SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff and Conference Chair |
7:45 pm - 9:15 pm | COORDINATION CLUSTERS AND POLYMERS |
| Discussion Leader: Gregory S. Girolami (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Achim Müller (Universität Bielefeld) "Porous Nanocapsules: Aesthetics and Multifunctionality in Harmony" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Kim Dunbar (Texas A&M University) "A Coordination Chemist's Approach to Functional Materials based on d, p and f Block Elements" |
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm | Chair's Reception |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SOLIDS, FILMS, AND NANOPARTICLES |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Kemp (Sandia National Laboratories) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Mercouri Kanatzidis (Northwestern University) "The Quest for Porous Semiconductors" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Lisa McElwee-White (University of Florida) "Design of Precursors for the Chemical Vapor Deposition of Inorganic Films" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Catherine Murphy (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) "Growth and Form of Gold and Silver Nanorods" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Christopher Marshall (Argonne National Laboratories) "In situ Characterization of Catalysts using Synchrotron Radiation" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (Group #1) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CHEMICALLY ACTIVE POROUS NETWORKS |
| Discussion Leader: Anne Poduska (Indian Institute of Science) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Wenbin Lin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) "Metal-organic Hybrid Materials for Catalytic and Biomedical Applications" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Joseph Hupp (Northwestern University) "Functional Metal-Organic Framework Materials" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Pantelis Trikalitis (University of Crete) "Adventures in Synthesis of Functionalized MOFs and their Gas
Sorption/Separation Properties" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Poster Session (Group #1) |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NEW VENTURES IN CATALYSIS |
| Discussion Leader: David S. Laitar (Dow Chemicals) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Robert Crabtree (Yale University) "Molecular Recognition and Alcohol Activation Catalysis" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Guido Pez (Air Products) "Hydrogen Storage via the Catalytic Reversible Hydrogenation of Organic Liquids" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 11:25 am | Richard Eisenberg (Rochester University) "Light Driven Generation of Hydrogen from Water: New Developments, New Strategies and New Results" |
11:25 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 11:55 am | Poster Talk #1 (TBA) |
11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Poster Talk #2 (TBA) |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (Group #1) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CHEMISTRY OF THE MAIN GROUP ELEMENTS |
| Discussion Leader: Kun Wang (Exxon-Mobil) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Gregory Robinson (University of Georgia) "Carbene-Stabilization of Highly Reactive Molecules" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Oleg Ozerov (Texas A&M University) "Carbon-Fluorine Bond Activation by Cationic Main Group Compounds" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Scott Weinert (Oklahoma State University) "Recent Advances in Organo-oligogermane Chemistry" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Poster Session (Group #1) |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CHEMICAL DYNAMICS |
| Discussion Leader: Stosh Kozimor (Los Alamos National Laboratories) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Janet Bluemel (Texas A&M University) "Immobilized Catalysts with Improved Recycling Characteristics: New Mechanistic Insights by Solid-State NMR" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:20 am | Louisa Hope-Weeks (Texas Tech University) "Low Valency Transition Metal Oxide Aerogels and their Nanocomposites - Tuning the Materials Characteristics" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Roman Boulatov (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) "Pulling Bonds Apart: Driving Chemical Reactions by Application of Molecular Forces" |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 12:10 pm | Paula Diaconescu (University of California at Los Angeles) "Reactions of Aromatic Heterocycles with Electrophilic Metal Alkyl Complexes" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (Group #2) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | BIOINSPIRED AND BIOMEDICAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Thomas Ward (University of Basel) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Marcetta Darensbourg (Texas A&M University) "The Organoiron Components in Hydrogenase Active Sites" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Julia Brumaghim (Clemson University) "Exploring Selenium Antioxidant Activity Mechanisms through Synthesis of Model Metal Complexes" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Poster Session (Group #2) |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | INORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN BIOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Alan Heyduk (University of California at Irvine) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Ivano Bertini (University of Florence) "Copper in Living Organisms" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:20 am | Elizabeth Theil (Oakland Research Institute) "Finding Iron Trails into and out of Protein Nanocages: Ferritin Stories" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 11:25 am | Ann Valentine (Yale University) "Bioinorganic Chemistry of Titanium" |
11:25 am - 11:40 am | Discussion |
11:40 am - 11:55 am | Poster Talk #3 (TBA) |
11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm | Poster Talk #4 (TBA) |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session (Group #2) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | NEW DIRECTIONS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: John Lockemeyer (Shell Chemical Co.) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Keith Watson (Dow Chemical Co.) "An Alternative Route to a Multi-Billion Pound Commodity Using Heterogeneous Catalysis" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Peter Wolczanski (Cornell University) "Azaallyl-based Ligands: Unusual Optical Properties and Ligand Reactivity" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Poster Session (Group # 2) |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |