Next Gen Science at #LINO25

44 Young Scientists in Five Sessions

The selection for the thematic sessions on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability was based on a peer review by Lindau Alumni, continuing the successful cooperation of the past few years. For the open sessions, the entire international Young Scientist community invited to the Meeting was asked to vote on the abstracts they most wanted to hear about.

Based on this input, the Scientific Chairs put together fascinating sessions of 7-minute talks followed by lightning-quick Q&A rounds. The sessions gave great insights into the cutting-edge research done by the Lindau community and kicked off many fruitful discussions throughout the week.

All sessions and the presented projects are listed below. 

Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry

Thematic Next Gen Science Session

Monday, 30 June 2025
15:00 – 16:30 CEST

Structure Elucidation of Unknown Molecules With Physics-Constrained Neural Simulators of Electron Ionization Mass Spectrometry
Magdalena Lederbauer, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich)

Mapping Chemical Space With Unsupervised Learning to Enhance Virtual Screening in Drug Discovery
Lucas Franco, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Decoding Molecular Interactions in Nanomedicine With Molecular Dynamics and Neural Networks
Giulia Frigerio, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Challenging Complexity with Simplicity: Rethinking the Role of Single-Step Models in Computer-Aided Synthesis Planning
Junren Li, Peking University, China

Accelerated Discovery of Energy Transfer Catalyzed Dearomative Cycloadditions Through a Data-Driven Three-Layer Screening Strategy
Carla Hümpel, University of Münster, Germany

Harnessing the “Frustration” of Lewis Pairs for CO2 “Sequestration”: A Machine Learning Expedition for Developing Frustrated Materials
Mohmmad Faizan, National Institute of Technology Warangal (NITW), India

Machine Learning-Driven Electrochemical Sensors for Antibiotics Detection in Water
Wenchao Duan, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia

Alpha-BET: Functional Labeling of Envelope Glycoproteins With Single Domain Antibodies for in-Virus Single Molecule Imaging
Cecilia Zaza, University College London, United Kingdom

Accelerating Ab Initio Reaction Pathway Prediction with Surrogate Methods
Simon Nirenberg, Brown University, United States of America

Moderator: Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Highlights From the Frontiers of Chemistry

Open Next Gen Science Session

Wednesday, 2 July 2025
09:00 – 10:30 CEST

Watching Atoms Dance – Using in-Situ Electron Microscopy to Film Solid Catalysts Transform While Working
Arik Beck, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

What Happens to a Molecule in the Excited State? Revealing the Fate of a Molecule With Computational Chemistry
Mariana Telles do Casal, KU Leuven, Belgium

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Mechanical Stereochemistry
Peter Gallagher, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

100 Years of Quantum Mechanics: How We Experimentally Test Its Approximations in Chemistry These Days
Margarethe Bödecker, University of Göttingen, Germany

Harnessing the Chemistry of Two-Dimensional Materials
Stefano Ippolito, Drexel University, United States of America

A Photoactivatable Luminescent Motif Through Ring-Flipping Isomerization for Multiple Photopatterning
Xin Li, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

A Molecular Compass? Designing Organic Radicals Towards Magnetic Field Sensing With Optical Read-Out
John Hudson, Swansea University, United Kingdom

Interstellar Ice Analog Chemistry
Michelle Brann, Harvard University, United States of America

Moderator: Heiner Linke
Lund University, Sweden

Sustainability by and in Chemistry

Wednesday, 2 July 2025
09:00 – 10:30 CEST

Cleavable Comonomer Approach for the Deconstruction and Recycling of Commodity Plastics
Kwangwook Ko, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America

Leading the Shift Towards Sustainable Laboratory Practices
Foteini Trigka, University of Groningen, Netherlands

Unlocking Organic Chemistry’s Solvent Sustainability Problem With Mechanochemistry
Sayad Doobary-Vobora, Stockholm University, Sweden

Closed-Loop Recyclable Membranes for Circular Membrane Industry
Bofan Li, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore

Chemical Recycling of Polyethylene to Gasoline Through a Self-Supplied Hydrogen Strategy in a Layered Self-Pillared Zeolite
Ziyu Cen, University of Chinese Academy of Science

Molecules for Efficient Solar Energy
Damon de Clercq, UNSW Sydney, Australia

Riding the Green Route: Sustainable Ways of Hydrogen Isotope Exchange Reactions
Carla Stork, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Germany

Clean Energy, Scaled: Flash-Combusted Electrodes for Sustainable Photo/Electrocatalysis
Aswin Gopakumar, Institut Català d’Investigació Química (ICIQ), Spain

Stabilized N,X-Acetals: New Exchange Platforms for Covalent Adaptable Networks Applications
Sidonie Lavieville, University of Montpellier, France

Moderator: Valeria Nicolosi
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

New Frontiers in Chemical Research

Open Next Gen Science Session

Wednesday, 2 July 2025
15:00 – 16:30 CEST

Smart Materials Inspired by Nature: Mechano-Adaptive Self-Regulating Hydrogels
Brigitta Dúzs, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Beyond On/Off: Can We Teach a Material Multiple Dance Moves?
Friedrich Stricker, Harvard University, United States of America

MXenes: Unlocking the Future of Flexible and High Performance Batteries
Prisca Viviani, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

2D Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Energy Storage Technologies
Apostolos Koutsioukis, Trinity College Dublin / CRANN Naughton Institute, Ireland

From Silicon to Fuel: Advancing On-Demand Hydrogen Generation in Real World Scenarios
Sarah Martell, Dalhousie University, Canada

Printed Electronics With Functionalized 2D Materials for Chemical Sensing
Anna Zhuravlova, University of Strasbourg, France

Metal-CO2 Batteries: A Sustainable Solution for Energy Storage and Space Exploration
Ankit Chourasia, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

4D Bio-Printed Living Materials
Erica Colaprico, Linköping University, Sweden

Creation of Vesicle-Based Artificial Tissues From Bottom-up Approach
Tomoya Kojima, Keio University, Japan

Moderator: Anna Sjöström Douagi
The Nobel Group Interest, Sweden

Recent Advances in Chemistry

Wednesday, 2 July 2025
15:00 – 16:30 CEST

How Nanoparticle Shape, Size, and Surface Chemistry Can Shape the Future of Oral Vaccines
Matteo Tollemeto, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Artificial Cells to Study Disease-Associated Protein Aggregation at Membranes
Dhanya Babu, Utrecht University, Netherlands

A First-in-Class Discovery: Covalent and ROS-Activated Microtubule Polymerization Inhibitors for a New Era of Selective Anticancer Drugs
Edgar López López, Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute (CINVESTAV), Mexico

Sustainable Science for Skin Repair: An Agricultural Waste-Based Wound Patch for Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Marie Andrea Laetitia Huët, Centre for Biomedical and Biomaterials Research (CBBR), University of Mauritius

Degrading Proteins, Defeating Cancer: A Novel Strategy for Glioblastoma
Nick Richert, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Supramolecular Micellar Shuttle: A Vision for Targeted Drug Delivery
Asima Monjur, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Molecular Diagnostics for Early Alzheimer’s Disease via Amyloid-β Oligomer Detection in Patient Cerebrospinal Fluid
Jusung An, Korea University, South Korea

Bridging NMR and Optical Microscopy: A Novel Approach to Spatially Resolved NMR Imaging
Julia Draeger, Technical University Munich, Germany

Tracking Microplastics: Obstacles and Advances in Marine Research
Janika Reineccius, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Germany

Moderator: Adam Smith
Nobel Prize Outreach, Sweden