Conference Description
The fields of plasmonics and nanophotonics encompass the science and engineering of optical interactions with nanostructures. Nanostructured metallic and dielectric materials support optical resonances that can efficiently harvest light, strongly enhance electromagnetic fields, and precisely direct carrier transport. Understanding and utilizing these resonances spans multiple disciplines, from physics to chemistry, material science, biology, medicine, information, energy, and communications. This meeting will discuss the science and applications of nanophotonics and plasmonics, highlighting some of the most exciting recent progress in the field including plasmon- and Mie-enabled photochemistry, novel solar technologies, biomedical imaging and therapy, active and neuromorphic nanophotonics, nanoscale and molecular optoelectronics, quantum effects, metasurfaces, novel theoretical methods, and sustainable materials.
Inspired by the huge success of the previous seven Gordon Research Conferences on Plasmonics in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018, the 2022 GRC on Plasmonics and Nanophotonics will unite many of the most active world-renowned senior and junior scientists in the field. Participants will experience cutting-edge, and thought-provoking invited lectures and engage in extensive scientific discussions and interaction with researchers, students, and postdoctoral fellows. Each lecture will be followed by ample time for lively discussion and question-and-answer sessions among invited speakers, discussion leaders, and all participants. There will be unstructured time in the afternoons where the free flow of ideas and discussion among all participants will be highly encouraged, as well as poster sessions by participants, among the highlights of Gordon Research Conferences. In addition to participating in the GRC, students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior scientists are also encouraged to attend the associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Saturday (July 9th) and Sunday (July 10th) prior to 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 10, 2022. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Dynamic Light-Matter Interactions
Discussion Leaders
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Nader Engheta (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Speakers
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Mark Brongersma (Stanford University, USA)
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Peter Nordlander (Rice University, USA)
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Teri Odom (Northwestern University, USA)
Photochemistry and Catalysis
Discussion Leaders
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Renee Frontiera (University of Minnesota, USA)
Speakers
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Peng Chen (Cornell University, USA)
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Prashant Jain (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
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Yousoo Kim (RIKEN, Japan)
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Christy Landes (Rice University, USA)
Sustainable Energy and the Environment
Discussion Leaders
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Harry Atwater (California Institute of Technology, USA)
Speakers
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Shanhui Fan (Stanford University, USA)
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Vivian Ferry (University of Minnesota, USA)
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Matthew Sheldon (Texas A&M University, USA)
Nanophotonics for Biology and Medicine
Discussion Leaders
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Laura Fabris (Rutgers University, USA)
Speakers
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Rizia Bardhan (Iowa State University, USA)
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Gennady Shvets (Cornell University, USA)
Metasurfaces and Metamaterials
Discussion Leaders
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Jon Schuller (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
Speakers
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Andrea Alu (City University of New York, USA)
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Jason Valentine (Vanderbilt University, USA)
Active Nanophotonics and Molecular-Scale Optoelectronics
Discussion Leaders
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Carsten Rockstuhl (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
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Joshua Caldwell (Vanderbilt University, Mechanical Engineering Department, USA)
Speakers
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Jeremy Baumberg (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
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Christian Nijhuis (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
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Uriel Levy (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
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Maiken Mikkelsen (Duke University, USA)
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Anatoly Zayats (King's College London, United Kingdom)
Quantum and Nonlinear Nanophotonics
Discussion Leaders
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Aitzol Garcia-Etxarri (Stanford University, USA)
Speakers
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Yuri Kivshar (Australian National University, Australia)
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Prineha Narang (Harvard University, USA)
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Timur Shegai (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
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Francisco Garcia-Vidal (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain)
Novel Syntheses and Spectroscopies
Discussion Leaders
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Javier Garcia de Abajo (ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Spain)
Speakers
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Bin Ren (Xiamen University, China)
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Mathieu Kociak (Université Paris-Sud, France)
Keynote Session: Technology Translation
Discussion Leaders
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Albert Polman (AMOLF, The Netherlands)
Speakers
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Naomi Halas (Rice University, USA)
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Vladimir Shalaev (Purdue University, USA)
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Luat Vuong (University of California, Riverside, USA)
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizers:
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Teri Odom (Northwestern University, USA)
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Luat Vuong (University of California, Riverside, USA)
