Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Driving Catalysis with Sunlight
Discussion Leader: Steven Chavez (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Aisulu Aitbekova (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Converting CO2 , Water, and Sunlight into Liquid Fuels: Towards Affordable Solar Fuels and Chemicals"
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Drialys Cardenas-Morcoso (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg)
"Harnessing the Power of Chemical Vapor Deposition of Conjugated Polymers in Hydrogen Production and CO2 Utilization"
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
Advanced Characterization Tools and Fundamentals of Thermal Catalysis
Discussion Leader: Alexander Hoffman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Matthias Filez (Ghent University - KU Leuven, Belgium)
"Operando Monitoring the Temperature of Active Metal Nanoparticles During Catalytic CO2 Conversion"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Emily Schroeder (University of South Carolina Beaufort, United States)
"Mechanism and Kinetics of Deactivation of Rh/TiO2 Catalysts Under Reverse Water Gas Shift Conditions"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Sugandha Verma (University of Virginia, United States)
"Combined Experimental and Theoretical Analysis for the Low-Temperature Formation of Nitrous Oxide on Pt/Al2 O3 "
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Sopuruchukwu Ezenwa (Purdue University, United States)
"Consequences of Active Site Environments in MFI Zeolites on Toluene Methylation Catalysis"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Shedding Light on the Kinetics and Design of Electrocatalysts
Discussion Leader: Jason Adams (California Institute of Technology, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Minju Chung (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"Direct Propylene Epoxidation via Water Activation Over Pd-Pt Electrocatalysts"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Petru Albertini (EPFL, Switzerland)
"Hybrid Oxide Coatings Generate Stable Cu Catalysts for CO2 Electroreduction"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Bolton Tran (University of Michigan, United States)
"Theoretical Examination of Potential-Dependent CO Adsorption and Reactions on Copper Electrodes"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Max Huelsey (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Electrochemical SSITKA Reveals Interfacial CO2 Exchange Kinetics During Electrolysis"
10:50 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: Career Perspectives in Catalysis
Discussion Leader: Melissa Cendejas (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Perspectives in Catalysis: Academia, National Laboratory, and Industry
Simon Bare (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, United States)
Gina Noh (Penn State University, United States)
Tracy Lohr (Shell, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes