PSNA 2026

June 15-19, 2026

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Memorial Union

Please join us for the 65th Annual Meeting of The Phytochemical Society of North America (PSNA) at the Memorial Union of the University of Wisconsin-Madison! The PSNA meeting will showcase a broad range of exciting research, including the chemistry, biochemistry, synthetic biology, evolution, and chemical ecology of plant natural products, as well as their impact on plant and human physiology. The PSNA society is is a highly supportive community of scientists dedicated to advance phytochemical research. We put a special emphasis on supporting early-career researchers by selecting many of our oral presentations from submitted abstracts and offering numerous awards for students, postdocs, and beginning investigators. We look forward to welcoming you to UW-Madison this summer!

Important Dates:

January 30, 2026 - Deadline for the nomination of the 2026 PSNA Arthur Neish Young Investigator Award.

January 30, 2026 - Deadline for the application of the 2026 Plant Journal-PSNA Early Career Award.

January 26, 2026 - Meeting registration is now open! (Early registration until April 15, 2026)

April 1, 2026 - The deadline for the 2nd round of student/postdoc Travel Awards to attend 2026 PSNA meeting.

April 15, 2026 - Early Registration closes.

April 30, 2026 - Abstract submission deadline for oral presentations (talks).

May 25, 2026 - Abstract submission for poster presentations.

May 31, 2006 - The last day to register for the meeting.

June 15, 2026 - The 2026 PSNA meeting starts!

The Venue

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Memorial Union

800 Langdon St, Madison, WI

The Memorial Union, where all events will be held, is beautifully situated on Lake Mendota and just a short walk from State Street's many restaurants and shops!

Tentative scientific topics:

Keynote session
Natural product chemistry and artificial intelligence (A.I.)
Chemical ecology and phytochemical functions
Primary and specialized metabolic pathway discovery and evolution
Plant-derived nutrition and medicine for human health
Ethnobotany and indigenous medicinal uses
Plant synthetic biology for plant-based chemical production

Confirmed speakers:

- Natalia Dudareva (Purdue Univ.)
- Jamie Blum (Salk Institute)
- Philipp Zerbe (UC Davis)
- Stacey Smith (Univ. Colorado)
- Gaurav Moghe (Cornell Univ.)
- Hannah Wayment-Steele (UW Madison)
- Björn Hamberger (Michigan State Univ.)
- Kathy Darragh (Indiana Univ.)

Tentative workshops: (see Schedule for more information)

A.I. integration into phytochemical research
Career workshops for both academic and non-academic jobs
Discoveries to commercialization

Scientific program committee:

- Dorothea Tholl (Virginia Tech)
- Jing-Ke Weng (Northeastern)
- Satya Swathi Nadakuduti (Univ. Florida)
- Quentin Dudley (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison)
- Bethany Mostert (North Carolina State)
- Lucas Busta (Univ. Minnesota-Duluth)
- Hiroshi Maeda (Univ. Wisconsin-Madison)