Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Combining Experiment and Theory to Understand the Structure, Dynamics, and Spectroscopy of Liquids
Discussion Leader: Dina Sharon (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:05 pm
Nicole Gonzalez (Penn State University, United States)
"Investigating the Saturation of the Interfacial Water Signal by Sum Frequency Generation"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Sanjana Shailendra Rao Nalige (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
"Unravelling Hydration Water Dynamics with THz Spectroscopy: Carbon Nanotube Biosensors"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Interfaces in Liquids
Discussion Leader: Amro Dodin (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Shuang Luo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Atomistic Modeling of Polarization Effects at hBN/Water Interfaces"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Golam Azom (Louisiana State University, United States)
"Behavior of Polar Liquids at Graphene-Oxide Liquid Interfaces"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Pamina Winkler (EPFL, Switzerland)
"A Complementary Approach to Quantify Protein Interactions in Presence of Amino Acids"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Active Liquids
Discussion Leader: Jiaqi Pei (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Zeke Piskulich (Boston University, United States)
"Untangling the Interactions between Nanoplastics and Fluid Lipid Membranes through Multiscale Simulation"
9:15 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Atul Thakur (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States)
"The Role of Long-Range Interactions in the Orientational Relaxation of Polar Liquids"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Sanjana Krishna Mani (The Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Droplet Pulsation: An Interplay of Surfactant Partitioning, Spontaneous Emulsification, and Substrate Wettability"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Mohammadhasan (Hadi) Dinpajooh (Pacific Northwest National Lab, United States)
"From Short to Long-Range Interactions in Electrolytes: Concentration and Valency Dependencies and their Effects on the Structure and Screening"
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Constantin Krüger (EPFL, Switzerland)
"Electron Diffraction of Deeply Supercooled Water in No Man’s Land"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Careers in Liquids Science and Engineering: Opportunities and Insights
Discussion Leader: Kimberly Carter-Fenk (Stanford University, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Careers in Liquids Science and Engineering: Opportunities and Insights
Joan-Emma Shea (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
Martina Havenith (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
Bruce Kay (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
Gregory Fiechtner (U.S. DOE/Basic Energy Sciences, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes