— The series

Nine editions,
2018–2026

Every conference in the series — when and where it was held, who organised it, and the invited speakers who came to give a lecture. If you have been with us before, you will find familiar names here.

9
Editions
1,222
Registered participants
136
Invited speakers
32
Countries represented
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— At a glance
YearWhereParticipantsInvited speakers
012018Elazığ, Türkiye28614
022019Cappadocia, Türkiye14915
032020Malatya, Türkiye15223
042021Elazığ, Türkiye18218
052022Sivas, Türkiye8417
062023Elazığ, Türkiye11111
072024Malatya, Türkiye10911
082025Bitlis, Türkiye5711
092026Malatya, Türkiye9216
Nine editions, 2018–20261,222136

Participant counts are taken from the registration list published on each edition's own website, except 2018, which comes from the conference records. The 2020 and 2021 editions were held online, which lifted their numbers; 2018 was the largest in-person gathering of the series.

09 Ninth edition

PCFM 2026

8–9 May 2026Malatya, Türkiye
OrganisersMehmet Hanifi Kebiroğlu · Sibel Korunur · Lütfi Bilal Taşyürek
HostMalatya Turgut Özal University
92participants
16invited speakers
  1. 🇩🇪Stefan GrimmeUniv. BonnGermany
  2. 🇩🇪Frank NeeseMax Planck Inst.Germany
  3. 🇨🇭Michael GrätzelEPFLSwitzerland
  4. 🇹🇷Metin SittiKoç UniversityTürkiye
  5. 🇬🇧Kim E. JelfsImperial CollegeUK
  6. 🇺🇸Mihri ÖzkanUniv. of CaliforniaUSA
  7. 🇹🇷Zehra SayersSabancı UniversityTürkiye
  8. 🇬🇧Caroline M. KrauterSchrödinger Inc.UK
  9. 🇹🇷Seda KızılelKoç UniversityTürkiye
  10. 🇺🇸Pinar AkcoraStevens Inst. of TechnologyUSA
  11. 🇰🇷Junsuk RhoPOSTECHKorea
  12. 🇹🇷Aydın Cem KeserBilkent UniversityTürkiye
  13. 🇬🇧Özge YetişUCL HospitalsUK
  14. 🇮🇳Shakeel AhmedGovt. Degree College, MendharIndia
  15. 🇵🇰Abdul Majid SandhuUniv. of GujratPakistan
  16. 🇹🇷Nevin ÇankayaUşak UniversityTürkiye
08 Eighth edition

PCFM 2025

29–31 May 2025Bitlis, Türkiye
OrganisersErcan Ercan
HostBitlis Eren University
57participants
11invited speakers
  1. 🇪🇸Luis BañaresUniv. Complutense de MadridSpain
  2. 🇪🇬Nabil El-FaramawyAin Shams UniversityEgypt
  3. 🇹🇷Kamuran DilsizBingöl UniversityTürkiye
  4. 🇮🇶İbrahim Nazem QaderRaparin UniversityIraq
  5. 🇹🇷Hakan YılmazerYıldız Technical Univ.Türkiye
  6. 🇮🇶Karukh Ali BabakrRaparin UniversityIraq
  7. 🇮🇳Santosh SampathSSN College of Eng.India
  8. 🇮🇷Masoumeh Haghbin NazarpakAmirkabir Univ. of TechnologyIran
  9. 🇹🇷Fikriye Şeyma KayaVan Yüzüncü Yıl Univ.Türkiye
  10. 🇹🇭Ibrahim Muhammad AdamKing Mongkut's Univ.Thailand
  11. 🇹🇷Defne AkayAnkara UniversityTürkiye
07 Seventh edition

PCFM 2024

16–17 May 2024Malatya, Türkiye
OrganisersTankut Ateş · Mediha Kök · İdil Karaca Açarı
HostMalatya Turgut Özal University
109participants
11invited speakers
  1. 🇷🇺Margarita GoldbergRussian Acad. of SciencesRussia
  2. 🇺🇸Niloufar AminUniv. of TennesseeUSA
  3. 🇪🇸Alexandre ZanchetInst. of Fundamental PhysicsSpain
  4. 🇵🇱Bilel MehnenNicolaus Copernicus Univ.Poland
  5. 🇮🇳Bidyutjyoti DuttaDibrugarh Univ.India
  6. 🇮🇶Azeez Abdullah BarzinjySoran UniversityIraq
  7. 🇹🇷Turgay Seçkinİnönü UniversityTürkiye
  8. 🇹🇷Akın AkdağMiddle East Technical Univ.Türkiye
  9. 🇹🇷Nalan ÖzdemirErciyes UniversityTürkiye
  10. 🇹🇷Halil İbrahim UlusoyCumhuriyet UniversityTürkiye
  11. 🇹🇷Özgür YıldızYıldız Technical Univ.Türkiye
06 Sixth edition

PCFM 2023

13–14 June 2023Elazığ, Türkiye
OrganisersÖmer Kayğılı · Tankut Ateş · Emine Tanış
HostFırat University, Elazığ
111participants
11invited speakers
  1. 🇬🇧Nora de LeeuwUniversity of LeedsUK
  2. 🇷🇸Dragan P. UskokovićInst. of Technical Sciences, SASASerbia
  3. 🇷🇺Sergey V. DorozhkinMoscowRussia
  4. 🇩🇿Mosbah ZidaniUniversity of Batna 2Algeria
  5. 🇯🇵Ozkan GokcekayaOsaka UniversityJapan
  6. 🇸🇦Filiz ErcanImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal Univ.Saudi Arabia
  7. 🇮🇶Azeez Abdullah BarzinjySoran UniversityIraq
  8. 🇹🇷Burhan Ateşİnönü UniversityTürkiye
  9. 🇹🇷İsmail ErcanDüzce UniversityTürkiye
  10. 🇹🇷Savaş KayaCumhuriyet UniversityTürkiye
  11. 🇹🇷Süleyman Köytepeİnönü UniversityTürkiye
05 Fifth edition

PCFM 2022

23–25 June 2022Sivas, Türkiye
OrganisersSultan Erkan · Savaş Kaya · Derya Betül Ünsal
HostSivas Cumhuriyet University
84participants
17invited speakers
  1. 🇷🇺Konstantin KatinNat. Research Nuclear Univ.Russia
  2. 🇷🇺Mikhail M. MaslovNat. Research Nuclear Univ.Russia
  3. 🇮🇹Alessandra ToncelliUniversity of PisaItaly
  4. 🇨🇱Ricardo A. MatuteUniversidadChile
  5. 🇨🇳Ambrish SinghSouthwest Petroleum Univ.China
  6. 🇮🇳Bhavana GuptaIGCARIndia
  7. 🇮🇳Ashish KumarLovely Professional Univ.India
  8. 🇮🇷Arman JalaliUniversity of TabrizIran
  9. 🇵🇸Zaki S. SafiAl-Azhar UniversityPalestine
  10. 🇹🇳Ramzi MaalejUniversity of SfaxTunisia
  11. 🇮🇶Alaa Kadhim FarhanUniversity of TechnologyIraq
  12. 🇹🇷Mustafa TüzenTokat Gaziosmanpaşa Univ.Türkiye
  13. 🇹🇷Mustafa ErsözSelçuk UniversityTürkiye
  14. 🇹🇷Nevin ErkAnkara UniversityTürkiye
  15. 🇹🇷İlhami GülçinAtatürk UniversityTürkiye
  16. 🇹🇷Ahmet Orhan GörgülüMarmara UniversityTürkiye
  17. 🇹🇷Savaş KayaCumhuriyet UniversityTürkiye
04 Fourth edition

PCFM 2021

8–9 April 2021Elazığ, Türkiye
OrganisersMediha Kök · Ömer Kayğılı · Bayram Gündüz
HostFırat University, Elazığ
182participants
18invited speakers
  1. 🇹🇷Hasan MandalTÜBİTAK PresidentTürkiye
  2. 🇺🇸Sefaattin TongayArizona State Univ.USA
  3. 🇺🇸Mohammad SouriHarvard UniversityUSA
  4. 🇺🇸Waseem HaiderCentral Michigan Univ.USA
  5. 🇺🇸Soheil SaediUniv. of Arkansas, Little RockUSA
  6. 🇬🇧Zulfiqar KhanBournemouth Univ.UK
  7. 🇯🇵Hitoshi UmezawaAISTJapan
  8. 🇨🇿Fatma YalçınkayaTechnical Univ. of LiberecCzechia
  9. 🇮🇷Alireza NouriAmirkabir Univ. of TechnologyIran
  10. 🇮🇶Mustafa Saeed OmarUniv. of Salahaddin-ErbilIraq
  11. 🇹🇷Bilge BaytekinBilkent UniversityTürkiye
  12. 🇹🇷Uğur TamerGazi UniversityTürkiye
  13. 🇹🇷Şakir ErkoçMiddle East Technical Univ.Türkiye
  14. 🇹🇷Osman Barış MalcıoğluMiddle East Technical Univ.Türkiye
  15. 🇹🇷Abdullah YıldızYıldırım Beyazıt Univ.Türkiye
  16. 🇹🇷Hakan UstaAbdullah Gül UniversityTürkiye
  17. 🇹🇷Osman AdıgüzelFırat UniversityTürkiye
  18. 🇹🇷Savaş KayaCumhuriyet UniversityTürkiye
03 Third edition

PCFM 2020

22–24 September 2020Malatya, Türkiye
OrganisersBayram Gündüz · Ömer Kayğılı
HostMalatya Turgut Özal University
152participants
23invited speakers
  1. 🇹🇷Hasan MandalPlenaryTÜBİTAK PresidentTürkiye
  2. 🇹🇷Oğuz GülserenPlenaryBilkent UniversityTürkiye
  3. 🇹🇷Raşit TuranPlenaryMiddle East Technical Univ.Türkiye
  4. 🇮🇳Sabu ThomasPlenaryMahatma Gandhi Univ.India
  5. 🇨🇳Zhiping ZhouPlenaryPeking UniversityChina
  6. 🇹🇷Şakir ErkoçPlenaryMiddle East Technical Univ.Türkiye
  7. 🇰🇷Byungil HwangChung-Ang Univ.Korea
  8. 🇲🇾Harith Bin AhmadUniversity of MalayaMalaysia
  9. 🇵🇱Michał PawlakNicolaus Copernicus Univ.Poland
  10. 🇵🇹Mouhaydine TlemcaniUniversity of ÉvoraPortugal
  11. 🇮🇱Muhammad BashoutiBen-Gurion UniversityIsrael
  12. 🇨🇭Murat KılıçEPFL LausanneSwitzerland
  13. 🇧🇪Duygu YazıcıTÜBİTAK-ERCEABelgium
  14. 🇬🇧Esma OkurDurham UniversityUK
  15. 🇩🇿Mosbah ZidaniUniversity of Batna 2Algeria
  16. 🇮🇷Zohair SarajanIslamic Azad Univ.Iran
  17. 🇮🇶Mustafa Saeed OmarUniv. of Salahaddin-ErbilIraq
  18. 🇹🇷İsmet İ. KayaSabancı UniversityTürkiye
  19. 🇹🇷Selim AcarGazi UniversityTürkiye
  20. 🇹🇷Serap GüneşYıldız Technical Univ.Türkiye
  21. 🇹🇷Sezgin BakırdereYıldız Technical Univ.Türkiye
  22. 🇹🇷Şule Erten ElaEge UniversityTürkiye
  23. 🇹🇷Kamuran DilsizBingöl UniversityTürkiye
02 Second edition

PCFM 2019

25–27 June 2019Cappadocia, Türkiye
OrganisersNiyazi Bulut · Ömer Kayğılı · Mediha Kök · Bayram Gündüz
HostFırat University (held in Cappadocia)
149participants
15invited speakers
  1. 🇪🇸Luis BañaresKeynoteUniv. Complutense de MadridSpain
  2. 🇹🇷Yusuf YağcıKeynoteİstanbul Technical Univ.Türkiye
  3. 🇨🇭Yves LeterrierKeynoteEPFLSwitzerland
  4. 🇮🇹Cecilia ColettiUniversità di ChietiItaly
  5. 🇨🇭Murat KılıçEPFL LausanneSwitzerland
  6. 🇭🇺Imre Miklós SzilágyiBudapest Univ. of TechnologyHungary
  7. 🇨🇭Feyza Karasu KılıçAdolphe Merkle Inst.Switzerland
  8. 🇮🇱Muhammad BashoutiBen-Gurion UniversityIsrael
  9. 🇨🇳Ye ZhuJiangnan UniversityChina
  10. 🇹🇷Nevin AytemizBandırma Onyedi Eylül Univ.Türkiye
  11. 🇹🇷Turgay Seçkinİnönü UniversityTürkiye
  12. 🇹🇷Şule Erten ElaEge UniversityTürkiye
  13. 🇹🇷Önder MetinKoç UniversityTürkiye
  14. 🇹🇷Murat AteşNamık Kemal UniversityTürkiye
  15. 🇹🇷Esma OkurBursa Technical UniversityTürkiye
01 First edition

PCFM 2018

19–21 June 2018Elazığ, Türkiye
OrganisersNiyazi Bulut · Ömer Kayğılı · Mediha Kök · Bayram Gündüz
HostFırat University, Elazığ
286participants
14invited speakers
  1. 🇪🇸Octavio RonceroKeynoteCSIC MadridSpain
  2. 🇫🇷Majdi HochlafUniversité Paris-EstFrance
  3. 🇪🇸Manuel LaraUniv. Autónoma de MadridSpain
  4. 🇮🇹Cecilia ColettiUniversità di ChietiItaly
  5. 🇵🇱Piotr S. ŻuchowskiNicolaus Copernicus Univ.Poland
  6. 🇶🇦Mohammed Al-HashimiTexas A&M Univ.Qatar
  7. 🇨🇭Murat KılıçEPFL LausanneSwitzerland
  8. 🇮🇶Ahmed A. Moosa Al AzizMiddle Technical Univ.Iraq
  9. 🇹🇷Cleva Ow-YangSabancı UniversityTürkiye
  10. 🇹🇷Oğuz GülserenBilkent UniversityTürkiye
  11. 🇹🇷Şakir ErkoçMiddle East Technical Univ.Türkiye
  12. 🇹🇷Burhan Ateşİnönü UniversityTürkiye
  13. 🇹🇷Süleyman Köytepeİnönü UniversityTürkiye
  14. 🇹🇷Şule Erten ElaEge UniversityTürkiye
— With thanks

Those who have supported PCFM

Universities that hosted an edition, companies and organisations that sponsored one, and the partners who made publication and peer review possible — across nine conferences since 2018.

Institutional hosts
  • Fırat UniversityElazığ · 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023
  • Malatya Turgut Özal UniversityMalatya · 2020, 2024, 2026
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet UniversitySivas · 2022
  • Bitlis Eren UniversityBitlis · 2025
Companies & organisations
  • TÜBİTAKScientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye
  • Gaussian, Inc.Computational chemistry software
  • SchrödingerMolecular simulation and design
  • SEM Laboratuvar CihazlarıLaboratory instruments
  • RentechAnalytical systems
  • Etka BiyoteknolojiBiotechnology
  • MormaşIndustrial supplier
  • KayısırMalatya
  • TimaşPublisher
  • Elazığ Boğaziçi KolejiEducation
Publication partners
  • Journal of Molecular StructureElsevier — special issue, 2022
  • Journal of Physical Chemistry and Functional MaterialsJPCFM — the series journal

Compiled from the archived websites of each edition. If a supporter is missing from this list, please let the secretariat know and we will add it.

The tenth is in Ohrid

29 June – 1 July 2027, on the shore of Lake Ohrid — the first edition of the series held abroad.

See PCFM 2027 →