2012 Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels GRC & GRS, Lucca, Italy, May 12-13, 2012 and May 13-18, 2012

1139170 malloukThis奖将提供研究生和博士后研究助理参加戈登研究会议（GRC）和戈登研究研讨会（GRS）可再生能源的支持：太阳能燃料。 GRS和GRC将分别于2012年5月12日至13日和5月13日至18日在意大利的卢卡举行。 智力优势GRS，这将主要是由研究生和博士后研究助理参加，和GRC，其特点是由该领域的领先科学家口头报告，将汇集高级和初级研究人员，包括工程师，材料科学家，化学家，生物学家，和物理学家探索实现高效太阳能驱动的碳中性来源向能量密集分子转化所需的科学进步。 这一问题对于发展可持续能源经济至关重要，因为太阳能燃料有可能利用国内可再生资源可持续地供应运输和航空燃料。 GRS计划将以口头和海报演示为特色，并与少数与会者（60名与会者）进行非正式和正式的讨论。演讲将分为三个部分，其中将讨论太阳能燃料研究的最重要方面。第一次会议将致力于固态和生物/仿生系统中的光捕获和电荷转移。第二次会议将集中在材料和分子，可以催化太阳能燃料电池的发展所需的反应。最后一次会议将处理有效的太阳能燃料生产的均相/多相催化系统。预计约有一半的GRS参与者将参加GRC，出席人数上限为200人。该GRC计划将包括邀请和贡献的口头和海报演示由年轻和更成熟的研究人员，专注于该领域最好的新兴科学。GRC将为与会者提供太阳能燃料跨学科科学的最新观点，包括八个专题会议，两个海报会议，以及最后一个最新成果会议和来自海报展示的简短演讲。更广泛的影响GRC和GRS将促进科学和工程领域的国际合作，这是未来太阳能燃料技术发展的基础。 该论坛还将为处于科学生涯关键阶段的年轻参与者提供网络机会，指导和新研究的观点。 申请的资金将用于支付注册费和/或旅行费用的研究生和博士后参与者在GRC和GRS的不同群体。

1139170MalloukThis award will provide support for graduate student and postdoctoral research associate participation in the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) and Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) on Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels. The GRS and GRC will be held in Lucca, Italy on May 12-13, and May 13-18, 2012, respectively. Intellectual MeritThe GRS, which will be primarily attended by graduate students and post doctoral research associates, and the GRC, which features oral presentations by the leading scientists in the field, will bring together senior and junior researchers, including engineers, materials scientists, chemists, biologists, and physicists to explore the scientific advances needed to achieve efficient solar energy driven transformation of carbon-neutral sources to energy-dense molecules. This problem is of key importance in developing a sustainable energy economy, as solar fuels may have the potential to provide a sustainable supply of transportation and aviation fuel from domestic, renewable resources. The GRS program will feature oral and poster presentations accompanied by informal and formal discussions with a small number of attendees (60 participants). The presentations will be divided into three sessions, in which the most important aspects of the solar fuel research will be addressed. The first session will be devoted to the light capture and charge transfer in solid-state and biological/ biomimetic systems. The second session will be focused on materials and molecules that can catalyze reactions desirable for the development of solar fuel cells. The concluding session will handle homo/heterogeneous catalytic systems effective for solar fuel production. Approximately half of the GRS participants are expected to attend the GRC, where attendance will be capped at 200. The GRC program will include invited and contributed oral and poster presentations by both younger and more established researchers, focusing on the best emerging science in the field. The GRC will provide participants a state-of-the-art view of the interdisciplinary science of solar fuels, with eight topical sessions, two poster sessions, and one final session of late-breaking results and short talks drawn from the poster presentations.Broader Impacts The GRC and GRS will promote international collaboration in the science and engineering that underpins the development of a future solar fuels technology. This forum will also provide networking opportunities, mentoring, and perspectives on new research for younger participants at a critical stage in their scientific careers. The requested funds will be used to defray registration fee and/or travel costs of a diverse group of graduate student and postdoctoral participants in the GRC and GRS.