U.S.-Australia Joint Workshop on Artificial Photosynthesis; Sydney, Australia

该奖项为九位美国科学家与澳大利亚科学家一起参加一个关于人工光合作用的研讨会提供了部分支持。会议由昆士兰大学的Christa Critchley教授和亚利桑那州立大学的Robert Blankenship教授等共同主办。它将于2003年1月13日至14日在澳大利亚悉尼举行。除了审查参与者正在进行的相关研究外，研讨会还特别旨在鼓励和加快美澳在这一领域的合作规划。研讨会将紧接国际博登研究会议，该会议旨在审查这一跨学科领域的最新技术状况。人工光合作用包括模仿自然光合作用过程的各个方面的设计和组装系统。人工光合作用研究的目标是改进各种技术和生产系统，包括能量转换和储存、催化、生物技术、光电医学、光电子学和传感器。方法各不相同，从对自然过程进行小的修改，以提高太阳能的转换或储存，到基于该过程的特定组成部分的更大的合成努力，从而能够生产新材料。这次研讨会是一次及时而有价值的努力，来自美国和澳大利亚的该领域的主要研究人员将确定未来研究的有希望的领域，这些领域可以从结合参与者的各种和互补的专业知识中受益。

0244566BlankenshipThis award provides partial support for nine U.S. scientists to participate in a workshop with Australian scientists on the topic of artificial photosynthesis. The meeting has been co-organized by Prof. Christa Critchley of the University of Queensland and Professor Robert Blankenship of Arizona State University, among others. It will be held January 13-14, 2003 in Sydney, Australia. In addition to reviewing the participants' ongoing relevant research, the workshop is specifically intended to encourage and expedite planning of U.S.-Australia cooperation in this area. The workshop will immediately follow an international Boden Research Conference that is designed to review the state of the art in this interdisciplinary field. Artificial Photosynthesis comprises the design and assembly systems that mimic various aspects of the natural photosynthetic process. Research in artificial photosynthesis is motivated by the objectives of improving a wide variety of technologies and production systems including energy conversion and storage, catalysis, biotechnology, photomedicine, optoelectronics and sensors. Approaches vary from making small modifications to the natural process in order to enhance solar energy conversion or storage to much larger synthetic efforts based on specific components of the process that can enable the production of new materials. This workshop is a timely and worthwhile effort involving leading researchers in the field from the US and Australia who will identify promising areas for future research that can benefit from combining the varied and complementary expertise of the participants.