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 | Vibrational Dynamics in Isolated Molecules and Clusters |
| Discussion Leader: Mark Johnson (Yale University, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm | Gary Douberly (University of Georgia, USA) "Infrared Spectroscopy of Reactive Intermediates in Helium Nanodroplets" |
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Selected from Poster Abstracts: Adam Dunkelberger (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA) "Transient Infrared Spectroscopy of Vibration-Cavity Polaritons" |
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm | Shaul Mukamel (University of California, Irvine, USA) "Multidimensional Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy of Vibrational Dynamics at Conical Intersections" |
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion: Prospective-Vibrational Spectroscopy |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Vibrational Structures
and Dynamics at Interfaces |
| Discussion Leaders: Dennis Hore (University of Victoria, Canada) and Aaron Massari (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Alex Benderskii (University of Southern California, USA) "Aqueous Interfaces as Seen by Different Vibrational Modes of Water" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Eric Tyrode (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) "New Insights into the Specific Adsorption of Monovalent Ions to Negatively Charged Interfaces: A Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy Study" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
10:45 am - 11:15 am | Tamar Seideman (Northwestern University, USA) "Electron-Triggered, Ultrafast Vibrations at Surfaces" |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 11:55 am | Eric Borguet (Temple University, USA) "Ultrabroadband Vibrational Spectroscopy and Ultrafast Dynamics of Aqueous/Solid Interfaces" |
11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 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 | Energy and Materials: Simulations, Theory, and Experiments of Vibrational Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Gerhard Schwaab (Ruhr University Bochum, Germany) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Munira Khalil (University of Washington, USA) "Correlating Vibrational and Electronic Motions in Solution Using Two-Dimensional Vibrational-Electronic Spectroscopies" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Selected from Poster Abstracts: Luis Velarde (University at Buffalo, USA) "Unraveling the Entangled Electronic and Structural Landscape at Interfaces: New Insights from Doubly-Resonant SFG Spectroscopy" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Carlos Silva (Université de Montréal, Canada) "Excitonic Processes in Polymeric Semiconductors: Electron-Vibration Coupling and the Role of Solid-State Microstructure" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion: Prospective-Vibrational Spectroscopy |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Ultrafast Vibrational
Dynamics and Energy Transfer |
| Discussion Leaders: F. Fleming Crim (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) and Arthur Utz (Tufts University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Jahan Dawlaty (University of Southern California, USA) "Hydrogen Bonding and Proton Transfer in Excited State Redox Reactions Relevant for Light Harvesting" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Philipp Kukura (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) "Monitoring Energy Flow in Molecules with Coherent Vibronic Spectroscopy" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
10:45 am - 11:15 am | Julia Weinstein (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) "Directing Photoinduced Processes in Solution with Mode-Specific Infrared Excitation" |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 11:55 am | Erik Nibbering (Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI), Germany) "Photoacids as a Tool to Study Transient Hydrogen Bond Structure and Aqueous Proton Transport" |
11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 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 | Theory and Computation
of Vibrational Structures and Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Ned Sibert (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Marie-Pierre Gaigeot (Université d'Evry Val-d'Essonne, France) "Vibrational Spectroscopy with Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations: From Gas Phase to Solid-Liquid Interfaces" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Selected from Poster Abstracts: Sandra Luber (University of Zurich, Switzerland) "Novel Approaches for Vibrational Spectroscopy from Density Functional Theory-Based Molecular Dynamics" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Francesco Paesani (University of California, San Diego, USA) "Dissecting Vibrational Spectra from Many-Body Molecular Dynamics Simulations" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion: Prospective-Vibrational Spectroscopy |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Vibrational Structures and Dynamics of Biomacromolecules |
| Discussion Leaders: James Patterson (Brigham Young University, USA) and Lauren Webb (University of Texas at Austin, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Bridgette Barry (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) "Vibrational Spectroscopy as a Probe of Proton Coupled Electron Transfer in Enzymes and Biomimetics" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Chong Fang (Oregon State University, USA) "Developing Femtosecond Raman Spectroscopy to Elucidate Photochemistry of Fluorescent Protein Biosensors" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
10:45 am - 11:15 am | Susan Quinn (University College Dublin, Ireland) "Monitoring Ultrafast Dynamics in DNA Crystals Using Transient Infrared Spectroscopy" |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 11:55 am | Chris Cheatum (University of Iowa, USA) "Enzyme Dynamics and Their Role in Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions" |
11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 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 |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | 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 |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Chiral Vibrational Structures and Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Hongfei Wang (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Yunjie Xu (University of Alberta, Canada) "Chiroptical Signatures in the Finger Print Region: Chiral Hydration Clusters in Water" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Selected from Poster Abstracts: Mario Gonzalez Jimenez (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom) "Terahertz Spectroscopy of DNA in Aqueous Solution" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Wei Zhuang (Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) "Towards Understanding Ion Effect on Water Dynamics by Vibrational Spectroscopy and Theoretical Modeling" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion: Prospective-Vibrational Spectroscopy |
Thursday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Energy and Materials: Vibrational Dynamics |
| Discussion Leaders: Tim Lian (Emory University, USA) and Mary Jane Shultz (Tufts University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | John Asbury (Pennsylvania State University, USA) "Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy of Singlet Fission and Charge Generation in Organic Electronic Materials" |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 10:10 am | Art Bragg (Johns Hopkins University, USA) "Structure and Dynamics of Localized Excited-States in Conjugated Polymers and Materials" |
10:10 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
10:45 am - 11:15 am | Etienne Garand (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) "Probing Catalytic Reaction Intermediates with Cold Ion Vibrational Spectroscopy" |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Discussion |
11:25 am - 11:55 am | Jaime Stearns (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA) "Vibrational Spectroscopy of Gas-Phase Ionic Liquids" |
11:55 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 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 | Gas Phase and
Atmospheric Vibrational Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Franz Geiger (Northwestern University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Tim Zwier (Purdue University, USA) "Single-Conformation Vibrational Spectroscopy of Neutrals, Radicals, and Ions" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Selected from Poster Abstracts: Li Fu (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA) "Chiral-Selective Adsorption and Reaction of Terpene at Interfaces" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Marsha Lester (University of Pennsylvania, USA) "Hydrogen Transfer Reactions in Atmospheric Chemistry" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion: Prospective-Vibrational Spectroscopy |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |