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Dynamics at Surfaces (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Exploring Interactions at Surfaces, from Scattering Dynamics to Heterogeneous Catalysis

August 8 - 9, 2015
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Salve Regina University
36 Ochre Point Avenue
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Dynamics at Surfaces is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The aim of the meeting is to bring together young researchers to explore fundamental interactions at surfaces, from both an experimental and theoretical viewpoint. In addition to presentations selected from the submitted abstracts, there will be an introductory overview lecture and a career mentorship session.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Dynamics at Surfaces" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Session: The Incredible Surface of Water
Discussion Leader: Natalia Garcia Rey (University of Illinois, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pmGilbert Nathanson (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Surface Circus: The Incredible Surface of Water"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmEffects of Surface Structure and Temperature
Discussion Leaders: Peter Townsend (Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) and Ellen Backus (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmOihana Galparsoro (Institut des Sciences Moléculaires (ISM), France)
"Phonon and Electron Excitations in Diatom Abstraction via Eley-Rideal Mechanism from Metal Surfaces"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pmDiscussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pmMaria Tesa-Serrate (Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom)
"Ionic Liquid-Vacuum Interfaces Studied by Reactive Atom Scattering"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pmJemma Gibbard (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Surface Ionisation of Hydrogen Rydberg Atoms at Thin Metallic Films and a Projected Band Gap Surface"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pmFrancesco Nattino (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
"Effect of Surface Motion on N2 Dissociation on W(110): An Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Study"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amReaction Dynamics at Surfaces
Discussion Leaders: Rachael Farber (Loyola University Chicago, USA) and Alec Wodtke (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:20 amJerry Larue (Stanford University, USA)
"Probing the Evolution of Chemical Reactions on Metal Surfaces in Real Time"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amSimon Rittmeyer (Technische Universität München, Germany)
"Quo Vadis Electronic Friction? Assessing Vibrational Lifetimes of Diatomics Beyond the Independent Atom Approximation"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amMaarten Van Reijzen (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
"State to State Scattering of CH4(ν3) from LiF(100) and Ni(111)"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amBryan Wiggins (University of Chicago, USA)
"Real Time Imaging with Atomic Level Spatial Resolution of Silicon Oxidation"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session

Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmMentorship Component: Career Panel Discussion
Discussion Leader: Vanessa Murray (Montana State University, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmPanel Discussion
"What Next? Careers After a PhD"
  • Ellen Backus (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany)
  • Gilbert Nathanson (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
  • Jaime Stearns (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmSeminar Concludes

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