Dec 4, 2015 Baekeland Award Symposium

Congratulations to the
2015 Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award Winner!

Professor Sara Skrabalak
James H. Rudy Associate Professor, Indiana University

2015 Baekeland Symposium

Featured Prof Skrabalak as Keynote Speaker

• Date:  Friday, December 4, 2015
• Time: 12:00 Noon
• Place:
  • Rutgers University, Fiber Optics Auditorium
    Rutgers Busch Campus
    174 Frelingheuysen Rd
    Piscataway NJ 08854
• Directions: map to Fiber Optics Bldg , map of campus
• Parking: Visitors may park In Lots 51, 59, 60A & 60B near the Student Center without permits. The map shows parking lot locations. There will be Event Parking signs posted at Lots.
• Flyer

Invited Speakers

Program Agenda:

• 12:00 – Registration / Snacks
• 12:30 – Welcome Address Dr. Luciano Mueller, Baekeland Symposium Chair
• 12:40 – Prof. Christopher B. Murray  Preparation and Properties of Strongly Coupled Nanocrystal Superlattices: From Artificial Atoms to Mesoscale Quantum Solids.
• 1:30 –  Prof. Ken Suslick  The Optoelectronic Nose:  An Adventure in Molecular Recognition
• 2:20 –  Prof. Amy Prieto Nanoparticles of earth abundant materials for applications in photovoltaics: linking surface chemistry to transport properties
• 3:10 –  Break / Refreshments
• 3:40 –  Prof. Trevor Douglas  Biological Approaches to Materials Synthesis
• 4:30 –  Baekeland Award Presentation Dr. Ron Kong, NJ-ACS Section Chair
• 4:40 –  Keynote: Prof. Sara Skrabalak Seeding a New Kind of Garden: Synthesis of Symmetrically Stellated Bimetallic Nanocrystals
• 5:30 –  Closing remarks Dr. Les McQuire, NJ-ACS Awards Chair