Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Forging New Paths and Research Opportunities in Surface Dynamics
Discussion Leader: Rachael Farber (University of Chicago, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Heather Allen (Ohio State University, USA)
"Testing the State Function Hypothesis of Interfacial Science with the Journey to Success"
4:15 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
Messy and Disordered Surfaces
Real-world processes often take place on complex, disordered interfaces. Surface morphology, many-body interactions, and variable energetic landscapes often make it challenging to characterize the dynamics taking place on liquids, self-assembled monolayers, stepped crystal surfaces, and amorphous ices.
Discussion Leader: Daniel Tinney (Tufts University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Fang Xu (Harvard University, USA)
"In Situ Non-Uniform Reaction Rates During Oxidation of Low-Chain Alcohols on Gold"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Xianyuan Zhao (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Ion-Scattering Measures Depth Profiles of Ions at Glycerol Surface"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Michelle Brann (University of Chicago, USA)
"Morphological and Temperature-Dependent Oxidative Reactivity of Olefin Thin Films"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Sabine Auras (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
"It's Not Just the Defects: A Curved Crystal Study of H2 O Desorption from Ag"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Microscopic and Quantum-Scale Investigations of Complex Kinetic Phenomena
A variety of specialized theoretical and experimental tools are now available to explore (and exploit) the precise quantum states, energy distributions, and microscopic features of molecules and the surfaces they interact with/on.
Discussion Leader: Hua Guo (University of New Mexico, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Michael Abramovitch (University of Delaware, USA)
"Equilibrium Shapes of Pt Nanoparticles for Structure-Sensitive Microkinetic Models"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Marcos del Cueto Cordones (University of New Mexico, USA)
"Quantum Stereodynamics of H2 Scattering from Co(0001): Influence of Reaction Channels"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am
Gitika Srivastava (Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland)
"Single Molecule Manipulation via Inelastic Electron Tunneling: Molecular Motors, Walkers and Nanocars"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Adrian Ruckhofer (Graz University of Technology, Austria)
"Studying Surface Dynamics and THz Collective Excitations in Topological Insulators with Helium Atom Scattering"
10:50 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: Career Panel
Four established scientists will be available for an informal discussion of potential career paths in both academia and industry. Dr. Andrew Crowther: Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Barnard College, Dr. Hua Guo: Professor of Chemistry at The University of New Mexico, Dr. Heather Allen: Professor of Chemistry at The Ohio State University, and Ted Theuning: Senior Engineer at Seagate Technology.
Discussion Leaders: Anton Tamtögl (Institute of Experimental Physics, Graz University of Technology, Austria) and Marie Turano (Loyola University Chicago, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Navigating Careers in Academia and Beyond
Andrew Crowther (Barnard College, USA)
Hua Guo (University of New Mexico, USA)
Theodore Thuening (Seagate Technology LLC, USA)
Heather Allen (Ohio State University, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes