Conference Description
The Dynamics at Surfaces GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
The 2023 Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces builds on a 44-year tradition of bringing together experimentalists and theoreticians working at the forefront of surface and interfacial chemical dynamics. It focuses on how molecular, atomic, and electronic motion at a surface or interface impacts physical and chemical behavior, and how this fundamental molecular level understanding translates to more complex chemical systems.
Examples of featured topics include dynamics in surface reactions and heterogeneous catalysis, time-resolved dynamics at surfaces, energy conversion and storage at interfaces and surfaces, photo- and plasmonic dynamics, dynamics at liquid and complex interfaces and in extreme environments, including hyperthermal processes and plasmas, surface scattering and energy transfer, and electron dynamics and non-adiabatic effects at surfaces.
The meeting has a long history of fostering close interplay between experimentalists and theoreticians. It also aims to stimulate and support new interdisciplinary opportunities where fundamental insights can advance understanding of increasingly complex chemical systems. Investigators attend from a wide range of scientific disciplines including chemistry, physics, materials science, geology, biophysics, and astrochemistry. We encourage all attendees, including junior scientists and graduate students, to present their work during the meeting's vibrant poster sessions and exchange ideas with leaders in their own and related fields. Several young investigators who submit poster abstracts will be selected for short talks at the meeting.
A Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) for young investigators (graduate students and post-docs) will precede the GRC.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by March 25, 2023. Please check back for updates.
From Surface Dynamics to Heterogeneous Catalysis
Discussion Leaders
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Rainer Beck (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland)
Speakers
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Charles Sykes (Tufts University, United States)
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Ashwani Tiwari (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India)
Dynamics of Chemical Reactions at Surfaces
Discussion Leaders
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Sylvia Ceyer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
Speakers
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Geert-Jan Kroes (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
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Swetlana Schauermann (Kiel University, Germany)
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Zdenek Dohnalek (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
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Jascha Lau (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
Time-Resolved Dynamics At Surfaces
Discussion Leaders
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Karina Morgenstern (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
Speakers
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Dario Stacchiola (Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States)
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Norbert Kruse (Washington State University, United States)
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Dino Novko (Institute of Physics, Zagreb, Croatia)
Surface Dynamics of Energy Conversion and Catalysis
Discussion Leaders
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Dan Killelea (Loyola University Chicago, United States)
Speakers
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Tanja Cuk (University of Colorado, Boulder, United States)
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Dmitriy Borodin (Max Planck Institute for Natural Sciences, Germany)
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Peter Saalfrank (University of Potsdam, Germany)
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Sebastian Kaiser (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Photo- and Plasmonic Dynamics
Discussion Leaders
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Talat Rahman (University of Central Florida, United States)
Speakers
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Reinhard Maurer (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)
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Hrvoje Petek (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
Dynamics at Liquid and Complex Interfaces
Discussion Leaders
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Marie-Pierre Gaigeot (CNRS LAMBE UMR8587, Universite d'Evry Val-d'Essonne, Univ Paris-Saclay, France)
Speakers
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David Limmer (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
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Gilbert Nathanson (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States)
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Nan Jiang (University of Illinois Chicago, United States)
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Walt Yang (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
Dynamics Under Extreme Conditions: Plasma and Hyperthemal Processes
Discussion Leaders
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Steven Sibener (University of Chicago, United States)
Speakers
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Christopher Kliewer (Sandia National Laboratories, United States)
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Stephan Rauschenbach (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
Surface Scattering and Energy Transfer
Discussion Leaders
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Bin Jiang (University of Science and Technology of China, China)
Speakers
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Helen Chadwick (Swansea University, United Kingdom)
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Ding-Shyue Yang (University of Houston, United States)
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Theofanis Kitsopoulos (Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Germany)
Electron Dynamics and Non-Adiabatic Effects
Discussion Leaders
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George Schatz (Northwestern University, United States)
Speakers
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Sarah King (University of Chicago, United States)
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Heriberto Busnengo (Universidad Nacional de Rosario - Argentina, Argentina)
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Alexander Kandratsenka (Max-Planck-Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Germany)
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
Organizers
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Rachael Farber (University of Kansas, United States)