Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels (GRS) 2024 | Gordon Research Conferences | 4 February 2024 | Ventura Beach Marriott, 2055 E Harbor Blvd, Ventura, CA 93001, USA

This event is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.

The conference will provide a venue for both emerging and established investigators to explore these themes in a collegial and engaging scientific environment. Participants, including students and postdocs, are encouraged to present their results in poster sessions, with some posters selected for short talks. This conference, with programmed discussion sessions and informal gatherings in the afternoons and evenings, provides a unique international forum in which the academic and industrial scientists can exchange ideas to advance the field of renewable energy.

2024 Speakers

Hailiang Wang
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Yale University, United States

Kevin Sivula
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, EPFL, Switzerland

Kara Bren
Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, United States

Emily Warren
Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

James Cahoon
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fengtao Fan
Vice director of State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Mita Dasog
Associate Professor, Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Research Chair, Dalhousie University, Canada

David Grills
Chemist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, United States

James Durrant
Professor of Photochemistry, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Justin Sambur
Associate Professor, Colorado State University, United States

Claudia Turro
Professor of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, United States

Susumu Saito
Professor, Integrated Research Consortium on Chemical Sciences, Japan

Michael Rose
Associate Professor, UT Austin Chemistry

Javier Concepcion
Chemist, Brookhaven National Lab, United States

Joel Ager
Professor, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States

Zhichuan Xu
Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
Professor of Chemistry, Yale University, United States

Sara Thoi
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University

Alexander Cowan
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool

Shane Ardo
Professor, UC Irvine

Shannon Boettcher
Professor of Chemistry, Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Director, Oregon Center for Electrochemistry

Wilson Smith
Senior Scientist, NREL, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder

Amy Cordones
Staff Scientist, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Ann Magnuson
Vice-chair of the Doctoral Education Board for Science and Technology, Uppsala University, Sweden

Greta Ricarda Patzke
Full Professor of Chemistry, University of Zurich

DISCUSSION LEADERS:

Hongxian Han
Research Scientist in the State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Walter Drisdell
Staff Scientist, Berkeley Lab

Steven Holdcroft
Professor, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), Electrochemical Materials, Simon Fraser University, Canada

Eva Nichols
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada

Kate Waldie
Assistant Professor, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Nathan Neale
Senior Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Ryan Hadt
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, United States

Jorge Colón
Professor, University of Puerto Rico

CX Xiang
Co-Founder, Captura

CHAIRS:

Can Li

Jillian L. Dempsey

VICE CHAIRS:

Vincent Artero

Francesca Maria Toma