SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:10 pm | Electronic Spectroscopy at High Resolution 1: Few-Atom Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Ed Grant (The University of British Columbia) |
7:40 pm - 8:15 pm | Thomas Udem (Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics)
"Femtosecond Frequency Combs and High Resolution Spectroscopy" |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Discussion |
8:25 pm - 9:00 pm | Wim Ubachs (Free University of Amsterdam)
"Rydberg Spectroscopy in a Heavy Bohr Atom: H+H-" |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Electronic Spectroscopy at High Resolution 2: Larger Molecules & Interactions |
| Discussion Leader: Elliot Bernstein (Colorado State University) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Frédéric Merkt (ETH Zurich)
"High-Resolution Spectroscopic Investigations of High Rydberg States and Electrostatic Trapping Experiments" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:20 am | Tim Softley (Oxford University)
"Molecular Rydberg States Interacting with Solid Surfaces: Dynamics and Field Effects" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | Robert Field (MIT)
"Acetylene: Just Large Enough" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 pm | John Maier (University of Basel)
"Electronic Spectra of Carbon Chain Radicals and Ions" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Group Photo / Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session A-1 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:05 pm | Theory for Electronically Excited States |
| Discussion Leader: Jeffrey Cina (University of Oregon) |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | John Stanton (University of Texas at Austin)
"Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Dynamics in the Nitromethane Anion" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm | Hot Topic Talk: Ksenia Bravaya (University of Southern California)
"The Effect of H-bonding and π-Stacking Interactions on Ionization Energies of DNA Bases" |
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm | Hot Topic Talk: Lyudmila Slipchenko (Purdue University)
"Electronic Excitations in the Condensed Phase: Theoretical Insights" |
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Excited-State Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Samuel Leutwyler (University of Bern) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Laurie Butler (University of Chicago)
"Radical Intermediates of Bimolecular Reactions: Electronic and Nuclear Dynamics" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:20 am | Hanna Reisler (University of Southern California)
"Photodissociation Dynamics of Nitrogen Rich Molecules" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | Scott Kable (University of Sydney)
"Reaction Dynamics in Aldehydes" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 pm | Toshi Suzuki (Kyoto University)
"Time-Resolved Photoelectron Imaging of Ultrafast Internal Conversion" |
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 A-2 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Biological Molecules in the Gas Phase |
| Discussion Leader: Donald Levy (University of Chicago) |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Jaime Stearns (Air Force Research Lab)
"Spectroscopy and Photodissociation of Cold, Protonated Peptides" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:50 pm | Takayuki Ebata (Hiroshima University)
"Laser Spectroscopy Studies of Functional Molecules" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Single-Molecule and Multi-Chromophore Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Piotr Piotrowiak (Rutgers University) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | Carl Hayden (CRF Sandia)
"Time-Resolved Multi-Spectral Single Molecule Spectroscopy" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:20 am | Paul Barbara (University of Texas at Austin)
"Single Molecule Spectroscopy Studies of the Charging and Discharging of Conjugated Polymers" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:25 am | David Blank (University of Minnesota)
"Excited State Dynamics in Thiophene Oligomers, Dendrimers, and Polymers" |
11:25 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 11:55 am | Hot Topic Talk: Richard Hildner (ICFO Spain)
"Ultrafast Phase Controlled Excitation of Single Molecules" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Hot Topic Talk: Timothy Schmidt (University of Sydney)
"The Identification and Characterization of Resonance-Stabilized Hydrocarbon Radicals" |
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session B-1 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Multi-Chromophore Systems & Exciton Dynamics |
| Discussion Leader: Mark Maroncelli (Penn State) |
7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Gregory Scholes (University of Toronto)
"Electronic Coherence Despite Fast Dephasing: Energy Transfer and Two Exciton States" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:50 pm | Xiaoyang Zhu (University of Minnesota)
"Exciton Formation and Dissociation at Semiconductor Interfaces" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Electronic Coupling & Conical Intersections |
| Discussion Leader: Yehuda Haas (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) |
9:00 am - 9:35 am | David Plusquellic (NIST)
"Excitonic Interactions in Flexible Bichromophores" |
9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:20 am | Spiridoula Matsika (Temple University)
"The Role of Conical Intersections in the Photophysics of Biologically Relevant Molecules" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:35 am | James Hynes (University of Colorado / Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris)
"Polar Environmental Effects on Conical Intersection Structure and Dynamics" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:20 pm | David Jonas (University of Colorado)
"Electronic Dynamics via Conical Funnels and Intersections" |
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 B-2 |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:25 pm | Excited-State Dynamics in Solution |
| Discussion Leader: Bern Kohler (Ohio State University) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Hot Topic Talk: John Herbert (Ohio State University)
"Excited-State Quantum Chemistry for Macromolecules and Condensed Phases" |
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm | Discussion |
7:55 pm - 8:30 pm | Benjamin Schwartz (University of California at Los Angeles)
"Watching the Solvation of Atoms in Liquids, One Solvent Molecule at a Time" |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm | Richard Mathies (University of California at Berkeley)
"Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy (FSRS) of Excited State Photochemistry in Phytochrome and Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP): Picking Apart the Reaction Coordinate" |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |