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

该项目支持研究生、博士后研究人员和早期职业研究科学家/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日至23日在新罕布什尔州新伦敦的科尔比-索伊学院举行，同时还有相关的戈登催化研究研讨会（GRS），这是一个为期两天的活动，在GRC之前举行，为催化领域的新进入者提供网络建设机会。催化长期以来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，同时也能修复废物和污染物。近年来，催化研究已大力转向促进食物、能源和水的可持续供应，同时也减少温室气体的排放。为此，催化GRC将汇集杰出的催化研究人员，分享催化研究的最新进展，同时促进知识的代际传递，以及高级领导者和新进入者之间的合作机会。具体来说，会议将侧重于各种科学家的知识传播，以探索如何将材料的精确合成、先进的表征技术、详细的动力学和理论的进步结合起来，创造对催化的新认识，并将其应用于能源和环境的全球挑战。会议目标将通过四个关键途径实现：(1)围绕会议主题“通过催化推进可持续技术”制定强有力的科学计划；(2)由不同群体的演讲者参与，包括初级研究者和高级思想领袖，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；(3)通过探索与替代能源和可再生或可持续原料相关的共同主题，在催化和可持续性方面进行跨学科的思想施肥；(4)通过促进该领域杰出的资深研究人员与年轻科学家、未被充分代表的少数族裔科学家和初级教师之间的互动，培养一种社区意识。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年的GRC将继续并扩大这一趋势，特别强调促进妇女参与催化的机会。这种重视反映在催化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有10位是女性（明显多于典型），以及GRC Power Hour的商标会议：“Power Hour：致力于科学领域女性的包容和专业发展”。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.