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
Materials Invention
Discussion Leader: Michael Tsapatsis (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Stacey Zones (Chevron Research Company, USA)
"In the Mosaic of Factors in Zeolite Crystallization Selectivity, Some Aspects of Contributions from Organic Molecules"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Eric Bloch (University of Delaware, USA)
"Design and Synthesis of Highly Porous Coordination Cages"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Characterization at the Cutting Edge
Discussion Leader: Valeska Ting (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Sharon Ashbrook (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
"Exploiting Isotopic Enrichment for the NMR Investigation of Microporous Materials"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Jeffrey Kenvin (Micromeritics, USA)
"Beyond Nitrogen and Argon, Recent Advances in the Characterization of Porous Materials"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Daniel Bregante (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
"Confined Solvent Structures Within Lewis Acid Zeolites Influence the Stability of Surface Species at the Liquid-Solid Interface"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Austin Evans (Northwestern University, USA)
"Seeded Growth of Single-Crystal Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks"
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 Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Sharon Ashbrook (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom) and Natalia Shustova (University of South Carolina, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Computation and Experiment
Discussion Leader: Maciej Korzynski (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Christopher Hendon (University of Oregon, USA)
"Pore Volume and Surface Area Characterization Using DFT Accelerated by Machine Learning"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
David Sholl (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"Expanding the Chemical Palette for Adsorption-Based Separations in Nanoporous Materials"
9:15 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
Layers and Films: New Routes to Impactful Solids
Discussion Leader: Chia-Kuang Tsung (Boston College, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Heloise Pastore (University of Campinas, Brazil)
"Revisiting the Transformations of Lamellar Silicates into Zeolites: The Case of Na-RUB-18"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Monica So (California State University, Chico, USA)
"Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Thin Films: Towards Solar Energy Conversion Devices"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Michael Tsapatsis (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Zeolite and Metal-Organic-Framework Thin Films for Membrane Separations"
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
Designing Materials for Catalysis
Discussion Leader: Sebastian Prodinger (University of Delaware, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Rajamani Gounder (Purdue University, USA)
"Synthetic Methods to Influence Al Siting and Proximity in Zeolites and Consequences for Acid Catalysis"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Tatsuya Okubo (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
"What Was Realized by Seeding in Zeolite Synthesis?"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Emerging and Bio-Inspired Applications of Nanoporous Solids
Discussion Leader: Natalia Shustova (University of South Carolina, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Tendai Gadzikwa (Kansas State University, USA)
"Multifunctionalized MOFs for Enzyme-Inspired Catalysis"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Melissa Reynolds (Colorado State University, USA)
"Aqueous Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks: Separations, Sensors, Catalysis and Therapeutics"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Casey Wade (Ohio State University, USA)
"Postsynthetic Functionalization of MOFs for Catalysis and Trace CO2 Capture"
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
7:00 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
Nanoporous Materials for a Safe and Secure World
Discussion Leader: Paul Wheatley (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Ahmad Moini (BASF Corporation, USA)
"Synthesis and Chemistry of Cu-Zeolites for Environmental Applications"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Gregory Peterson (U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center, USA)
"Modification of Archetypal MOFs for Enhanced Activity, Stability, Processability and Compatibility"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Synthesis and Mechanism of Porous Materials
Discussion Leader: Robert Bedard (Honeywell UOP, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Christopher Nicholas (Honeywell UOP, USA)
"One-Dimensional Zeolite UZM-55: A Complex Zeolite Containing Multiple Ring Sizes in a Single Channel"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Joseph Falkowski (ExxonMobil Research and Engineering, USA)
"From ZIF-7 to EMM-36: A History of MOF Research at ExxonMobil"
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:15 pm
Timothy Johnson (Johnson Matthey, United Kingdom)
"Frameworks for a Sustainable Future"
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
Defects and Glasses: Porous Materials of the Future
Discussion Leader: Jeffrey Rimer (University of Houston, USA)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Mark Allendorf (Sandia National Laboratories, USA)
"Effects of Film Properties, Guests and Defects on MOF Electronic Properties"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
Thomas Bennett (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Non-Crystalline Metal-Organic Frameworks: Liquids, Glasses, Crystal-Glass Composites and Blends"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure