Synopsis

The conference will focus on the frontiers (or cutting-edge) of research in the photochemical sciences. Topics to be discussed are:

●    Photoactive materials
●    Solar Fuels
●    Photomedicine
●    Excited State Dynamics 
●    Up-conversion 
●    Chromophore Design
●    Photoredox catalysis

Student Offer

Take advantage of this fantastic opportunity for students! Fully paying 'single' or 'shared' registrants can bring a student for only €926. Unfortunately, Postdocs are not eligible. Both registration packages include; accommodation for the 10, 11, 12 July 2024 (on a shared basis for students) and a food and beverage package for the conference period. Once registered, please contact Shannon Elsden to obtain a special registration link for your student. 

Confirmed Invited Speakers

Maria Abrahamsson (Chalmers University of Technology)
MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF AQUEOUS PHOTOCATALYTIC CO2 REDUCTION
Jean-Luc Ayitou (University of Illinois Chicago)
METAL-FREE PHOTOCHEMICAL C(sp3)–C(sp3) COUPLING REACTIONS USING ALL-IN-ONE AND RECYCLABLE ORGANIC PHOTOCATALYSTS
Mauricio Baptista (Universidade de Sao Paulo)
THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY OF ENDOGENOUS PIGMENTS IN SKIN CELLS
Jason Benedict (University at Buffalo)
BEAUTIFYING YOUR BENCHTOP: CRYSTAL LANDSCAPING OF PHOTOACTIVE CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS
Ana de Bettencourt-Dias (University of Nevada, Reno)
LUMINESCENT COMPOUNDS FOR INTRACELLULAR REPORTING OF VISCOSITY AND TEMPERATURE
Carla Casadevall Serrano (University Rovira I Virgili)
FROM MOLECULAR COMPLEXES TO HYBRID SYSTEMS FOR SOLAR FUELS AND CHEMICALS
Phil Castellano (North Carolina State University)
MODULATING EXCITED STATE AND LIGHT-HARVESTING PROPERTIES IN FIRST-ROW TRANSITION METAL PHOTOSENSITIZERS
Isabelle Dixon (CNRS/University of Toulouse)
LIGAND PHOTORELEASE MECHANISMS INVOLVING 3MC STATES : WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
Daniel Escudero (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
MODELLING INTERSYSTEM CROSSING PROCESSES IN ORGANIC FLUOROPHORES
Roberto Etchenique (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
RUTHENIUM-BIPYRIDYL COMPLEXES AS A PLATFORM IN PHOTOACTIVATED CHEMOTHERAPY
Lisa Fredin (Lehigh University)
MOLECULAR DISTORTIONS IN PHOTOACTIVE ORGANIC MATERIALS
Phoebe Glazer (North Carolina State University)
PHOTOCAGES AND ENZYME PHOTO-INDUCED SUICIDE INHIBITORS
Ksenija Glusac (University of Illinois Chicago)
INTEGRATION OF CO2 CAPTURE WITH PHOTOCHEMICAL CONVERSION
Kenneth Hanson (Florida State University)
STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS INTO METAL ION LINKED MOLECULAR MULTILAYERS USING POLARIZED SPECTROSCOPY
Ali Hassanali (International Centre for Theoretical Physics)
TOWARD FUNDAMENTAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES OF HYDROGEN-BOND NETWORKS AS FLUORESCENT PROBES
Milena Jovanovic (North Carolina State University)
THE EFFECTS ON ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION ON BAND GAPS AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
Christoph Kerzig (Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz)
UV LIGHT GENERATION AND CHALLENGING PHOTOREACTIONS ENABLED BY PHOTON UPCONVERSION
Tia Keyes (Dublin City University)
METAL COMPLEX LUMINOPHORE G-QUADRUPLEX TARGETING IN IMAGING AND PHOTOTHERAPY
Bart Limburg (University of Barcelona)
THERMALLY-ACTIVATED DELAYED FLUORESCENCE PHOTOREDOX CATALYSTS IN SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Steven Lopez (Northeastern University)
MACHINE LEARNING ACCELERATED PHOTODYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF PHOTOCHEMICAL PERICYCLIC REACTIONS
Jim McCusker (Michigan State University)
LEVERAGING VIBRONIC COHERENCE FOR SYNTHESIS-DRIVEN CONTROL OF EXCITED-STATE DYNAMICS IN TRANSITION METAL-BASED CHROMOPHORES
Amanda Morris (Virginia Tech)
PHOTODYNAMIC BONDING IN METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS
Mariachiara Pastore (University of Lorraine)
HYBRID QUANTUM-CLASSICAL APPROACHES FOR THE SPECTROSCOPY OF MOLECULES AND MOLECULAR AGGREGATES IN SOLUTION
Elisa Pieri (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
IN AND OUT OF THE INTERSECTION SEAM: INSIGHTS INTO PHOTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Jeffrey Rack (University of New Mexico)
UNDERSTANDING THE MAGNETO-OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PORPHYRINS
Joel Rosenthal (University of Delaware)
SYNTHESIS AND SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF NEAR-IR ABSORBING NON-AROMATIC TETRAPYRROLE PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC AGENTS
Kenneth Wärnmark (Lund University)
PHOTOREDOX CATALYSIS USING THE CHARGE-TRANSFER STATE OF IRON COMPLEXES
Michael Wasielewski (Northwestern University)
CHIRALITY-INDUCED SPIN SELECTIVITY IN ELECTRON DONOR-ACCEPTOR SYSTEMS
Taotao Zou (Sun Yat-Sen University)
PHOTOACTIVATABLE GOLD(III) AND GOLD(I) PRODRUGS FOR TARGETED CANCER THERAPY

Educational Need

From the direct harnessing of the Sun’s energy for solar cells or artificial photosynthesis to biological applications in drug delivery or synthetic applications, photochemistry plays a vital role in answers to today’s challenges. Indeed, over 60K articles on various aspects of photochemistry have been published in just the last 6 years. Such productivity in a fast-paced field can limit the wide-spread sharing of knowledge across sub-disciplines. The small setting of a Fusion conference is perfect for cross discipline interaction. Fusion provides the opportunity for deeper discussion, learning, and relationship building in comparison to other conferences in the field. In this setting, we hope attendees will leave the conference with new idea and approaches to explore in regard to their independent research programs.

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