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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Using Organometallic Molecules and Inorganic Clusters as Building Blocks to Novel Materials
Discussion Leader: George Stanley (Louisiana State University, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Stefanie Dehnen (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
"From Organometallics and Zintl Anions to Multimetallic Clusters: About Match and Mismatch of Metal Atoms in Molecules"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
John A. Gladysz (Texas A&M University, United States)
"Coordination Chemistry Meets Ligands That Can Turn Themselves Inside Out"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Inorganic Chemistry for Functional Materials
Discussion Leader: Nathaniel Rosi (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Carl Brozek (University of Oregon, United States)
"A New Class of Semiconductor Nanocrystals: Supramolecular Dynamics at Porous Interfaces"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Mircea Dinca (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"From Conductive MOFs to Sustainable Batteries"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Tendai Gadzikwa (Kansas State University, United States)
"Uniform, Covalent Multifunctionalization of MOFs: Strategies and Surprising Discoveries"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Raymond Schaak (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
"Chemical Insights into the Design and Synthesis of Compositionally Complex Nanostructures"
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 Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ 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.
Organizer: Ellen Matson (University of Rochester, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Inorganic Chemistry for Catalysis
Discussion Leader: Alexander Zabula (ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company , United States)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Titel Jurca (University of Central Florida, United States)
"A Molecules-To-Materials Approach for Hierarchical Heterogeneous Catalysts"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
David Kaphan (Argonne National Laboratory, United States)
"Non-Traditional Surfaces for Tuning Catalysis in Surface Organometallic Chemistry"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Todd Senecal (The Dow Chemical Company, United States)
"Activators for Olefin Polymerization Precatalysts"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Inorganic Chemistry for Clean Energy
Discussion Leader: Steven Reece (Lockheed Martin, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Marisa Monreal (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)
"Enabling Advanced Nuclear Energy: Actinide-Molten Salt Chemistry at LANL"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Michael Carroll (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States)
"Applying An Old Model With New Descriptors To Accelerate The Development of Next Generation Electrodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Jennifer Glenn (Nel Hydrogen, United States)
"Addressing Clean Energy Needs by Using Materials Science to Advance Electrolyzer Technology"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Jenny Yang (University of California, Irvine, United States)
"Electrochemical Capture and Conversion of CO2 from Dilute Streams"
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
Inorganic Chemistry for Applications in Medicine
Discussion Leader: Elisa Tomat (University of Arizona, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Justin Wilson (Cornell University, United States)
"Metal-Based Mitochondrial Calcium Uptake Inhibitors as Tools and Potential Therapeutic Agents"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Emily Que (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
"Utilizing Reactive Metal Sites to Sense and Image Biological Phenomena"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Phoebe Glazer (North Carolina State University, United States)
"Inorganic Photocaging and Photoinactivation for Biological Applications"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Diversity of The f-Elements
Discussion Leader: Alfred Sattelberger (Argonne National Laboratory, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Karah Knope (Georgetown University, United States)
"Cluster Chemistry of The 4f- and 5f- Elements"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Gauthier Deblonde (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States)
"Heavy Ligands for Heavy Elements: A New Twist on f-Element Chemistry"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Henry La Pierre (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"High-Valent Lanthanide and Actinide Systems"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Stosh Kozimor (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)
"Actinides in Molten Salts"
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
Physical Inorganic Chemistry
Discussion Leader: Stosh Kozimor (Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Trevor Hayton (UC Santa Barbara, United States)
"New Developments in the Synthesis and Characterization of Open Shell Nanoclusters"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm
Ryan Hadt (California Institute of Technology, United States)
"Ligand Field Spin Dynamics in Molecular Quantum Information Science"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm
Michael Reynolds (Shell Catalyst and Technologies, United States)
"Crystal Engineering Approaches for Remediating Inorganic Scale During Produced Water Treatment"
9:20 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(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Main Group Inorganic Chemistry
Discussion Leader: Emily Tsui (University of Notre Dame, United States)
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Christopher Graves (Swarthmore College, United States)
"New Dog, New Tricks: Exploring The Reactivity of Group 13 Metal Complexes of Non-Innocent Ligands"
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am
Gabriel Menard (University of Calgary, Canada)
"New Directions in Critical Metal Capture and Small Molecule Transformations Using Redox-Switchable Carboranes"
11:35 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 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
Keynote Session: Innovating, Understanding, and Discovering Inorganic Chemistry
Discussion Leader: John Gordon (Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm
Marinella Mazzanti (EPFL, Switzerland)
"Expanding f-Block Chemistry with Siloxide Ligands"
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm
George Stanley (Louisiana State University, United States)
"The Inorganic Chemistry GRC Tribune Review"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure