TYC20 – Celebration of the Thomas Young Centre at 20

2026

To mark the Thomas Young Centre turning 20, we will be hosting 2-days of talks, spanning 20 years of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and cross-community collaboration which has taken place between University College London, Imperial College London, King’s College London and Queen Mary University of London universities for two decades.

Inviting contributions from high profile speakers, mid and early-career contributors, covering the broad areas of Electronic Structure, AI and Machine Learning, Biomaterials, Functional Materials, engaging a wide-ranging audience both internal and external to the Thomas Young Centre.

The inclusion of contributors at various stages of their academic careers is central to the TYC and to the TYC20 event. Student contributions are enthusiastically encouraged. The core purpose of the TYC is to bring together members of the materials modelling community, across scales, applications and methods, as well as geographical distance. This is achieved through seminars, workshops, training courses and conferences. Knowledge Exchange (KE): the presentation of research and publications from UCL academics and their collaborators, local and international, will form the core of TYC20 celebrations.