| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Icebreaker |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
| 7:40 pm - 7:55 pm | 40th Anniversary of the Organic Geochemistry GRC |
| Geoffrey Eglinton (University of Bristol) and Keith Kvenvolden (USGS - Emeritus)
"40 Years On" |
| 7:55 pm - 9:30 pm | Astrobiology / Cosmochemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Joseph Nuth III (NASA) |
| 7:55 pm - 8:30 pm | Mary A. Voytek (NASA)
"Stars to Life: contributions of organic geochemistry to Astrobiology" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
| 8:45 pm - 9:15 pm | Jamie Elsila Cook (NASA)
"Searching for amino acids in meteorites and comet samples" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:45 am | Group Photo |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Petroleum Systems / Reservoir Processes |
| Discussion Leader: Erdem Idiz (Shell International B.V.) |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Announcements |
| 9:10 am - 9:40 am | John Stainforth (Shell International Exploration and Production Inc)
"State-of-the-art of petroleum generation and expulsion modeling" |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Discussion |
| 9:55 am - 10:25 am | Matt Ashby (Taxon Biosciences)
"Exploring the biological-geochemical interface in marine sediments with ribosomal RNA gene sequence tags" |
| 10:25 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Jeff Sheremata (ConocoPhillips)
"Heavy oil and asphaltene molecules: archipelago, continental, or both" |
| 11:30 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:15 pm | David Zinniker (Stanford University)
"High-resolution source apportionment in complex petroleum systems" |
| 12:15 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 I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Molecular Biogeochemistry of Microbial Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Tim Eglinton (WHOI / ETH Zurich) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Ben Van Mooy (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
"Polar lipid indicators of microbial processes in the surface ocean" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Jennifer Macalady (The Pennsylvania State University)
"Lipid signatures of sulfur redox gradients" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Announcements |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Modern Organisms: Vital Systems for Interpreting Ancient Molecular Fossils |
| Discussion Leaders: Ann Pearson (Harvard University) and Roger Summons (MIT) |
| 9:00 am - 9:25 am | Chris Dupont (J. Craig Venter Institute)
"Tracking the evolution of metabolic pathways using structural genomics" |
| 9:25 am - 9:50 am | Mak Saito (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
"Neoproterozoic oxygenation of Earth surface environments reflected in the late evolution of the O2-dependent vitamin B12 biosynthesis pathway" |
| 9:50 am - 10:10 am | Discussion of Previous Two Talks |
| 10:10 am - 10:40 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:40 am - 11:05 am | Meytal Higgins (Princeton University)
"A taxonomic survey of nitrogen isotope fractionation during chlorophyll biosynthesis: Implications for the use of porphyrins in paleoceanographic reconstruction" |
| 11:05 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
| 11:15 am - 11:40 am | Paula Welander (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Genetic analysis of the hopanoid biosynthetic pathway in an anoxygenic phototroph" |
| 11:40 am - 12:05 pm | David Doughty (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Towards understanding the biological function of hopanoids" |
| 12:05 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion of Previous Two Talks |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Announcements |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Ultra-deep Biosphere |
| Discussion Leader: Tullis C. Onstott (Princeton University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Andreas Teske
"The subsurface biosphere in deep marine sediments: New sites, new organisms, new approaches" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Barbara Sherwood Lollar (University of Toronto)
"Beyond the Deep Hot Biosphere: Subsurface Microbiology in the Deep Continental Biosphere" |
| 8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:10 pm | Joseph Suflita (University of Olkahoma)
"Geochemical and microbiological profiles of deep Alaska North Slope reservoirs" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Announcements |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Unconventional Petroleum: Present and Future |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Lewan (United State Geological Survey) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Chris Boreham (Geoscience Australia)
"Coalbed Methane and CO2 Storage" |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Sylvain Bernard (Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ)
"Multiscale study of gas shale properties and thermal evolution" |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Matthew C. Posewitz
"Algal Carbohydrates, Lipids and Hydrogen: metabolic interplay of a biofuels portfolio" |
| 12:10 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 II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting, Part I |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Discuss addition of a Gordon Research Seminar) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Frontiers in Biogeochemistry |
| Discussion Leaders: Helen Talbot (Newcastle University) and Stephen Schouten (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Xiaojuan Feng (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
"Perspectives on the storage, transport and fate of lignin in Arctic river basins" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Stepanie Kusch (University of Bremen)
"Assessing the controls on the age of terrigenous organic matter in Black Sea sediments using compound-specific radiocarbon analysis of long chain vascular plant biomarkers" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Jörn Logemann (ICBM University of Oldenburg)
"Degradation of intact polar lipids in sandy surface sediments" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Luke Handley (Newcastle University)
"New insights into the significance of oceanic Aerobic Methane Oxidation in the geological record" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 am - 9:00 am | Business Meeting, Part II |
| (Election of the next Vice Chair; Votes on Site & Scheduling preference and the addition of a Gordon Research Seminar) |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Molecular and Isotopic Proxies - Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Pancost (University of Bristol) |
| 9:00 am - 9:40 am | Jessica Tierney (Brown University)
"Molecular Paleoclimatology: State-of-the-Art and Volatile States" |
| 9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:10 am | Matt Huber (Purdue University)
"Why improving molecular and isotopic proxy paleoclimate records is the most important problem in science today: A climate modeling perspective" |
| 11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
| 11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Simon Belt (University of Plymouth)
"Declining Arctic sea ice? It's all in the past" |
| 12:10 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 II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Frontiers in Energy |
| Discussion Leaders: Albert Holba (ConocoPhillips) and Paul Mankiewicz (ExxonMobil) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Elodie Salmon (Old Dominion University)
"Molecular characterization of the NSO compounds generated during artificial maturation of a Type I kerogen using two-dimensional NMR techniques in combination with electrospray ionization / ultrahigh resolution FTMS" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Thomas B. Oldenburg (University of Calgary)
"Biodegradation resistant proxies for source evaluation using FT-ICR-MS" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Frank Mango (Petroleum Habitats)
"Natural catalytic activity in marine shales for generating natural gas" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Alex Aravanis (Sapphire Energy)
"Development of a scalable algae biofuel process" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |