Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award for 2015[ register | background | flyer | agenda |
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Congratulations to the 2015 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award Winner!
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
Christopher Murray
Kenneth Suslik
Amy Prieto
Trevor Douglas
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
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