Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Fundamentals of Classical and Quantum Nanophotonics
Discussion Leader: Joseph Beckwith (Princeton University, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
Eileen Otte (Stanford University, United States)
"Structured Vectorial Light Fields and their Benefit for Analyzing Dipolar Emission"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Soham Saha (Purdue University, United States)
"Controlling the Permittivity and Relaxation Speed of Materials for Dynamic Nanophotonic Applications"
4:10 pm - 4:15 pm
Discussion
4:15 pm - 4:25 pm
Eva Prinz (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
"Augmented Control of Plasmonic Orbital Angular Momentum"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Enhancing Light-Matter Interactions with Metamaterials, Metasurfaces and Nanoparticles
Discussion Leader: Guanyu Lu (Vanderbilt University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Eric Goerlitzer (University of Cambridge / Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, United Kingdom)
"Molecular Handedness Detection with Induced Chirality in Plasmonic Lattice Modes"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Maya Ramamurthy (University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, United States)
"Selective Placement of Nanocrystals in Plasmonic Arrays for Tailored Directionality and Polarization of Photoluminescence"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Jana Ockova (ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain)
"Towards Excited State Raman Scattering Studies of Single-Molecules"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Samuel Peana (Purdue University, United States)
"Large Scale Site Controlled Fabrication of SiN Single Photon Emitters"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Younghwan Yang (Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea)
"Suppressing Optical Losses of a-Si:H and its Metasurface Applications at the Visible and Infrared Frequencies"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Prachi Thureja (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Harmonic Beam Switching Using Space-Time Modulated Metasurfaces"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Souvik Biswas (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Polarization Nanophotonics with Van der Waals Materials"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Joseph Matson (Vanderbilt University, United States)
"Shear Hyperbolic Propagation of Phonon Polaritons in Monoclinic bGO"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Applications in Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Energy Conversion
Discussion Leader: Stephen Lee (Rice University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Aaron Schwartz-Duval (University of Texas at MD Anderson Cancer Center, United States)
"Radiosensitization of Pancreatic Cancer through Intracellular Gold Nanocluster Biomineralization"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Babatunde Ogunlade (Stanford University, United States)
"Rapid Identification and Classification of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Using High-Quality-Factor Metasurface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Briley Bourgeois (Stanford University, United States)
"Synergistic Alloying for Simultaneously Selective and Active Bimetallic Plasmonic Photocatalysts"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Lin Yuan (Rice University, United States)
"Plasmonic Photocatalysis with Chemically and Spatially Specific Antenna-Dual Reactor Complexes"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Aaron Rose (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States)
"Ultrastrong Coupling Leads to Slowed Cooling of Hot Excitons in Few-Layer Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Jung-Hwan Song (Stanford University, United States)
"Nonlocal, High-Q Metasurfaces for Next-Generation Optical Technologies"
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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Academic and Industry Careers for Young Investigators
Discussion Leader: Lisa Poulikakos (University of California, San Diego, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Prineha Narang (UCLA, United States)
"Challenges and Opportunities in a Career in Academia"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm
Luke Sweatlock (NG Next, Northrop Grumman, United States)
"Challenges and Opportunities in a Career in the Private Sector/Industry"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
