| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Current and Future Trends |
| Discussion Leader: Chris DeSantis (Rice University, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Paul Mulvaney (University of Melbourne, Australia)
"Noble Metal Nanoparticles - Which Way Forward?" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biomedicine and Catalysis |
| Discussion Leaders: Timothy Dreier (Colorado State University, USA) and Tijana Rajh (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Ian Bruzas (University of Cincinnati, USA)
"Towards Biocompatible Single-Molecule SERS Measurements: Liposome-Based Metal Nanoparticles" |
| 7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Akash Gupta (University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA)
"Engineered Nanoparticles for Synergistic Antimicrobial Therapy" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Kuangcai Chen (Georgia State University, USA)
"Five-Dimensional Single Particle Tracking in Live Cells" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Natalie Labrador (Columbia University, USA)
"Stabilizing Electrodeposited Nanoparticle Electrocatalysts on Si MIS Photocathodes for Water Splitting" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Yuliya Preger (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"Development of Pt-Based Catalysts for the One-Pot Aerobic Oxidation of Alcohols to Nitriles" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Xiao Zhang (Duke University, USA)
"Ultraviolet Plasmonics and Hot Carrier Induced Photocatalysis Based on Morphology-Controlled Rhodium Nanostructures" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Synthesis and Characterization |
| Discussion Leaders: James Brooks (University of Minnesota, USA) and Katherine Willets (Temple University, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Calum Kinnear (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
"Nanocrystal Arrays Through Directed Chemical Assembly" |
| 9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
| 9:20 am - 9:35 am | Jiangjiexing Wu (Nanjing University, China)
"DNA-Encoded Synthesis of Noble Metal Nanomaterials and Tuning Their Peroxidase-Like Activities" |
| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Michael Hartmann (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Surface Chemistry Controls Magnetism in Cobalt Nanoclusters" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Scott Crawford (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Ligand-Mediated 'Turn On', High Quantum Yield Near-Infrared Emission in Small Gold Nanoparticles" |
| 10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:35 am | Benjamin Foerster (Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany)
"Plasmon-Induced Charge Transfer Depends on Electrons Reaching the Surface" |
| 10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 10:55 am | Niket Thakkar (University of Washington, USA)
"Microresonator Enabled Absorption Spectroscopy of Single Nanoparticles and Hybrid Systems" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | 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 | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Career Panel |
| Our mentorship session will feature a career panel comprised of five highly successful researchers. Each mentor will briefly describe their career path, and then the floor will be open for questions from the audience. |
| Discussion Leader: Amanda Goodman (Rice University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Careers in Academia, Industry, and National Labs" |
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- George Athens (The Dow Chemical Company, USA)
- Stephan Link (Rice University, USA)
- Tijana Rajh (Argonne National Laboratory, USA)
- Katherine Willets (Temple University, USA)
- Paul Mulvaney (University of Melbourne, Australia)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
