Prof. Eli Zeldov
Weizmann Institute of Science
SQUID-on-tip technique to explore the vortex behavior of superconductors (Tentative)
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Eli Zeldov is a Professor of Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. He received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion and conducted postdoctoral research at IBM’s T.J. Watson Research Center. He has held visiting scientist positions at Bell Labs and Stanford University. His current research focuses on vortex dynamics in superconductors, magnetism in low-dimensional systems, dissipation in quantum states of matter, and van der Waals and moiré materials. In recent years, he has pioneered advanced scanning probe microscopy techniques for investigating quantum materials and topological states. In particular, he has developed the superconducting quantum interference device on a tip, capable of nanoscale magnetic imaging with single electron spin sensitivity, and cryogenic thermal imaging and spectroscopy methods for visualizing electron dissipation at the atomic scale. He heads the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Center for Submicron Research and previously served as the Head of the Department of Condensed Matter Physics. His work has been recognized with three ERC Advanced Grants, the Kamerlingh Onnes Prize, the Abrikosov Prize, and the Weizmann Prize for Exact Sciences.

Prof. Sheng-Cai Shi
Purple Mountain Observatory （PMO）
High-Sensitivity Superconducting Mixers and Detectors for Te-rahertz Astronomy

Sheng-Cai Shi has been a Professor at Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) since 1998 and is currently serving as the Chair of the Advisory Committee of PMO. He graduated from Southeast University (China) in 1985 and received his MS degree in radio astronomy from PMO in 1988 and PhD degree in radio astronomy from the Graduate University for Advanced Studies (Japan) in 1996. From 1992 to 1998, he was with Nobeyama Radio Observatory, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), focusing on the devel-opment of superconductor-insulator-superconductor (SIS) mixers at mm/submm wavelengths, particularly for the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). He returned to China in 1998 and founded the Mm- & Submm-Wave Lab at PMO. The research topics of Prof. Shi’s laboratory include the physics of superconducting devices, terahertz mixers and detectors, and terahertz systems for astronomical applications. He is a recipient of HLHL Award in 2019 and was elected as an Academician of CAS in 2021.

Dr. Luigi Muzzi
ENEA
High-current HTS cables for fusion (Tentative)