Frontiers in
Surface Science and
Heterogeneous Catalysis
A Symposium on the Occasion of the 70th Birthday of Prof. Dr. Horia Metiu

Santa Barbara
California

Monday, October 11, 2010

Program

 Monday, October 11, 2010
  • 2:00 p.m. Welcome: Eric McFarland and Matthias Scheffler
Chair: Eric McFarland
  • 2:10 p.m. Martin Moskovits (Santa Barbara):
    Laudatio
  • 2:30 p.m. Jens K. Nørskov (Stanford):
    Attempts at insight into (photo-)electro-chemical fuel production
  • 3:10 p.m. Discussion
  • 3:20 p.m. Coffee Break
Chair: Matthias Scheffler
  • 3:50 p.m. John T. Yates, Jr. (Charlottesville):
    Photochemistry on Oxide Surfaces-Activation by Sunlight and Starlight
  • 4:30 p.m. Discussion
  • 4:40 p.m. Wilson Ho (Irvine):
    Single Molecule Chemistry
  • 5:20 p.m. Discussion
  • 5:30 p.m. Some words by Horia Metiu
  • 5:40 p.m. Sparkling wine reception
  • 6:30 p.m. Banquet - a toast by Alec Wodtke (Göttingen) and others
    (please sign up before September 1, 2010)