European Student Colloid Conference

Welcome!

The European Colloid & Interface Society (ECIS) and the Hungarian Chemical Society (MKE) invite you to participate in the 18th European Student Colloid Conference, to be held at the University of Szeged (USz) in Szeged (H-6720 Szeged, Dóm tér 7-8), Hungary, from 26th to 30th of June, 2022.

After the successful and memorable 2006’s ECIS conference in Budapest, this time the Hungarian colloid science society is delighted to welcome the future generation of colloid and interface scientists from all across our continent! However, if your fields of interest seems to be more related to materials science, nanotechnology, or even biotechnology and many areas of physics, this conference still has open doors for you: remember, colloid science is a deeply interdisciplinary field, and you might be surprised how useful it could be to interact and exchange ideas with fellow students and learn from our expert Teacher Team!

ECIS organizes these biannual meetings to motivated students at PhD and MSc level who are undertaking research at a European University, or being in collaborative linkage with European research groups. These meetings are intended for students to present their work to their peers and to promote scientific and social interactions. Apart from the prominent senior teachers, the conference is restricted to PhD students, who have not yet submitted their theses, and to MSc students. Presentations may be either in the form of talks or posters, but oral presentations are usually restricted to students in the later stages of their project. The latest few events, including the European Student Colloid Conference in Varna, Bulgaria (June 2019), attracted around 100 students from more than a dozen countries.

Many students of the University of Szeged and members of the Hungarian Chemical Society are involved in the organization of this meeting. We are highly motivated to arrange a great event for our visitors and we have high hopes that you will all enjoy a stimulating and fruitful five days during the 18th ESC in Szeged!

Venue

Szeged, the host city

Szeged, the third largest city in Hungary, is situated at the southern border, close to the place where river Tisza leaves the country. The river divides the city into two parts. The one called "new" Szeged is a residential area, while the "old" part holds the administrative centres of the city and the region as well as the majority of the university buildings. These buildings are not in a separate campus at the edge of the city, but spread in and near the centre making the whole city a campus. The number of inhabitants is 170,000.

In spite of the relatively large number of people living in the city, it is quite compact. Even though it has a well-developed colourful public transportation system (trams, buses, and trolley buses in many lines) the city may be crossed within half an hour even on foot. The main profile of the city is serving the university. It is not very surprising that many cinemas, a full theatre (having drama, opera as well as ballet sections), large open air theatre operating in summer, a rich museum, many restaurants, bars, clubs and cafes are found in the city. There are many festivals organized both during the semesters as well as in summer. The very pleasant Mediterranean climate largely favours open-air events.

Szeged is an easily accessible city. Although those who are coming by plane should land in Budapest (the capital of Hungary), however, there is train station at terminal 1 to be reached by frequent local bus (200E) from terminal 2, where trains to Szeged can be caught in every hour. Alternatively, car may be rented at the airport and M5 motorway leads to Szeged. This motorway may be used for those who are coming by car from the west, north and south, while the M43 motorway may be the choice for those coming from the east. For those loving buses frequent coach services may be offered starting from Budapest.

Topics Covered

Biomedical aspects of colloids
Surfactants, micelles, self-assembly
Interfacial phenomena and adsorption
Polymer solutions, gels and phase behaviour
Surface forces, liquid films, interactions in colloids
Colloidal dispersions, foams, emulsions, suspensions
Theoretical modeling and computer simulation of colloids

Important Dates

Abstract Submission	April 12, 2022
Notification of Acceptance	April 14, 2022
Preliminary program	May 1, 2022
Early Registration and Payment	May 9, 2022
Conference	June 26 - 30, 2022

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Short informations for the presenters:

For poster presenters: the maximum lateral sizes of your posters can be maximum 95 cm (width) × 145 cm (length), that is, portrait (vertical, 'standing') orientation. We cannot fix posters in landscape (horizontal, 'lying') orientation!
We also provide the materials (nails, magnetic disks etc.) to fix your poster so you DO NOT need to bring any such items with you.

For oral presenters: the duration of your contribution will be 20 minutes: ca. 15 minutes talk + 5 minutes of Q&A. Important note: we highly recommend that you bring your presentation and upload it to the computer in the lecture room, instead of using your own PC. We may not guarantee easy connection of your device with the projectors and that may result in unnecessary delays in the programme. In case you need to present from your PC anyways, please let us know preferable in the next two weeks, but at the lastest at the registration desk.

Final programme

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Book of Abstracts

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Registration

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Registration Fees

Participant Category	before 9 May 2022	after 9 May 2022
Full participant	360 EUR	400 EUR

Please kindly note that the registration process can be finalized only after having received the payment.

The registration fee for full participants includes:

Admission to the Conference
Conference materials
Welcome reception
Lunches
Coffee and refreshments
Conference Dinner
VAT is included in the fees acccording to Hungarian VAT Law

Payments

Attention:

All bank charges must be covered by the transmitter.
Confirmation of registration upon receipt of payment.

Payments can be made either by credit card through the secure on-line registration system or by bank (wire) transfer.

In case of bank transfer, please use the following data:

Bank address:	CIB Bank Zrt., 1027 Budapest, Medve u. 4-14.
Account number:	in case of HUF payment (for Hungarian participants) 10700024 24764207 51100005 IBAN: HU16 10700024 24764207 51100005 in case of EUR payment (for International participants) 10700024 24764207 50000005 IBAN: HU71 10700024 24764207 50000005
Swift code:	CIBHHUHB
Reference:	MKE 2401
Owner of the account:	Hungarian Chemical Society
Tax number:	19815819-2-41

Cancellation policy

Refund requests can be submitted to the Conference Secretariat. 50% refund can be granted if notification of cancellation has reached the conference secretariat before 1 June 2022. No refunds can be granted after this date. Refunds will be processed after the conference.

Teacher Team

The teacher team will consist of 7 internationally acknowledged scientists, 6 of them in-person and 1 online. Their presentations will cover the main areas of colloid and interface science. They will present a unique combination of a university lecture and a plenary talk in 50 minutes, followed by a 10 minutes long Q&A section.

Prof. Brian Vincent

School of Chemistry
University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Brian Vincent is currently both an Emeritus Professor and a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Chemistry at the Univeristy of Bristol in the UK. He obtained his first degree and PhD at Bristol also. After a period as a postdoc in the University of Wageningen in the Netherlands, he worked for three years at the international chemical company, ICI, before returning to Bristol as a lecturer in Physical Chemistry. He eventually became the Leverhulme Professor of Physical Chemistry. His research interests span the fields of colloid and polymer science. Detailed Biography

Professor Brian Vincent is now officially “retired” from his last position as the Leverhulme Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Bristol in the UK, but is still active in research in the University and holds the honorary title of Senior Research Fellow (as well as Emeritus Professor). He graduated from Bristol with BSc, MSc and PhD degrees. He was subsequently also awarded the degree of DSc at Bristol, after a number of years of research in the fields of colloid and polymer science. To date he has published more than 300 original scientific papers and review articles in these fields. His major contributions have been in the areas of colloidal particle interactions, the role of added polymers on the nature of these colloidal interactions and understanding the phase behaviour of dispersions of weakly attracting particles. To this end, part of his research activity has been focussed on producing and characterising particles of well-defined geometry and structure, such as microgel particles, core-shell particles, electrically conducting particles and monodisperse, charge-stabilised emulsion droplets. Similarly, the various types of polymers used as additives have also had well-defined structures, such as block and graft copolymers, as well as homopolymers and polyelectrolytes. After a postdoctoral period in Wageningen University in the Netherlands and before taking up an academic position in Bristol, Professor Vincent worked for three years at the international chemical company, ICI, in Slough, near London. It was there that he began his pioneering studies on the so-called “depletion interaction” between colloidal particles in the presence of non-adsorbing polymers. He has maintained strong collaborations with industry during his academic career, including establishing the successful Bristol Colloid Centre in the university to provide consulting, as well as training and research support, for industrial companies, large and small. He has held senior positions in learned societies, both in the UK and internationally. He has been chairman of both the colloid and interface science group of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the surface and colloid chemistry group of the Society of Chemical Industry in the UK. He has served for many years on the Council of the International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists (including being the President from 2003 to 2006). He has also been the representative of the European Colloid and Interface Society in the organisation of the biennial postgraduate student meetings since these meetings commenced. Short Biography

Prof. Julius (Gyula) Vancsó

Faculty of Science and Technology and MESA+ Research Institute for Nanotechnology • University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands
Donghua University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore

G. Julius Vancso is Professor of Materials Science and Technology of Polymers at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He obtained his PhD from the Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Budapest. He was postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich), and Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry of the University of Toronto until his current employment. He is External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and CEO of his startup company SULIS Polymers B.V. Detailed Biography

Professor G. J. Vancso earned his PhD in 1982 in Solid State Physics (Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Budapest). He then studied materials science at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zürich; 1983-84), and was research associate and lecturer (ETH Zürich) until his first faculty appointment at the University of Toronto in 1988 (tenure in 1993, in the Department of Chemistry, cross-appointed at the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science). He moved to the University of Twente in 1995 to occupy the Chair in Materials Science and Technology of Polymers as full professor. He held visiting professorships at the ETH-Zürich, the University of California at Santa Barbara (USA), the Technical University of Barcelona (Spain), and the Technical University of Budapest (Hungary). At present he is also distinguished consulting professor as 1000 Talent Senior Scholar of China and of the Shanghai Municipality at Donghua University in Shanghai, and also holds a visiting professorship at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore (School of Materials Science and Engineering). He was program director as Visiting Principal Scientist of the statutory agency A*STAR in Singapore, in charge of the program “Innovative Marine Antifouling Solutions for High-Value Added Applications”. He held several administrative positions at the University of Twente, including being Vice-Dean, and Discipline Head, Chemical Technology. He is External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry UK. He was Editor-in-Chief of European Polymer Journal of Elsevier and served the journal for 16 years. His current scientific interests revolve around structure-property-applications relationships of polymers, materials chemistry of stimulus responsive macromolecules, interface engineering, and macromolecular nanotechnology, including applications in various fields. He supervised 49 completed PhD Theses, and (co)authored over 560 papers and 8 patents. His work was cited more than 16,000 times, which earned him an h-index of 62. He contributes to innovation and knowledge transformation via his start-up company Sulis Polymers, of which he is CEO. Short Biography

Prof. Marco Lattuada

Department of Chemistry
University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Marco Lattuada is a Professor of physical chemistry in the department of chemistry of the university of Fribourg in Switzerland. He obtained his PhD from the ETH in Zurich, and was postdoc at MIT. He then became senior scientist at ETH. Later he joined the Adolphe Merkle Institute at the University of Fribourg, and finally became a permanent faculty of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Fribourg as a professor of physical chemistry. Detailed Biography

Prof. Teresa J Bandosz

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The City College of New York, New York City, USA

Teresa J Bandosz is a Distinguished Professor of the City Univeisty of New York/City Collge. For three years she was associated with Dalian University of Technology in China as a sky scholar/ guest professor. Dr. Bandosz is a Fulbright Senior Scholar (2016/2017). She edited the book “Activated carbon surface in environmental remediation”, and authored 7 US patents and over 420 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Since 2014 she is co-editor of Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. Detailed Biography

Prof. Pál Jedlovszky

Department of Chemistry
Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary

Pál Jedlovszky is Professor at the Department of Chemistry at Eszterházy Károly University in Eger, Hungary, heading the Department of Chemistry and Institute of Chemistry and Physics there. He obtained M.Sc. in Chemistry in 1991 at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, and Ph.D. in 1996 at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. After a postdoc period in Trento, Italy and New York, USA, he returned to Hungary in 2000, and joined to Eszterházy University in 2009. His research interest covers computer simulation of fluids and interfacial systems. Detailed Biography

Pál Jedlovszky is Professor of Chemistry at Eszterházy Károly University in Eger, Hungary, and also Head of the Department of Chemistry and Institute of Chemistry and Physics there. He is also a Professor Titular at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest and at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. He graduated in 1991 at the Eötvös Loránd University, and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 1996 at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was awarded the degree of D.Sc by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2007, and that of Dr. Habil in 2010 by Eötvös University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Trento (Italy) and Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York) between 1996 and 2000. After his postdoc years, he started his independent research career at the Eötvös University. In 2009, he joined to the Department of Chemistry of the Eszterházy Károly University, where he was promoted to be a full Professor in 2010. In the early years of his research career, he studied structural and thermodynamic properties of bulk molecular liquids. Later, his research interest has moved towards interfacial systems, it is currently focused on issues concerning the determination of the intrinsic surface of liquid phases, molecular level structural and dynamical properties of liquid-vapor and liquid-liquid interfaces of various binary mixtures and solutions, adsorption and reactivity at solid surfaces, and understanding the molecular level mechanism of anesthesia. During his research carrier, he published more than 200 scientific papers, and supervised 8 PhD students. 3 of his students received Pro Scientia Gold Laureate, the highest award a student can get in Hungary, and which he also received during his student years. He was the organizer of the 2012 Joint Annual Meeting of the European and Japanese Molecular Liquids Groups, founder of the Chemistry, Physics and Biology of Colloids and Interfaces (CPBCI) conference series, chair of the 2019 CPBCI conference and also that of the 2022 meeting, to be held in Eger at 6-10 June 2022. He is member of the Board of the European Molecular Liquids Group, where he served as the Chairman of the Group in the period 2013-2019. Short Biography

Prof. Ladislau Vékás

Center for Fundamental and Advanced Technical Research
Romanian Academy-Timisoara Branch, Timisoara, Romania

Dr. Ladislau Vékás is the director (2009-) of the Center for Fundamental and Advanced Technical Research from Timisoara of the Romanian Academy. He was among the founders of the Laboratory of Magnetic Fluids from Timisoara in 1975 at the Polytechnic University of Timisoara and from 1991 to 2008 he was the head of this laboratory. He acted as responsible/coordinator of over 50 multi-annual national and international research projects. Detailed Biography

Prof. Piotr Warszyński

Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry PAS, Krakow, Poland

Piotr Warszynski is a professor of physical chemistry in the Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (ICSC), Kraków, Poland. He obtained his PhD from the Institute of Physical Chemistry in Warsaw, he was a post-doc at McGill University, Montreal, Canada and then joined the ICSC. Since 2008 he has been a full professor. At present he is the Director of ICSC. Detailed Biography

Local organizing committee

Supporting Senior Chairmen

István Szilágyi

University of Szeged

Tamás Szabó

University of Szeged