Paphos
October 2025
Electromagnetic Interactions
The 16th European Research Conference on Electromagnetic Interactions with Nucleons and Nuclei (EINN 2025) was held in Paphos, Cyprus, from October 28 to November 1, 2025, bringing together 83 participants from Australia, China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The conference covered six major scientific tracks: Nucleon Form Factors and Low-Energy Hadron Structure; Partonic Structure of Nucleons and Nuclei; Precision Electroweak Physics and New Physics Searches; Meson Structure; Baryon and Light-Meson Spectroscopy; and Nuclear Effects and Few-Body Physics.
The hosting organization of the event was the Department of Physics of the University of Cyprus, with the Coral Beach Hotel & Resort serving as the venue. The scenic coastal setting of Paphos provided the perfect environment for scientific exchange and collaboration.
The Chair of the conference was Assoc. Prof. Martha Constantinou of Tempe University (USA) and Vice-Chair Prof. Achim Denig from Mainz University (Germany). The Chairs of the two parallel workshops were Prof. Barbara Basquini of Pavia University (Italy), and Prof. Abhay Deshpande of BNL (USA). The Frontiers and Careers pre-conference coordinators were Henry Klest, Aleksandr Pustyntsev, Abhyuday Sharda, and Natalie Wright. Prof. Constantia Alexandrou of the Physics Department of the University and the Cyprus Institute helped with organizational matters.
Programme
The academic program featured a rich array of plenary and workshop sessions, a poster session, and the pre-conference workshop “Frontiers and Careers (F&C)”, which offered early-career scientists a platform to exchange ideas, discuss research challenges, and build professional connections before the main conference began.
A distinguished lineup of invited speakers enriched the scientific program of EINN 2025, offering diverse perspectives across experimental, theoretical, and computational physics. Christine Aidala from the University of Michigan opened the series with an overview of electromagnetic processes in hadronic and nuclear studies from an experimental standpoint, while Marco Radici of the University of Pavia provided theoretical insights into electromagnetic hadronic physics. Vladimir Pascalutsa from the University of Mainz discussed future directions for the theory of muon g-2, complemented by Simone Bacchio from The Cyprus Institute, who elaborated on the hadronic vacuum polarization contribution from lattice QCD.
Further deepening the discussion, Nils Hüsken from the University of Mainz presented an overview of charmonium-like spectroscopy, and Maxwell Hansen from the University of Edinburgh highlighted progress in three-particle scattering from lattice QCD. Farah Afzal from the University of Bonn shared recent results from the GlueX experiment, while Patrick Achenbach of the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility outlined the future of dark sector searches at Jefferson Lab. Raffaele Del Grande from the Czech Technical University in Prague explored strange hadronic matter through femtoscopy at the LHC, and Hooman Davoudiasl of Brookhaven National Laboratory addressed the search for physics beyond the Standard Model at the EIC.
Xu Feng from Peking University presented recent progress on polarizabilities from lattice QCD, and Paweł Sznajder from the National Centre for Nuclear Research discussed phenomenological studies of GPDs and their synergy with lattice results. Simone Pacetti from Perugia University and INFN examined hyperon time-like form factors at BESIII, while Daniel Pitonyak of Lebanon Valley College provided an overview of recent developments in TMD physics. Jianhui Zhang from the Chinese University of Hong Kong complemented this with updates on TMDs from lattice QCD perspectives.
The session also featured Bernhard Ketzer of the University of Bonn, who presented the first results and future plans of the AMBER experiment, and Tyler Kutz from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, who described progress at MESA and its implications for low-energy precision physics. Bjoern Schenke from Brookhaven National Laboratory discussed heavy-ion collisions as a precision laboratory for QCD, while Ubirajara (Bira) van Kolck from ECT delved into effective field theories for few-nucleon systems. Closing the lineup, Ian Cloet and Richard Milner, both from MIT, offered complementary theoretical and experimental perspectives on the current directions and future challenges in hadron physics.
Outstanding research was recognized through the Best Poster Awards, which went to Bhavna Prasad for “Proton and neutron electromagnetic form factors from lattice QCD in the continuum limit”, Cornelis Mommers for “Joint neutron-polarizability extraction and dark-sector search using deuteron photodisintegration”, Dimitra Pefkou for “Moments of parton distributions functions from Lattice QCD”, and Matteo Ronchi for “Subtracted dispersion relations formalism for virtual Compton scattering off the proton.”
The opening ceremony featured a special presentation by Stathis Raptou on Cyprus’s rich cultural heritage, followed by a celebratory moment marking 30 years of EINN, with Marc Vanderhaeghen and Zein-Eddine Meziani cutting the anniversary cake.
Beyond the lectures, participants enjoyed memorable social events. The welcome reception was held at the venue’s Bougainvillea Terrace, offering canapés, local drinks, and a breathtaking view of the Mediterranean Sea; a setting that perfectly reflected the charm and history of Paphos. The conference dinner took place in the picturesque village of Kouklia, where participants enjoyed traditional Cypriot cuisine, local wine, and music, followed by lively dancing that concluded the evening in the true spirit of Cypriot hospitality.
The next edition of the European Research Conference on Electromagnetic Interactions with Nucleons and Nuclei will once again take place in Cyprus in two years.
Acknowledgments
The success of EINN 2025 was made possible through the support of its sponsors and the active engagement of the participants. Special thanks are extended to:
The Helmholtz-Institute Mainz, a leading center for fundamental research in nuclear and particle physics; the European Physical Society, which promotes physics research and collaboration across Europe; the Quark-Gluon Tomography Collaboration, a global initiative advancing understanding of the internal structure of matter through high-precision experiments; and the Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee (NuPECC), which fosters coordination and development in nuclear science across Europe.
The Department of Physics at the University of Cyprus is a leading research and educational institution dedicated to advancing fundamental and applied physics. Through international collaborations, the department continues to contribute to cutting-edge discoveries and to training the next generation of physicists.
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