2026 PHY PRO

1. Julia P. Shaw, Professor, SUNY Empire State University, USA.
   Title: Cognitive Foundations of STEAM Education: Tables of Ordered Pairs.
2. Michihiro Sakai, Professor, National Institute of Technology, Kurume College, Japan.
   Masatoshi Okita, Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology, Kurume College, Japan.
   Katsutoshi Kawashima, Associate Professor, Osaka Sangyo University, Japan.
   Mitsuharu Aizawa, Professor, Ryutsu Keizai University, Japan.
   Title: Integrating Mathematics and Entrepreneurship through a STEAM+E Approach for Financial Literacy Education.
3. Yelena Istileulova, Researcher, University of Ljubljana and Head of STEAM Session of the Socratic Lectures Symposium, Slovenia.
   Veronika Kralj-Iglič, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
   Title: Future of STEAM: Z-STEAM Health Foresight through SMS (Stories based on Music about Science): Three Case Studies in Biophysical Learning.
4. Donnell Layne, Director, STEM Innovation, Career and Technical Education, Moreno Valley College, USA.
   Adrienne Coleman, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, USA.
   Title: iMAKE Innovation Center: The Utilization of Experiential Learning to Drive STEM Interest in Diverse Populations.

1. Nikolaos Dimakis, Professor & Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA.
   Title: Vacancies as a Route to Exciton Engineering in 2D TMDs.
2. Adalberto Fazzio, Professor, CNPEM – Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials, Brazil.
   Title: Vacancy-Driven Topology in Low-Dimensional Materials.
3. Shiping Feng, Professor, Beijing Normal University, China.
   Title: Impurity-Scattering Assisted Umklapp Scattering as the Origin of Low-Temperature Resistivity in the Normal-State of Cuprate Superconductors.
4. Patrick Navez, Researcher, University of Montpellier, France.
   Title: Can Electrons Be in Love with Each Other, Especially in High-Temperature Superconductivity?

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1. Assimina Pelegri, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA.
   Parameshwaran Pasupathy, Graduate Student, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA.
   Title: Deep Learning Surrogate Models for Brain White Matter Mechanics.
2. Ching-Hwa Ho, Distinguished Professor & Dean, College of Applied Sciences, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.
   Title: Optical Band-Edge Properties of Multilayered MoTe2 and its Application in van der Waals-Stacked Heterojunction Devices.
3. Bernard Liu, Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan.
   Title: In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy for Real-Time Nanoscale Observation of Galvanic Corrosion in Liquid Environments.
4. Andrii Pantus, Professor, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine.
   Nataliіa Kovalchuk, Associate Professor, Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University, Ukraine.
   Title: Neuromorphic Gel-Like Architecture as a System for Encoding Photon Information.
5. Michele Vaz, Business Manager, McMaster University, Canada.
   Tom Wanyama, Associate Professor, McMaster University, Canada.
   Title: Expanding Engineering Education through Outreach at the SEPT Learning Factory.
6. Iole Pecora, Assistant Professor, San Jose State University, USA.
   Bilva Gummadi, Student, San Jose State University, USA.
   Sakhin Anooj Selvamani, Student, San Jose State University, USA.
   Title: Finite Element and Experimental Investigation of Plate Vibrations Using Chladni Techniques.

This is not a guided tour, and participation in this visit is not included in any conference registration fee. It requires pre-booking. It includes visits to Aristotle’s Lyceum, the Panathenaic Stadium (Kallimarmaro), the National Garden, the statues of Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides, and Syntagma Square, where the tour concludes in front of the Hellenic Parliament. Click here for more details.

1. Adalberto Fazzio, Professor, CNPEM – Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials, Brazil.
   Title: Building Scientific Capacity for the 21^st Century: A STEAM-Oriented Interdisciplinary Education Model at CNPEM.
2. Mairead Hourigan, Associate Professor, Mary Immaculate College, Ireland.
   Anne Marie Morrin, Assistant Professor, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.
   Title: Seeking, Exploring and Designing Shapes: Unpacking Synergies Between Mathematics and Visual Arts.
3. Anne Marie Morrin, Assistant Professor, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, Ireland.
   Title: Studio Classroom: Cultivating Creative Inquiry, An A/R/Tographic, Arts Based Model for Art & STEM in an Initial Teacher Education Program.
4. Su-Hua Ho, Associate Professor, National United University, Taiwan.
   Title: Beyond Memorization: Integrating the 3SAI Immersive Teaching Methodology and Human Rights Education into Historical Thinking Courses to Fulfil University Social Responsibility.

1. Alejandro Ramirez-Rojas, Professor & Researcher, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico.
   Title: Fisher-Shannon Method Applied to Characterization of CO and O₃ Hourly Time Series in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area during the 2019-2023 Period.
2. Eleftherios Katelari Lambros, Assistant Professor, California State University, Fullerton, USA.
   Title: Solvent Effects on the Spin Dynamics of Radical Qubits.
3. Nina Sotina, Senior Researcher (Retired), Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
   Nadia Lvov, Associate Professor, Essex County College, USA.
   Title: Causal Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.
4. Roman Sverdlov, Researcher, Strike Foundation, UK.
   Title: Berezin Integral as a Limit of Riemann Sums.

1. Maria Elena Campos Aldrete, Professor, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico.
   Cristoper E. Ramirez Sandoval, Graduate Student, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN), Mexico.
   Title: From Traditional Medicine to Bioactive Hybrids: Agastache mexicana as a Source of Anti-Inflammatory Compounds.
2. Dianjing Guo, Associate Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
   Title: Role of AaWRKY14 in Linking AaHY5 and Artemisinin Biosynthesis Revealed by ChIP-Sequencing Technique.
3. Hamed Ghorbanpoor, Lecturer, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Türkiye.
   Title: Hybrid Nanofiber Microfluidic Platform for Efficient Metal Ion Removal and Liver Cell Viability Evaluation.
4. Alicja Chromiec, PhD Student, Jagiellonian University, Poland.
   Renata Wietecha-Posłuszny, Professor, Jagiellonian University, Poland.
   Title: In-House Packed µ-SPE Columns as a Versatile Tool for the Extraction of Psychoactive Substances and their Metabolites from Biological Matrices.
5. Anna Bonczyk, PhD Student, Jagiellonian University, Poland.
   Renata Wietecha-Posłuszny, Professor, Jagiellonian University, Poland.
   Title: Electrochemical Sensor Dedicated to the Detection of Δ9 -THC in Saliva Samples for Forensic Purposes.

1. Valeisha Ellis, Associate Professor, Delaware State University, USA.
   Title: Beyond the Algorithm: Personhood-Centered AI for Teaching and Learning.
2. Arifah Goodwin, Community Resource Development Specialist, Virginia State University, USA.
   Title: The Historical Perspective of Black Women in Leadership and the Complexity of Work/Life Balance Industry.
3. Valencia Hicks-Harris, Faculty/CEO, Empower All/NCSU, USA.
   Title: From Access to Activation: Building Community-Centered STEAM Ecosystems.