American Physical Society Prairie Section Meeting PSAPS 2026

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We are excited to announce the next APS Prairie Conference!

https://psaps2026meeting.conference.uiowa.edu/

This year’s meeting will be held October 22–24 at the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa.

Venue: Iowa Memorial Union, 125 N Madison St, Iowa City, IA 52245

Abstract submissions is open and will close on September 24.

Submit abstracts here

Register here

When registering, you will have the option to register for the banquet dinner (held at the IMU). The cost of the banquet dinner is $35 for students and $55 for non-students. You may also buy dinner tickets for guests.

Highlights:

  • Tour several University of Iowa research facilities, including the Iowa Spaceflight Lab, the Molecular Beam Epitaxy Lab, and the MatFAB Cleanroom.

  • Participate in a career panel, a graduate school application panel, and an outreach-themed session featuring speakers from across the Prairie Section.

  • Meeting features invited talks across the full spectrum of physics research.

Participation of graduate and undergraduate students is highly encouraged.

Invited Speakers:

  • Keynote Public Speaker: Eliu A. Huerta - Argonne National Lab (* open to the public)

  • Lia Medeiros - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  • Alexander McLeod - University of Minnesota Twin Cities

  • Firdevs Duru - Coe College

  • Qunfei Zhou - University of Kansas

  • Ali Sulaiman - University of Minnesota Twin Cities

  • Jason Wang - Northwestern University

  • Chandan Setty - Iowa State University

  • Colby Haggerty - University of Iowa

  • Elizabeth Tolman - University of Iowa

  • Tanner Trickle - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  • Robert Streubel - University of Nebraska-Lincoln

  • Kateryna Foyevtsova - University of Notre Dame

  • Xiaojie Wang - Missouri University of Science and Technology

  • Gregory T. Forcherio - NSWC Crane

  • Alan M. Dibos - Q-NEXT, Argonne National Lab

  • Maria Brigida Brunetti - University of Kansas

  • Joshua Foster - University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Ahmad Hosseinizadeh - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  • Melinda Soares-Furtado - University of Wisconsin-Madison

We acknowledge generous support from the following sources:

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Perry A. and Helen J. Bond Fund for Interdisciplinary Interaction University of Iowa

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Thursday, October 22, 2026 (all day)
Friday, October 23, 2026 (all day)
Saturday, October 24, 2026 (all day)
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)
125 North Madison Street, Iowa City, IA 52245
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Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa–sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Thomas Folland in advance at +1 319 335 0201 or thomas-folland@uiowa.edu.