Autumn School
Molecular Simulations: Concepts & Methods
Ioannina University
24-26 September 2026
About the event
This intensive school aims to provide a foundational yet research-oriented overview of molecular simulation methods, with a strong emphasis on Soft Condensed Matter and Materials Science.
Participants will gain deep insights into basic modeling ideas and diverse system representations — ranging from first principles and all-atom models to coarse-grained approaches. The program balances classic methodologies like Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo sampling with modern, emerging techniques such as machine learning. The speakers are recognized experts in their fields.
This is a special satellite event celebrating the awarding of honorary doctorate to Doros Theodorou by the Physics Department of the University of Ioannina.
Target audience: senior undergraduate students, graduate students, PhD candidates, and early-career young postdocs in Physics, Chemistry, theoretical and computational Materials Science, and Engineering.
Certificate of attendance will be provided to all participants
There is no registration fee
The event is co-organized by the:
Department of Physics of the University of Ioannina (UOI) and the
Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF).
Registration
Participation in this workshop is free of charge
However, to facilitate planning you are kindly requested to fill in the registration form below
Please contact daoulas@uoi.gr, trissanou@eie.gr for any further information.
Organizing Committee
Confirmed Speakers
Georgios Boulougouris,
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace.Kostas Daoulas,
Department of Physics, University of Ioannina.Ioannis Economou,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar.Vagelis Harmandaris,
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Crete.
Nikolaos Lempesis,
Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina.Dimitris Papageorgiou,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioannina.Loukas Peristeras,
Molecular Thermodynamics and Modelling of Materials Laboratory, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR “Demokritos”Anastassia Rissanou,
Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation.Ioannis Skarmoutsos,
Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina.Doros Theodorou,
Department of Chemical Engineering , National Technical University of Athens.Alexandros Vanakaras,
Department of Materials Science, University of Patras.Niki Vergadou,
Molecular Thermodynamics and Modelling of Materials Laboratory, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR “Demokritos”.Costas Vlahos,
Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina.