Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award for 2015 [ register | background | flyer | agenda | Indicator article ]

Professor Sara Skrabalak

James H. Rudy Associate Professor, Indiana University

2015 Baekeland Symposium

Featured Prof Skrabalak as Keynote Speaker

Date:  Friday, December 4, 2015

Time: 12:00 Noon

Place: Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium

Rutgers Busch Campus

174 Frelingheuysen Rd

Piscataway NJ 08854

Directions: map to Fiber Optics Bldg , map of campus

Parking: Visitors may park In Lots 51, 59, 60A & 60B near the Student Center without permits. The map shows parking lot locations. There will be Event Parking signs posted at Lots.

Invited Speakers

Program Agenda:

12:00 - Registration / Snacks

12:30 - Welcome Address Dr. Luciano Mueller, Baekeland Symposium Chair

12:40 - Prof. Christopher B. Murray  Preparation and Properties of Strongly Coupled Nanocrystal Superlattices: From Artificial Atoms to Mesoscale Quantum Solids.

1:30 -  Prof. Ken Suslick  The Optoelectronic Nose:  An Adventure in Molecular Recognition

2:20 -  Prof. Amy Prieto Nanoparticles of earth abundant materials for applications in photovoltaics: linking surface chemistry to transport properties

3:10 -  Break / Refreshments

3:40 -  Prof. Trevor Douglas  Biological Approaches to Materials Synthesis

4:30 -  Baekeland Award Presentation Dr. Ron Kong, NJ-ACS Section Chair

4:40 -  Keynote: Prof. Sara Skrabalak Seeding a New Kind of Garden: Synthesis of Symmetrically Stellated Bimetallic Nanocrystals

5:30 -  Closing remarks Dr. Les McQuire, NJ-ACS Awards Chair

Registration