TYC20 – Celebration of the Thomas Young Centre at 20

2026

To mark the Thomas Young Centre turning 20, we will be hosting a 2-day symposium,  celebrating 20 years of cutting-edge research in the theory and simulation of materials and molecules at University College London, Imperial College London, King’s College London, Queen Mary University of London and their international collaborators.

This scientific symposium will cover cutting-edge research in 5 sessions dedicated to Electronic Structure Theory, Machine Learning, Functional Materials, Biomaterials and Perspectives on Materials Modelling. A separate session will be devoted to discussions about the future of theory and simulation of materials and molecules with the aim of developing a future Roadmap of Materials Modelling that identifies and articulates the most important challenges in this field over the next 10 years, broad strategies for how they will be overcome, and the likely impact of success in overcoming them for science and industry. 

Confirmed Invited Speakers:

Electronic structure

Andreas Grüneis	TU Wien
Paola Gori-Giorgi	Microsoft Research
Lucia Reining	Ecole Polytechnique

Machine Learning

Klaus-Robert Mueller	TU Berlin
Tess Smidt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keith Butler	University College London

Biomaterials

Frank Noe	Microsoft Corporation
Modesto Orozco	Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona
Dominique Hoogland	King’s College London

Functional Materials

Karsten Reuter	Fritz Haber Institut, Berlin
Giulia Galli	The University of Chicago
Alessandro Troisi	University of Liverpool
Laura Gagliardi	University of Chicago

Perspective on Materials Modelling

Angelos Michaelides	University of Cambridge
Nicola Marzari	University of Cambridge
Michele Parrinello	Italian Institute of Technology
Andrea Cavalli	CECAM

Sponsors

The London Centre for Nanotechnology

Organisers

Jochen Blumberger
Hugh Burton
Devis Di Tommaso
Jarvist Frost
Alex Ganose
Ricardo Grau-Crespo
Venkat Kapil 
Johannes Lischner
Carla Molteni
Edina Rosta
Alex Shluger
Karen Stoneham
Martijn Zwijnenburg