Sunday |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Spin Photochemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Dirk Guldi (Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Christiane Timmel (Oxford University, United Kingdom) "Bugs, Frogs and Flies – Exploring Magnetosensitivity by Optical Spectroscopy" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Michael Wasielewski (Northwestern University, USA) "Photo-Driven Spin Coherence Transfer in Molecular Systems" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Supramolecular Photochemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Cornelia Bohne (University of Victoria, Canada) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Peter Ford (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) "Strategies for the Photochemical Uncaging of Bioactive Small Molecules" |
9:35 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:25 am | Monica Gonzalez (The Research Institute of Theoretical and Applied
Physical Chemistry, Argentina) "1-2 nm Size Silicon Nanoparticles: Are They a Versatile Tool as Fluorescent Sensors and Therapeutic Agents?" |
10:25 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
10:40 am - 11:10 am | Coffee Break |
11:10 am - 11:45 am | Karen Mulfort (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) "Modular Homogeneous and Framework Chromophore-Catalyst Assemblies" |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Alexis Ostrowski (Bowling Green State University, USA) "Photoresponsive Materials with Transition Metal Ions" |
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 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Photocatalysis and Synthetic Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Alexander Greer (Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Andrei Kutateladze (University of Denver, USA) "Photoassisted Synthesis: Rapid Access to Polyheterocyclic Molecular Architectures" |
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Timothy Noel (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands) "Photochemical Transformations Accelerated in Continuous-Flow" |
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Burkhard Koenig (University of Regensburg, Germany) "Visible Light Photocatalysis Using Radical Anions" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Phototriggers and Mechanisms |
| Discussion Leader: James McCusker (Michigan State University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Martin Schnermann (National Cancer Institute, USA) "Heptamethine Cyanine Near-IR Uncaging Chemistry: Discovery and Application" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Maurizio Fagnoni (University of Pavia, Italy) "Phenyl Cation: A Versatile Intermediate" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Igor Alabugin (Florida State University, USA) "Electronic and Stereoelectronic Control of Photocyclizations" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Gonzalo Cosa (McGill University, Canada) "Fluorogenic Probes Based on BODIPY Dyes: A New Way to See Chemical Reactions" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Luis Campos (Columbia University, USA) "Exciting Thiophene Rust" |
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 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Spectroscopy and Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Jeffrey Rack (Ohio University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | David Lee Philips (University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China) "Time-Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of the Photochemistry of Selected Carbonyl Containing Organic Compounds in Aqueous Solutions" |
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Ralf Kaiser (University of Hawaii, Manoa, USA) "Exploiting Photoionization Reflectron Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopy to Untangle the Formation of Biorelevant Molecules in the Interstellar Medium" |
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Sivaguru Jayaraman (North Dakota State University, USA) "Enantioselective Organo-Photocatalysis: Atropisomeric Thioureas as Catalysts for Controlling Excited State Reactivity and Selectivity" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Nano/Materials |
| Discussion Leader: Gerald Meyer (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Bern Kohler (Montana State University, USA) "Metal Oxide Nanoparticle / Metal Aquo Ion Photophysics and Photocatalysis" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Michael Therien (Duke University, USA) "The Photophysics and Photochemistry of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Chiral Semiconducting Polymer Superstructures" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Emily Weiss (Northwestern University, USA) "Quantum Dots as Photocatalysts" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Mikhail Zamkov (Bowling Green State University, USA) "Semiconductor Nanocrystals and Nanocrystal Solids for Renewable Energy Applications" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Pradeep Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India) "Photoresponsive Organic Nanocarriers for Multimodal Anticancer Therapy" |
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 |
6:00 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 | Ultrafast Phenomena |
| Discussion Leader: Niels Damrauer (University of Colorado, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Manabu Abe (Hiroshima University, Japan) "Substituent Effect on the Long-Wavelength Emissions from Cyclopropane Derivatives" |
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | David Jonas (University of Colorado, USA) "Nested Funnels for Fast Non-Adiabatic Energy Transfer" |
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | James McCusker (Michigan State University, USA) "Spin Effects on the Ultrafast Dynamics of Ligand-Field Excited States: The Curious Case of [Cr(bpy)3]3+" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Thursday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Applications in Photobiology and Solar Energy |
| Discussion Leader: Frederick Lewis (Northwestern University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Maria Abrahamsson (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden) "Photochemistry at the Interface: What Can We Gain for Solar Energy Conversion?" |
9:30 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:15 am | Peter Ogilby (Aarhus University, Denmark) "Imparting Better Control in the Photoinitiated Production of Singlet Oxygen in Spatially-Resolved Single Cell Experiments" |
10:15 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Jillian Dempsey (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) "Examining Mechanisms of Excited-State Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Valentine Vullev (University of California, Riverside, USA) "Bioinspired Molecular Electrets: Photophysical and Charge-Transfer Properties, and Why Do We Care?" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Felix Castellano (North Carolina State University, USA) "Photochemical Upconversion" |
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 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Photochemistry for the Future |
| Discussion Leader: Daniel Falvey (University of Maryland, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Vaidhyanatha Ramamurthy (University of Miami, USA) "Supramolecular Photochemistry" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Jeremy Klosterman (Bowling Green State University, USA) "Directing Aggregation of Donor-Acceptor Dyes Within MOFs" |
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Jian Zhang (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) "Photocatalysis with Donor-Acceptor Polymers" |
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Mark Wilson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Solid State IR to Visible Upconversion Sensitized by Colloidal Nanoparticles" |
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm | Kenneth Hanson (Florida State University, USA) "Photoupconversion and Photocurrent Generation via Self-Assembled Bilayers on Metal Oxides Semiconductors" |
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Steven Kennedy (The Pennsylvania State University, USA) "Using the IVCT Band of MVMP Metal Dithiolenes to Follow Ground State PCET" |
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Closing Remarks |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |