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
Public Policy and Outreach in Environmental Nanotechnology
Discussion Leader: Arielle Mensch (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:05 pm
Drew Story (AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow, USA)
"Public and Policymaker Engagement by Scientists: Avoided at One's Own Peril"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Fan Wu (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"A Citizen Science Approach for Estimating Titanium Dioxide Released from Personal Care Products"
4:25 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
Emerging Methods for Nanomaterial Detection and Quantification in Complex Environmental Matrices
Discussion Leaders: Miranda Gallagher (Rice University, USA) and Mark Surette (Oregon State University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm
Aude Bechu (McGill University, Canada)
"Examining Cd-Based Quantum Dots Mechanisms of Degradation in Environmental Waters"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Becky Curtis (School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)
"Next-Generation Battery Cathode Material Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LCO) Nanosheets and Metabolomic Impacts to Freshwater Crustacean Daphnia magna "
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm
Elizabeth Laudadio (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"pH-Dependent Interaction of Phosphate and Lithium Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles: A Combined Spectroscopic and Calorimetric Study"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
Diamond Jones (University of Iowa, USA)
"Designed Metal Release of Complex Metal Oxides"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Novel Applications of Nanotechnology for the Provision of Food, Energy and Water
Discussion Leaders: Véronique Adam (EMPA - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Switzerland) and Benjamin Frank (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:25 am
Akhenaton-Andrew Jones (Northeastern University, USA)
"Statistical Classification of Dynamic Bacterial Growth with Sub-Inhibitory Concentrations of Nanoparticles and Its Implications for Disease Treatment"
9:25 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Lisa Stabryla (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Leveraging Nanomaterial Design for Next Generation Antimicrobials"
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:15 am
Dominique Porcincula (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, USA)
"Water Desalination Using Screen Printed Lyotropic Liquid Crystal: Carbon Nanotube Composite Membranes"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:40 am
Camrynn Fausey (Yale University, USA)
"Removal of Arsenic with Reduced Graphene Oxide-TiO2 -Decorated Nanofibrous Mats"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:00 am
General 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: Professional Development Career Panels
Discussion Leader: Lisa Stabryla (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:35 pm - 2:00 pm
Panel Discussion
Careers in Academia
Adeyemi Adeleye (University of California, Irvine, USA)
Desiree Plata (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Sharon Walker (Drexel University, USA)
Korin Wheeler (Santa Clara University, USA)
Ines Zucker (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
Francois Perreault (Arizona State University, USA)
2:00 pm - 2:25 pm
Panel Discussion
Careers in Industry and Government
Wade Elmer (The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, USA)
Robert Hamers (University of Wisconsin-Madison / Silatronix, Inc., USA)
Ronald Lankone (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA)
Timothy Duncan (U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA)
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Closing Remarks
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes