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 - although the application deadline has past, we can consider acceptance on individual cases.

For the applicants that have been accepted and the invited speakers, please go to the sister website HERE at the UVA for Registration (in order for us to book your hotel stay). The accommodation (for participants outside Valladolid), lunches, and a gala dinner will be sponsored by the WH-Heraeus Foundation.

Organizers 

Eugenio Coronado, ICMol and EIMM, University of Valencia
Maria José Lopez Santodomingo, University of Valladolid
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, University of Valladolid
Ángel Rubio, MPSD Hamburg
Jairo Sinova, JGU Mainz

Invited Speakers

Jose C. Abadillo-Uriel, ICMM-CSIC, Madrid Ramón Aguado, CSIC, Madrid Anna Böhmer, Universität Bochum María José Calderón, CSIC, Madrid María Reyes Calvo, CIC nanoGUNE Dima Efetov, LMU München Claudia Felser, MPI Dresden Katharina Franke, FU Berlin Luis Hueso, CIC nanoGUNE Samuel Mañas, University of Valencia Elena Pinilla-Cienfuegos, UPV, Valencia

Stuart Parkin, MPI Halle José Ignacio Pascual, CIC nanoGUNE Carmen Rubio-Verdú, ICFO Jacobo Santamaría, UCM, Madrid Jörg Schmalian, KIT Karlsruhe Libor Šmejkal, MPI Dresden Hermann Suderow, UAM, Madrid Miguel Úgeda, DIPC Donostia Roser Valentí, GUF, Frankfurt Maia G. Vergniory, MPI Desden and UdeS