C60 at 40 Agenda

C60 Agenda

Monday, October 13th

Time Event Location
8:00 am - 9:00 am Check-in & breakfast Martel Hall
9:00 am - 9:15 am Opening remarks McMurtry Auditorium
9:15 am - 9:45 am Lessons of Success: what it takes for an institution to foster Nobel-level breakthroughs McMurtry Auditorium
9:45 am - 10:00 am Break Martel Hall
10:00 am - 11:00 am Honor the History - Family and colleague vignettes; panel discussion with former grad students McMurtry Auditorium
11:00 am - 11:15 pm Break Martel Hall
11:15 pm - 12:05 pm

Science Policy and Why it Matters - panel discussion with Washington, UK and Rice experts

McMurtry Auditorium
12:05 pm - 1:50 pm

Lunch and Lab Tours

Martel Hall and other locations
1:50 pm - 4:05 pm Legacy of the Buckminsterfullerene: the rise of nano-carbon and quantum. Profs. Sumio Ijima, Konstantin Novoselov and Chad Mirkin McMurtry Auditorium
4:05 pm - 4:15 pm Break Martel Hall
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm Saving the World - applications and uptake of nanomaterials McMurtry Auditorium
5:30 pm Reception and Banquet - by invitation only Cohen House

Tuesday, October 14th

Time Event Location
8:00 am - 8:30 am Check-in & breakfast Martel Hall
8:30 am - 8:40 am Opening remarks - Jun Kono McMurtry Auditorium
8:40 am Nano - Session Chair: Matteo Pasquali McMurtry Auditorium
8:50 am - 9:10 am Laurent Cognet: Nano and Photonics in Neuroscience and Cancer McMurtry Auditorium
9:15 am - 9:35 am Michael Strano: Sensor applications of carbon nanotube fluorescence: the legacy of nanocarbon photophysics at Rice McMurtry Auditorium
9:40am - 9:50 am Geoff Wehmeyer: Heat transfer in solution-spun carbon nanotube fibers McMurtry Auditorium
9:55 am - 10:15 am Matt Jones: Golden Fullerenes are Synthetic Precursors to Nanoparticles McMurtry Auditorium
10:15 am - 10:25 am Discussion McMurtry Auditorium
10:25 am - 10:35 am Break Martel Hall
10:35 am - 10:45 am Materials - Session Chair: Emilia Morosan McMurtry Auditorium
10:45 am - 11:05 am Allan McDonald McMurtry Auditorium
11:10 am - 11:30 am Ramamoorthy Ramesh McMurtry Auditorium
11:35 am - 11:55 am Ming Yi McMurtry Auditorium
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm Shengxi Huang McMurtry Auditorium
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion McMurtry Auditorium
12:30 pm -2:00 pm Lunch and Posters: presentations by senior research leaders from around the world Martel Hall
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm Quantum - Session Chair: Kaden Hazzard McMurtry Auditorium
2:20 pm - 2:40 pm Dan Stamper-Kurn McMurtry Auditorium
2:45 pm - 3:05 pm Mohammad Hafezi McMurtry Auditorium
3:10 pm - 3:30 pm Guido Pagano McMurtry Auditorium
3:35 pm - 3:55 pm Guy-Boong Jo McMurtry Auditorium
3:55 pm - 4:05 pm Discussion McMurtry Auditorium
4:10 pm - 4:20 pm Closing Comments - Jun Kono McMurtry Auditorium