Speakers & Directors

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

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

Prof. Phillip Messersmith
Prof. Phillip Messersmith
University of California, Berkeley

Versatile and Sustainable Polymers Derived from Alpha-Lipoic Acid

Dr. Isabella Fiorello
Dr. Isabella Fiorello
University of Freiburg

Bioinspired and biohybrid microfabricated systems and living materials for precision agriculture, smart textiles, space exploration, and soft robotics

Prof. Hendrik (Henk) Bolink
Prof. Hendrik (Henk) Bolink
University of Valencia

Perovskite-based LEDs and solar cells; dry processing routes such as thermal sublimation for perovskite semiconductor films and devices

Prof. Michael Gottfried
Prof. Michael Gottfried
University of Marburg

Surface chemistry for materials synthesis

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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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