Current and Future Events

The MARVEL Junior Seminars aim to intensify interactions between the MARVEL Junior scientists belonging to different research groups – this is held in hybrid mode, in order to maintain in-person contacts and allow off-campus attendees to follow the seminars remotely! We are pleased to propose the 67th MARVEL Junior Seminar:  Linda Mauron (Computational Quantum Science Laboratory - CQSL, EPFL) and Mario Caserta (Laboratory of Theory and Simulation of Materials - THEOS, EPFL) will present their research. 

The 2025 Berni J. Alder CECAM prize has been awarded to Giulia Galli, Professor at the University of Chicago and member of MARVEL's Scientific Advisory Board. The Prize recognizes exceptional contributions to the field of microscopic simulation of matter and is awarded every three years. It recognizes Galli's  transformative contributions to computational molecular science in the domain of novel methods for large-scale electronic structure and molecular dynamics simulations. The award ceremony will be held on November 12, 2025, in EPFL (room SV 1717) as an opening of a mini workshop.

CECAM and MARVEL present a new event in our Mary Ann Mansigh Conversation series. In a discussion with SWI swissinfo.ch science and technology journalist Sara Ibrahim and director of the Istituto per le Applicazioni del Calcolo at the National Research Council of Italy Roberto Natalini, we will explore how scientists can broaden the impact of their work by engaging with divers forms of science communication, from storytelling to comics. We will see also why clear communication is crucial for building trust between science and society.

The twelfth MARVEL Review and Retreat will take place on January 12-14, 2026. The event will gather all MARVEL members, group leaders as well as postdocs and students. This last Review and Retreat will focus on the scientific achievements and long-term structural efforts of MARVEL.

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.