2013 Physical Organic Chemistry GRC/GRS

该奖项由俄勒冈大学的Michael Haley教授管理，将支持2013年夏季新设立的戈登研究研讨会(GRS；会议标题：物理有机化学-方法学、范围和定义新前沿)。这次活动汇集了从机械有机、生物有机和物理化学到理论、高分子和材料化学等领域的年轻科学家，讨论、交流和了解这些领域的新研究。他们的出席将得到资深科学家的参与，他们可以讨论该领域的最新发展，并在初级和高级调查人员之间交流意见。与会者还将参加戈登物理有机化学研究会议，该会议涵盖从合成和机械有机化学(包括反应中间体、计算化学、光谱学和光化学)到先进功能材料和超分子化学以及生物系统中的化学过程等领域。物理有机化学的定义很广，对于发展将化学合成、生物和材料科学与理论和物理化学联系在一起的跨学科领域具有根本重要性。参加两个相关的类似主题的会议将有助于“启动”年轻的调查人员的职业生涯在其职业生涯的门槛。

This award, administered by Prof. Michael Haley of the University of Oregon, will support a newly established Gordon Research Seminar (GRS; conference title: Physical Organic Chemistry--Methodology, Scope and Defining New Frontiers) in Summer 2013. This event brings together young scientists working in areas ranging from mechanistic organic, bio-organic and physical chemistry to theoretical, macromolecular and materials chemistry to discuss, communicate and learn about new research in these fields. Their attendance will be complemented by the involvement of established senior scientists who can discuss the latest developments in the field and provide an exchange of ideas between junior and senior investigators. The attendees will also participate in a tandem conference, the Gordon Research Conference on Physical Organic Chemistry, which encompasses areas ranging from synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry, including reactive intermediates, computational chemistry, spectroscopy and photochemistry, to advanced functional materials and supramolecular chemistry as well as chemical processes in biological systems. Physical organic chemistry is broadly defined and of fundamental importance for the development of interdisciplinary areas that link together chemical synthesis, biological and material sciences with theoretical and physical chemistry. Participation in two related conferences on analogous topics will help "jump start" the careers of young investigators on the threshold of their careers.