On January 11-12, 2012, Duke University and the Solar Energy Research Center (SERC) at UNC-Chapel Hill will co-host a scientific meeting at the R. David Thomas Executive Conference Center at Duke University.
This symposium is sponsored and organized by the UNC EFRC: Solar Fuels and Next Generation Photovoltaics, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science.
Our principal co-sponsor is the Research Triangle Solar Fuels Institute.
Other sponsors include:
Summary Schedule (Subject to Change)
| Date & Time | Event |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, January 11, 2012 | |
| Morning Session - Geneen Auditorium; Fuqua School of Business | |
| 07:30 AM - 08:15 AM | Registration - Lobby of Geneen Auditorium |
| Foundational Issues | Session Chair: David Beratan |
| 08:15 AM - 08:30 AM | Welcome/Overview and Announcements - Thomas J. Meyer |
| 08:30 AM - 09:10 AM | Keynote: Louis Brus, Columbia University |
| 09:10 AM - 09:50 AM | Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University |
| 09:50 AM - 10:20 AM | Coffee Break - Courtyard adjacent to Genen Auditorium |
| Session Chair: Chris Fecko | |
| 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM | Raymond Ziessel, CNRS/UdS/LCOSA, Strasbourg |
| 11:00 AM - 11:40 PM | Thomas Mallouk, Penn State University |
| 11:40 PM - 01:00 PM | Lunch - Executive Dining Room - Thomas Conference Center |
| Afternoon Session | |
| Theory | |
| Session Chair: Yosuke Kanai | |
| 01:00 PM - 01:40 PM | Jeffrey Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs |
| 01:40 PM - 02:20 PM | William Tumas and Stephan Lany, National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| 02:20 PM - 03:00 PM | Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University |
| 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM | Break - Courtyard adjacent to Genen Auditorium |
| Session Chair: Patrick Charbonneau | |
| 03:30 PM - 04:10 PM | Berend Smit, UC Berkeley |
| 04:10 PM - 04:50 PM | Yosuke Kanai, UNC Chapel Hill |
| 05:00 PM - 06:45 PM | Poster Session and Social Hour - Kirby Reading Room |
| 07:00 PM | Conference Banquet - University Room - Thomas Center |
| Thursday, January 12, 2012 | |
| Morning Session | |
| Catalysis and Bioinspiration - Geneen Auditorium | |
| 08:30 AM - 08:40 AM | Welcome and Announcements |
| Session Chair: Wei You | |
| 08:40 AM - 09:20 AM | Keynote: Michael Grätzel, Lausanne |
| 09:20 AM - 10:00 AM | Clifford Kubiak, UC San Diego |
| 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break - Courtyard adjacent to Genen Auditorium |
| Session Chair: Eric Toone | |
| 10:30 AM - 11:10 AM | Robert Blankenship, Washington University, St. Louis |
| 11:10 AM - 11:50 AM | Moh El Naggar, University of Southern California |
| 11:500 AM | Lunch and Roundtable Discussion - Wintergarden Atrium |
| 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM | Science, Policy, and the Media Moderators: Thomas Meyer & David Beratan |
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| Afternoon Session | |
| Catalysis and Bioinspiration (concluding) | |
| Session Chair: Kirk Schanze | |
| 01:40 PM - 02:20 PM | Robert Crabtree, Yale University |
| Directing Charge and Spin with Light | |
| 02:20 PM - 03:00 PM | James McCusker, Michigan State University |
| 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM | Break- Courtyard adjacent to Genen Auditorium |
| Session Chair: Andy Moran | |
| 03:30 PM - 04:10 PM | John Papanikolas, UNC Chapel Hill |
| 04:10 PM - 04:50 PM | Michael Therien, Duke University |
| 04:50 PM | Concluding Remarks |
