TSRC “Nonlinear Optics at Interfaces” 2012

June 17-21 (Sunday – Thursday), 2012 Telluride, CO

Organizers: Franz Geiger (Northwestern U.) and Alex Benderskii (USC)

SCHEDULE OF TALKS

Meeting venue: Telluride Intermediate School, 725 West Colorado Avenue Telluride CO 81435

Talk titles are intentionally not included as everyone is expected to present the most recent and exciting science from their group.

6/17 Sunday AM

7:30-8:30 Breakfast at TSRC

8:30-9:00 Welcome, introductory remarks (Franz, Alex)

(1) 9:00 - 10:00 Ken Eisenthal

(2) 10:00 – 11:00 Sylvie Roke

11:00 - 11:15 Break

(3) 11:15 – 12:15 Xin Chen

12:15 – 2:00 Lunch break on your own

Sunday PM

(4) 2:00 – 3:00Julianne Gibbs-Davis

(5) 3:00 – 4:00Kramer R. Campen

4:00 – 4:15 Break

(6) 4:15 – 5:15 Poul Peterson

(7)5:15 – 6:15 Robert Walker

Free evening

6/18 Monday AM

7:30-8:00 Breakfast at TSRC

(8)8:00 – 9:00 Dennis Hore

(9) 9:00 - 10:00 Hong-fei Wang

10:00 - 10:15 Break

(10) 10:15 – 11:15 Steve Baldelli

(11) 11:15 – 12:15 Garth Simpson

12:15 – 2:00 TSRC Catered Lunch

Monday PM

(12) 2:00 – 3:00Franz Geiger

(13) 3:00 – 4:00Aaron Masari

4:00 – 4:15 Break

(14) 4:15 – 5:15 Markus Raschke

(15)5:15 – 6:15 John McGuire

Monday night

Conference dinner at La Marmmote (150 West San Juan Avenue) – sponsored by Altos Photonics.

6/19 Tuesday AM

7:30-8:30 Breakfast at TSRC

(16) 8:00 – 9:00 John Conboy

(17) 9:00-10:00 Kaitlin Bratlie

10:00-10:15 Break

(18) 10:15 – 11:15 Elsa Yan

(19) 11:15 – 12:15 Patrick Koelsch

Tuesday Evening

6:00 – 7:15 pm TSRC Town Talk at the Palm Theatre

"Science and the Presidential Election: Where do the candidates stand?" by Franz M. Geiger, PhD, Irving M. Klotz Professor of Physical Chemistry, Northwestern University

"Climate Change: Perceptions, challenges, and opportunities" by Jonathan Overpeck, PhD, Professor of Geosciences and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona

Tuesday night

7:45 pm Conference dinner at New Sheridan Chop House Restaurant (33 West Colorado Avenue) – sponsored by Coherent.

6/20 Wednesday AM

(20) 8:00 – 9:00 James Skinner

(21) 9:00-10:00 Yuki Nagata

10:00-10:15 Break

(22) 10:15 – 11:15 Akihiro Morita

(23) 11:15 – 12:15 Misha Bonn

Wednesday evening:

6:00 – TSRC picnic / barbeque, family members and other TSRC guests welcome free of charge

6/21 Thursday AM

(24) 8:00 – 9:00 Martin Zanni

(25) 9:00-10:00 Alex Benderskii

10:00-10:15 Break

(26) 10:15 – 11:15 Tahei Tahara

Adjourn and departure

Sponsors

Speakers and Participants

Name (affiliation) / e-mail / Session
Marco Arrigoni (Coherent Inc.) /
Steve Baldelli (U. Houston) / / M-am
Alex Benderskii (USC) / / W
Misha Bonn (Max Plank Institute for Polymers Research, Mainz, Germany) / / Th
Katie Bratlie (Iowa State U.) / / Tue
R. Kramer Campen (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society) / / S-pm
Xin Chen (Boston U.) / / S-am
John Conboy (U. Utah) / / Tue
Ken Eisenthal (Columbia U.) / / S-am
Franz Geiger (Northwestern U.) / / M-pm
Julianne Gibbs-Davis (U. Alberta, Canada) / / S-pm
Lucian Hand (Altos Photonics) /
Dennis Hore (U. of Victoria, Canada) / / M-am
Patrick Koelsch (U. of Washington) / / Tue
Aaron Masari (U. Minnesota) / / M-pm
John McGuire (Michigan State U.) / / M-pm
Akihiro Morita (Tohoku U., Japan) / / W
Yuki Nagata (Max Planck Institute for Polymers Research, Mainz, Germany) / / W
Poul Peterson (Cornell U.) / / S-pm
Markus Raschke (U Colorado - Boulder) / / M-pm
Sylvie Roke (EPFL) / / S-am
Larry Scatena (Boise Technology) /
Garth Simpson (Purdue U.) / / M-am
James Skinner (U. Wisconsin-Madison) / / W
Tahei Tahara (RIKEN, Saitama, Japan) / / Th
Robert Walker (Montana State U.) / / S-pm
Hong-fei Wang (PNNL) / / M-am
Elsa Yan (Yale U.) / / Tue
Martin Zanni (U. Wisconsin-Madison) / / Th