Summer 2025 Newsletter

SCCM 2025

Dear SCCM 2025 Family! 

Thank you for attending SCCM 2025, the 24th International Conference on Science of Compression in Condensed Matter. Over 600 attendees gathered in Washington DC for a week filled with 700+ presentation and posters. Seventy scientists from 28 international institutions put together an impressive Scientific Program, with 7 parallel sessions held at the Washington Hilton throughout the week of June 22nd-27th. 

Among innovation for this SCCM there were 5 double-act plenary world-class presentations and 8 Masterclasses on a variety of topics taught by teams of experts. 7 Masterclasses were held in person while the 8th, Intro to Shock Physics is being offered online on August 4th – watch for an invite to a GCCM Zoom Seminar. 

Over 50 undergraduate and graduate students and post-doctoral scientists received Participation Grants to attend the entire week of the conference: everyone who applied received support. Participation Grants were entirely funded by generous contributions from our Sponsors and Exhibitors: SNL, AWE, LANL, LLNL, CDAC, JHU-DTRA and UDRI-AFRL, WSU and DAC Tools. 

The team of the American Physical Society put in an impressive amount of effort into the logistics of organizing the conference: we are particularly grateful to Ebony Adams, Emily Loomis and Steph Peterson. “Encore” offered outstanding AV support with technicians present all day in each room, ready to assist speakers – in particular real time sound quality adjustment was a great hit! 

Budget-wise things are looking good with enough funds left over to go towards the publication of Proceedings Papers: look for emails from the Co-Chairs and the Proceedings Team, with submission deadline set to August 15th, 2025 and a target publication of 9 months after the conference. 

The Conference Co-Chairs greatly enjoyed seeing this high-voltage week unfold, after having spent 2 years in countless meetings, thousands of emails, discussions and spreadsheets. We look forward to SCCM 2027 in Chicago where all we will have to do is show up! 

Finally Thank You to all Attendees for coming to Washington DC and helping to create such an electrifying scientific gathering! 

Your SCCM 2025 Conference CO-Chairs: 

Scott Crockett, LANL
Pat Kalita, SNL
Bill Proud, Imperial College London
Damian Swift, LLNL 

with Communications Lead, Tom Lockard, LLNL 

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SCCM 2025 Proceedings

We are pleased to announce that the SCCM 2025 Proceedings submission site is now open. You have until September 15, 2025, to submit your manuscript. Please feel free to share this notice with your local mailing lists and colleagues.

Submit a Manuscript

If you have any questions, you can reach the editorial team anytime at gsccm.editors@aps.org 

Publication Details 

The SCCM Proceedings are peer-reviewed and published by AIP Publishing. As a citable, indexed journal, the proceedings will remain freely available to researchers worldwide. Hardcopy volumes will also be available via print-on demand. Manuscripts will be accepted only if they are associated with presentations delivered at the 2025 SCCM Meeting in Washington, DC. AIP has noted that SCCM Proceedings are consistently among their most read and cited collections, reflecting the strong engagement and impact of this community. 

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SCCM Early Career and Student Symposium

The Early Career and Student Symposium (ECSS) was held on Sunday, June 22nd, 2025 and attended by 100 members. The ECSS25 consisted of 19 oral presentations, 15 Elevator Pitches, and 40 poster presentations, which were all judged. The winners were Jacob Diamond (Johns Hopkins) for Best Oral Presentation, Siva Kumar Valluri (U. Illinois) for Best Elevator Pitch, Britany Kulka (U. Oxford) and Fraser Hanby (U. South Florida) for Best Poster Presentations. The symposium also had a keynote address by Mitchell Wood (SNL) and a Networking and Career Advancement Workshop. 

ECSS25 Chairs: Sakun Duwal (SNL) and Matthew Brennan (LANL) 

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Upcoming Meetings

September 28-October 3, 2025 Matsuyama, Japan 

29th International Conference on High Pressure Science and Technology (AIRAPT-29) 

March 15-20, 2026 Denver, Colorado 

APS Global Physics Summit

Matter at Extreme Conditions Focus Sessions co-sponsored (GCCM, DCOMP, DMP). 

Anticipated to be another APS Global Physics Summit 2026 will be yet again the largest physics research conference in the world, uniting 15,000 scientific community members across all disciplines of physics. 

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2026 Executive Committee Nominations

The GCCM Nominating Committee is asking for your assistance to identify outstanding candidates to run for leadership positions in the GCCM Executive Committee. Nominations are sought for the offices of: 

  • Vice Chair (4-year term) 
  • Members-at-Large (2-year term, 2 candidates will be elected) 

Elected candidates will begin their terms January 1, 2026. Current officers are listed on the GCCM website, as well as previous unit officers. The duties and responsibilities of each office are given in the GCCM bylaws. The deadline for nominations is July 31, 2025. Nominations should be submitted on the GCCM submissions website, and should include supportive remarks as well as contact information for each potential candidate. Self-nominations are welcome. Please note that you have to log in on your APS account to fill in the form and each candidate will need to have an active GCCM and APS membership.

APS Membership recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of the global physics community. Guided by our core values, APS encourages nominations that reflect the full range of talent, distinction, and experience in our field, and supports broad canvassing for professional achievement across diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and expertise. 

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