sergey I. Bokarev

10:30

10:50

Energy as a Control Knob: Steering Ultrafast Non - Adiabatic Dynamics in Manganese(III) Acetylacetonate

Binoy Paine

10:50

11:20

Coffee Break

 

 

Session 2 - Ultrafast Vibrational and Electronic Dynamics in Liquids

(Chair: Zsolt Diveki)

11:20

12:00

Time - resolved resonant inelastic X - ray scattering at the nitrogen K - edge of small molecules in solution

Nils Huse

12:00

12:40

Real - Time Tracking of the intramolecular vibrational dynamics of liquid water

Oliviero Cannelli

12:40

14:10

Lunch

 

 

Session 3 - X-ray Spectroscopy in Solution

(Chair: Andrea Annunziata)

14:10

14:30

Charge transfer in complex solvated systems

Karolína Fárníková

14:30

15:10

Towards attosecond dynamics of valence excited states with impulsive stimulated X - ray Raman scattering

Jon Marangos

15:10

15:40

Coffee Break

 

 

Session 4 - Controlling Light–Matter Interaction

(Chair: Steven Koufidis)

15:40

16:20

Femtosecond Fieldoscopy

Hanieh Fattahi

16:20

16:40

Towards efficient chiral discrimination in the electric-dipole approximation

Jacob Edginton

16:40

17:20

Helical or/and polar structures

Ewa Gorecka

17:20

 

Posters / Networking

Wednesday, 6 May

 

 

Session 5 - Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Liquids

(Chair: Filippo Aria)

9:30

10:10

Liquid - Jet Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Aqueous Solutions: Insights, Advances, and Challenges

Bernd Winter

10:10

10:50

Liquid - Jet Velocity - Map Photoemission Imaging

Iain Wilkinson

10:50

11:10

Probing the electronic structure of the hydration shell of cations through non - local decay pathways

Remy Depuy

11:10

11:40

Coffee Break

 

 

Session 6 - Liquid-Phase Platforms for Spectroscopy

(Chair: Marta Murillo)

11:40

12:20

Liquid sample delivery systems at EuXFEL

Joana Valerio

12:20

12:40

An ultrathin liquid flat jet for attosecond liquid phase spectroscopy

Sabine Rockenstein

12:40

14:10

Lunch

 

 

Session 7 - Photochemistry in Solution

(Chair: Sabine Rockenstein)

14:10

14:50

Femtosecond UV Spectroscopy for Probing Molecular Dynamics in the Liquid Phase

Andrea Cannizzo

14:50

15:10

Impact of Solvation on the Ultrafast Ring - Opening Dynamics of Furfural

Joel Trester

15:10

15:30

Time - resolved photoelectron spectroscopy of biomimetic photoswitches

Filippo Aria

 

 

Session 8 - Structure - Property Relationships in Complex Systems

(Chair: Simon VB Jensen)

15:30 16:10

Describing Soft Matter through Quantum - Mechanically Derived Force - Fields: from Potential Energy Surfaces to Thermodynamic and Spectroscopic Properties

Giacomo Prampolini

16:10 16:30

On the Nature and Quantum Dynamics of Electronic Excitations in Extended, Vibrationally Noisy Molecular Aggregates

Samuele Giannini

16:30 17:00

Coffee break

 

 

Session 9 - Different Layers of Communication

(Chair: Laura Cattaneo)

17:00

18:30

Me, myself & us in the spotlight: exploring communication systems

Frauke Logermann

Thursday, 7 May

 

 

Announcements

 

 

Session 10 - Strong - Field and High - Harmonic Spectroscopy

(Chair: Oliviero Cannelli)

9:00

9:40

High - harmonic generation in liquids

Nicolas Tancogne - Dejean

9:40

10:20

Attosecond spectroscopy of electronic decoherence in liquid phase water

Hugo Marroux

10:20

10:40

High harmonic generation spectroscopic study of the OH bond dynamics in Hofmeister series of aqueous solutions

Zsolt Diveki

10:40

11:15

Coffee Break / Poster Award Announcement

 

 

Session 11 - MPIK Teekolloquium

(Laura Cattaneo)

11:15

12:20

What can we learn from attosecond pulses?

Louis di Mauro

 

 

Session 12 - Strong-Field and High-Harmonic Spectroscopy

(Laura Cattaneo)

12:20

12:40

High - order harmonic spectroscopy for uniaxial nematic and isotropic liquid crystals

Simon Vendelbo Bylling Jensen

12:40

14:10

Lunch

14:10

14:30

Closing remarks

14:30

 

Lab Tours