Speakers & Directors

Meet the distinguished academics and leaders shaping this year's summer school in Erice.

School Director

Prof. Antonio Terrasi
Prof. Antonio Terrasi
University of Catania  ·  INFN Catania

Director of the International School of Materials for Sustainable Development and Energy

Email: antonio.terrasi@ct.infn.it

Course Directors

Asst. Prof. Elena Meirzadeh
Asst. Prof. Elena Meirzadeh
Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS)  ·  Israel

Research Interests: Solid-state synthesis, carbonaceous materials, graphene nanoribbons, 2D porous carbon, radical chemistry, physical organic chemistry, gas-phase polymerization

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Asst. Prof. Hannah-Noa Barad
Asst. Prof. Hannah-Noa Barad
Bar-Ilan University (BIU)  ·  Israel

Research Interests: Energy materials, electrocatalysis, photovoltaics, sustainable materials discovery, machine learning

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Asst. Prof. Israel Kellersztein
Asst. Prof. Israel Kellersztein
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU)  ·  Israel

Research Interests: Multiscale structure–property relationships in biological and bioinspired materials, bio-architected composites, and sustainable material systems

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Confirmed Guest Speakers

Full speakes will be announced soon.

Prof. Klaus Müllen
Prof. Klaus Müllen
Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research

Polymers and materials for organic electronics; graphene and carbon nanostructures

Prof. Helge Stein
Prof. Helge Stein
Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Batteries and high-throughput materials discovery