Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 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
Batteries
Discussion Leader: Joaquin Rodriguez-Lopez (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Katherine Jungjohann (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
"Nanoscale Li Nucleation and Self-Discharge of Li-Metal Anodes Using In-Situ TEM"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Fikile Brushett (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Hidden Complexities and Unexpected Opportunities in Organic Flow Batteries"
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
Organic Electrochemistry
Discussion Leader: Diane Smith (San Diego State University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Phil Baran (The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
"Studies in Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Shannon Stahl (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Electron-Proton-Transfer Mediators in Electrochemical Synthesis and Energy Conversion"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Song Lin (Cornell University, USA)
"Using Electricity to Amp up Organic Synthesis: Electrocatalytic Difunctionalization of Alkenes"
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
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Janine Mauzeroll (McGill University, Canada)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Next Generation Electrocatalysts
Discussion Leader: Johna Leddy (University of Iowa, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Charles McCrory (University of Michigan, USA)
"Selective CO2 Reduction in Water by Polymer-Encapsulated Molecular Electrocatalysts"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Kristina Tschulik (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany)
"Electrocatalysis - From Large Ensembles to Single Particle Studies"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Bioelectrochemistry
Discussion Leader: Marisa Buzzeo (Barnard College, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Sean Elliott (Boston University, USA)
"Dissecting Active Site Electrochemistry: H2 -Oxidizing and CO2 -Reducing Enzymes"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Renata Bilewicz (University of Warsaw, Poland)
"Bioelectrodes - Improving Enzyme Active Site Communication with the Electrode"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Erwin Reisner (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Semi-Artificial Photosynthesis"
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
New Materials in Electrocatalysis
Discussion Leader: Plamen Atanassov (University of New Mexico, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Yogesh Surendranath (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Graphite-Conjugated Catalysis"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Matthew Kanan (Stanford University, USA)
"Grain Boundary Effects in Electrochemical CO2 and CO Conversion"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Electroanalytical Chemistry
Discussion Leader: Carol Korzeniewski (Texas Tech University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Mei Shen (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Study of Neurotransmission Using Nanopipet Electrodes"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Lanqun Mao (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Enabling Bioelectrochemistry for In Vivo Neurochemical Monitoring"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
David Cliffel (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Electrochemically Instrumenting Organs on a Chip"
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; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Electrochemical Theory and Simulations
Discussion Leader: Stephen Feldberg (Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Yue Qi (Michigan State University, USA)
"Modeling the Lithiation and Delithiation Process at a Passivated Lithium Electrode Surface"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Iryna Zenyuk (Tufts University, USA)
"Understanding Transport in Electrochemical Energy Systems via X-Ray Computed Tomography and Modeling"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Single Entity Electrochemistry
Discussion Leader: Michael Mirkin (Queens College, City University of New York, USA)
9:00 am - 9:40 am
Bo Zhang (University of Washington, USA)
"Watching Single Molecules and Nanoparticles at the Electrochemical Interface"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:10 am
Patrick Unwin (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
"Nanopipet-Based Imaging Probes for Single Entity Electrochemistry"
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
Lane Baker (Indiana University, USA)
"Mapping Electrochemically Inert Ions and Molecules with Electrochemical Microscopy"
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
Late-Breaking Topics
Discussion Leader: Janine Mauzeroll (McGill University, Canada)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Aliaksei Boika (The University of Akron, USA)
"AC Electrokinetics and Electroanalysis: Why, How, What?"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Karthish Manthiram (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"High Turnover Frequencies and Mechanism of Carbon Dioxide Reduction at Metal Phthalocyanines"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Megan Jackson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"General Acid Promotion of Interfacial Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer via Surface Adsorption"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Stephen Creager (Clemson University, USA)
"Selective Proton/Deuteron Transfer Through Single-Layer Graphene at High Current Density"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Bing Yan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Exploiting Hydrogen Spillover for Selective Electrocatalysis"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Anthony Hall (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Enhancing the Performance of Electrocatalysts via Atomic Scale Ordering"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Netz Arroyo (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Measurement and Control of Specific Molecules in the Body Using Aptamer-Based Electrochemical Sensors"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Carol Korzeniewski (Texas Tech University, USA)
"Confocal Raman Microscopy in the Study of Catalytic Membrane Materials"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure