Bilateral U.S. - U.K. NSF/EPSRC Workshop "The Synthesis of Complex Chemical Systems"

这个奖项由无机，生物无机和有机物和合成有机化学计划支持旅行的国际研讨会上“复杂化学系统的合成”，这是由麻省理工学院的蒂莫西·斯瓦格教授和教授杰弗里·摩尔伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校组织。 英国工程和物理科学研究理事会（EPSRC）将提供所有当地住宿。本研讨会将强调剪裁分子，以实现指定的组织和所需的功能。该研讨会将侧重于设计，制备和表征定义明确的分子系统的挑战性和当代研究，这些分子系统可以被认为是复杂的，因为它们的大小，原子的三维排列，高度的功能性，或自组织成多分子组件的成分集合。Jason绿色博士（EPSRC）和Alejandra巴勒莫博士（皇家化学学会）都将担任英国政府组织者和爱丁堡大学的Lesley Yellowlees教授被指定为会议的英国学术主席。会议定于2006年3月19日星期日晚上在英国牛津郡的Eynsham Hall举行，一直持续到2006年3月21日星期二。该研讨会旨在让年轻的化学家接触到更广泛的国际学术界，并为富有成效的国际合作，文化理解和知识交流建立长期的桥梁。研讨会将为化学家们提供一个交流研究思想、成就和共同问题的论坛。研讨会的形式，粉笔会谈与公开讨论，已被证明是刺激和引导所有参与者的思想自由交流。会议安排和拟议的暂定时间表旨在鼓励正式和非正式讨论，使与会者能够相互熟悉。除了一个例外，所有的美国参与者都在他们独立职业生涯的八年内，并在这一领域做出了重大贡献。参与者平均来自美国各地的有机和无机背景。

This award by the Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Organometallic and Synthetic Organic Chemistry programs supports travel to an international workshop on "The Synthesis of Complex Chemical Systems," which is organized by Prof. Timothy Swager of MIT and Prof. Jeffrey Moore of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the UK will supply all local accommodations. This workshop will emphasize tailoring molecules to achieve specified organizations and desired functions. The workshop will focus on challenging and contemporary research in the design, preparation and characterization of well-defined molecular systems that can be considered complex because of their size, three-dimensional arrangement of atoms, high degree of functionality, or the collection of constituents that self-organize into multi-molecular assemblies. Dr. Jason Green (EPSRC) and Dr. Alejandra Palermo (Royal Society of Chemistry) will both serve as the U.K. governmental organizers and Professor Lesley Yellowlees from the University of Edinburgh has been designated as the UK academic chair for the meetings. The conference is scheduled to extend from Sunday evening, March 19, 2006 through Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at Eynsham Hall in Oxfordshire (UK). The workshop aims to expose younger chemists to the broader community of international scholarship and to build long-term bridges for productive international collaboration, cultural understanding, and knowledge exchange. The workshop is expected to provide a forum for the exchange of research ideas, accomplishments and common problems among the group of chemists. The format of the workshop, chalk talks with open discussions, has been proven to be both stimulating and conductive to free-flowing exchange of ideas for all the participants. The setting and the proposed tentative schedule are designed to encourage formal and informal discussion that will allow participants to become well acquainted with one another. All the U.S. participants, with one exception, are within eight years of their independent careers and have made significant contributions to this field. The participants are evenly drawn from organic and inorganic backgrounds geographically from across the United States.