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 |
7:45 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Lecture |
| Discussion Leader: Mike Heinekey (University of Washington) |
7:45 pm - 8:45 pm | Richard Schrock (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Recent Success and Challenges in Olefin Metathesis" |
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm | Chair's Reception |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Catalysis |
| Discussion Leader: Nora Radu (Dupont) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Mike Gagne (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"Mechanistic Studies in the Service of Catalysts for Organic Synthesis" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Jeff Miller (Argonne National Laboratory)
"Understanding Geometric-Electronic Structure Relationships in Nanoparticles using XPS and DFT" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Parisa Mehrkhodavandi (University of British Columbia)
"Chiral indium catalysts for controlled ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Tong Ren (Purdue University)
"New Vistas of Metal Acetylides: Cross Conjugation and Foray into 3d Metals" |
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 I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Energy Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Keith Watson (Dow) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Peidong Yang (University of California, Berkeley)
"Semiconductor nanowires for solar energy conversion" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Amy Prieto (Colorado State University)
"Nanoparticles of earth-abundant, non-toxic elements for photovoltaics" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Larry Lewis (GE Global Research)
"NOx reduction with template silver alumina" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Solid State Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Greg Girolami (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Daniel Gamelin (University of Washington)
"Teaching old phosphors new tricks: New materials properties from Mn2+ doped semiconductors on nanometer length scales" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Andreas Stein (University of Minnesota)
"Controlling and Maintaining Morphology in Templated Structures" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Greta Patzke (University of Zurich)
"Oxide Nanomaterials and Polyoxometalates for Current Environmental Applications" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Sarah Stoll (Georgetown University)
"Magnetic Nanostructures" |
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 I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Heavy Elements |
| Discussion Leader: Dave Thorn (Los Alamos National Laboratory) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Polly Arnold (University of Edinburgh)
"Small molecule activation with uranium complexes" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Karsten Meyer (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
"Effects of Ligand Environment on Uranium Reactivity Toward Carbon Dioxide and Other Heteroallenes" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Al Sattelberger (Argonne National Laboratory)
"Connecting the Solution and Solid-State Chemistry of Technetium" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Chemistry of Main Group Elements |
| Discussion Leader: Greg Robinson (University of Georgia) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Ian Manners (University of Bristol)
"Catalytic and Self-Assembly Routes to Soft Materials Based on Main Group Elements or Metals" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Doug Stephan (University of Toronto)
"Recent Advances in FLP Chemistry" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | François Gabbai (Texas A&M University)
"Lewis acidic behavior of heavy pnictogens and chalcogens toward transition metals" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Matt Shores (Colorado State University)
"Manipulating Spin in Organometallic and Coordination Complexes" |
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 II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Coordination Chemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Bahram Moasser (Georgetown University) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Pat Holland (University of Rochester)
"The Role of Multimetallic Cooperativity in Nitrogen Fixation by Iron Complexes" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Ted Betley (Harvard)
"Small molecule activation at polynuclear reaction sites" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Christine Thomas (Brandeis University)
"Applications of Metal-Metal Interactions in Early/Late Heterobimetallic Complexes" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Talks / Nanotechnology |
| Discussion Leader: Kun Wang (ExxonMobil) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | TBA (Poster Talk #1) |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | TBA (Poster Talk #2) |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | TBA (Poster Talk #3) |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Jonathan Owen (Columbia University)
"Tri-n-butylphosphine complexes of chloride-terminated cadmium selenide nanocrystals" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:15 pm | Delia Milliron (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
"From colloidal nanocrystals to nanoarchitectured materials" |
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 II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Conference Wrap-up / Poster Talks /Perspectives |
| Discussion Leader: John Lockemeyer (Shell) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | TBA (Poster Talk #4) |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | TBA (Poster Talk #5) |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Rich Eisenberg (University of Rochester)
"Solar Hydrogen and Conversations with Stars" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |