— The series

Nine editions,
2018–2026

Every conference in the series — when and where it was held, which university hosted it, who organised it, and every invited speaker who came to give a lecture.

9
Editions
1,222
Registered participants
136
Invited lectures
by 115 different speakers
32
Countries represented

The 32 countries invited speakers have come from

Algeria, Belgium, Chile, China, Czechia, Egypt, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States.

— At a glance
Nine editions of PCFM between 2018 and 2026, with location, participant count and number of invited speakers
EditionYearWhereParticipantsInvited lectures
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. The 2025 edition in Bitlis was the smallest, organised by a single local organiser at a young university. Numbers are reported as recorded, without adjustment.

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01 First edition

PCFM 2018

19–21 June 2018Elazığ, Türkiye
OrganisersNiyazi Bulut · Ömer Kayğılı · Mediha Kök · Bayram Gündüz
HostFırat University, Elazığ
286participants
14invited speakers
  • 🇪🇸Octavio RonceroKeynoteCSIC MadridSpain
  • 🇫🇷Majdi HochlafUniversité Paris-EstFrance
  • 🇪🇸Manuel LaraUniv. Autónoma de MadridSpain
  • 🇮🇹Cecilia ColettiUniversità di ChietiItaly
  • 🇵🇱Piotr S. ŻuchowskiNicolaus Copernicus Univ.Poland
  • 🇶🇦Mohammed Al-HashimiTexas A&M Univ.Qatar
  • 🇨🇭Murat KılıçEPFL LausanneSwitzerland
  • 🇮🇶Ahmed A. Moosa Al AzizMiddle Technical Univ.Iraq
  • 🇹🇷Cleva Ow-YangSabancı UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Oğuz GülserenBilkent UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Şakir ErkoçMiddle East Technical Univ.Türkiye
  • 🇹🇷Burhan Ateşİnönü UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Süleyman Köytepeİnönü UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Şule Erten ElaEge 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
  • 🇪🇸Luis BañaresKeynoteUniv. Complutense de MadridSpain
  • 🇹🇷Yusuf YağcıKeynoteİstanbul Technical Univ.Türkiye
  • 🇨🇭Yves LeterrierKeynoteEPFLSwitzerland
  • 🇮🇹Cecilia ColettiUniversità di ChietiItaly
  • 🇨🇭Murat KılıçEPFL LausanneSwitzerland
  • 🇭🇺Imre Miklós SzilágyiBudapest Univ. of TechnologyHungary
  • 🇨🇭Feyza Karasu KılıçAdolphe Merkle Inst.Switzerland
  • 🇮🇱Muhammad BashoutiBen-Gurion UniversityIsrael
  • 🇨🇳Ye ZhuJiangnan UniversityChina
  • 🇹🇷Nevin AytemizBandırma Onyedi Eylül Univ.Türkiye
  • 🇹🇷Turgay Seçkinİnönü UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Şule Erten ElaEge UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Önder MetinKoç UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Murat AteşNamık Kemal UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Esma OkurBursa Technical UniversityTürkiye
03 Third edition

PCFM 2020

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

PCFM 2021

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

PCFM 2022

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

PCFM 2023

13–14 June 2023Elazığ, Türkiye
OrganisersÖmer Kayğılı · Tankut Ateş · Emine Tanış
HostFırat University, Elazığ
111participants
11invited speakers
  • 🇬🇧Nora de LeeuwUniversity of LeedsUK
  • 🇷🇸Dragan P. UskokovićInst. of Technical Sciences, SASASerbia
  • 🇷🇺Sergey V. DorozhkinMoscowRussia
  • 🇩🇿Mosbah ZidaniUniversity of Batna 2Algeria
  • 🇯🇵Ozkan GokcekayaOsaka UniversityJapan
  • 🇸🇦Filiz ErcanImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal Univ.Saudi Arabia
  • 🇮🇶Azeez Abdullah BarzinjySoran UniversityIraq
  • 🇹🇷Burhan Ateşİnönü UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷İsmail ErcanDüzce UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Savaş KayaCumhuriyet UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Süleyman Köytepeİnönü 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
  • 🇷🇺Margarita GoldbergRussian Acad. of SciencesRussia
  • 🇺🇸Niloufar AminUniv. of TennesseeUSA
  • 🇪🇸Alexandre ZanchetInst. of Fundamental PhysicsSpain
  • 🇵🇱Bilel MehnenNicolaus Copernicus Univ.Poland
  • 🇮🇳Bidyutjyoti DuttaDibrugarh Univ.India
  • 🇮🇶Azeez Abdullah BarzinjySoran UniversityIraq
  • 🇹🇷Turgay Seçkinİnönü UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Akın AkdağMiddle East Technical Univ.Türkiye
  • 🇹🇷Nalan ÖzdemirErciyes UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Halil İbrahim UlusoyCumhuriyet UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇹🇷Özgür YıldızYıldız Technical Univ.Türkiye
08 Eighth edition

PCFM 2025

29–31 May 2025Bitlis, Türkiye
OrganisersErcan Ercan
HostBitlis Eren University
57participants
11invited speakers
  • 🇪🇸Luis BañaresUniv. Complutense de MadridSpain
  • 🇪🇬Nabil El-FaramawyAin Shams UniversityEgypt
  • 🇹🇷Kamuran DilsizBingöl UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇮🇶İbrahim Nazem QaderRaparin UniversityIraq
  • 🇹🇷Hakan YılmazerYıldız Technical Univ.Türkiye
  • 🇮🇶Karukh Ali BabakrRaparin UniversityIraq
  • 🇮🇳Santosh SampathSSN College of Eng.India
  • 🇮🇷Masoumeh Haghbin NazarpakAmirkabir Univ. of TechnologyIran
  • 🇹🇷Fikriye Şeyma KayaVan Yüzüncü Yıl Univ.Türkiye
  • 🇹🇭Ibrahim Muhammad AdamKing Mongkut's Univ.Thailand
  • 🇹🇷Defne AkayAnkara UniversityTürkiye
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
  • 🇩🇪Stefan GrimmeUniv. BonnGermany
  • 🇩🇪Frank NeeseMax Planck Inst.Germany
  • 🇨🇭Michael GrätzelEPFLSwitzerland
  • 🇹🇷Metin SittiKoç UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇬🇧Kim E. JelfsImperial CollegeUK
  • 🇺🇸Mihri ÖzkanUniv. of CaliforniaUSA
  • 🇹🇷Zehra SayersSabancı UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇬🇧Caroline M. KrauterSchrödinger Inc.UK
  • 🇹🇷Seda KızılelKoç UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇺🇸Pinar AkcoraStevens Inst. of TechnologyUSA
  • 🇰🇷Junsuk RhoPOSTECHKorea
  • 🇹🇷Aydın Cem KeserBilkent UniversityTürkiye
  • 🇬🇧Özge YetişUCL HospitalsUK
  • 🇮🇳Shakeel AhmedGovt. Degree College, MendharIndia
  • 🇵🇰Abdul Majid SandhuUniv. of GujratPakistan
  • 🇹🇷Nevin ÇankayaUşak 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 outside Türkiye.

See PCFM 2027 →