ACNS 2026 Invited Speakers

Invited Speakers

Quantum Materials and Quantum Information Science

Topic Chair(s): Huibo Cao & Allen Scheie

Invited Speakers:

Taka Masuda, ISSP, Japan
Lazar Kish, BNL
Martin Greven, Minnesota
Xiaojian Bai, LSU
Xin Gui, Pittsburgh
Yishu Wang, UTK
Brent Fultz, Caltech

Materials in Engineering, Energy, and Sustainable Technologies

Topic Chair(s): Hillary Smith & Chen Li

Invited Speakers:

Oliver Delaire, Duke
Angus Wilkinson, Georgia Tech
Xun-Li Wang, CUHK
Raphael Hermann, ORNL
Hongli (Julie) Zhu, Northeastern University
Eve Mozur, Colorado School of Mines
Annalise Maughan, Colorado School of Mines
Eric Novak, Swarthmore College

Advances in Neutron Methods and Data Science

Topic Chair(s): Antonio Moreira dos Santos & Yongqiang Cheng

Invited Speakers:

Dan Hussey, NIST
Anton Khaplanov, ORNL
Saurabh Kabra, ORNL – STS Instrument Systems
Sven Vogel, LANL
Zhantao Chen, UT Austin
Huaiyu Heather Chen-Mayer, NIST

Soft Materials, Polymers, and Functional Interfaces 

Topic Chair(s): Michelle Calabrese & Ryan Poling-Skutvik

Invited Speakers:

Xiaodan Gu, University of Southern Mississippi

Life Sciences and Biotechnologies

Topic Chair(s): Yun Liu & Flora Meilleur

Invited Speakers:

Janice Robertson, Washington University
Ken Qian, Eli Lilly

Neutrons and Society 

Topic Chair(s): Christina Hoffmann & Marcella Berg

Invited Speakers:

Samanvaya Srivastava, University of California at Los Angeles
Zhara Yamani, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories