Session I

Chair: Dr. Hassan S. Bazzi

8:50-9:50 a.m.

Sir Fraser Stoddart,

2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry,

Board of Trustees Professor, Northwestern University, USA

"My Journey to Stockholm"

9:50-10:50 a.m.

Dr. Robert Howard Grubbs,

2005 Nobel Laureate In Chemistry,

Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor,

California Institute of Technology, USA

"Synthesis of Polymers with Designed Structures"

10:50–11 a.m.

Coffee Break

Session II

Chair: Dr. Konstantinos E Kakosimos

11–11:30 a.m.

Dr. John M. Vohs

University of Pennsylvania, USA

“Advances in Ceramic Membrane Reactors: from Fuel Cells to Syngas Production”

11:30 a.m.–noon

Dr. Maurice Brookhart

University of Houston, USA

“Pd(II) and Ni(II) Catalysts for Copolymerization of Ethylene and Polar Vinyl Monomers”

Noon–12:30 p.m.

Dr. Stratos Pistikopoulos

Texas A&M Energy Institute, USA

“Multi-Parametric Optimization & Control”

12:30-1:30 p.m.

Lunch

Session III

Chair: Dr. Ioannis Economou

1:30–2:00 p.m.

Dr. Tobin Jay Marks

Northwestern University, USA

“Surface Science Meets Homogeneous Catalysis”

2:00–2:30 p.m.

Dr. Paul Anastas

Yale University, USA

"Molecular and Synthetic Design for Us and Our Posterity"

2:30-2:50 p.m.

Coffee Break

Session IV

Chair: Dr. Sherzod Madrahimov

2:50–3:20 p.m.

Dr. Peter Cummings

Vanderbilt University, USA

“Molecular Studies of Ionic Liquids at Interfaces with Application to Supercapacitors”

3:20–3:50 p.m.

Dr. David Bergbreiter

Texas A&M University, USA

“Recyclable Polyolefins as Solvents and Tools in more Sustainable Homogeneous Catalysis”