Sunday |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | New Methods in High Pressure Science and Technology |
| Discussion Leader: Stanley Tozer (National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA) |
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm | Opening Remarks |
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Stanislav Sinogeikin (Carnegie Institution for Science, USA) "Advanced Synchrotron Techniques for High-Pressure High/Low Temperature Research at HPCAT, APS" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Sakura Pascarelli (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France) "Development of Dynamic Compression at ESRF: Studying Impact, Shock and Phase Transitions" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Ryan Rygg (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) "Developments in Dynamic Diffraction at the National Ignition Facility" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Earth, Planetary and Mineral Science |
| Discussion Leader: Kei Hirose (Earth-Life Science Institute, Japan) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Jennifer Jackson (California Institute of Technology, USA) "Multi-Scale Structures at Earth's Core-Mantle Boundary" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:15 am | Renata Wentzcovitch (University of Minnesota Twin Cities, USA) "Spin Crossovers in Iron in Mantle Minerals: Some Geophysical Implications" |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
10:45 am - 11:10 am | Elissaios Stavrou (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) "Synthesis of Xe-Fe/Ni Compounds Under Earth's Core Thermodynamic Conditions" |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:45 am | Raffaella Torchio (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France) "Probing Local and Electronic Structure in Warm Dense Matter: Single Pulse Synchrotron X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy on Shocked Fe" |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
11:55 am - 12:10 pm | June Wicks (Princeton University, USA) "Direct Measurement of the MgO B1-B2 Phase Transition at Pressures Relevant to Super-Earth Interiors" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Previews |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biology and Organic Chemistry |
| Discussion Leader: Roland Winter (Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Paul McMillan (University College London, United Kingdom) "Biology Under Extreme High Pressure Conditions: Challenges and Unanswered Questions" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Aude Picard (Harvard University, USA) "Preservation of Microbial Fossils Under Elevated Pressure and Temperature" |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | John Badding (Pennsylvania State University, USA) "High Pressure Synthesis of Carbon Nanothreads from Benzene" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Chemistry and Compounds |
| Discussion Leader: Choong-Shik Yoo (Washington State University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Yanming Ma (Jilin University, China) "Exotic Chemistry at Tight Places" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:15 am | Ashkan Salamat (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) "Unexpected Structural and Electronic Behavior: The Group 14 Nitrides" |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:15 am | Roald Hoffmann (Cornell University, USA) "High Pressure Electrides" |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 11:50 am | Ivan Oleynik (University of South Florida, USA) "Novel High-Nitrogen Content Materials" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Previews |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Condensed Matter Physics at Extreme Conditions |
| Discussion Leader: Katsuya Shimizu (Osaka University, Japan) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Gabor Csathy (Purdue University, USA) "Ground States of the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at High Hydrostatic Pressures" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Liling Sun (Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) "Phenomena and Findings in Pressure-Induced Superconducting Compounds" |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Federica Coppari (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) "X-Ray Diffraction of Dynamically Compressed Water Ice Up to 4Mbar" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Material Science Under Pressure |
| Discussion Leader: Guoyin Shen (HPCAT, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Naira-Maria Balzaretti (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) "Effect of High Pressure on Some Glasses Doped with Rare Earth Ions: Structural and Optical Properties" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:15 am | Anatoly Tsvyashchenko (Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russia) "Magnetism, Superconductivity and Charge States of Metastable High Pressure Phases: Noncentrosymmetric B20 Germanides MnGe and RhGe, Cubic Phases REGe2.85 and Laves Phases" |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:55 am | Coffee Break |
10:55 am - 11:20 am | Antonio Dos Santos (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA) "Recent Advances in Neutron Scattering Under Pressure" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Weizhao Cai (University of Utah, USA) "Kinetic Effects in Amorphization of Hydrocarbons" |
11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:05 pm | Andrew Shamp (University at Buffalo, USA) "Theoretical Studies of the Primary Hugoniot and Solid State Properties of Boron Carbide Under Extreme Conditions" |
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Yejun Feng (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) "X-Ray Magnetic Diffraction at High Pressure" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Liquids and Melting Under Pressure |
| Discussion Leader: Reinhard Boehler (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Frederic Datchi (Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, France) "Melting and Structure of Light Molecular Fluids Using Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction: Recent Achievements" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm | Margherita Citroni (European Laboratory for Non-Linear Spectroscopy (LENS), University of Florence, Italy) "Melting and Freezing Dynamics at the Nanosecond Timescale" |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm | Malcolm McMahon (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) "Ultra-Fast Studies of Melting and Phase Transitions Using the LCLS" |
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; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Light Elements; Carbon and Below |
| Discussion Leader: Graeme Ackland (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | David Ceperley (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA) "Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of the Phases of Dense Hydrogen" |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:15 am | Mikhail Eremets (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany) "High Temperature Superconductivity in Hydrogen-Rich Materials" |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
10:45 am - 11:10 am | Isaac Silvera (Harvard University, USA) "Pathways to Metallic Hydrogen" |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:45 am | Bartomeu Monserrat (Rutgers University, USA) "New Candidate Structures for High Pressure Hydrogen" |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Discussion |
11:55 am - 12:20 pm | Michael Desjarlais (Sandia National Laboratories, USA) "The Electrical Resistivity of Lithium - Building a Wide-Range Model" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Session: Future Directions and the Frontiers of Science and Technology at Extreme Conditions |
| Discussion Leader: Jon Eggert (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Arianna Gleason (Los Alamos National Laboratory / Stanford University, USA) "Ultrafast X-Ray Studies on the Dynamics of Structural Transitions" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Alexander Drozdov (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Germany) "Conventional Superconductivity at 203 Kelvin at High Pressures in the Sulfur Hydride System" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Gilbert Collins (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) "New Directions in the High Pressure Science and Technology" |
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Closing Remarks |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |