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
Chemistry and Applications of Mixed-Anion Compounds
Discussion Leader: Catherine Oertel (Oberlin College, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Robin Macaluso (University of Texas, Arlington, United States)
"Searching for Hidden Structural Treasures in Oxychalcogenides"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
Akira Miura (Hokkaido University, Japan)
"How to Make Metastability? How to Use Metastability?"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Functional Electrochemical Materials
Discussion Leader: Sian Dutton (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Serena Cussen (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
"Single Crystal and Concentration Gradient Cathodes for High Energy Density Batteries"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:20 am
Veronica Augustyn (North Carolina State University, United States)
"Understanding and Controlling the Electrochemical Microenvironment with Layered Materials"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Karena Chapman (Stony Brook University, United States)
"Transport Limitations in Solid-State Synthesis"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Wolfgang Zeier (University of Münster, Germany)
"On Local Structures, Thermal and Ionic Transport in Solid Electrolytes"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ 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.
Organizers: Benny Chan (The College of New Jersey, United States) and Ashfia Huq (Sandia National Laboratories, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Magnetic and Quantum Materials
Discussion Leader: Nicola Spaldin (The Domain of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology, Switzerland)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Mazhar Ali (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"2D Quantum Material Josephson Junctions and the Josephson Diode Effect"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 9:00 pm
Michael McGuire (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States)
"Substitutions, Structures and Phase Transition in Kagome-Related Materials"
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Probing Structure and Function of Materials Through Advanced Characterization
Discussion Leader: Beth Guiton (University of Kentucky, United States)
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Daniel Shoemaker (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States)
"In Situ Characterization and Energy Awareness in Synthesis"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:20 am
Geneva Laurita (Bates College, United States)
"Local Distortions and Long-Range Polarity in Pyrochlore Oxides from Total Scattering Techniques"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am
Allyson Fry-Petit (California State University, Fullerton, United States)
"In Situ Diffraction of Oxygen Transport Membranes"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
Raphaele Clement (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"Disordered Rocksalt Oxides (DRX): An Emerging Class of Li-Ion Cathodes"
12:20 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
Computational Approaches to Discovery and Understanding of Materials
Discussion Leader: Anton Oliynyk (Hunter College, The City University of New York, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Julia Dshemuchadse (Cornell University, United States)
"Studying Phase Transformations with Minimalistic Computational Models"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:05 pm
Anubhav Jain (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States)
"Theories for Predicting the Synthesizability of Inorganic Materials and Their Integration and Testing Within an Automated Laboratory"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Thermoelectric and Optical Materials
Discussion Leader: Susan Kauzlarich (University of California, Davis, United States)
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Holger Kleinke (University of Waterloo, Canada)
"Data-Driven Discoveries: Using Machine Learning to Predict Thermoelectric Properties"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:20 am
Alexandra Zevalkink (Michigan State University, United States)
"High-Temperature Elastic Moduli: A Tool for Understanding Chemical Bonding in Thermoelectric Materials"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Paul Maggard (North Carolina State University, United States)
"Enabling the Improbable at the Synthetic Frontiers of Metastable Semiconductors"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm
Kang Min Ok (Sogang University, South Korea)
"Discovering Noncentrosymmetric Solid-State Materials: Unveiling Novel Strategies"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Applications of Solid State Chemistry to Industry
Discussion Leader: Christopher Sheets (Honeywell UOP, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Kelvin Chang (Northrop Grumman Synoptics, United States)
"Bulk Crystal Growth Development of "New" Materials"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 9:05 pm
Yi Du (ExxonMobil, United States)
"Synthesis and Structural Understanding of Mixed Metal Oxides and Sulfides for Hydroprocessing in Production of Ultralow-Sulfur Diesel"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 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
In Memory of Frank DiSalvo: Materials for Energy and Sustainability
Discussion Leader: Amitava Choudhury (Missouri University of Science and Technology, United States)
9:00 am - 9:35 am
Farshid Ramezanipour (University of Louisville, United States)
"Modification of Structural Order in Oxides to Enhance Their Electrochemical Properties for Energy and Sustainability"
9:35 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:20 am
Manashi Nath (Missouri University of Science and Technology, United States)
"Transition Metal Chalcogenides for a Sustainable Energy Future"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:35 am
Sebastian Peter (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India)
"Design and Discovery of Materials for Carbon and Water Recycling"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:20 pm
Jesús Velázquez (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Elucidating the Role of Composition and Surface Motifs in Multinary Chalcogenide Electrocatalysts for CO2 to Alcohol Conversion"
12:20 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
Solid State Chemistry as an Enabling Science
Discussion Leader: John Greedan (McMaster University, Canada)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Jeff Terry (Illinois Institute of Technology, United States)
"Power is Everything: Using Solid State Chemistry to Enable the Clean Energy Transition"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Patrick Woodward (Ohio State University, United States)
"The Chemical Principles of Magnetic Exchange"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure