Invited Speakers

The conference features internationally recognized invited speakers who present recent advances and emerging directions in high-resolution molecular spectroscopy. The invited speakers for the HRMS 2026 conference are listed below.

BERNADETTE BRODERICK

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University of Missouri, Columbia, USA
Connecting Interstellar Ice Chemistry To Astronomical Observations: Laboratory Constraints For Molecular Astrophysics
SANDRA BRÜNKEN
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Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Broadband Vibrational Spectroscopy Of Molecular Ions: From Astrochemical Fingerprints To Reaction Mechanisms
WYBREN JAN BUMA
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University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Putting Light To Chemical Use: From Spectator To Activator
JOSÉ CERNICHARO
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Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
The Space As A Spectroscopic Laboratory: A New View Of The Chemical Complexity In The Universe With The Quijote Line Survey
THOMAS GIESEN
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Universität Kassel, Kassel, Germany
Chiral Molecules Across Rotational, Vibrational And Electronic Scales: From Molecular Fingerprints To Enantioselective Detection And Control
KENTA MIZUSE
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Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Molecular Movie Spectroscopy Of Weakly-Bound Molecular Clusters
JER-LAI KUO
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Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Application Of Ab Initio Anharmonic Algorithms To Understand Quantum Resonance In Vibrational Spectra Of Hydrates
LUCILE RUTKOWSKI
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IPR, Rennes, France
Optical Frequency Comb Spectroscopy In Cold And Non-Equilibrium Molecular Environments
YAN TAN
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Univ. Sci. Technol. China, Hefei, China
Precision Collisional Line-Shape Analysis And Quantum Gas Metrology Via All-Frequency-Domain Spectroscopy
SERGEY YURCHENKO
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University College London, London, UK
Across Wavelengths And Towards High Resolution: Exomol For JWST, Ariel And The ELT Era

Keynote Speakers

The scientific program will further comprise a series of mini‑symposia organized around one or two keynote speakers, accompanied by additional short‑format oral contributions from conference participants. The keynote speakers are listed below.

EXOPLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
JULIA V. SEIDEL
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Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice, France
(Exo)Planetary Atmospheres
CHIRALITY AND CHIRAL RECOGNITION
BROOKS H. PATE
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University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Testing Mechanisms For Asymmetric Synthesis Using Chiral Tag Rotational Spectroscopy
ANNE ZEHNACKER
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ISMO – CNRS Paris Saclay, Orsay, France
Vibrational Spectroscopy And Photoelectron Circular Dichroism Of Chiral Complexes
MOLECULAR ION SPECTROSCOPY
OSKAR ASVANY
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Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
Revealing High-Resolution Spectra Of Hydrocarbon Cations With Leak-Out Spectroscopy