June 30 - July 2, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

Overview

The conference will bring together a highly interdisciplinary group of scientists, engineers, and social scientists interested in diffusion and related spreading phenomena. Oral presentations will address a broad, interdisciplinary audience.

Topics of interest include:
  • Basic principles of diffusion theory and simulation
  • Experimental measurements and applications in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering
  • Spreading phenomena in Archaeology, Ecology, Epidemics, Linguistics, Sociology, etc.
This international conference series has been held every 2 years since 2005. The 20th anniversary meeting is the second conference to be held in North America.

Keynote Lectures
  • Stefano Brandani, University of Edinburgh, "The Ruthven number: An essential quantity in determining diffusion coefficients in nanoporous materials using uptake experiments"
  • Dorit Brixius, Technical University of Dresden, "The Danger of Diffusion Models in the History of Global Science"
  • Dirk Brockmann, Technical University of Dresden, "Spatial Disease Dynamics 2.0 - What We Learned from the Covid-19 Pandemic"
  • Charles Nicholson, New York University, "Diffusion properties of brain interstitial space."
  • Alberto Striolo, University of Oklahoma, "Interrogating Transport Mechanisms in Crowded Narrow Pores Using Molecular Simulations"
  • Eric Vanden-Eijnden, New York University, "Some Applications of Machine Learning in Active Matter"
Abstract Submission
    Abstract submission for oral presentations is now closed. We may be able to accommodate a few additional posters. If you are interested in submitting an abstract for a poster, please contact Prof. Randall Snurr (snurr@northwestern.edu).