The Seville synthesis: Unifying disciplines to tackle global challenges

Christos E. Athanasiou; Krishnan Narayanan; Javier LLorca; Nitin P. Padture; Dierk Raabe; Pradeep R. Guduru; Michael Saliba; Nuwong Chollacoop; Amit Bandyopadhyay; Anil Ananthaswamy; Dedric Carter; Nigel Croft; Christine Ortiz; Christopher A. Schuh; Sanjay Sampath; Ares J. Rosakis; G. (Ravi) Ravichandran; Antonios E. Giannakopoulos; Upadastra Ramamurty; Sarah Bentil; Yang Lu; Taher Saif; Metin Sitti; Sarah E. Du; Tony Jun Huang; Mukesh K. Jain; Nicholas Dirks; George Karniadakis; Ju Li; Markus J. Buehler; Ming Dao; Antoine Jerusalem; Pranesh B. Aswath; Balaraman Ravindran; Kevin T. Turner; Yu Lin Shen; David Zierler

doi:10.1016/j.matt.2026.102856

The Seville synthesis: Unifying disciplines to tackle global challenges

Christos E. Athanasiou
, Krishnan Narayanan
, Javier LLorca
, Nitin P. Padture
, Dierk Raabe
, Pradeep R. Guduru
, Michael Saliba
, Nuwong Chollacoop
, Amit Bandyopadhyay
, Anil Ananthaswamy
, Dedric Carter
, Nigel Croft
, Christine Ortiz
, Christopher A. Schuh
, Sanjay Sampath
, Ares J. Rosakis
, G. (Ravi) Ravichandran
, Antonios E. Giannakopoulos
, Upadastra Ramamurty
, Sarah Bentil

Yang Lu, Taher Saif, Metin Sitti, Sarah E. Du, Tony Jun Huang, Mukesh K. Jain, Nicholas Dirks, George Karniadakis, Ju Li, Markus J. Buehler, Ming Dao, Antoine Jerusalem, Pranesh B. Aswath, Balaraman Ravindran, Kevin T. Turner, Yu Lin Shen, David Zierler

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The recent Science Across Boundaries Symposium highlighted the idea that science’s future lies in crossing disciplinary boundaries. Complex challenges such as sustainability, AI, and health demand integrated, systems-level approaches rather than isolated specialization. Success requires resilient collaboration, human-AI co-intelligence, and boundary-crossing leadership to navigate increasing complexity.

Original language	English
Article number	102856
Journal	Matter
Volume	9
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2026.102856
State	Published - Jun 3 2026

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Athanasiou, C. E., Narayanan, K., LLorca, J., Padture, N. P., Raabe, D., Guduru, P. R., Saliba, M., Chollacoop, N., Bandyopadhyay, A., Ananthaswamy, A., Carter, D., Croft, N., Ortiz, C., Schuh, C. A., Sampath, S., Rosakis, A. J., Ravichandran, G., Giannakopoulos, A. E., Ramamurty, U., ... Zierler, D. (2026). The Seville synthesis: Unifying disciplines to tackle global challenges. Matter, 9(6), Article 102856. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matt.2026.102856

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