2022 Gordon Research Conference and Seminar on Catalysis: Advancing Sustainable Technologies through Catalysis

该项目支持研究生、博士后研究人员和职业生涯早期的研究科学家/工程师参加2022年戈登催化研究会议(GRC)，该会议将于2022年6月19-23日在新伦敦的科尔比-索耶学院举行，以及相关的戈登催化研究研讨会(GRS)，这是在GRC之前举行的为期两天的活动，为催化领域的新进入者提供建立网络的机会。长期以来，催化一直是一项关键的工业和环境技术，有助于有效和有针对性地将原材料转化为燃料和化学产品，同时还可以修复废物和污染物。近年来，催化研究已强烈转向促进食品、能源和水的可持续供应，同时也减少温室气体排放的机会。为此，催化GRC将把杰出的催化研究人员聚集在一起，分享催化研究的最新进展，同时促进知识的代际转移和高级领导者与该领域新进入者之间的合作机会。具体地说，会议将集中讨论各种科学家的知识传播，以探索材料的精确合成、先进的表征技术、详细的动力学和理论上的进步如何结合起来，在应用于能源和环境方面的全球挑战时创造对催化的新理解。会议目标将通过四种主要途径实现：(1)以会议主题“通过催化推进可持续技术”为重点的强有力的科学方案；(2)包括初级研究人员和高级思想领袖、工业界、学术界和国家实验室的代表以及研究生和博士后研究人员在内的不同群体的发言者参加；(3)通过探索与替代能源和可再生或可持续原料有关的共同主题，在催化和可持续发展方面进行跨学科的思想交流；以及(4)通过促进该领域杰出的高级研究人员与年轻科学家、代表性不足的少数族裔科学家和初级教员之间的互动来培养社区意识。近年来，催化GRC在促进各种形式的多样性方面取得了稳步进展。2022年全球资源中心将继续并扩大这一趋势，特别强调促进妇女在催化领域的机会。这种重视体现在催化GRC 73年历史上的第二位女性会议主席，以及30位受邀演讲者和讨论领袖中的10位女性(远远超过一般情况)，以及GRC有商标的Power Hour会议：“Power Hour：致力于包容和女性在科学中的职业发展”。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 project supports attendance of graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and early-career research scientists/engineers at the 2022 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Catalysis, which will be held on June 19-23, 2022 at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, NH, along with the associated Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Catalysis, a two-day event held immediately prior to the GRC that provides network-building opportunities for new entrants to the field of catalysis. Catalysis has long served as a critical industrial and environmental technology for facilitating the efficient and targeted conversion of raw materials to fuels and chemical products, while also remediating waste products and pollutants. In recent years, catalysis research has shifted strongly to opportunities for facilitating sustainable supplies of food, energy, and water, while also mitigating emissions of greenhouse gases. To those ends, the Catalysis GRC will bring together prominent catalysis researchers to share the latest advances in catalysis research while also facilitating generational transfer of knowledge and collaborative opportunities between senior leaders and newer entrants to the field. Specifically, the conference will focus on the dissemination of knowledge by a wide variety of scientists to explore how precise synthesis of materials, advanced characterization techniques, detailed kinetics, and advances in theory combine to create new understanding in catalysis as applied to global challenges in energy and the environment. The meeting goals will be met through four key approaches: (1) a strong scientific program focused on the meeting theme, "Advancing Sustainable Technologies through Catalysis"; (2) participation by a diverse group of speakers, including junior investigators and senior thought-leaders, representatives of industry, academia and national labs, as well as graduate students and postdoctoral researchers; (3) cross-disciplinary fertilization of ideas in catalysis and sustainability, by exploring common themes related to alternative energy sources and renewable or sustainable feedstocks; and (4) fostering a sense of community by promoting interactions between prominent senior investigators in the field and young scientists, underrepresented minority scientists, and junior faculty. The Catalysis GRC has seen steady advances in recent years toward promoting diversity in all forms. The 2022 GRC will continue and expand that trend with particular emphasis on promoting opportunities for women in catalysis. That emphasis is reflected in only the second female conference chair in the 73-year history of the Catalysis GRC, together with women accounting for 10 of the 30 invited speakers and discussion leaders (significantly more than typical), and a trade-marked GRC Power Hour session: ”Power Hour: Committed to Inclusion and the Professional Development of Women in Science.”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.