School information

A EUPROMETA Doctoral School will be held right after the Conference (4-5 September 2026). The school will take place at the ASRC overlooking Harlem.

The topic of the school will be:

Metaphotonics for Engineering Light-Matter Interaction

The Metamaterials Doctoral School 2026 will focus on emerging directions in metaphotonics, highlighting how engineered photonic structures can be used to control and enhance light–matter interactions across classical and quantum regimes.

The school will provide graduate students and early-career researchers with a broad overview of some of the most active frontiers in nanophotonics, metasurfaces, quantum optics, and low-dimensional materials. Lectures will combine fundamental concepts with recent advances and future perspectives, covering both theoretical and experimental approaches.

Topics of the school include:

2D material-based metasurfaces
Timur Shegai - Chalmers University of Technology

Cavity strong coupling
Jun Kono - Rice University

Quantum emitters in low-dimensional materials
Gabriele Grosso - CUNY

Nonlinear and quantum metasurfaces
Igal Brener - Sandia National Labs
Optics of moiré materials
Xiaoqin (Elaine) Li - UT Austin

Time-varying nanophotonics
Paloma Arroyo Huidobro - Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

The program is designed to foster interactions between students and leading researchers working at the intersection of nanophotonics, quantum science, and advanced optical materials. In addition to lectures, the school will provide opportunities for scientific discussions and networking within the international metamaterials community.

Social Dinner

The Doctoral School dinner will take place on Friday, September 4th, 2026, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at the Baylander. The evening will include food and drinks and will provide an excellent opportunity for participants, lecturers, and organizers to interact in an informal setting and continue scientific discussions while networking with members of the international metamaterials community.