Dr. Sylvain Deville is a materials scientist freezing pretty much anything he can get his hands on, and see how it applies to domains beyond materials science. He is interested in particular in understanding the interaction of objects (particle, droplets, bubbles, cells) and growing ice crystals, their dynamics, and the fate of the objects in different freezing contexts, from geophysics to cryopreservation.

Dr. Christina McCluskey is a Project Scientist in the Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD) laboratory at the US National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research. Christina’s research focuses on using both observations and modeling to investigate aerosol-cloud-climate interactions.

Prof. Gabriele C. Sosso is a computational scientist specializing in the physical chemistry of condensed matter, particularly supercooled liquids and biological interfaces. He leads the DImEnsION group, which focuses on molecular simulations of disordered systems and phase transitions. His research seeks to elucidate the functional properties and phase transitions of complex systems, using computer simulations to complement and guide experimental efforts. His work spans a broad range, from molecular glasses to cellular membranes, with a strong emphasis on collaborative and multidisciplinary approaches.

Prof. Tara Kahan obtained a B.Sc. in chemistry from the University of Regina and a PhD in environmental chemistry from the University of Toronto. Following postdoctoral fellowships at the University of California Irvine and the University of Colorado Boulder, Tara joined the chemistry department at Syracuse University as an assistant professor in 2012, and she is now a professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Analytical Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Saskatchewan. Tara studies chemistry in complex atmospheric matrices including ice, particulate matter, and indoor air.

Prof. Matt Gibson holds a Chair in Sustainable Biomaterials at the University of Manchester, UK. His multidisciplinary research group focusses on developing new materials to address challenges in Biotechnology and Healthcare with a particular focus on cryobiology. Matt was a Royal Society Industry Fellow with Cytiva (2019-2023), holds an ERC Consolidator Grant, and is co-founder of the biotech spin-out Cryologyx Ltd. Matt has been awarded several prizes including the McBain, Dextra and MacroGroup Young Researcher’s medals as well prizes from the American Chemical Society, and an RSC Horizon Prize for ‘Team Ice’.

Dr. Claudia Marcolli works as a lecturer in the Atmospheric Physics group of Prof. Ulrike Lohmann at ETH Zurich. Her research concentrates on cloud formation and aerosol properties. She contributed to the understanding of the physical state of mixed organic-inorganic aerosol particles and elucidated the role of pores for cirrus cloud nucleation.

Prof. Thomas Koop is a professor of Atmospheric and Physical Chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry at Bielefeld University, Germany. His research focuses on properties and processes of atmospheric aerosols and clouds, employing both laboratory experiments and theoretical models. He has made contributions particularly to the fields of ice nucleation and growth as well as the formation and properties of amorphous solids.

Prof. Ilja Voets leads an interdisciplinary team of chemists, physicists, biologists, and engineers, studying self-assembly processes in (biological) soft matter. She is interested in colloidal self-organization, polymer assembly and folding, and protein biophysics. She has a particular fascination for ice-binding proteins (IBPs) that help fish, insects, and plants survive in extreme environments at subzero temperatures.

Prof. Ido Braslavsky is the head of the Food Biophysics and Cryobiology Lab at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Prof. Claudia Molinero uses computer simulations, statistical mechanics and develop novel models to investigate the interplay between microscopic structure, dynamics and phase transformations in disordered materials.

Prof. Markus Mezger is Professor for Fluids and Surfaces in the Faculty of Physics at Vienna University. His research interests include complex electrolytes on surfaces and interfaces,
interface-induced melting of ice, and the structure and dynamics of ultrathin liquid films under shear.

Dr. Susannah Burrows is an atmospheric modeler whose research interests center on atmospheric aerosols, including their sources, chemistry, and interactions with clouds and climate. A major focus of Dr. Burrows’ research has been the impact of biological and biogenic particles on populations of ice-nucleating particles, or INPs, in the atmosphere.