Workshop: Photocatalysis, Photoconversion, and Photoelectrochemistry: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications for the 21st Century

鲍灵格林州立大学的Malcolm D. E. Forbes教授得到了化学催化项目、化学系、美洲项目、国际科学与工程办公室以及化学、生物工程、环境和运输系统部门的支持，组织了一个名为“研讨会：光催化、光转化和光电化学：21世纪的基础、技术和应用”的国际研讨会。研讨会将于2016年5月22日至23日在智利圣地亚哥的universsidad Andreìs Bello校园举行，紧接着在智利圣地亚哥举行的第25届美洲光化学学会会议。15名来自不同背景的早期美国学生和博士后研究人员与来自不同南美和中美洲国家的10名学生会面，并在建设性的环境中与美国和南美的资深教师共同互动。该研讨会奖的目的是鼓励国际合作，并为美国学生和博士后研究人员提供国际经验。研讨会让他们了解光催化基础和应用研究的当前前沿和未来方向。该研讨会提供了急需的交叉受精，并在美国和南美参与者之间形成了可能持续科学生涯的纽带。此外，美国参与者在其职业生涯的早期阶段就对国际科学发展了更广阔的视野。

Professor Malcolm D. E. Forbes of Bowling Green State University is supported by the Chemical Catalysis program, Division of Chemistry, the Americas program, Office of International Science and Engineering, and the Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental, and Transport Systems Division to organize an international workshop entitled "Workshop: Photocatalysis, Photoconversion, and Photoelectrochemistry: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Applications for the 21st Century." The workshop will be held on May 22-23, 2016 on the campus of the Universidad Andreìs Bello in Santiago, Chile, immediately preceding the 25th Meeting of the Inter-American Photochemical Society in Santiago, Chile. Fifteen early-career U.S. student and post-doctoral researchers of diverse background meet with 10 students from different South and Central American countries and jointly interact with senior US and South American faculty in a constructive environment. The aim of this workshop award is to encourage international collaboration and to provide the US students and postdoctoral researchers with an international experience. The workshop exposes them to the current frontiers and future directions in fundamental and applied research in photocatalysis. The workshop serves to provide much needed cross-fertilization, and bonds are formed between US and South American participants that could potentially last a scientific lifetime. Furthermore, the US participants develop a broader perspective on international science at an early stage in their careers.