International Conference on Materials for a Sustainable Future
MATCON
2026
15, 16, 17 December 2026
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MATCON 2026 is the 8th international conference of the prestigious MATCON series organized by the Department of Applied Chemistry, CUSAT. As a vital component of the scientific community, the conference aims at exchanging and nurturing innovative ideas of the latest and cutting-edge research among the academicians, scientists and industrialists all over the world.
The 3-day international conference will be devoted to invited lectures by eminent academicians and scientists, oral presentations and poster presentations by researchers and budding scientists from various parts of the globe.
APPLIED CHEMISTRY
Established in 1976 to play an important role in the further development of the industrial belt in the greater Cochin area by providing scientific support and trained personnel to the industries.
The Department has now grown and emerged as one of the pioneering centers in Chemistry in the State of Kerala. The Department currently offers a five year Integrated M.Sc, two year M.Sc. and Ph.D. Programmes.
CONFERENCE THEMES
Green and Sustainable Chemistry
Smart framework materials
Energy and Photovoltaics
Frontiers in Computational Modelling and AI
Polymer Science and Engineering
Materials for Space Technology
Supramolecular Materials and Assemblies
Sensors and Biosensors
Next generation Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
Drug Discovery and Drug Delivery
Emerging Techniques in Spectroscopy
Catalysis and Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Advanced Functional Materials
Nuclear Materials
Separation Science and Technology
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS
Dr. Frantisek Hartl
Professor
Department of Chemistry
University of Reading, UK
Dr. Haruo Inoue
Professor
Department of Applied Chemistry
Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
Dr. Ajayan Vinu
Laureate Professor and Director
GICAN
University of Newcastle, Australia
Dr. Sangaraju Shanmugam
Professor
Department of Energy Science & Engineering
Daegu, South Korea
Dr. Gadi Rothenberg
Professor
Van’t Hoff Institute of Molecular Sciences
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dr. Subrahmanyam Ch.
Professor
Department of Chemistry
IIT Hyderabad, India
Dr. Wim Dehaen
Professor
Department of Chemistry
KU Leuven, Belgium
Dr. Sebastian Peter
Professor
Department of Chemistry
JNCASR, Bangalore, India
Dr. K. George Thomas
Professor
School of Chemistry
IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India
Dr. M. M. Shaijumon
Professor
School of Physics
IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India
Dr. Biju Vasudevan Pillai
Professor
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Dr. Subila K. B.
Assistant Professor
School of Chemical Sciences
MG University, Kottayam, India
Dr. Jino George
Assistant Professor
IISER Mohali, India
Dr. Shibu E. S.
Assistant Professor
Department of Nanoscience and Technology
University of Calicut, India
Dr. Andrea Listorti
Researcher
University of Bari, Italy
Dr. Shiju N. R.
Associate Professor
Van 't Hoff Institute of Molecular Sciences
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Dr. Anu Jacob
Researcher
CIC energiGUNE, Spain
Dr. Ermal Ismalaj
Research Associate
Molecular and Functional Biomarkers Radiochemistry & Nuclear Imaging
CIC biomaGUNE, Spain
Dr. Vinoy Thomas
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB), USA
Dr. Akkattu T. Biju
Associate Professor
Department of Organic Chemistry
IISc Bangalore, India
Dr. Putla Sudarsanam
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
IIT Hyderabad, India
Dr. Oliver Reiser
Professor & Dean of Research
Institute of Organic Chemistry
University of Regensburg, Germany
Dr. Biswarup Pathak
Professor
Department of Chemistry
IIT Indore, India
Dr. Kana M Sureshan
Professor
School of Chemistry
IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India
Dr. Pramod Pillai
Professor
IISER Pune, India
Dr. Pradeep T
Professor
Department of Chemistry
IIT Madras, Chennai, India
Dr. Vibin Ramakrishnan
Professor
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
IIT Guwahati, India
Dr. Anna Painelli
Professor of Physical Chemistry
Parma University, Italy
Dr. Flavio Emery
Professor
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Ribeirao Preto
University of São Paulo (FCFRP/USP), Brazil
Dr. Sreekumar Kurungot
Principal Investigator
National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India