Abstract submission is now open for the 2026 Ultrafast Surface Dynamics (USD) conference, to be held May 31-June 5 2026 in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, USA. Now in its 14th edition, USD is an international conference highlighting breakthrough research in ultrafast dynamics at surfaces.
Contributed abstracts will be considered for poster or oral presentation. The abstract submission deadline is Feb. 15, 2026, and the registration deadline is March 15. More information can be found at the conference webpage usd2026.org. Topics for this edition of the conference are:
- Dynamics in Quantum Materials
- Charge Dynamics and Energy Transfer at Interfaces and in Materials
- Ultrafast Magnetism
- Strongly Driven Materials and Interfaces
- Spatiotemporal Dynamics
- Ultrafast Plasmonics
- Photo-induced Phase Transitions
With confirmed invited speakers:
- Michael Bauer (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)
- Samuel Beaulieu (CELIA, Université de Bordeaux, France)
- Fabio Boschini (INRS, Montreal, Canada)
- Hui Deng (University of Michigan, USA)
- Geoffrey Diderich (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA)
- Christian Heide (University of Central Florida, USA)
- Saw-Wai Hla (Ohio University, USA)
- Libai Huang (Purdue University, USA)
- Rupert Huber (Universität Regensburg, Germany)
- Yousoo Kim (IBS, Korea)
- Sarah King (University of Chicago, USA)
- Zhi-Heng Loh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
- Sebastian Loth (Universität Stuttgart, Germany)
- Vidya Madhavan (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA)
- Fahad Mahmood (University of Illinois, Urban-Champaign, USA)
- Ermin Malic (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany)
- Stefan Mathias (Universität Göttingen, Germany)
- James McIver (Columbia University, USA)
- Vinod Menon (City College of New York, USA)
- Oleg Prezhdo (University of New Mexico, USA)
- Diana Qiu (Yale University, USA)
- Marcel Reutzel (Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany)
- Angel Rubio (Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Germany)
- Michael Sentef (Universität Bremen, Germany)
- Feng Wang (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
- Bing Wang (University of Science and Technology, China)
- Xioaji Xu (Lehigh University, USA)
- Shuolong Yang (University of Chicago, USA)
- Liuyan Zhao (University of Michigan, USA)
- Yimei Zhu (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
GEFAM 