Conference: 2024 Polymer Physics GRC and GRS, Role of Molecular Design in Polymer Physics

该奖项代表了NSF对2024年聚合物物理戈登研究会议（GRC）的部分支持，该会议将于2024年7月21日至26日在霍利奥克山学院举行。在此之前，将于7月20日至21日由博士后学者和研究生组织的戈登研究研讨会（GRS）。国家科学基金会将资助12名与会者参加会议，并支付他们的注册费。根据项目描述，该GRC将专注于一系列具有社会重要性的新兴主题的新实验、理论和计算发展，包括聚合物升级回收和能量存储材料，以及诸如大数据在聚合物科学中的作用和聚电解质中电荷相互作用的物理学等基本问题。计划的具体会议有：(1)高分子科学中的大数据，(2)高分子升级回收，(3)高分子图图学，(4)离子和电子导电聚合物，(5)聚合物相行为，(6)结构和力学，(7)两性离子和中性电荷配合物物理，(7)聚合物传输和膜物理。这些都代表了前瞻性的、重要的当代主题，无论是在聚合物领域的基本机会和社会相关性方面。会议组织者、特邀演讲者和讨论领袖涵盖了广泛的前沿专业知识以及多样性（性别、少数民族地位、职业阶段、学术/工业/政府实验室）。计划中的“力量时刻”也体现了对扩大参与的关注，其中将包括快速指导和指导，以支持妇女、代表性不足的少数民族和早期职业参与者的专业成长。随附的GRS将为博士后学者和研究生提供一个额外的机会，以突出他们的工作，并从涉及资深参与者的互动和指导中受益。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 represents partial support by NSF for the 2024 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Polymer Physics, which will take place at Mt. Holyoke College on July 21-26, 2024. It will be preceded and accompanied by the Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), organized by postdoctoral scholars and graduate students, on July 20-21. NSF funding will enable attendance of 12 participants through coverage of their registration fees.According to the project description, this GRC will focus on new experimental, theoretical, and computational developments across a range of emerging topics of societal importance, including polymer upcycling and energy storage materials, as well as fundamental questions such as the role of big data in polymer science and the physics of charge interactions in polyelectrolytes. The specific sessions planned are: (1) Big data in polymer science, (2) Polymer upcycling, (3) Patterning with polymers, (4) Ion- and electron conducting polymers, (5) Polymer phase behavior, (6) Structure and Mechanics, (7) Physics of zwitterions and neutral-charge complexes, and (7) Polymer physics of transport and membranes. These all represent forward-looking, contemporary topics of importance both in terms of fundamental opportunities in the polymer field and of societal relevance.The conference organizers, invited speakers, and discussion leaders cover a broad spectrum of forefront expertise as well as diversity (gender, minority status, career stage, academic/industrial/government lab). Attention to broadening participation is evidenced also in the planned "Power Hour", which will include speed coaching and mentoring to support the professional growth of women, underrepresented minority, and early career participants. The accompanying GRS will be an additional opportunity for post-doctoral scholars and graduate students to highlight their work and benefit from interactions and mentoring involving senior participants.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.