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Molecular Energy Transfer (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

January 17 - 18, 2009
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Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express
1050 Schooner Drive
Ventura, California, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Molecular Energy Transfer will bring together students and postdoctoral researchers who study energy transfer phenomena on atomic and molecular level.

The GRS offers an exciting opportunity for young investigators in this field to get to know each other and interact on their own level in an informal atmosphere. Graduate students and postdocs will be able to share the practical experiences behind their achievements, as well as discuss the frontiers of their science. Attendees will also benefit from mentoring by established scientists, who will lead discussions and provide valuable comments.

The GRS is scheduled to take place January 17-18, 2009, at the Four Points Sheraton/Holiday Inn Express hotel, immediately preceding the Gordon Research Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer. This two-day format is designed specifically to establish connections among the young conferees and promote their full participation in the main part of the Gordon Conference.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Molecular Energy Transfer" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
2:00 pmCheck-in Begins
3:00 pm - 3:15 pmIntroductory 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 pmSeth C. Olsen (University of Queensland)
"Modelling the Photoisomerization of Fluorescent Protein Chromophores"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm Discussion
4:00 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
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 pmChris 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 pmEvgeny 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 pmBosiljka 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 amBreakfast
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 pmBusiness Meeting
(Discuss request for a subsequent GRS; Nominations for the next Student/Post-doc Vice Chair(s); Fill out Evaluation Forms)
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 3:30 pmPoster Session (continued)
3:30 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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