Materials and Chemistry for Sustainability
About
This collaborative workshop examines materials and chemical approaches to clean energy, low-carbon infrastructure, resource recovery, water treatment and environmental remediation. Presentations connect emerging materials research with decarbonisation, circular use of resources and sustainable water systems. MRS Advances, African MRS and Nature Reviews Clean Technology bring together researchers working across these challenges. Online sessions take place on 7 and 8 October 2026, 09:00–12:00 US Eastern Daylight Time each day. Registration requires an MRS account. Rates: US$100 regular, US$75 MRS member, US$25 student or qualifying developing-country professional, and US$0 for qualifying developing-country students. Developing-country discounts require proof under the organizer’s World Bank income-category rules. Sessions are recorded for registrants.
Organizing team
- Balla Diop Ngom — African MRS; Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
- David Bahr — MRS Advances; Purdue University
- Laura Zinke — Nature Reviews Clean Technology
- Ruth Schwaiger — MRS Advances; Forschungszentrum Jülich
Guest speakers
- Chibueze Amanchukwu — The University of Chicago
- Ange Nzihou — IMT Mines Albi - CNRS - University of Toulouse
- Desmond Klenam — University of the Witwatersrand
- Girum Ayalneh Tiruye — Addis Adaba University
- Iris Yu — National University of Singapore
- Jyotirmoy Mandal — Princeton University
- Lea Winter — Yale University
- Matthew Davies — Swansea University
- Nosipho Moloto — University of the Witwatersrand
- Sabbie Miller — University of California, Davis
- Saleh Khamlich — Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
- Sossina Haile — Northwestern University