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
Synthesis and Characterization
Discussion Leader: Daniel Rhodes (University of Wisconsin - Madison, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm
James Hone (Columbia University, United States)
"Reducing Defect Density in TMDC Crystals"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
Jiwoong Park (University of Chicago, United States)
"2D Photonic and Phononic Transport in Engineered vdW Solids"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Collective Excitation
Discussion Leader: Tony Heinz (Stanford University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:50 am
Kin Fai Mak (Cornell University, United States)
"Optical Measurement of the Thermodynamic Equation of State in Moiré Materials"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Jia Li (Brown University, United States)
"Spontaneous Breaking of Rotational Symmetry in Superconducting Magic-angle Twisted Trilayer Graphene"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
Ali Yazdani (Princeton University, United States)
"Spectroscopy of Electronic Correlations in Magic Angle Twisted Bilayer Graphene"
12:15 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 Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Deji Akinwande (University of Texas at Austin, United States), Jie Shan (Cornell University, United States) and Susan Fullerton Shirey (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Device Application
Discussion Leaders: Shengxi Huang (Rice University, Pennsylvania State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Hyeon-Jin Shin (Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), South Korea)
"Exploring 2D Materials for Future Electronic Devices"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Deep Jariwala (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Semiconducting 2D Chalcogenides for Low-Power Digital Logic and Memory"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Magnets and Heterostructures
Discussion Leader: Roland Kawakami (The Ohio State University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:50 am
Alberto Morpurgo (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
"Probing Magnetism in 2D Materials with Transport"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Daniel Ralph (Cornell University, United States)
"Spin-Orbit Torques and van der Waals Materials"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
Emanuel Tutuc (University of Texas, Austin, United States)
"Tunneling in Twist-Controlled van der Waals Heterostructures"
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
Modeling Grand Challenges
Discussion Leader: Di Xiao (University of Washington, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Allan Macdonald (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
"Challenges in Modeling Moiré Superlattices"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Marco Polini (Università di Pisa e IIT Genova, Italy)
"Optical and Plasmonic Properties of Twisted Bilayer Graphene: Impact of Interlayer Tunneling Asymmetry and Ground-State Charge Inhomogeneity"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Complex Phenomena
Discussion Leader: Feng Wang (UC Berkeley, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:50 am
David Cobden (University of Washington, United States)
"Properties of a Monolayer Topological Semimetal, WTe2"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Kenneth Burch (Boston College, United States)
"Axial Higgs Mode Detected by Quantum Pathway Interference in a 2D Material"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
Yoshihiro Iwasa (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Vortex Dynamics in Density Controlled 2D Superconductors"
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
Quantum and Nonlinear Optical Effects
Discussion Leader: Hongkun Park (Harvard University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Hui Deng (University of Michigan, United States)
"Excitons and Polaritons in van der Waals Hetero-Bilayers"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Atac Imamoglu (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Quantum Optics Meets Strongly Correlated Electrons"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
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
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Tunable Correlated States in Twisted 2D Materials
Discussion Leader: Philip Kim (Harvard University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:50 am
Cory Dean (Columbia University, United States)
"Tunable Correlated States in Semiconductor TMDs"
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:20 am
Long Ju (MIT, United States)
"Tunable Electron Correlation and Coupling with Phonon in 2D Moire Superlattices"
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 12:15 pm
Dmitri Efetov (LMU Munich and ICFO Barcelona, Germany)
"Angle Bilayer Graphene – Superconductors, Orbital Magnets, Correlated States and Beyond"
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
Emerging Phenomena
Discussion Leader: David Tomanek (Michigan State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Andres Castellanos-Gomez (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain)
"Straintronic Photodetectors with MoS2 and other 2D Semiconductors"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Saptarshi Das (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Two-Dimensional Devices for Bio-Inspired Applications"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure