Belgian Physical Society

Masterbeurs UHasselt
2024-12-10 15:00 - 19:00 UTC | UHasselt Campus Diepenbeek, Agoralaan Building D, Diepenbeek, 3590, Belgium
Beste student(e) fysica,
We nodigen je graag uit op de masterbeurs van UHasselt die door zal gaan op dinsdag 10 december van 15u tot 19u.
Kom kennismaken met de vervolgopleiding master in materiomics (www.uhasselt.be/materiomics) op de infomarkt op de Agora op campus Diepenbeek, waar je gedetailleerde informatie krijgt over het studieprogramma, de docenten en de vakken, de bedrijfsstage in het eerste masterjaar, de specialisatiemogelijkheden en beroepsuitwegen in de fysica.
Graag nodigen we je ook uit voor de infosessie over materiomics die zal doorgaan van 17u tot 18u. Je kan deze infosessie online volgen of op campus Diepenbeek (Agoralaan, gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek). Inschrijven hiervoor is verplicht en doe je via https://registraties.uhasselt.be/nl/masterbeurs/10-december-2024.
Van harte welkom!
Met vriendelijke groeten
Team Materiomics

Colloquium - Physics meets Computer Science
2024-11-27 14:00 - 17:00 | KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200 M, Celestijnenlaan 200 M, Heverlee, Belgium
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their groundbreaking contributions to machine learning, specifically for “foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
This colloquium will introduce the innovative work of these laureates, whose research draws on principles from statistical physics, including concepts from spin systems and thermodynamics. The Physics underlying associative memory models and Boltzmann machines will be discussed to highlight the fundamental principles that make their work so influential in the field of artificial intelligence.
Physics meets Computer Science
by Prof. Enrico Carlon
Soft Matter and Biophysics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, KU Leuven
Auditorium M (00.07)

Departmental colloquium Antwerp Paul Midgley
2024-11-21 16:00 - 18:00 | UAntwerp, Antwerpen, 2000, Belgium
The first departmental colloquium of the new academic year, organised by the APS Young Minds in Antwerp. We are honored to welcome Prof. Dr. Paul Midgley (University of Cambridge) to EMAT (UAntwerp – Department of Physics, University of Antwerp). With over 30 years of experience in electron microscopy, Prof. Dr. Midgley will present a lecture titled, “30 years of electron diffraction – a personal journey through reciprocal-space”. He will delve into various diffraction techniques and recent advancements in improving and expanding these setups.
As usual, the AYM will host a reception following the lecture, offering an opportunity to continue discussions over snacks and drinks.
The exact venue is CGB GT 105

Quantum Circle Summit
2024-11-14 16:00 - 20:00 | Sparks Brussels, Ravensteinstraat 60, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
Quantum technology isn’t just on the horizon…it’s here, and it’s set to transform industries worldwide. Join us at the Quantum Circle Summit 2024 to explore groundbreaking applications and the future of quantum innovation.

This summit will connect forward-thinking leaders like you with cutting-edge insights into quantum computing, secure communication, and next-generation sensing.

Why attend?

Exclusive insights: Learn from quantum leaders about technology that’s already transforming industries.

Real-world applications: Discover 120+ use cases ready to reshape sectors like finance, healthcare, and logistics.

Network with innovators: Connect with industry experts, policy makers, and top researchers in the field.

Prepare for the future: Position your business at the forefront of Belgium’s quantum ecosystem.

UMons Night in the museum
2024-10-04 17:00 - 23:30 | MUMONS, Place du parc 24, Mons, 7000, Belgium
During the evening, cosmologists from UMONS will take the stage to deliver a performance like no other, one you won’t find anywhere else but at MUMONS!
Get ready… They will carry out spectacular calculations right before your eyes—both incomprehensible and impressive—with nothing but a large blackboard and Japanese chalk (seriously, they say it glides better!), turning the classroom into a real theoretical physics laboratory!
The blackboard (with its miles-long calculation) will then become a new piece for our exhibition… an abstract approach to studying the Universe!
We’ll show you these calculations that allow researchers to explore invisible black holes and other mysteries of space-time.

Belgian Photonics Online Meetup
2024-09-19 - 2024-09-20 | UResidence, Bd Général Jacques, 271, Ixelles, 1050, Belgium
The goal of bePOM is to strengthen the Belgian photonics network, associating research groups from all the universities in Belgium working on fundamental and applied topics in photonics. It will give the opportunity to early career and established researchers to (re-)discover and learn about the ongoing research topics in the Belgian cities next-door, without moving from their home universities.
A 2-day free event | One day online – One day hybrid online/on site @VUB

21st International Congress on Plasma Physics (ICPP 2024)
2024-09-08 08:00 - 2024-09-13 17:00 | Ghent University, campuses Ufo and Boekentoren, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 33, Gent, Oost, 9000, Belgium
The conference will address a wide range of topics in the field of plasma physics, covering fundamental plasma physics, fusion plasmas, laser-plasma interaction, plasma accelerators, astrophysical and space plasmas, applications of plasmas and plasma technology, complex plasmas, high energy density plasmas and quantum plasmas.
Since the inauguration in Nagoya (1980), the ICPP has been held at Gothenburg (1982), Lausanne (1984), Kiev (1987), New Delhi (1989), Innsbruck (1992), Foz-do-Iguaçu (1994), Nagoya (1996), Prague (1998), Quebec (2000), Sydney (2002), Nice (2004), Kiev (2006), Fukuoka (2008), Santiago (2010), Stockholm (2012), Lisboa (2014), Kaohsiung (2016), Vancouver (2018) and Gyeongju (2022).
The Program Committee is composed of 8 sub-committees (10 members each) in the areas of i) Magnetic Confinement Plasmas, ii) Laser and Beam Plasmas, iii) Space Plasmas, iv) Astrophysical Plasmas, v) Basic Plasma Physics, vi) Plasma Diagnostics & Space Instrumentation, vii) Low Temperature and Dusty Plasmas, viii) Plasma Applications.
Currently, the International Advisory Committee (IAC) is composed of 46 members.
The Local Organizing Committee consists of the members of the Research Unit Nuclear Fusion (infusion) and the Research Unit Plasma Technology (RUPT) in the Department of Applied Physics at Ghent University.
Sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)

Registrations are closed for this event.

50th EPS Conference on Plasma Physics
2024-07-08 10:00 - 2024-07-12 18:00 | Palacio de Congresos Salamanca, Cuesta de Oviedo, Salamanca, 37008, Spain
Magnetic Confinement Fusion Plasma
Beam Plasmas & Inertial Fusion
Low Temperature and Dusty Plasmas
Basic, Space & Astrophysical Plasmas
Abstract submission is open from to the 16th of February.

Belgian Physical Society general scientific meeting 2024
2024-05-29 09:00 - 18:30 | VUB, Pleinlaan 2, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
Committees
Organizing Committee:

Alberto Mariotti (VUB)
Michael Tytgat (VUB)
Gilles De Lentdecker (ULB)

View the laureates of the Scientific Prizes.

The Belgian Physical Society General Scientific Meeting 2024 is supported by:

FWO
FNRS
EJP Journals
Institute Solvay

Programme

8:30 Registration and coffee (Atrium Building I)
9:00 -12:30 Plenary session (Room I.2.03)
9:00 Welcome address (BPS President, J. Ongena)
9:10 Plenary lecture 1 – Prof. Marc Van Montagu, The Physics of the living World
10:00 Plenary lecture 2 – Prof. Nick Van Remortel, Einstein Telescope: a new window on the universe

10:50 Coffee break

11:15 Young speaker contest (Chair: F. Louche)

Lucas Levrouw, Exploring the curious dynamics of vortices in superfluid Fermi gases
Maria Luisa Alonso, Tagle  Unlocking atmospheric escape to model oxygen loss on Earth
Robin Van Den Abeele, Topology-guided solution for treating atrial tachycardia

12:30 – 14:30 Walking Lunch and Poster (Atrium Building I)

14:30 – 16:45 Parallel sessions:

Session: Astro, Geo & Plasma Physics
Chair: Kristel Crombé (UGent)
Orals
14:30 – 15:00 Georgi Trenchev (invited speaker) : Carbon circularity through state-of-the-art atmospheric plasma: prototypes, pilots and more
15:00 – 15:20 Simon Chiche : Loss of coherence and change in emission physics for radio emission from very inclined cosmic-ray air showers
15:20 – 15:40 Jethro Stoffels : The Radio Neutrino Observatory in Greenland: status and first results.
15:40 – 16:00 Krijn D. de Vries : The Radar Echo Telescope
16:00 – 16:20 Dirk Van Eester : A mixed Fourier-variational approach to solve differential or integro-differential wave equations for magnetised plasmas
16:20 – 16:40 Viviane Pierrard : Project Biosphere: Study the Effects of the Solar and Cosmic Radiation on the Terrestrial Atmosphere
Posters
Offline Neutrino Filtering using a Convolutional Neural Network-Based Algorithm at the Radio Neutrino Observatory in GreenlandR. Camphyn
Event-by-Event Mass Separation of Simulated Cosmic Rays using Several Mass Sensitive Air-Shower ObservablesB. Flaggs
Integral dielectric kernels for Maxwellian tokamak plasmasP. U. Lamalle
Characterization of plasma parameters and neutral particles in Microwave and Radio Frequency discharges in the TOMAS deviceD. López-Rodríguez
The Biggest Bangs: Traces of turbulence in GRBsE. Magnus
ANSYS HFSS as a new numerical tool to study RF sheath the Ion Cyclotron Range of FrequenciesV. Maquet
From Cosmic Crashes to IceCube NeutrinosY. Merckx
Advancing understanding of solar wind acceleration: A systematic approach with new Parker Solar Probe observations and kinetic modelingM. Péters de Bonhome
Integral dielectric kernel approach to modelling radiofrequency heating in toroidal plasmasB.C.G. Reman
Latitudinal and seasonal changes in atmospheric density leads to variations in cosmic ray induced ionization and radiation dose ratesA. Winant
Session: Biological, Medical, Statistical and Mathematical Physics
Chairs: Yves Goussin (UMons) and Bart Cleuren (UHasselt)
Orals
14:30 – 15:10 Nele Vandersickel (Invited speaker) : Catalysing change in cardiac arrhythmia treatment: An interdisciplinary journey from theory to practice
15:10 – 15:30 Indrani Jayam (ULB) : Collection efficiency of large surface plane parallel ionization chamber used for dose monitoring in flash non-uniform pulsed proton beam
15:30 – 15:50 Pieter-Jan Piccard (UHasselt) : Organic solvent nanofiltration and data-driven approaches
15:50 – 16:10 Joseph Indekeu (KULeuven) : Wetting transitions in mixtures of ultracold Bose gases
Posters
Monte Carlo Simulations of the T2 relaxivity induced by Cubic-Shaped Superparamagnetic NanoparticlesFlorent Fritsche (UMons)
Exploring membrane lipids of breast cancer cells via ToF-SIMSCharlotte Rossi (UNamur)
Session: Condensed Matter and Nanostructure Physics
Chairs: Marc Debliquy (UMons), Frank Renner (UHasselt)
Orals
14:30 – 15:05 Tim Schwarz (invited speaker) : Introduction to (cryo)-atom probe tomography and its applications
15:05 – 15:30 A. De Corte, S. Fr. Koufidis, M. W. McCall, and B. Maes : Exceptional points in waveguides with extreme chirality
15:30 – 15:55 L. Siciliani, E. Verleysen, S. Bals, Heidi Demaegdt, Salvatore Ciano, Els Van Hoek and J. Mast : Analysis of (nano)particles in food contact materials using electron microscopy,
15:55 – 16:20 S. N. Klimin, J. Tempere, M. Houtput, C. Franchini : An analytic method for polarons with quadratic interactions,
16:20 – 16:45 E. Y. Guillaume, L. Henrard, K. Haenen, D. E. P. Vanpoucke : DFT+VTST investigations of (100)–(2×1):H diamond surfaces by means of first-principle calculations,
Posters
DigiLignin: modelling of sustainable lignin-based polymersP. Castenetto
Impact of strain on GeV color centers in diamond using ab initio calculations.T. G. I. van Wijk
Exploring Metal-Doped Carbon Nanomaterials for Adsorption Hydrogen StorageB.J.B. Smeets
Session: Fundamental Interactions, Nuclear and Particle Physics
Chairs: Barbara Clerbaux (ULB), Stijn Buitink (VUB)
Orals
14:30 – 14:50 Simon Knapen (Berkeley) : Invited talk, “Theory overview for long-lived particles at the LHC”
14:50 – 15:10 Steven Lowette (VUB) : Invited talk, “Highlights from long-lived particle searches in CMS”
15:10 – 15:30 Martin Delcourt : How Belgium is preparing the CMS Silicon Strip Tracker for high-luminosity
15:30 – 15:50 Soumya Dansana : Exclusive search for light scalars via the Higgs portal decaying to pairs of muons and hadrons at the CMS experiment
15:50 – 16:10 Nhan Chau : Indirect dark matter search in the Galactic Center with the IceCube neutrino telescope
16:10 – 16:30 Per Myhr – Low—energy astrophysical neutrino searches in IceCube
16:30 – 16:50 Xander Nagels : Criterion for ultra-fast bubble walls: the impact of hydrodynamic obstruction
Posters
The Moon Shadow using the Pierre Auger Observatory DataKatarina Simkova
Session: Quantum Physics, Atoms, Molecules, and Optics
Chair: Xavier Urbain (UCL)
Orals
14:15 – 15:00 Yann MAIRESSE (CNRS & Univ. de Bordeaux) (Invited speaker) : Attosecond spectroscopy: How it started, how it’s going
15:00 – 15:20 Mhamad HANTRO (UMons) : Modeling quantum emitters beyond the point-dipole approximation and assessing its validity in proximity of nanoscale structures
15:20 – 15:40 Yves CAUDANO (UNamur) : Post-selected Weak Measurements with Dissipation in the Context of Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics
15:40 – 16:00 Thomas MICHEL (ULiège) : Quasiclassical description of out-of-time-ordered correlators
16:00 – 16:45 Maximilian BEYER (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) (Invited speaker) : Molecular Rydberg states for ion spectroscopy and laser cooling
Posters
Deceleration of Ca atoms with a 3D printed permanent magnet Zeeman slowerEduardo MARIN BUJEDO
Direct laser cooling of Rydberg atoms with an isolated core transitionAlisée BOUILLON
The BOOSTED project: A new infrastructure for time and frequency transfer in BelgiumRaphaël MARION
Creating NOON states with ultracold atoms via counterdiabatic drivingSimon DENGIS
Generating Dynamical Decoupling Sequences for Qudits using Parallel TemperingColin READ
Development of a chirped-pulse Fourier transform microwave spectrometer operating in the 6 to 18 GHz frequency rangeSimon COLLIGNON
Analogy between the Goos-Hänchen Effect in Classical Optics and the Quantum Tunnelling Time ProblemJulien BOUCHAT
Optical Parametric Solitons in Fiber Cavity for Optical ComputingClément Dupont
Session Physics and Education
Chair: Mieke De Cock (KUL)
Orals
14:30 – 14:50 Riccardo Rossa : Hands-on demonstration of a virtual reality tool for measuring ionizing radiation in nuclear education and training
14:50 – 15:10 Bert Jorissen Minelabs: Physics and Chemistry in Minecraft
15:10 – 15:30: Michèle Coeck : European ENEN2 plus project: opportunities for students, pupils and their teachers
15:30 – 15:50 Alessio Rocci : Integrating the history of Ernest Solvay’s science project into educational tools
15:50 – 16:10 Sarah Doumen : Energy materials and quantum technologies for the future: the case of the Master of Materiomics
16:10 – 16:30 Yarne Beerden : Interdisciplinary Educational Projects Enabling Students to Experience Quantum Research and Space Engineering
16:30 – 16:45 Ioana Maris : An LED display of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Posters
Energy materials and quantum technologies for the future: the case of the Master of MateriomicsS. Doumen
16:45 – 17:15 Poster Session17:15 – 18:30 Closing ceremony: prizes and reception (Atrium Build. I)

Colloquium organized by the Belgian National Committee of Pure and Applied Physics
2024-05-20 09:30 - 17:15 | Unversitaire Stichting – Fondation Universitaire, Rue d'Egmont 11, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The Nature of Time in Physics
This topic is particularly timely, given the award of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics to to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter”.
View programme. More information will become available via the website of the BNCPHYS.

Young Minds Physics Quiz 2024
2024-04-30 18:30 - 21:00 | UCLouvain, Pl. de l'Université 1, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, 1348, Belgium
Welcome to our Quiz Night event tailored for researchers. Get ready for an evening of fun, camaraderie, and intellectual challenge as we test your knowledge across various topics!

Join us for an exciting Quiz Night specially designed to engage researchers in a friendly and competitive atmosphere. This event offers an opportunity to unwind, socialize with fellow researchers, and showcase your knowledge across a range of topics. Whether you’re a seasoned quizzer or just looking to have some fun, everyone is welcome to participate!

Belgian Physical Society general scientific meeting 2023
2023-05-17 09:00 - 18:30 | UNamur, Rue Grafé 2, Namur, 5000, Belgium
Full conference program
Book of astracts
Plenary Lecture 1 : Martine de Mazière (BIRA – IASB)Monitoring the Earth atmosphere composition using infrared spectrometry

Plenary Lecture 2 : Olivier Deparis (UNamur)Parchments & skins: physical methods for the identification of animal species in historical manuscripts
Young Speaker Contest
– Photonics for personal thermal regulationMuluneh G. Abebe (UMons)
– Exploring the Higgs sector at LHC and Future CollidersPaola Mastrapasqua (UCLouvain)
– Mechanisms of DNA-mediated allosteryMidas Segers (KULeuven)
Parallel sessions

Astronomy, Astrophysics, Geophysics, and Plasma Physics
Biophysics and medical physics
Condensed Matter and Nanophysics
Fundamental interactions, Particle and Nuclear Physics
Physics and Education (in French)
Quantum Physics, Atoms, Molecules, and Optics

Organizing committee:

Prof. Yves Caudano (UNamur)
Prof. Luc Henrard (UNamur)
Prof. Michaël Lobet (UNamur)
Prof. Anne-Sophie Libert (UNamur)
Dr. Sébastien Mouchet (UNamur)
Dr. Bastien Vispoel (UNamur)

Scientific committee:

Prof. Yves Caudano (UNamur)
Prof. Luc Henrard (UNamur)
Prof. Anne-Sophie Libert (UNamur)
Prof. Michaël Lobet (UNamur)
Prof. Fabrice Louche (RMA)
Dr. Sébastien Mouchet (UNamur)
Prof. Jozef Ongena (RMA, President of the BPS)
Dr. Bastien Vispoel (UNamur)

Belgian Physical Society general scientific meeting 2022
2022-05-18 09:00 - 18:30 | Tabloo, Gravenstraat 3, Dessel, 2480
Book of abstracts

Programme
Plenary session
Nuclear fisssion – un unexpected charm, an inexhaustible wealthEric van Walle (SCK CEN)
Nuclear fusion research in Belgium and Europe: status and latest resultsYevgen Kazakov (ERM-KMS)
Exoplanets or the quest for other worldsMichaël Gillon (University of Liège)
Young speaker contest
Complexity in integrale and chaotic quantum systemsMarine De Clerck (VUB)
Understanding the effect of beyond-Fröhlich interactions on large polaronsMatthew Houtput (UAntwerp)
Deep learning for the study of ultra high energy cosmic raysOrazio Zapparata (ULB)
Physics session
Materials design through ensemble learning: when the avarege model knows bestDanny E.P. Vanpoucke (UHasselt)
Inverse atmospheric transport modelling for identifying Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty violationsPieter De Meutter (SCK CEN)
Transparent for humans, visile for birds: UV-reflecting coating for bird-safe windowSébastien R. Mouchet (Unamur, University of Exeter)
Planetary states of the Sr atomMatthieu Génévriez (UCLouvain)
Growth mechanisms of CVD DiamondEmerick Guillaume (UHasselt, IMOMEC)
Education session
SCK CEN Academy’s STEM initiatives and perception study on nuclear science and technologyLisanne Van Puyvelde (SCK CEN)
Artificial intelligence for materials industry: an open online courseMichaël Sluydts (UGent)
Online learning that is worrth it in a post-pandemic worldStefaan Cottenier (UGent)
Workshop on Problem Based LearningKatleen Denolf (UHasselt)

Belgian Physical Society general scientific meeting 2021
2021-12-02 09:00 - 18:30 | Old Prison UHasselt, Martelarenlaan 42, Hasselt, 3500, Belgium
Programme
Plenary sessions
Surface Science: Research at the interface of physics, chemistry and materials
Ulrike Diebold – TU Wien
Noise and butterflies: Weather and climate prediction in a world of uncertainties
Roberto Buizza – Scuola Superiore Saint’Anna
Young Speaker contest
Plenary presentation
Belgium celebrates 200 years of the metric system
Nick Schryvers, University of Antwerp
Poster Session
Parallel sessions

Astrophysics, Geophysics and Plasma physics
Biophysics and Medical physics
Mathematical and statistical physics
Condensed matter and Nanophysics
Fundamental interactions, Particle and Nuclear physics
Quantum physics, Atoms and Optics
Physics and education

Organizing committee:
Prof. Frank Renner
Prof. Bart Cleuren

BPS webinar Nuclear Fusion Research
2021-10-27 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
Interial fusion research: physics, status and latest results
Dr. Vladimir Tikhonchuk, Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux, France

BPS webinar Nuclear Fusion Research
2021-10-20 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Materials research for fusion: availibility of fusion relevant neutron sources
Dr. Juan Knaster, Deputy Head of ITER Programme Department, F4E at ITER Organisation, Cadarache, France

BPS webinar Nuclear Fusion Research
2021-10-13 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
The long way to steady-state fusion plasmas
The superconducting stallator experiment Wendelstein 7-X
Dr. Thomas Klinger, Director of the Division Stellator Dynamics and Transport, Director of the Project Wendelstein 7-X, Institute for Plasma Physics, Greifswald, Germany
Link to the recorded video available on demand (BPS members only).

BPS webinar Nuclear Fusion Research
2021-10-05 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
Objectives and status on the ITER project, the first fusion reactor under construction
Dr. Alberto Loarte, Head of the ITER Science Division, Science, Controls and Operation Department, ITER Organisation, Cadarache, France

BPS webinar Nuclear Fusion Research
2021-09-29 16:00 - 17:30 | Online
Introduction to Nuclear Fusion Research
Dr. Julien Hillairet, Directeur de Recherches, Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion Magnetiqe, CEA Cadarache, France

Belgian Physical Society general scientific meeting 2019
2019-05-22 09:00 - 18:30 | ULB, Boulevard du Triomphe, Elsene, 1050, Belgium
Download the full programme with hyperlinks to the abstracts (book of abstracts)
Invited Plenary Lectures

Prof. Hamid Aît Abderrahim (SCK-CEN, Mol, Belgium) : The MYRRHA project
Prof. Vladimir Tikhonchuk (Université de Bordeaux) : Physics of matter under intense radiation fields under study at the ELI and Laser Megajoule laboratories

Young Speakers Contest

Marco Di Liberto (ULB): Realization of Aharonov-Bohm Cages in Photonic Lattices
Daniela Mockler (ULB): Measurement of the cosmic ray spectrum with the Pierre Auger Observatory
Johan Van der Tol (KULeuven): Cluster gasses: when the equipartition theorem loses its validity

Parallel sessions
Fundamental Interactions, Particle and Nuclear Physics

Gudrun Hiller (University of Dortmund, Germany) Flavor physics as a window to new physics
Luca Mantani (UCLouvain) Top-quark electroweak interactions at high energy
Vandecasteele Jérôme (ULB) Feebly Interacting Dark Matter through the Kinetic Mixing Portal
Sam Junius (VUB & ULB) A feeble window on leptophilic dark matter
Tom Cornelis (UGent) Search for heavy neutral leptons with the CMS detector
Aleksandra Lelek (UAntwerpen) The Parton Branching method: new precision level in collider predictions
Cintia Willemyns (UMons) Baryon spectrum in the large N c limit
Iaroslav Meleshenkovskii (SCK-CEN & ULB) An artificially intelligent look on the uranium enrichment determination problem using X- and gamma-ray spectroscopy: introducing a new isotopic code CAMILA for CZT and LaBr3(Ce)

Condensed Matter and Nanostructure Physics

Mark Geoghegan (University of Sheffield, UK) How surface topography, properties, and nanostructure controls single polymer interfacial diffusion
Shova Neupane (UHasselt) Controlling Localized Corrosion by Lateral Modification of Surfactant Inhibitors
Kristof Moors (KULeuven) Supersonic flow and negative local resistance in hydrodynamic Dirac electron nozzles
Andra Iordanescu (UCLouvain) Interferometric measurement of an electrically-biased tip perturbation
Serghei Klimin (UAntwerpen) Collective excitations in one- and two-band condensed
Piero Ferrari (KULeuven) The influence of palladium doping on the geometry and the stability of small cationic gold clusters
Michael Sluydts (UGent) The road to accuracy: machine-learning-accelerated silicon ab initio simulations

Bio-, Medical, Statistical & Mathematical Physics

Francesc Sagués (Universidad de Barcelona, Spain) The microtubule/kinesin system: A versatile realization of an active nematic
Karel Proesmans (UHasselt) A perfect spring
Hennie Valkenier (ULB) Synthetic Receptors for the Transmembrane Transport of Anions
Francesca Cecchet (UNamur) Shedding light on nanoparticles/cell membranes membranes interactions with nonlinear optical spectroscopy
Joseph Indekeu (KULeuven) Solving nonlinear differential equations by analytic iteration
Derick Yongabi (KULeuven) Detection of cell-material interactions and beyond -A QCM-D study of yeast, bacteria and human cells
Stefanos K. Nomidis (KULeuven) Twist-bend coupling: A twist in DNA mechanics
Frederik Vreys (UHasselt) Towards lab-on-card, label-free enzyme immunoassays based on electrical impedance spectroscopy

Atoms, Molecules, Optics, and Photonics

Stephen Hogan (University College London) Matter-wave interferometry with highly excited atoms
Senne Van Loon (UAntwerpen) Transition from supersonic to subsonic waves in superfluid Fermi gases
Jérôme Deprince (UMons) X-ray emission from highly-ionized iron ions embedded in high-density astrophysical plasmas
Arnaud Dochain (UCLouvain) Mutual Neutralization Studies of S/O anions and Na/Ne cations at Low Collision Energy
Dolf Huybrechts (UAntwerpen) Cluster Gutzwiller Monte Carlo approach for a driven-dissipative spin model
Michaël Lobet (ULiège) Photonic management using opal-like crystals in perovskite solar cells
Wout Van Alphen (UAntwerpen) Dynamics of the decay of dark solitons in superfluid Fermi gases

Astrophysics, Geophysics, and Plasma Physics

Simone Russo (European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy) Half a degree and rapid socioeconomic development matter for heatwave risk
Elisa Pinat (Royal Observatory of Belgium, Brussels) Measuring snow seasonal variations in Antarctica with GPS
Brecht Laperre (KULeuven) Prediction of the Dst-index using a Long Short-Term Memory network
Jozef Ongena (LPP/ERM-KMS) Physics applications of ion-cyclotron heating on Wendelstein 7-X
Dirk Van Eester (LPP/ERM-KMS) The challenge of modelling wave propagation and damping in hot, magnetised plasmas in fusion machines
Aurélien Sourie (ULB) Constraining the interior of neutron stars with gravitational-wave observations

Physics and Education

Domien Van der Elst: Using Technology to provide pupils access to the best physics teachers
Bart Huyskens (SJI Schoten, Antwerpen) Air quality measurement and “Internet of Things” in the STEM classroom practice
Philippe Leonard (ULB) Challenge labs
Philippe Leonard (ULB) Visit of the ULB Experimentarium

Organizing committee:

Prof. Barbara Clerbaux (ULB)
Prof. Gilles De Lentdecker (ULB, Vice-president of the BPS)
Prof. Thomas Gilbert (ULB)
Prof. Patricia Losada Perez (ULB)
Prof. Simone Napolitano (ULB)
Prof. Simona Toscano (ULB)
Prof. Peter Schlagheck (ULiege)

Scientific committee:

Prof. Barbara Clerbaux (ULB)
Prof. Gilles De Lentdecker (ULB, Vice-president of the BPS)
Prof. Thomas Gilbert (ULB)
Prof. Patricia Losada Perez (ULB)
Prof. Fabrice Louche (RMA)
Prof. Simone Napolitano (ULB)
Prof. Jozef Ongena (RMA, President of the BPS)
Prof. Simona Toscano (ULB)
Prof. Xavier Urbain (UCLouvain)
