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Colloidal, Macromolecular and Polyelectrolyte Solutions

Gordon Research Conference

Engineering Diverse Soft Matter Systems

February 11 - 16, 2024

Chairs Jim M. David and Daeyeon Lee

Vice Chairs Ashlee N. St.John and Jacinta C. Conrad

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Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express

1050 Schooner Drive

Ventura, California, United States

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Conference Description

The Colloidal, Macromolecular and Polyelectrolyte Solutions GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.

Colloids, macromolecules and polyelectrolytes serve as building blocks for biological and synthetic materials with microstructures that are often far from equilibrium. Such complexity and diversity give rise to unique properties with endless potential for innovation. Recent advances in characterizing and precisely controlling their structure and properties are enabling a wide array of applications from novel delivery vehicles to green materials to living and non-living systems that may provide insights into the origins of life. Due to the intricate nature of these systems, their study requires a unique approach involving a combination of experiments and theoretical analyses. The 2024 GRC on Colloidal, Macromolecules and Polyelectrolyte Solutions aims to explore the innovation of these materials and techniques for their characterization, focusing on engineering diverse soft matter systems.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Colloidal, Macromolecular and Polyelectrolyte Solutions" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Environment and Sustainability Discussion Leader: Nathaniel Lynd (The University of Texas at Austin, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm	Kimberly Prather (University of California, San Diego, United States) "From Sea to Sky: How Ocean Microbes Influence Air Quality, Climate, and Human Health"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm	LaShanda Korley (University of Delaware, United States) "Sustainability as a Roadmap for (Functional) Materials Design"
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	Novel Delivery Vehicles Discussion Leader: Jamal Lewis (University of Florida, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Angela Brown (Lehigh University, United States) "Biologically Inspired Delivery Strategies to Prevent and Overcome Antibiotic Resistance"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Christopher Alabi (Cornell University, United States) "Delivery of Biologics via Predictable and Unpredictable Polypeptide-Lipid Interactions"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Joshua Katz (International Flavors & Fragrances, United States) "Surfactants and Polymers for Improved Biologic Drug Manufacture, Purification, and Formulation"
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: Amanda Marciel (Rice University, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Bio-Inspired and Biomimetic Materials Discussion Leader: Adrianne Rosales (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm	Leila Deravi (Northeastern University, United States) "Adaptive Systems Inspired by Cephalopods: From Molecules to Machines"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	Andrea Liu (University of Pennsylvania, United States) "How Systems Can Learn Bio-Inspired Function by Themselves"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Rheological Characterization of Dynamic Systems Discussion Leader: Simon Rogers (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Lilian Hsiao (North Carolina State University, United States) "All About Rough Colloids Near Jamming: Shear Thickening, Yielding, and Linear Viscoelasticity"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Michelle Calabrese (University of Minnesota, United States) "Magnetic Field-Dependent Solvation and Dynamics Control Rheology and Self-Assembly in Block Copolymer Solutions"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Anne Grillet (Sandia National Laboratories, United States) "Rheological Characterization and Design of Highly-Filled Inks for Direct-Ink Write Additive Manufacturing"
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	3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing Discussion Leader: Nicolas Alvarez (Drexel University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm	Jason Burdick (University of Colorado Boulder, United States) "3D Printing with Living and Synthetic Granular Media: From Inks to Suspension Baths"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	Jonathan Seppala (National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States) "Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing: Thermoplastics, Thermosets, and Yield Stress Fluids"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Novel Techniques for Interfacial Processes and Measurements Discussion Leader: Peter Beltramo (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Alexandra Bayles (University of Delaware, United States) "Advective Processing Strategies for Architecting High Interfacial Area Materials"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Gordon Christopher (Texas Tech University, United States) "Using Interfacial Rheology to Understand Complex Systems"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Raymond Dagastine (University of Melbourne, Australia) "See Tiny Better, Measure Surface Forces Faster: Case Studies of a New Imaging Modality and a Novel Microfluidic Platform for Colloidal Interaction Measurement & Characterization"
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	Origins of Life Discussion Leader: Gerald Fuller (Stanford University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm	Javier Buceta (Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, Spain) "3D Packing of Cells: From Biology to Math and Physics"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	Anna Wang (UNSW Sydney, Australia) "Protocells as Out-of-Equilibrium Soft Matter Systems"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	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)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Out-of-Equilibrium Systems Discussion Leader: Lilo Pozzo (University of Washington, United States)
9:00 am - 9:40 am	Michael Graham (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States) "Data-Driven and Physics-Aware Microstructural Modeling of Flowing Complex Fluids"
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am	Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am	Matthew Helgeson (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States) "Probing Complex Fluid Microstructure Evolution in Complex Flow Histories"
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm	Eugene Pashkovski (The Lubrizol Corporation, United States) "The Role of Macromolecules in Modulating Fluid Atomization and Capillary Breakup of Weakly Elastic Fluids"
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	Active Matter Discussion Leader: Carlos Silvera Batista (Vanderbilt University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm	Patrick Underhill (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States) "Swimming and Mixing in Complex Active Fluids"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm	Andreas Walther (University of Mainz, Germany) "DNA Protocells with a Metabolism"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

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