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The Nanoscience@Surfaces Summer School 2026 will offer a comprehensive introduction to the techniques and applications in surface science, with a particular emphasis on understanding and engineering surfaces at the nanoscale. Participants will explore a broad suite of experimental and theoretical methods, including scanning probe techniques, electron and optical spectroscopy, diffraction-based approaches to surface structure, and computational modelling of surfaces and adsorption processes. Equal emphasis will be placed on talks and hands‑on workshops, giving participants the valuable opportunity to put their newly acquired knowledge into immediate practice. The programme will also feature a poster session with an associated prize, as well as a conference dinner at one of the Cambridge colleges.

The programme will highlight how the techniques are applied across a range of research areas such as strongly correlated materials, surface and thin‑film magnetism, bio‑interfaces, atmospheric and astrochemical processes, battery science, electrochemistry, and catalysis. There will be a discussion of emerging trends, as well as links to industry, with a session on careers in academia and beyond.

Committee:

• Dr Kieran Cheetham
  
• Professor Andrew Jardine
  
• Dr Jack Kelsall, University of Cambridge, UK
• Professor Theodoros Papadopoulos 
• Dr Matthijs van Spronsen
  
• Dr David Ward