The XXI Symposium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy

June 28 - July 03, 2026, Zelenogorsk, St. Petersburg, Russia

First Announcement

The XXI^st Symposium on High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy (HighRus-2026) will be held on 28 June – 3 July, 2026, in the town of Zelenogorsk near St. Petersburg, Russia.

Organizers:
V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, 1, Academician Zuev sq., 634055, Tomsk, Russia
St. Petersburg State University, 7-9 Universitetskaya Embankment, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia

Сhairman:
PTASHNIK Igor V., Corr. member of the RAS, Dr., V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Phone +7 (3822) 49 27 38, Fax +7 (3822) 49-20-86, E-mail: director@iao.ru

Program committee:
PEREVALOV Valery I., Dr., V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia - Chairman, vip@iao.ru
ASFIN Ruslan E., Dr., St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg – Deputy Chairman
STARIKOVA Evgeniya N., Dr., V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia; National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia - Scientific Secretary
EGOROV Oleg V., Dr., V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
FEDOROVA Anna A., Dr., Space research institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
FILIPPOV Nikolai N., Prof., Institute of Quantum Physics, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk, Russia
GANUS Irina Yu. First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Science and Higher Education of the Government of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
KAZAKOV Konstantin V., Dr., Institute of Quantum Physics, Irkutsk National Research Technical University, Irkutsk, Russia
KISTENEV Yury V., Prof., National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
KOSHELEV Maxim A., Dr., Institute of Applied Physics RAS, Nizhny Novgorod
PTASHNIK Igor V., Corr. member of the RAS, Dr., V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
SINITSA Leonid N., Prof. V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
STOLYAROV Andrey V., Prof., Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
SURIN Leonid A., Prof., Institute of Spectroscopy RAS, Troitsk, Moscow, Russia
TYUTEREV Vladimir G., Prof., National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
ULENIKOV Oleg N.Prof., Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk
VIGASIN Andrei A., Dr., Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia

Local committees

in Tomsk	in St. Petersburg
Perevalov V.I. - Chair	Asfin R.E. - Chair
Starikova Е.N. - Secretary	Buturlimova M.V. - Secretary
Egorov O.V.	Ilinikh Ju.V.
Sinitsa L.N.	Zaletov V.V.
Tyuterev V.G.	Zemliyanskaya I.E.

Program of the symposium
The symposium will cover a wide range of topics concerning high resolution molecular spectroscopy and its applications including:

1. High and super high resolution spectroscopy of molecules, radicals, ions, complexes, molecules in matrix and nanostructures.
2. Spectroscopy and dynamics of intermolecular interactions.
3. Spectroscopy of biomolecules and their complexes.
4. Theory of molecular systems, application of quantum chemistry and other computational methods.
5. Spectroscopy applications in atmospheric physics, in astrophysics and in the physics of molecular gases in extreme conditions.
6. Spectroscopy in medicine and in gas analysis.
7. Experimental methods and techniques of spectroscopy.
8. Databases and information systems in spectroscopy.

The symposium schedule will include:
1. Invited lectures (up to 45 min)
2. Oral presentations (15 min)
3. Poster sessions

Some important dates
20^th January 2026 – Second announcement
1^st February 2026– Start of registration and abstract submission
15^th April 2026– Deadline for abstract submission
25^th April 2026– Announcement of the status of submitted abstracts
15^th May 2026– Publication of the symposium program
31^st May 2026 –Deadline for registration
1^st June 2026– Third announcement

Address of the Symposium organizing committee
Evgeniya STARIKOVA
HighRus-2026 Scientific Secretary
V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics
1, Academician Zuev sq.
634055, Tomsk, Russia
Fax (+7) 3822 49 20 86
E-mail: highrus@iao.ru

We are looking forward to seeing you at the Symposium!