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
Polymer Electrolytes and Ionic liquids
Discussion Leader: Jeffrey Richards (Northwestern University, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Rachel Segalman (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"Designing Polymeric Ionic Liquids for Metal Ion Conduction"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Nitash Balsara (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Concentration Gradients and Hot-spots Induced by Flow of Current in Polymer Electrolytes"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Colloidal Assemblies: Synthesis and Applications
Discussion Leader: Jacinta Conrad (University of Houston, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Arjun Yodh (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Structure, Dynamics, and Frustration in Colloidal Glasses and Related “Spin” Systems"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Stefano Sacanna (NYU, United States)
"Total Synthesis of Colloidal Matter"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Robert Wiacek (Staff Scientist, United States)
"Use of High Refractive Index Materials in Display and Lighting Applications"
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
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Kelly Schultz (Lehigh University, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Field-Driven Colloidal Assemblies
Discussion Leader: Kyle Bishop (Columbia University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Michael Bevan (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"Colloidal Assembly and Machine Learning"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Carlos Silvera Batista (Vanderbilt University, United States)
"Engineering Electrokinetic Forces for the Control of Collective Dynamics and Directed Transport of Colloids"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Propelled Colloids
Discussion Leader: John Brady (California Institute of Technology, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Ramin Golestanian (Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany)
"Phoretic Active Colloids and Non-reciprocal Interactions"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Petia Vlahovska (Northwestern University, United States)
"Quincke-powered Colloids: Individual Motility and Collective Dynamics"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Orlin Velev (North Carolina State University, United States)
"Principles of External Field Powered Propulsion, Steering and Reconfiguration of Engineered Active Particles and Microstructures"
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
Heterogeneous and Interfacially Dominated Systems
Discussion Leader: Vivek Sharma (University of Illinois at Chicago, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Sepideh Razavi (University of Oklahoma, United States)
"Scratching Beneath the Surface: Janus Particles and Surfactant Molecules at Fluid Interfaces"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Patrick Anderson (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Interplay of Rheology and Transport at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Bioinspired Systems
Discussion Leader: Maria Santore (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Wyatt Shields (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
"Electrokinetic Active Particles for Molecular Biorecognition"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Allie Obermeyer (Columbia University, United States)
"Selective Complex Coacervation of Proteins in Complex Biological Mixtures"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Samanvaya Srivastava (UCLA, United States)
"Stable Complex Coacervate Microemulsions"
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(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Dynamic Hydrogels
Discussion Leader: Lilian Hsiao (North Carolina State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Monica Olvera de la Cruz (Northwestern University, United States)
"Catalytic Hydrogels"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Ximin He (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"Structural Hydrogels Through Ion/Solvent-induced Chain Aggregation"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Polyelectrolyte Coacervates
Discussion Leader: Michael Rubinstein (Duke University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Charles Sing (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"Building a Bridge from Complex Coacervation Models to Biomolecular Phase Separation"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Amanda Marciel (Rice University, United States)
"Influence of Sequence on Polyelectrolyte Phase Behavior"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Jennifer Laaser (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
"Chemical Drivers of Complexation in Polyelectrolyte Complexes and Coacervates"
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
Polymers in Strong Flows
Discussion Leader: Joseph Schlenoff (Florida State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Matthew Lynch (The Procter & Gamble Company, United States)
"Polymers for Preparing ‘Sprayable’ Yield-Stress Fluids"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Sujit Datta (Princeton University, United States)
"All Stirred Up: Anomalous Flow Thickening of Polymer Solutions in Porous Media"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure