Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Hydrocarbon Catalysis
Discussion Leader: Unni Olsbye (University of Oslo, Norway)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
James Rekoske (Honeywell UOP, USA)
"Hydrocarbons: Fuel for the Past, or a Bright Future?"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Aditya Bhan (University of Minnesota, USA)
"Chemistries Mediating Deactivation in Methanol-to-Olefins Conversion and Strategies to Mitigate Them"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Materials for Catalysis
Discussion Leader: Matteo Cargnello (Stanford University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Jeffrey Rimer (University of Houston, USA)
"Synthesis by Design: New Methods to Tailor the Physicochemical Properties of Catalysts"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Rajamani Gounder (Purdue University, USA)
"Beyond Single-Site Heterogeneous Catalyst Design: Controlling the Spatial Proximity and Mobility of Active Sites"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Mizuki Tada (Nagoya University, Japan)
"X-Ray Imaging of Heterogeneous Catalysts and Electrocatalysts"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Beata Kilos-Reaume (The Dow Chemical Company, USA) and Eranda Nikolla (Wayne State University, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Electrocatalysis
Discussion Leader: Bingjun Xu (University of Delaware, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Thomas Jaramillo (Stanford University, USA)
"Catalyzing Electrochemical Processes for Sustainable Energy"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Marc Koper (Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, The Netherlands)
"Dynamics of a Restructuring Platinum Electrocatalyst"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Chemistries
Discussion Leader: Placidus Amama (Kansas State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Beatriz Roldan Cuenya (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany)
"Operando Insight into Thermal and Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Valuable Chemicals and Fuels"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Xiulian Pan (State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Bifunctional Catalysts for Selective Conversion of Syngas: A New Chemistry via the Ketene Route?"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Beata Kilos-Reaume (The Dow Chemical Company, USA)
"Untraveled Roads to Familiar Destinations: Exploring New Pathways to Produce Classic Chemicals"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Connecting Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis
Discussion Leader: Nicholas Brunelli (The Ohio State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
T. Brent Gunnoe (University of Virginia, USA)
"Development of Rhodium Catalysts for Arene Alkenylation: Nanoparticle and Molecular Catalysts"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Christophe Coperet (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Isolated Sites at Surfaces and Interfaces for Efficient Catalysis"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Concepts in Theory for Catalysis
Discussion Leader: Jean-Sabin McEwen (Washington State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Linda Broadbelt (Northwestern University, USA)
"The Confluence of Kinetic Modeling and Data Science: Hope or Hype?"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Andrew Peterson (Brown University, USA)
"The Potential of Machine-Learning Methods to Accelerate Catalyst Theory and Discovery"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Thomas Bligaard (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, USA)
"Addressing Complexity in Catalysis Through Surrogate Machine Learning Modeling"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Young Investigator Presentations
Discussion Leader: David Flaherty (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm
Aleksandra Vojvodic (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Understanding the Many Facets of Oxides Computationally"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:45 pm
David Hibbitts (University of Florida, USA)
"Effects of the Orientation, Location, and Distribution of Acid Sites in Zeolite-Catalyzed Methanol-to-Hydrocarbon Reactions"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:25 pm
Eranda Nikolla (Wayne State University, USA)
"Design of Complex Metal/Metal-Oxide Heterogeneous Catalysts for Energy and Chemical Conversion"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Characterization Techniques
Discussion Leader: Javier Guzman (ExxonMobil, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Silvia Bordiga (University of Turin, Italy)
"The Role of Spectroscopy in Understanding Heterogeneous Catalysts: Cu-CHA, a Model System for Applied Selective Redox Catalysis"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Robert Rioux (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Controlled Synthesis to Simplify Characterization of Heterogeneous Catalysts: (Inter)Metallic Active Sites of Well-Defined Composition and Nuclearity"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Lynn Gladden (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Characterizing Catalyst Behavior in the Reactor Environment Under Realistic Reaction Conditions Using Magnetic Resonance"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Surface Chemistry of Catalytic Systems
Discussion Leader: Susannah Scott (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:45 pm
Enrique Iglesia (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Trailblazing Through Energy Landscapes and the Cuddling of Transition States"
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure