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Committee

Conference Chair

Marko Tadjer
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Conference Co-Chair

Samuel Graham
University of Maryland

Technical Program Chair

Hongping Zhao
The Ohio State University

Technical Program Co-Chair

Huili (Grace) Xing
Cornell University

Conference Treasurer

Heather Splawn
Kyma Technologies, Inc.

Steering Committee Chair

Oliver Bierwagen 
Paul-Drude-Institute for Solid State Electronics, Germany

Program Committee

  • Elaheh Ahmadi, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
  • Esmat Farzana, Iowa State University, USA
  • Zbigniew Galazka, Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth, Germany
  • Andrew Green, AFRL, USA
  • Masataka Higashiwaki, Osaka Metropolitan University / National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
  • Jinwoo Hwang, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Ahmad Islam, AFRL, USA
  • Nidhin Kalarickal, Arizona State University, USA
  • Emmanouil Kioupakis, University of Michigan, USA
  • Sriram Krishnamoorthy, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
  • Martin Kuball,  University of Bristol UK
  • John (Jack) Lyons, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • Matthew McCluskey, Washington State University, USA
  • Hari Nair, Cornell University, USA
  • Yuichi Oshima, National Institute of Material Sciences, Japan
  • Andreas Popp, IKZ, Germany
  • Steven Ringel, The Ohio State University, USA
  • Kohei Sasaki, NCT, Japan
  • Darrell Schlom, Cornell University, USA
  • Uttam Singisetti, University of Buffalo, USA
  • Marko Tadjer, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • Chris G. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
  • Man Hoi Wong, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China
  • Huili Grace Xing, Cornell University, USA
  • Yuhao Zhang, University of Hong Kong, China
  • Hongping Zhao, The Ohio State University, USA

Local Organizing Committee

Local Organizing Committee Chair: Emma Rocco, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
Exhibits Chair: Nadeem Mahadik, Naval Research Laboratory, USA

  • Katie Gann, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • Tia Gray, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • Frank Kelly, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • Alan Jacobs, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • James Spencer Lundh, Naval Research Laboratory, USA
  • Hannah Masten, Northrop Grumman, USA

International Steering Committee

Steering Committee Chair: Oliver Bierwagen, Paul-Drude-Institute for Solid State Electronics, Germany

 

  • Martin Albrecht, Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth, Germany
  • Roberto Fornari, University of Parma, Italy
  • Shizuo Fujita, Kyoto University, Japan
  • Masataka Higashiwaki, Osaka Metropolitan University / National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan
  • Man Hoi Wong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
  • Debdeep Jena, Cornell University, USA
  • Gregg Jessen, MACOM, USA
  • Yoshinao Kumagai, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
  • Akito Kuramata, Novel Crystal Technology Inc., Japan
  • Siddharth Rajan, The Ohio State University, USA
  • James Speck, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Key Dates

Call for Abstracts Extended Deadline:
April 13, 2026

Author Notifications:
May 5, 2026

Late News Poster Abstract Deadline:
July 22, 2026

Early Registration Deadline:
June 15, 2026

Late News Poster Abstract Deadline:
July 9, 2026

Manuscript Deadline:
January 20, 2027

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