Program 2024

Please note we are still confirming the last few speakers so the program is liable to change.

Day 1 (19th September, 2024)

Time   Location
4:00 pm Check-in, setup for poster session

(coffee/tea/water and cookies)

WIL Atrium
4:30 pm Session Chair: Prof. Gary Harlow

Housekeeping and general information

WIL 100
4:35 pm Welcome from Head of Department, Prof Vickie DeRose WIL 100
4:40 pm Keynote Speaker: Prof. Shelly Minteer,

University of Missouri

WIL 100
5:30 pm Keynote Speaker: Chris Reynolds

VP of R&D Form Energy Inc

WIL 100
6:20 pm Keynote Speaker: Prof. Andrew A. Gewirth

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne

WIL 100
7.10 pm Poster Session and Banquet Dinner WIL Atrium
9:30 pm End of day 1

DAY 2 (20th September 2024)

Time Location
8:00 am Check-in LISB Atrium
9:00 am Session Chair: Prof. Paul Kempler

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Kelsey Hatzell

Princeton University

WIL 100
9:50 am ECS PNW Award Ceremony

Presented by:  ECS PNW Section and sponsors

WIL 100
10:05 am Prof Claire Xiong, Boise State University        (ECS PNW Section Award winner 2023) WIL 100
10:35 am Coffee Break(coffee/tea/water and pastries) WIL Atrium
11:10 am Session Chair: Prof. Matthias Agne

Invited: Dr Giulio D’Acunto, Postdoc in Stacy Bent Group, Stanford University

WIL 100
11:40 am Ying Xia, PhD Student, UW (ECS PNW Section Student Award) WIL 100
12:10 pm Prof Chris Hendon, Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon WIL 100
12:30 pm Lunch (provided) WIL Atrium
1:30 pm Session Chair: Prof. Chris Hendon

Invited: David Reed, Chief Scientist and Program Manager, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

WIL 100
1:50 pm Minkyoung Kawk, PhD student in Boettcher Group University of Oregon/ UC Berkley. WIL 100
2:10 pm Raj Shekhar PhD Student in Kempler Group, University of Oregon WIL 100
2:40 pm Break (Coffee/Tea/Water) WIL Atrium
3:10 pm Session Chair: Prof. Gary Harlow

Karana Dunn, Scientist, Skip Technology (OCE alumnus)

WILL 100
3:30 pm Tanner Leo, Senior Scientist, Electrochemical Simulations, Sila Nanotechnologies (OCE alumnus) WIL 100
3:50 Closing Remarks, OCE Director Paul Kempler WIL 100
4:00 pm End of Day 2. End of Conference WIL 100