Current and Future Events

In this THEOS-MARVEL seminar, Prof. Marco Gibertini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy) will address "Engineering emergent topological phases in van der Waals heterostructures".

In this THEOS-MARVEL seminar, Prof. Thomas Olsen (Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark) will address "Magnetic excitations from first and second principles. Classical vs. Quantum mechanical approaches".

On Thursday 23 April 2026, with the support of the NCCR MARVEL, EPFL will welcome for the seventh time the Ig Nobel Award Tour Show, with Marc Abrahams and a line-up of Ig Nobel Prize winners. Save the date. The details of the program will be shared later. As usually, a great evening ahead! 

This 2-week MARVEL-ICTP College in computational materials science will take place on June 1-12, 2026 at ICTP in Trieste. The event is dedicated to MARVEL PhD students and early postdocs, as well as students all around the world, with support also for those coming from emerging economies. This will be our core educational event, bringing ~200 researchers to work and live together for 2 weeks.

On July 9-10, 2026, MARVEL final event at EPFL will close 12 years of research and activities on computational materials science. This event will be dedicated to the accomplishments of MARVEL and to the relevance of these to the industrial and technological ecosystem, inviting alumni and key players worldwide in academia and industry, SNSF review panel, scientific and industrial advisory boards, EPFL leadership, and scientific journalists.