Welcome
We cordially invite you to attend the pre-conference symposium to be held in Changchun (the North-eastern city of China), from 10th to 12th July 2025.
The pre-conference symposium follows the theme of “New Perspectives of Functional Porous Materials”. This symposium marks the continuation of a series of congresses dedicated to the study of functional porous materials, Special attention will be paid to function-led design and synthesis of nanoporous materials with superior properties to fulfill the increasing needs in energy and environments.
You are welcome to join us in Changchun, where the experts, researchers, and students will gather for thorough discussions, insightful presentations, exchanging of research ideas, and strengthen collaboration in porous materials field.
We look forward to seeing you in the beautiful city of Changchun at July 2025.
Invited Speakers
NAME: Sofía Calero Affiliation: Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Research interests: The group focuses on application of simulation for renewable energies and energy efficiency, and on the development of force fields, algorithms and simulation methods to reverse engineer the properties of materials. | |
| NAME: Robert Bell Affiliation: University College London, United Kingdom Research interests: His research involves the application of computational chemistry methods to the science of zeolites and microporous materials. Areas of interest have included sorption and diffusion of gases in zeolites, including modelling of CO2 capture; catalysis in zeolitic systems, and the structure and stability of microporous materials, extending into the field of hypothetical zeolites. |
| NAME: Koki Muraoka Affiliation: The University of Tokyo, Japan Research interests: Materials informatics; Computational chemistry; Materials synthesis |
| NAME: Xiu-Lian Pan Affiliation: Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, CAS, China Research interests: She leads a research team, being dedicated to catalytic chemistry of C1 molecules, including CO, CO2 and CH4, as well as catalytic upcycling of waste polymers and mild condition ammonia synthesis. Therefore, synthesis of zeolitic materials and utilization is one of her interests. |
| NAME: Svetlana Mintova Affiliation: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France Research interests: Porous materials with expertise in synthesis of zeolites, advanced characterizations, and their applications in catalysis, separation, chemical sensors, membranes, and biomedicine. |
| NAME: Osamu Terasaki Affiliation: Tohoku University, Japan Research interests: His interest covers from electron dynamical scattering and structure determination of nanoporous crystals with electron microscopy, and gas adsorption crystallography with powder X-ray scattering through methodological development. |
| NAME: Álvaro Mayoral Affiliation: Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), University of Zaragoza – CSIC, Spain Research interests: New structural aspects of nanoporous materials; Advanced electron microscopy methods; Metal nanoparticles and their applications. |
| NAME:Xiaolei Fan Affiliation:The University of Manchester, United Kingdom Research interests: nonthermal plasma catalysis; catalytic CO2 conversions; catalytic biorefinery over zeolite-based catalysts. |
| NAME:Peng Zhang Affiliation:Dalhousie University, Canada Research interests:Our research focuses on understanding the structure and properties of nanomaterials using synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy (e.g. XAFS, XPS). Of particular interest are metal nanoparticles (e.g. Au, Pt, Pd, Ag) prepared by wet-chemical method with applications in catalysis and biomedicine. |
| NAME: Qinfen Gu Affiliation: Australian Synchrotron (ANSTO), Australia Research interests: His research spans energy storage materials (such as hydrogen storage materials, battery and supercapacitor materials, and photocatalysts), metal-organic frameworks, zeolites, and materials under extreme conditions (high pressure and high temperature). |
| NAME: Jin Shang Affiliation: City University of Hong Kong, China Research interests: Our research focus is on investigating and understanding the fundamental physical chemistry of gas adsorption and diffusion behaviour, using combined experimental and computational approaches to rationally design and synthesize “active” porous materials for gas separation and storage in environmental and energy applications. |
| NAME:Mohamed Eddaoudi Affiliation:King Abdullah University of Science & Technology, Saudi Arabia Research interests:Gas sorption; Metal Organic Frameworks; Catalysis, Nanomaterials; Sensors; CO2 capture; Thin films; Membranes; Gas separations; Gas storage |
| NAME: Martin Hartmann Affiliation: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Germany Research interests: Synthesis and modification of micro- and mesoporous Materials (zeolites, alumophosphates, MOFs); solid-state NMR- and ESR- spectroscopy; heterogeneous catalysis; immobilization of enzymes on mesoporous supports for biocatalysis; gas separation via selective adsorption; hydrogen storage in porous coordination polymers (MOFs); controlled drug release from porous materials; life cycle assessment (LCA) of chemical processes |
| NAME:Guillaume Maurin Affiliation:University of Montpellier, France Research interests:His research focuses on developing and applying advanced modelling/numerical simulation tools to aid the design of innovative nanoporous materials for energy and environmental applications. |
| NAME: Ana Palčić Affiliations: Ruđer Bošković Institute, Croatia Research interests: Her research is focused on green synthesis of zeolites with pre-determined properties for application in catalysis and environment protection. |
| NAME: David P. Serrano Affiliation: Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain Research interests: He has participated in approximately 90 research projects/contracts financed by public and private entities, covering a wide variety of topics, including the chemical recycling of plastic waste, the clean production of hydrogen, the production of advanced biofuels and the development of zeolitic and mesostructured catalysts. |
| NAME: Wilhelm Schwieger Affiliation: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Germany Research interests: Structure-working relations in the field of the synthesis and application of porous materials (e.g. Aluminophosphates, zeolites) and layered materials (e.g. Silicates, LDH, clays); Development of structured reactors and inorganic membranes; Catalysis and adsorption |
More speakers will be confirmed |
Registration
Oversea (Until June 15th) | Domestic (Until June 15th) | On-site | |
Full Registration | 1500¥ (200$) | 1000¥ (140$) | No |
Student | 800¥ (110$) | 600¥ (80$) | No |
Conference fee includes:
- Congress bag
- Coffee breaks
- Meals and Conference dinner
*On-line registration will open on May 1st 2025. Participants are limited to 100 persons, who must be registered on the IZC website as Submitting author or Presenter.
Venue
State key laboratory of inorganic synthesis and preparative chemistry
Jilin University
Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun
Accommodation
Changchun Dongfangyuehua Hotel
Address: 888 Guigu Road, Chan
Contact us
Secretariat Office of Pre-conference Symposium
E-mails: yunling@jlu.edu.cn; lijiyang@jlu.edu.cn