Chemical Solar Energy Carriers (GRS) 2024 | Gordon Research Conferences | 3 February 2024 | Ventura Beach Marriott, 2055 E Harbor Blvd, Ventura, CA 93001, USA

This event provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.

This seminar will focus on the chemistry, materials science, and engineering behind devices that store solar energy by converting CO2, H2O, N2 and other abundant feedstocks into fuels and commodity chemicals. The goal of this meeting is to exchange interdisciplinary research ideas to bridge knowledge gaps in solar fuels research. The research program is organized into the following broad focus areas, and early-career researchers that are active in these areas are encouraged to apply to the seminar: Solid-liquid interface, Molecular catalysis and artificial photosynthesis, In-situ / operando spectroscopy, Reactor engineering and device design, and Computational chemistry.

It will include the 2nd annual career development forum, which will feature senior members of academia, government, and industry. The forum will provide attendees with the opportunity to ask a broad range of questions to solar fuels experts, business, and policy leaders and to build meaningful professional networks. Attendees will be encouraged to engage invited senior scientists in discussions about career paths and potential collaborations.

2024 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Mariana Monteiro
Minerva Fast-Track Fellow, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society

SPEAKERS:

Feng Jiao
Professor, Director of Center for Carbon Management, Washington University in St. Louis

Carlos Morales-Guio
Assistant Professor, University of California, Los Angeles

Aisulu Aitbekova
KNI Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology

Colton Sheehan
Graduate Student in Inorganic Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania

Rachel Siegel
Nurse Practitioner, Landmark Health

Bart van den Boorn
PhD Candidate, Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research

Kyra Yap
PhD Candidate, Stanford University

Carter Gerke
Johns Hopkins University, United States

Sayan Kar
Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cambridge

Alexis Bell
Professor, University of California, Berkeley

Sungho Jeon
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Pennsylvania

Nayeong Kim
Graduate Research Assistant, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

Levi Palmer
Physical Chemist, California Institute of Technology

Giuliana Lazzaro
Visiting PhD Student in Chemical Sciences, Montreal University

An Chu
Postdoctoral Researcher (Materials for Energy and Climate Security Group), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lillian Hensleigh
Lead Teacher, Lab Manager, Futures in Education (Halstrom Academy)

Shannon Boettcher
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley

Júlia Machado
Early-Stage Researcher, Solar2Chem Project

Brad Brennan
Chief Science Officer, Dimensional Energy

Emily Edwards
Scientific Editor, Cell Reports Physical Science

Jennifer Roizen
Department of Energy, United States