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: Bio-Inspired Photochemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Tolga Karsili (Technical University Munich, Germany) |
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm | Richard Eisenberg (University of Rochester, USA) "Fuel from Water: The Reductive Side of Artificial Photosynthesis" |
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Photochemical Applications in Energy Conversion and Storage |
| Discussion Leader: Alexander Lapides (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm | Catherine McCusker (North Carolina State University, USA) "Designing a Family of Long Lifetime Copper(I) Phenanthroline Complexes" |
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm | Ke Hu (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) "Interfacial Dynamics of a Chromophore-Catalyst Assembly for Water Oxidation in Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrosynthesis Cells" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Lisa Fredin (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) "Photocatalytic Conversion Calculations of Bimetallic Donor-Acceptor Systems" |
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm | Dooshaye Moonshiram (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) "Time Resolved X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Cobalt and Nickel Proton Reduction Catalysts for Artificial Photosynthesis" |
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
Sunday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Sustainable Photochemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Justin Caram (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:10 am - 9:30 am | Carlos Chavez (Louisiana State University, USA) "Near-Infrared Fluorescent Conjugated Polymer 'Core-Shell' Nanoparticles" |
9:30 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 9:55 am | Saira Mumtaz (James Cook University Australia, Australia) "Tandem Photochemical-Thermal Continuous Flow Reactions with UV and Sunlight and Their Application in the Synthesis of Potential Pharmaceuticals" |
9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Danilo Jara (University of Notre Dame, USA) "Unraveling the Photophysical Mechanism of CuInS2 QDs by Using Cu-Deficient Structures" |
10:20 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:45 am | Ramya Raghunathan (North Dakota State University, USA) "A Sustainable Approach: Employing Light for the Degradation of Polymer/Oligomer Derived from Renewable Resources" |
10:45 am - 10:50 am | Discussion |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | General 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: Photochemistry in the Year 2025 |
| A panel discussion on the future of photochemical research and applications, ten years into the future. |
| Discussion Leaders: Jillian Larsen (University of California, Riverside, USA) and Ryan O'Donnell (U.S. Army Research Laboratory, USA) |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Panel Discussion |
| "Perspectives on Photochemistry" |
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- Jillian Dempsey (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
- Aaron Rachford (The Dow Chemical Company, USA)
- Richard Eisenberg (University of Rochester, USA)
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |