SALSA Make and Measure 2026
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Interfaces. Understanding molecules, materials, and reactions at interfaces creates fruitful contacts between “Make and Measure” that we will explore in a new edition of a successful conference, organized by junior researchers at HU!
On September 16-18, 2026, we will discuss these and other topics, as well as your own research publicly with invited guests, including:
Christa Brosseau (Halifax, Canada)
Ana Guilherme Buzanich (Berlin, Germany)
Petra Hellwig (Strasbourg, France)
Ulrich Keyser (Cambridge, UK)
Jian-Feng Li (Xiamen, China)
Tom Lindtner (Berlin, Germany)
Katarzyna Majzner (Kraków, Poland)
Clara Marshall (Berlin, Germany)
Tilmann Neubert (Jena, Germany)
Silvia Vignolini (Potsdam, Germany)
Julia Weinstein (Sheffield, UK)
Join us, and together with the SALSA Fellows identify new /inter/faces of research fields, disciplines, institutions, and people! Register with a poster and a flash talk, you may win an award! Visit Haus für Poesie with us for an off-site event including dinner.
If you are interested in vibrational spectroscopy, join us also for the satellite workshop organized at SALSA in collaboration with HZB.
Guest and Speaker Information:
Christa Brosseau
Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada
Title: Adventures at the Electrified Interface: Exploring the Potential of Electrochemical Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Ana Guilherme Buzanich
Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany
Title: The Many (Inter)faces of Synchrotron-Related Activities: From Materials to Collaborative Research
Participating in the discussion at the off-site event.
Petra Hellwig
Université de Strasbourg, France
Title: Nanostructured Surfaces for The Study of Membrane Proteins from The Respiratory Chain
Ulrich Keyser
University of Cambridge, UK
Title: Liquid-Solid Interactions Enable Biomolecular Sensing in Nanopores
Jian-Feng Li
State Key Laboratory, Xiamen University, China
Title: In-situ Raman Probing of Electrochemical Reaction Processes
Tom Lindtner
Technische Universität (TU), Berlin, Germany
Participating in the discussion at the off-site event.
Katarzyna Majzner
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Participating in the discussion at the off-site event.
Clara Marshall
Integrated Lab Solutions GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Participating in the discussion at the off-site event.
Tilmann Neubert
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
Title: Electrochemical Interfaces in Sustainable Applications: From Adhesives to Carbon Capture
Participating in the discussion at the off-site event.
Silvia Vignolini
Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
Title: Bio-Inspired Self-Assembled Chiral Architecture for Optics and Plasmonics
Julia Weinstein
University of Sheffield, UK
Title: Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Transition Metal Chromophores: Ultrafast Insights from Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopies
Location:
📍Rudower Chaussee 26
12489 Berlin
Conference room 0'119
Program:
Wednesday, 16.9.2026
1.00 p.m. Registration (pick up badge)
2.00 p.m. Welcome and outlook on the program
2.15 p.m. Plenary lecture by Julia Weinstein (University of Sheffield, UK)
Photoinduced Charge Transfer in Transition Metal Chromophores: Ultrafast Insights from Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopies
3.15 p.m. Flash presentations I (contributed by all conference participants)
4.15 p.m. Coffee break & poster session
5.00 p.m. Flash presentations II (contributed by all conference participants)
6.15 p.m. Termination of lectures
Thursday, 17.9.2026
9.00 a.m. Plenary lecture by Jian-Feng Li (Key Laboratory, Xiamen University, China)
In-situ Raman Probing of Electrochemical Reaction Processes
10.00 a.m. Coffee break & poster session
10.30 a.m. Plenary lecture by Christa Brosseau (Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada)
Adventures at the Electrified Interface: Exploring the Potential of Electrochemical Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
11.30 a.m. Short break
11.45 a.m. Plenary lecture by Petra Hellwig (Université de Strasbourg, France)
Nanostructured Surfaces for The Study of Membrane Proteins from The Respiratory Chain
12.45 p.m. Lunch break (individual)
1:45 p.m. Introducing the Podium Guests for the Off-Site Event and Invited Talks
by Katarzyna Majzner, Ana Guilherme Buzanich & Tilmann J. Neubert
4.00 p.m. Termination of lectures and transfer to Haus für Poesie at Kulturbrauerei (S-Bahn, Tram)
5.15 p.m. Off-site talk at Haus für Poesie: Further details coming soon, including dinner
Friday, 18.9.2026
9.00 a.m. Plenary lecture by Ulrich Keyser (University of Cambridge, UK)
Liquid-Solid Interactions Enable Biomolecular Sensing in Nanopores
10.30 a.m. Coffee break
11.00 a.m. Plenary lecture by Silvia Vignolini (Max-Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany)
Bio-Inspired Self-Assembled Chiral Architecture for Optics and Plasmonics
12.30 p.m. Lunch break (individual)
2.00 p.m. Panel discussion featuring SALSA fellows and guests
3.30 p.m. Flash presentation awards & closing session
Off-Site Event Location:
For those who have registered for the off-site talk and dinner, we will gather directly after the last lecture on Thursday the 17.09 and transfer together to Haus für Poesie at Kulturbrauerei using the S-Bahn and Tram services. Should you choose to go there on your own, make sure that you are there at 5:15 p.m. the latest.
Haus für Poesie (Kulturbrauerei)
Knaackstraße 97
10435 Berlin
Photo Galleries:
- Explore our photo galleries from previous Make and Measure events
Photos of Make and Measure 2025 - by Daniel Pasche
Photos of Make and Measure 2024 - by Daniel Pasche
Photos of Make and Measure 2023 - by Daniel Pasche
Photos of Make and Measure 2022 - by Daniel Pasche