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
Sustainable Societies Enabled Through Catalysis
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Using Delplots to Delineate Product Ranking in Ethylene Epoxidation Under Commercial Operating Conditions"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Electrochemical-Thermochemical Tandem Catalysis for CO2 Conversion"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Catalysis Beyond Thermal Conversions
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Catalytic Condensers for Programmable Catalysis"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Chemistry of Perfect and Imperfect Surfaces"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"High-Temperature Electrocatalysis: Challenges and Opportunities"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"Influence of Visible Photon Fluxes on Catalytic Reactions at Metal Nanoparticle Surfaces"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
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.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Insights from Mechanistic Investigations
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Unveiling the Dynamic Behavior of Catalysts Through In Situ Microscopy and Operando Spectroscopy"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Impact of (Protic and Aprotic) Solvents on Catalytic Reactions"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Insights from Theory and Experiments
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Catalysis for Decarbonization, the Modern Modeling Frontier"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Active Site Requirements for CO2 Hydrogenation Catalysts"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Addressing Both Activity and Stability in Computational Catalyst Discovery With Machine Learning"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"Exciting Strategies to Dynamically Enhance Catalytic Activity"
12:15 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
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"New Approaches for Catalysis Using Solvents and Electric Fields to Tune the Surface Chemistry"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
"Recycling Carbon: Extracting Value From Polyolefins via Catalysis"
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Materials and Characterizations for Catalysis
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"From Enzymes to Biohybrids: Spectroscopic Studies of Nitrogenase"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Separately Storing Electrons and Protons at Ru Particles and Base Promoters to Facilitate Ammonia Synthesis"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Multifunctional Materials for Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO2"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"Direct Methane to Methanol Conversion Progress and Prospects"
12:15 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
Early Career Investigator Presentations
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
"Zeolite's Plastic Era: Polyolefin Cracking at Moderate Temperatures"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
"Insights Into Active Site Heterogeneity by Combining Experiments and Modeling"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
"Characterizing and Harnessing Dynamic Materials for Electrocatalysis"
9:15 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; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Industrial Innovation Based on Catalysis
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Is Catalysis Reaching a Transition State?"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"Catalysis as an Enabler for the Energy Transition"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Development and Scale-up of Adiabatic Autothermal Oxidative Coupling of Methane"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
"Combining Experience from Academic and Industrial Research for Successful Collaborative Research Using the DOE BES Synchrotrons"
12:15 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
Keynote Session: Elucidation of Catalytic Chemistry
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
"Negotiating Catalysis from a Position of Strength"
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure