Travel Support for 2018 Green Chemistry Gordon Research Conference

CBET-1833650PI：Subramaniam，Bala全球商品化学品行业的快速扩张为促进可持续发展提供了一个重要机会。为了节约能源、节约原材料、最大限度地减少对环境和人类健康的危害，迫切需要资源节约型技术。这笔赠款将为来自不同背景的美国研究生、博士后研究人员和早期职业科学家提供部分支持，以参加2018年7月28日至8月3日在西班牙巴塞罗那附近卡斯特尔德费尔斯的Rey Don Jaime大酒店举行的2018年绿色化学戈登研究会议(GRC)。GRC旨在促进各国学术界、产业界和政府之间在绿色化学/工程、环境和可持续发展等前沿议题上的互动。2018年绿色化学GRC的主题是“通过绿色化学与工程应对能源-材料-食品-水纽带的挑战”。与这一主题相一致，全球资源中心将举行九场会议，涵盖化学催化、生物催化和电催化等可持续地将新兴原料转化为化学品和燃料的方法。GRC还将举行一次会议，讨论如何使用定量指标来指导可持续化学工艺和产品的开发。重点将放在应对造福全社会的重大挑战上。年轻的与会者将受益于顶尖专家的最新评论和演讲，通过交流与能源、环境和可持续发展相关的前沿研究主题的最新进展，以及通过与同行辩论有争议的观点。研究生和博士后研究人员将有机会参加GRC之前的戈登研究研讨会，为年轻研究人员提供宝贵的职业发展和网络机会。GRC还将为学术和工业科学家之间的互动和合作提供一个极好的机会，这是在实践中成功实施可持续技术的关键。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

CBET- 1833650PI: Subramaniam, Bala The rapid expansion of the global commodity chemicals industry presents a significant opportunity to promote sustainability. Resource-efficient technologies are urgently needed to save energy, conserve raw materials, and minimize harm to the environment and human health. This grant will provide partial support for US-based graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and early career scientists from diverse backgrounds to attend the 2018 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in Green Chemistry to be held from July 28 to August 3, 2018, at the Grand Hotel Rey Don Jaime, in Castelldefels, near Barcelona, Spain. This GRC aims to promote interactions between academia, industry and government from various countries on frontier topics in green chemistry/engineering, environment and sustainability. The theme of the 2018 Green Chemistry GRC is "Addressing the Challenges at the Energy-Materials-Food-Water Nexus through Green Chemistry & Engineering". Consistent with this theme, the GRC will feature nine sessions encompassing chemocatalytic, biocatalytic and electrocatalytic approaches for sustainable conversion of emerging feedstocks to chemicals and fuels. The GRC will also feature a session on the use of quantitative metrics to guide the development of sustainable chemical processes and products. Emphasis will be placed on addressing grand challenges that will benefit the society at large. The young conference participants will benefit from state-of-the-art reviews and presentations by leading experts, by exchanging the latest advances on frontier research subjects relating to energy, environment and sustainability, and by debating controversial points with their peers. Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers will have an opportunity to participate in the Gordon Research Seminars that precede the GRC and provide young researchers valuable career-building and networking opportunities. The GRC will also provide an excellent opportunity for interaction and cooperation among academic and industrial scientists, a key for successful implementation of sustainable technologies in practice.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.