Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 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
Harnessing Reactivity
Discussion Leader: Andrew Borovik (University of California, Irvine, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Suzanne Bart (Purdue University, United States)
"Pushing the Limits of Actinide-Element Multiple Bonds"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Polly Arnold (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Homogeneous f-block Mediated N2RR; Does Anybody Want a Radioactive Catalyst?"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
The Heavy Elements
Discussion Leader: Ellen Matson (University of Rochester, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Alexandra Velian (University of Washington, United States)
"Atomically Precise Clusters with an Edge"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Timothy Su (UC Riverside, United States)
"Silicon Diamondoids: Atomically Precise Nanoclusters of Crystalline Silicon"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:20 am
Jerome Robinson (Brown University, United States)
"Rare-Earth Reactive Oxygen Species"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:20 pm
Ping Yang (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)
"Predictive Modeling of Actinide-Chemistry"
12:20 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
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Amy Prieto (Colorado State University, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Interfacing Metals and Biology
Discussion Leader: Elisa Tomat (University of Arizona, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm
Marcetta Darensbourg (Texas A&M University, United States)
"Inspiration from Bioorganometallic “Natural Products” in the Synthesis of S-bridged Polymetallic Complexes with Unique Electrochemical and Magnetism Consequences"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Joseph Zadrozny (Colorado State University, United States)
"Controlling Spins With an Eye Toward New Bioimaging Probes"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:25 pm
Daniel Suess (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Small Molecule Activation at Synthetic Iron-Sulfur Clusters"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Modes of Bonding
Discussion Leader: Tracy Lohr (Shell, United States)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Laurel Schafer (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Converting Stoichiometric Chemistry to Catalytic Reactivity Through Ligand Design"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Mitch Smith (Michigan State University, United States)
"Electrocatalytic Ammonia Splitting: 'Unfixing' N2, a Molecule that Was Never Broken to Begin With"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Theodore Betley (Harvard University, United States)
"Stretching Bonding to it’s Limits: Stabilizing Radical Ligands"
12:15 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
Main Group Reactivity
Discussion Leader: Natalia Shustova (University of South Carolina, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Bart Bartlett (University of Michigan, United States)
"Molecular Design of Electrolytes for Magnesium Batteries"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Francois Gabbai (Texas A&M University, United States)
"Engaging Anions and Electron-Rich Metals with Main Group Lewis Acids"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Condensed Matter and Its Applications
Discussion Leaders: Sage Bauers (NREL, United States)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Jakoah Brgoch (University of Houston, United States)
"Advancing Human-Centric Lighting"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Susan Kauzlarich (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Improving Thermoelectric Efficiency by Design with Zintl Phases"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Lisa McElwee-White (University of Florida, United States)
"Ru 3 Ways: PACVD, FEBID and FIBID"
12:15 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
Physical Inorganic Chemistry
Discussion Leader: Evgeny Dikarev (University at Albany, SUNY, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Ellen Matson (University of Rochester, United States)
"Charge Compensation in Metal Oxide Complexes"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Joshua Vura-Weis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"What Did the Metals Know, and When Did They Know It?"
9:15 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 in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Energy Production and Storage
Discussion Leader: Bart Bartlett (University of Michigan, United States)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
James Mayer (Yale University, United States)
"Chemistry of Hydrogen on Nanoparticles — Shaken, Not stirred"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:35 am
Hailiang Wang (Yale University, United States)
"Strong Metal-Oxide and Metal-Metal Interactions in CO2 Reduction Electrocatalysis"
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 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
Inorganic Chemistry as a Driver of Innovation
Discussion Leader: Amy Prieto (Colorado State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
T. Don Tilley (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Unusual Silicon Ligands in Bond Activations and Chemical Transformations"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
George Stanley (Louisiana State University, United States)
"Highly Active Cationic Cobalt(II) Hydroformylation Catalysts"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure