Lu Gan, a postdoctoral fellow working on Subtask 3 project (Fuel production complex) will present a talk "Hydrogen generation catalysis by a [NiFe] phosphine complex including a redox noninnocent ligand".
Biodesign Auditorium at 4:00 pm.
Graduate students from the Bisfuel Center will take part in a student-focused conference exploring renewable energy research activities at ASU and U of A that will be held at University of Arizona on April 11-12, 2013. The conference will feature student talks and poster presentations on basic science of solar energy conversion and formation of chemical fuels from sunlight, development of new photovoltaic technologies, and new programs dealing with energy policy and its implementation.
Devens Gust presents a talk for high school students at AZ Science Circle Seminar. The title of the presentation is "Towards Artificial Photosynthesis and Alternative Energy".Biodesign Auditorium at 6:00 pm
Raimund Fromme, a research scientist working on Subtask 2 of the Bisfuel Center will present a talk "Towards the Time Resolved X-Ray Structure Determination of Photosystem II"
Biodesign Auditorium at 4:00 pm
Paul A. Maggard from Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, will present a talk "Sunlight-to-Fuel Energy Conversion Using Cu(I)-Containing Oxide Semiconductors"
Donald Bryant, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, will present a lecture "Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002: A Robust, Cosmopolitan Cyanobacterial Platform for Biofuels and Biotechnological Development".
Justin Flory, a Bisfuel graduate student from the laboratory of Petra Fromme will give a presentation "Carbon Free Fuels Inspired by Nature" for visitors of ASU Night of the Open door events on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at 5:00pm.
Robert E. Blankenship, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis will present a lecture "Photosynthetic Antennas: The First Step in Biological Solar Energy Conversion" as a part of combined presentations hosted by ASU Lightworks
Biodesign auditorium at 3:45 pm
Tito Scaiano from Department of Chemistry, Centre for Catalysis Research and Innovation, University of Ottawa, Canada, will give a lecture "Moore’s Law vs. Diffraction Limit: The Science of Putting More Movies in an iPad".
Biodesign Auditorium at 4:30 pm
Jean M. Andino, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University, will present a lecture "Light-Initiated Conversion of CO2 to Fuels Over Catalytic Surfaces".