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
Discussion Leader: Bert Chandler (Penn State University, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Tracy Lohr (Shell, United States)
"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
Jingguang Chen (Columbia University, United States)
"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
Discussion Leader: Randall Meyer (ExxonMobil, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Paul Dauenhauer (University of Minnesota, United States)
"Catalytic Condensers for Programmable Catalysis"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Aleksandra Vojvodic (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"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
Umit Ozkan (The Ohio State University, United States)
"High-Temperature Electrocatalysis: Challenges and Opportunities"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Phillip Christopher (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"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.
Organizers: Gina Noh (Penn State University, United States) and Brandon Bukowski (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
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
Discussion Leader: Charles Campbell (University of Washington, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Beatriz Roldan Cuenya (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany)
"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
Johannes Lercher (Technische Universitat Muenchen, Germany)
"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
Discussion Leader: Rachel Getman (The Ohio State University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Laura Gagliardi (University of Chicago, United States)
"Catalysis for Decarbonization, the Modern Modeling Frontier"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Emiel Hensen (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Active Site Requirements for CO2 Hydrogenation Catalysts"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Heather Kulik (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"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
Lars Grabow (University of Houston, United States)
"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
New Chemistries
Discussion Leader: Joshua Schaidle (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
Feng Wang (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Photocatalytic Conversion of Biomass"
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Susannah Scott (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"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
Discussion Leader: Ilke Arslan (Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Serena DeBeer (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, Germany)
"From Enzymes to Biohybrids: Spectroscopic Studies of Nitrogenase"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Minkee Choi (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea)
"Synergistic Combination of Base Promoters and Low-Work-Function Carbon Supports for Developing Advanced Ammonia Synthesis Catalysts Under Mild Conditions"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Maricruz Sanchez-Sanchez (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
"Multifunctional Materials for Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO2"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Jeroen A. van Bokhoven (Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland)
"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
Discussion Leader: Michael Janik (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Michele Sarazen (Princeton University, United States)
"Zeolite's Plastic Era: Polyolefin Cracking at Moderate Temperatures"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Christopher Paolucci (University of Virginia, United States)
"Insights Into Active Site Heterogeneity by Combining Experiments and Modeling"
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
Linsey Seitz (Northwestern University, United States)
"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; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Industrial Innovation Based on Catalysis
Discussion Leader: David Barton (Dow, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Cathy Tway (BP, United States)
"Is Catalysis Reaching a Transition State?"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Doron Levin (ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co., United States)
"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
Mark Shiflett (University of Kansas, United States)
"Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH)"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Simon Bare (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, United States)
"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
Discussion Leader: Eranda Nikolla (University of Michigan, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Robert Davis (University of Virginia, United States)
"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