Travel Support: 2019 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces; Ventura, California; February 16-22, 2019

该奖项将提供资金，支持美国研究生和博士后研究人员参加2019年戈登研究研讨会(GRS)和戈登研究会议(GRC)关于表面化学反应的会议，该会议将于2019年2月16日至22日在加利福尼亚州文图拉举行。这次会议和研讨会将使新一代科学家和工程师了解表面科学和工程领域的最新国际进展，以应对世界上一些最紧迫的技术挑战。这种类型的国际交流对于确保美国科学家和工程师在混凝土材料、催化、光催化和生物分子等至关重要的领域保持领先地位至关重要，在这些领域，表面现象发挥着重要作用。GRC关于表面化学反应的会议是表面化学和相关催化领域的卓越国际会议。与GRS一起，它将汇集一个由来自化学、物理、化学工程和材料科学的学生和年轻研究人员组成的跨学科小组。他们将有机会以口头陈述或海报的形式介绍他们的工作，同时与该领域一些最著名的研究人员互动。GRS和GRC将解决与人类面临的重大环境和可持续性挑战相关的表面化学反应的基本方面。将特别强调界定表面化学和表面科学方面的下一代挑战。年轻研究人员的参与将为本次会议增加重大价值，并将促进当前和未来领导者在一个结合了学术和工业问题的领域中的交流。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。

The award will provide funding in support of participation by U.S. graduate students and post-doctoral researchers at the 2019 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) and Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Chemical Reactions at Surfaces to be held back-to-back in Ventura, California February 16-22, 2019. The conference and seminar will expose a new generation of scientists and engineers to the latest international advances in surface science and engineering as applied to some of the world's most pressing technological challenges. International exchanges of this type are essential for ensuring that U.S. scientists and engineers maintain leadership in areas of critical importance such as concrete materials, catalysis, photocatalysis, and biomolecules, where surface phenomena play an important role. The GRC on Chemical Reactions at surfaces is the preeminent international meeting in the field of surface chemistry and related catalysis. Together with the GRS, it will bring together an interdisciplinary group of students and young researchers from chemistry, physics, chemical engineering and materials science. They will have an opportunity to present their work in the form of oral presentations or posters while interacting with some of the most eminent researchers in the field. The GRS and GRC will address fundamental aspects of surface chemical reactions, which are related to the grand environmental and sustainability challenges facing mankind. Specific emphasis will be given to defining the next generation challenges in surface chemistry and surface science. Participation by young researchers will add significant value to this conference and will foster communications among current and future leaders in a field that combines academic and industrial issues.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.