Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles:
Theory, Measurements, and Applications

The ELS conference series combines two series: the Workshop on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering (Bremen, 1996; Moscow, 1997; Bremen, 1998) and the Workshop on Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles (Amsterdam, 1995; Helsinki, 1997; New York, 1998). The first combined conferences were held in Vigo, Spain in 1999, in Halifax, Canada in 2000 and in Gainesville, Florida in 2002.
The conference encompasses all experimental and theoretical aspects of single and multiple scattering of electromagnetic radiation by nonspherical and heterogeneous particles.

The primary aim is to highlight and summarize the rapid advancements in the field, including measurement approaches, knowledge of characteristic nonspherical features in scattering patterns, retrieval and remote sensing techniques, nonspherical particle sizing, and numerical methods for computing electromagnetic scattering by nonspherical particles.

Scientific Organizing Committee

• Ferdinando Borghese, Department of Physics, University of Messina, Italy

• Alfons Hoekstra, Section Computational Science, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Astronomical Institute 'Anton Pannekoek', University of Amsterdam.

• James Hough, Astronomy Research Centre, University of Hertfordshire, UK

• Michael Mishchenko, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York City, USA

• M. Pinar Mengüç, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (Vice Cair), Observatory, Helsinki, Finland

• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucia, Granada, Spain

• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, USA

• This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Sobolev Astronomical Institute, St. Petersburg University, Russia

• Thomas Wriedt (Chair), Institut für Werkstofftechnik, Germany

Next Conferences

• 12th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles, June 28. - July 2. 2010, Helsinki, Finland.
• 13th Conference, June 2011, Taormina (Sicily), Italy, arranged by Ferdinando Borghese.
• 14th Conference, Lille, France, arranged by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Previous Conferences

• 11th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles, 7 - 12 Sept. 2008, University of Hertfordshire, UK.

• 10th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles, 17 - 23 June 2007, Bodrum, Turkey, collocated with the 5th International Symposium on Radiative Transfer.

• 9th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles, 5 - 9 June 2006,  St. Petersburg University, St. Petersburg, Russia.

• 8th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles, 16 - 20 May 2005, Salobreña, Granada, Spain.

• 7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles,8 - 12 Sept. 2003, University of Bremen + Institut für Werkstofftechnik, Bremen, Germany.

• 6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,   March 4-8, 2002, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

• 5th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, August 28 - September 1, 2000, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

• 4th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory and Applications, Vigo, Spain, 20 + 21 September 1999..

• 3rd Workshop on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering - Theory and Applications, Bremen, 16 + 17 March 1998, Conference papers available.
• Workshop Light Scattering by Non-spherical particles, Helsinki, 9 - 11 June 1997.
• 2nd Workshop on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering - Theory and Applications, Moscow, 27 + 28 May 1996.
• 1st Workshop on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering - Theory and Applications, Bremen, 18 + 19 March 1996.
• Workshop Light Scattering by Non-spherical particles, Amsterdam, 2 + 3 May 1995.