Conference: 2023 Liquid Crystals GRC and GRS: Learning from Nature to Transform Technology through Liquid Crystal Science

该奖项支持本科生和研究生、博士后、代表性不足的和初级教师参加并出席2023年戈登液晶研究会议（GRC）：“从自然中学习，通过液晶科学转化技术”和戈登研究研讨会（GRS），该研讨会将于2023年6月24日至30日在新罕布什尔州曼彻斯特的南新罕布什尔大学举行。会议将汇集多元化和跨学科的学生和科学家社区，推动液晶科学和技术的前沿。会议将涉及跨学科的研究人员讨论材料科学，工程，生物学，化学和物理学的交叉研究，这是重新定义和振兴LC科学领域。将特别强调生物和受生物启发的系统。除了通过多样化参与者的参与来扩大参与之外，会议还包括一个旨在解决科学工作场所的多样性和包容性问题的会议。GRS是博士和博士后研究人员展示和讨论他们的工作并与同行建立合作关系的专用途径。导师和实习主持人将促进积极参与科学讨论。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。

This award supports travel registration fees for undergraduate and graduate students, post-docs, and under-represented, and junior faculty to attend and present at the the 2023 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Liquid Crystals: “Learning from Nature to Transform Technology through Liquid Crystal Science” and the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) taking place at the Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, New Hampshire between June 24–30 2023. The conference will bring together a diverse and interdisciplinary community of students and scientists pushing the frontiers of liquid crystalscience and technology.The conference will involve cross-disciplinary researchers discussing research at the intersection of materials science, engineering, biology, chemistry, and physics, that is redefining and reinvigorating the field of LC science. Particularly emphasis on biological and biologically-inspired systems will be made. Besides broadening participation through the involvement of a diversity of participants, the conference includes a session designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace. The GRS is a dedicated avenue for doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present and discuss their work and establish collaborative relationships with their peers. Mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion.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.