German-Spanish Symposium on Functional Hybrid Nanomaterials

On April 25th and 26th took place at the Institute of Materials Science of the University of Valencia (ICMUV), in Paterna, a German-Spanish Symposium on Functional Hybrid Nanomaterials. In this symposium, organized by our laboratory as a kick-off meeting of the activities of the Max Planck Partner Group, researchers from Germany and Spain shared their opinions on the state of the art and future directions in the development of hybrid nanomaterials.

The symposium included keynote lectures by Prof. Katharina Landfester (director of the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz), Prof. Helmut Cölfen (University of Konstanz), Prof. Silvia Gross (University of Padova and visiting fellow of the Justus Liebig University of Giessen), and Prof. Werner E. G. Müller (University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz). In addition, there were invited lectures of renowned researchers from German and Spanish institutions, including the University of Valencia, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, the University of Córdoba, the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, IMDEA Nanociencia, and the Complutense University of Madrid.

The opening ceremony of the event counted with the presence of the Vicepresident of Innovation and Transfer of the University of Valencia (Prof. Maria Dolores Real), the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry (Prof. Adela Mauri), and the Director of the ICMUV (Prof. Ana Cros).

• More information on the detailed program of the meeting and the invited speakers can be found in this leaflet (PDF format).