Emergent Topology and Unconventional Order in Quantum Matter – Spanish-German WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Spanish-German WE-Heraeus-Seminar

Seminar, September 8th - 10th, 2026

The study of quantum matter is rapidly advancing through the discovery of emergent phenomena arising from the interplay of topology, electronic correlations, and symmetry breaking. New material platforms—such as twisted van der Waals systems, kagome metals, and compensated magnets—have revealed unconventional phases including correlated insulators, nematicity, altermagnetism, and unconventional superconductivity. Together with major experimental and theoretical advances, these developments open new opportunities for understanding complex quantum states and for developing future spintronic and quantum technologies. This seminar brings together leading German and Spanish researchers to explore these emerging directions and foster new collaborations.

Location Palacio de Congresos Conde Ansúrez, Valladolid, Spain

If you would like to attend the seminar, please apply by sending your abstract and motivational letter to spice(at)uni-mainz.de before June 18th 2026. If your application is successful, you will receive a link to register in July 2026. There is no participation fee. The accommodation (for participants outside Valladolid), lunches, and a gala dinner will be sponsored by the WH-Heraeus Foundation.

Organizers 

Eugenio Coronado (ICMol, University of Alicante)
Maria Jose Lopez Santodomingo (University of Valladolid)
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (University of Valladolid)
Angel Rubio (MPSD Hamburg)
Jairo Sinova (JGU Mainz)

Invited Speakers

Ramon Aguado (CSIC, Madrid) Anna Böhmer (Universität Bochum) Maria José Calderón (CSIC, Madrid) Maria Reyes Calvo (Ikerbasque) Claire Donnelly (MPI Dresden) Dima Efetov (LMU München) Claudia Felser (MPI Dresden) Katharina Franke (FU Berlin) Samuel Mañas (University of Velencia) Elena Pinilla-Cienfuegos (Un. Pol. of Valencia)

Stuart Parkin (MPI Halle) Jose Ignacio Pascual (Ikeerbasque) Camen Rubio-Verdü (ICFO) Jacobo Santamaria (Complutense Univ., Madrid) Jörg Schmalian (KIT Karlsuhe) Libor Šmejkal (MPI Dresden) Hermann Suderow (Univ. Autónoma, Madrid) Miguel Ugeda (DIPC Donostia) Roser Valentí (GUF, Frankfurt) Maia G. Vergniory (MPI Desden and U. Sherrooke)