2012 Water and Aqueous Solutions Gordon Research Seminar

化学部的这一奖项支持一个新的会议--2012年水和水溶液戈登研究研讨会(GRS)，该研讨会完全由从事水和水溶液研究的研究生和博士后研究员组织，并为他们举办。这份GRS将在相关的2012年水和水解决方案戈登研究会议(GRC)之前进行。这两个会议的重点是确定关键问题，描述最近的突破，并公布与水和水溶液有关的令人惊讶的发现。水是一种重要而独特的物质，在从生物工程到天气预报再到材料加工和开发的各种问题中发挥着核心作用。尽管水是一个看似简单的三原子分子，但它拥有一套独特的物理性质，这使它有别于地球上的任何其他物质。了解水的结构和动态的基本原理，特别是水如何调节化学相互作用和过程，继续构成艰巨的挑战并产生大量惊喜。计划中的GRS将为研究生和博士后研究员提供一个独特的论坛，介绍和交流与水和水溶液相关领域的新数据和前沿想法。全球研究报告的一个主要目的是通过一个教育和鼓励的平台，促进与同行建立网络，使青年研究人员成为积极的会议参与者。

This award from the Division of Chemistry supports a new conference, the 2012 Water and Aqueous Solutions Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), organized entirely by and for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows who are doing research related to water and aqueous solutions. This GRS will precede the associated 2012 Water and Aqueous Solutions Gordon Research Conference (GRC). The focus of these two meetings is on identifying key questions, describing recent breakthroughs, and unveiling surprising discoveries related to water and aqueous solutions. Water is an important and unique substance that plays a central role in a wide variety of problems ranging from bioengineering to weather predictions to material processing and development. Although water is a deceptively simple three-atom molecule, it possesses a unique set of distinguishing physical properties that set it apart from any other substance on Earth. Understanding the fundamental principles governing the structure and dynamics of water, and particularly how water mediates chemical interactions and processes, continues to pose formidable challenges and yield abundant surprises. The planned GRS will provide a unique forum for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas in fields related to water and aqueous solutions. A key aim of the GRS is to enable young investigators to become active conference participants through an educational and encouraging platform that facilitates the establishment of networks with their peers.