SATURDAY |
2:00 pm | Check-in Begins |
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by GRS Conference Chair |
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | SPECIAL SESSION: MOLECULAR PHOTOBIOLOGY |
| Discussion Leaders: Anton Zadorozhnyy (University of Southern California) and Sarandis Marinakis (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France) |
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Seth C. Olsen (University of Queensland) "Modelling the Photoisomerization of Fluorescent Protein Chromophores" |
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MOLECULAR ENERGY TRANSFER IN PHOTODISSOCIATION, INELASTIC AND REACTIVE SCATTERING |
| Discussion Leader: Dan Neumark (UC Berkeley) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Chris Annesley (University of Wisconsin - Madison) "Reaction Dynamics and Vibrational Spectroscopy of CH3D Molecules with Both C-H and C-D Stretches Excited" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Evgeny Epifanovsky (University of Southern California) "Applications of theoretical methods to describe spin-forbidden processes" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Sarah Gowrie (University of Oxford) "The Fate of Collisionally Quenched NO A2Σ+ (v)" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Bosiljka Njegic (University of California, Irvine) "Theoretical unraveling of a new mechanism of atmospheric chemistry reactions: the formation of ClNO" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Poster Session (continued) / Reception |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 10:30 am | MOLECULAR ENERGY TRANSFER IN CLUSTERS, INTERFACES, MATERIALS AND BIOCHEMISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Alex Benderskii (Wayne State University) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Tom Oliver (University of Bristol) "Excited state photochemistry and the role of the pisigma* state in heteroaromatic molecules" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Robert Warmbier (Max-Planck-Institut fur Plasma Physik) "Ab initio infrared spectroscopy of FeH and VO in stellar astrophysics" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Graham Griffin (UC Berkeley) "Auger Relaxation Dynamics in Small Mercury Clusters" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 12:00 pm | SPECIAL PANEL: A CAREER IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY |
| Challenges, Difficulties, Career Opportunities and Future Outlook in Molecular Energy Transfer |
| Panel Speakers: Daniel Neumark and Alex Benderskii |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Discuss request for a subsequent GRS; Nominations for the next Student/Post-doc Vice Chair(s); Fill out Evaluation Forms) |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Poster Session (continued) |
3:30 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. |