Jun 23 – 25, 2025
University of South Dakota
US/Central timezone

Committee

Proposed Steering Committee

Name Role Affiliation
Dan Engebretson Chair

University of South Dakota

(USD), SD, US

Yang Shao-Horn (F) Member Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), MA, US
Rampi Ramprasad Member Georgia Institute of
Technology (GIT), GA, US
Arunima Singh (F) Member

Arizona State University

(ASU), AZ, US

Dongming Mei Member

University of South Dakota

(USD), SD, US

Wayne Barkhouse Member

University of North Dakota

(UND), ND, US

Chenxu Yu Member

Iowa State University (ISU),

IA, US

Feliciano Giustino Member

University of Texas at Austin

(UTA), TX, US

Lars Kotthoff Member University of Wyoming
(UW), WY, US
Xin Chen Member

University of New Mexico

(UNM), NM, US

Matthias Scheffler Member Max-Planck-Institute (MPI)
for Physics, Germany
Zedong Peng Member

University of Montana (UM) ,

MT, US

Bai Cui Member University of Nebraska-
Lincoln (UNL), NE, US
Mahadevan Subramaniam Member University of Nebraska-
Omaha (UNO), Ne, US
Lisa Rebenitsch (F) Member

South Dakota Mines (SD

Mines), SD, US

Carol Lushbough (F) Member

University of South Dakota

(USD), SD, US

 

 

Program Committee

Name Role Affiliation
Dongming Mei Chair University of South Dakota (USD), US
Matthias Scheffler Member Max-Planck-Institute (MPI) for Physics,
Germany
Yang Shao-Horn (F) Member Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT), MA, US
Rampi Ramprasad Member Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT),
GA, US
Arunima Singh (F) Member Arizona State University (ASU), AZ, US
Florin Bobaru Member University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), NE, US
KC Santosh Member University of South Dakota (USD), SD, US
Long Que Member Iowa State University (ISU), IA, UK
Ahyoung Lee (F) Member Kennesaw State University (KSU), GA, US
Wayne Barkhouse Member University of North Dakota (UND), ND, US
Chenxu Yu Member Iowa State University (ISU), IA, US
Feliciano Giustino Member University of Texas at Austin (UTA), TX, US
Lars Kotthoff Member University of Wyoming (UW), WY, US
Xin Chen Member University of New Mexico (UNM), NM, US
Zedong Peng Member University of Montana (UM) , MT, US
Bai Cui Member University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), NE, US
Mahadevan
Subramaniam
Member University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO), NE, US
Lisa Rebenitsch (F) Member South Dakota Mines (SD Mines), SD, US
Carol Lushbough (F) Member University of South Dakota (USD), SD, US

 

Local Organization Committee

Name Role Affiliation
Dongming Mei Chair University of South Dakota (USD), US
KC Santosh Member University of South Dakota (USD), US
Carol Lushbough
(F)
Member University of South Dakota (USD), US
Brianna Mount (F) Member Black Hills State University (BHSU), US
Urla Marcus (F) Member Black Hills State University (BHSU), US
Ben Sayler Member Black Hills State University (BHSU), US
Longwei Wang Member University of South Dakota (USD), US
Chaoyang Jiang Member University of South Dakota (USD), US
Doojin Kim Member University of South Dakota (USD), US