The Gordon Research Seminar on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.
The focus of this meeting is to openly discuss diverse reactions that take place on surfaces and learn about the fundamental aspects that are common across all fields of study. There will be an introductory talk as well as a panel at the end of the seminar consisting of a North American and a European scientist to provide a perspective on the similarities and differences about the career paths that are available in both continents.
| SATURDAY |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Keynote Lecture |
| Discussion Leader: Soonjung Jung (Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Ulrike Diebold (Technical University of Vienna)
"Surface Chemistry: Progress, Challenges, Opportunities" |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session I |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Exploring the Nature of Catalytic Relevant Surface Reactions |
| Discussion Leader: Dennis Ashford (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Natalia Martin (Lund University)
"Gas adsorption studies on PdO (101)"
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| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Matthew Herdiech (Yale University)
"Modification of ferroelectric surfaces for catalysis"
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| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Jorge Boscoboinik (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society)
"An ultra-thin clay with very acidic bridging hydroxyls (and psst...a model system for surface science studies of zeolites)"
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| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Sabrina Peczonczyk (University of Michigan)
"X-ray and vibrational spectroscopic measurements of stability and reactivity of GaAs(111)A and GaP(111)A surfaces after a Grignard reaction sequence"
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| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Diversity in Surface Chemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Charina Choi (Stanford University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Subha Pratihar (Texas Tech University)
"Scattering of high incident energy Xe from ice: Chemical dynamincs simulations and experimental studies" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Di He (University of New South Wales)
"Effects of aggregate structure on the dissolution kinetics of citrate-stabilized silver nanoparticles"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Maura Crobu (ETH Zurich)
"Surface-analytical tools for understanding tribochemistry"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Robert Lindner (Johannes Gutenberg University)
"Photoactivated covalent bonding of organic molecules on an insulator surface"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| 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 | Panel Q&A session: Future Research Directions and Careers in Interfacial Chemistry |
| Discussion Leaders: Karin Gotterbarm (University of Erlangen-Nurnberg) and Alexis Johnson (Northwestern University) |
| Panelists:
- Charlie Campbell (University of Washington)
- Sabine Maier (University of Erlangen-Nurnberg)
- Petra Rudolf (University of Groningen)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
Last Updated: April 15, 2013