European Conference on Applications of Surface and Interface Analysis 2026 Exhibitor List

Hendrik Bluhm’s research focuses on the investigation of heterogeneous interfaces under reaction environments, with emphasis on liquid-vapor interfaces under atmospherically-relevant conditions. He is also working on the development of new sample environments and related instrumentation for in situ measurements using synchrotron and laboratory-based ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Since 2018 he is a group leader at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin. Previously he served as a senior scientist in the Chemical Sciences Division and Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Vladyslav Turlo is a Scientist in Computational Engineering at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Université de Bourgogne (France, 2016) and held a postdoctoral position at the University of California, Irvine, before joining Empa in 2020. His research sits at the interface between atomistic simulation, artificial intelligence, and experimental surface science: he develops and applies advanced computational characterization methods that give a physically grounded reading of XRD, XPS, HAXPES, Auger parameter, and STEM data on buried interfaces and thin films. Recent highlights include unveiling hydrogen chemical states in ALD-grown amorphous alumina, explaining anomalous interface stresses in immiscible metallic nanomultilayers, and characterizing phase-/temperature-/grain size-dependent thermal conductivity of thin film battery cathode materials. He is (co-)PI of more than CHF 1.4 M in Swiss research funding (SNSF, NCCR MARVEL, CSCS, Empa), has co-authored 40+ peer-reviewed papers, and has delivered 10+ invited lectures at international conferences. He currently leads efforts to build agentic AI platform OptiMat Chat (optimat.chat) for materials discovery through conversation. More details about his research are available at vturlo.science .