Program

From molecular beams to photosynthesis Program

Sunday, June 4
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00	Registration& Coffee
08:30-09:00
09:00-09:15	Opening Session Chair: David Cahen, Weizmann Institute of Science
09:00-09:15	Daniel Zajfman, President, Weizmann Institute of Science Gilad Haran, Dean, Faculty of Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science Eli Pollak, Head, Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
09:15-11:20	Session I Chair:David Waldeck, University of Pittsburgh, USA
09:20-09:50	Richard Zare, Stanford University, USA More About Molecular Hydrogen
09:50-10:10	Sidney R. Cohen, Weizmann Institute of Science Ron on the Rocks: 35 Years of Science and Stories
10:10-10:30	Yinon Rudich, Weizmann Institute of Science Immersion freezing by plant nano crystalline cellulose and plant phytolith particles
10:30-10:50	Yaron Paz, Technion,Israel Institute of Technology What have I learned from Ron and The Return of Nd:YAG
10:50-11:20	Coffee Break
11:20-12:55	Session II Chair:Bernd Winter, Fritz-Haber-Institute Berlin, Germany
11:25-11:55	Mark Ratner, Northwestern University, USA By Indirections Find Directions Out
11:55-12:25	Abraham Nitzan, Tel Aviv University and University of Pennsylvania, USA Electron transfer across thermal gradients
12:25-12:55	Meir Lahav, Weizmann Institute of Science Heterogeneous Electro-Freezing of Super-Cooled Water on Surfaces of Polar Crystals
12:55-14:00	Lunch
12:55-14:00
14:00-15:00	Poster Session
14:00-15:00
15:00-16:40	Session III Chair: Daniella Goldfarb, Weizmann Institute of Science
15:05-15:35	Helmut Zacharias, University of Münster, Germany Helical Molecules and Electron Spin
15:35-15:55	Karen Michaeli, Weizmann Institute of Science New Perspectives on Electrons in Chiral Molecules
15:55-16:15	Yossi Paltiel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Spintronics Based on the Chiral Induced Spin Selectivity (CISS) Effect
16:15-16:40	Coffee Break
16:40-18:00	Session IV Chair:Prof. David Bensimon, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
16:45-17:15	Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Chiral Supramolecular Systems and Materials
17:15-17:35	Ilan Benjamin, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA Liquid Surface Fluctuations and Chemical Reactivity
17:35-17:55	Douglas R. Worsnop, University of Helsinki, Finland Mass Spectrometry of Atmospheric Aerosol: 1 nanometer to 1 micron

Monday, June 5
Time	Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00	Gathering
08:30-09:00
09:00-11:05	Session I Chair: Eli Pollak, Weizmann Institute of Science
09:05-09:35	Zeev Vager, Weizmann Institute of Science Perspective on spin filtering
09:35-09:55	Gilad Haran, Weizmann Institute of Science 18 years of single-molecule spectroscopy next to Ron
09:55-10:15	Leeor Kronik, Weizmann Institute of Science First-Principles Theory of Collective Effects in Molecular Electronics
10:15-10:35	Ori Cheshnovsky, Tel Aviv University Single particle chirality
10:35-11:05	Coffee Break
11:05-12:40	Session II Chair: Lucio Frydman, Weizmann Institute of Science
11:10-11:40	David N. Beratan, Duke University, USA Coherence effects in DNA Electron Transfer
11:40-12:10	Vladimiro Mujica, Arizona State University, USA The Unexpected Role of Molecular Chirality in CP-MAS Solid State NMR Spectroscopy
12:10-12:40	David J. Nesbitt, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA Ultrafast Studies of Single Plasmonic Nanostructures
12:40-14:00	Lunch
12:40-14:00
14:00-16:05	Session III Chair: Manfred Kappes, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
14:05-14:35	Veronica Vaida, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Harnessing energy for chemistry from solar radiation
14:35-14:55	Yehiam Prior, Weizmann Institute of Science Atomic, Molecular and Plasmonic Nonlinear Optics
14:55-15:15	Efrat Lifshitz, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Spin properties in semiconductor colloidal quantum dots
15:15-15:35	Uri Banin, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hybrid semiconductor-metal nanoparticles as photocatalysts
15:35-16:05	Coffee Break
16:05-17:45	Session IV Chair:David Cahen, Weizmann Institute of Science
16:10-16:25	Dudley Hershbach, Harvard University, USA Greetings
16:25-16:55	Catalina Achim, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Hybrid Inorganic-Nucleic Acid Molecules for Nanotechnology Applications
16:55-17:15	Tamar Seideman, Northwestern University, USA Ron Naaman. Early and Recent Adventures
17:15-17:30	David Waldeck, University of Pittsburgh, USA Concluding remarks and summary
17:30-17:45	Ron Naaman, Weizmann Institute of Science What The Future Will Bring

Deadline for Registration and Poster Abstract Submission:
May 1, 2017

Sponsors:

The Chorafas Institute for Scientific Exchange
Mark A. Ratner
Helen and Martin Kimmel Center for Nanoscale Science
Faculty of Chemistry:
- Department of Chemical Physics
- Department of Materials and Interfaces
Gerhardt M.J Schmidt Minerva Center on Supramolecular Architectures
The André Deloro Institute for Space and Optics Research

Organizing committee:

David Cahen
Weizmann Institute of Science
David Waldeck
University of Pittsburgh

Program

From molecular beams to photosynthesis Program

Sunday, June 4

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