Welcome to the 2025 Southern California Users of Magnets (SCUM) meeting website! We are excited to host this local meeting at the UC Irvine campus on Saturday, September 27, 2025.
This SCUM meeting will have invited talks (~30 min), short contributed talks (10~15 min), and poster presentations. Please forward this announcement to members of your research group, as they may not be on the list. As is the tradition for this meeting, there is NO registration fee. Lunch will be provided to the registered participants.
Registration is now open:
https://forms.gle/L4xQHWZd2xWM4CsC9
Registration deadline for oral presentations: August 30, 2025
Registration deadline for poster presentations and meals: September 13, 2025
Invited Speakers
Lalit Deshmukh, Chemisrty and Biochemistry, UCSD
Jane Dyson (Scripps)
Ryan Hadt, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Cal Tech
Mark Sherwin, Physics, UCSB
Jose Uribe, Chemistry and Biochemistry, SDSU
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For questions, please contact the 2025 SCUM meeting chairs:
Prof. Melanie Cocco – UCI Chemistry (mcocco@uci.edu)
Prof. Susumu Takahashi – USC Chemistry (susumuta@usc.edu)