Program

Keynote Lecture

Dr. Kirk Schanze

Professor, Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair in Chemistry at UT San Antonio, and Editor in Chief for ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces .

Abstract

The dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical cell (DSPEC) represents a novel approach to combining molecular chromophores and catalysts with semiconductors to effect light driven production of solar fuels. A multidisciplinary approach has been used to develop and study molecular and polymer assemblies for light driven water oxidation at a DSPEC photoanode and proton reduction at a photocathode. The work aims to understand mechanisms and dynamics for the photoprocesses occurring at the molecular/semiconductor interfaces. The talk will present an overview of work done during the past several years, involving the design, construction and study of molecular and polymer-based assemblies of light absorbing chromophores and catalysts, primarily aimed at water oxidation at the DSPEC anode.

Dr. Schanze additionally presented 10 tips to getting published, which can be downloaded here

Presentations

Postdoctoral researchers, graduate, and undergraduate students are invited to submit an abstract to give a 10-12 minute presentation. The final program, with a schedule of each section and abstracts of the presenters, can be downloaded here.

We ask that all presenters bring a copy of their presentation on a flash drive so we can put them on the computers in the presentation rooms.

Email confirmations will be sent to presenters on Monday, April 18. If you have any concerns, please reach out to the appropriate member of the organizing committee, as listed below:

    • Organic – Phillip Arche (pea190001@utdallas.edu)
    • Polymer – Tejas Shah (Tejas.Shah@utdallas.edu)
    • Inorganic/Analytical – Rhiza Villones (Rhizalyne.Villones@utdallas.edu)
    • Materials – Daniel Tague (Daniel.Tague@utdallas.edu)
    • Physical/Computational – Kira Mills (Kira.Mills@utdallas.edu)
    • Biochemistry – Mitchell Pope (Mitchell.Pope@utdallas.edu)
    • Undergraduate – Laurel Hagge (Laurel.Hagge@utdallas.edu)