Symposia

The Intersections of Coordination Chemistry, Biology, and Medicine

Bioinspired Small Molecule Activation: Electronic Structure Governs Reactivity

Yisong Guo — Organizer
GUO Yisong (Alex)
Carnegie Mellon University
(United States)

Shengfa Ye — Organizer
YE Shengfa
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
(China)

Edward I. Solomon — Edward I. SOLOMON
Stanford University
(United States)

Coinage Metal Complexes (Cu, Ag, Au) in Medicine

Christina Banti — Organizer
Christina BANTI
University of Ioannina
(Greece)

Sotiris Hadjikakou — Organizer
Sotiris K. HADJIKAKOU
University of Ioannina
(Greece)

Katharina M. Fromm — Katharina M. FROMM
University of Fribourg
(Switzerland)

Kenneth Karlin — Kenneth D. KARLIN
Johns Hopkins University
(United States)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Christina BANTI	University of Ioannina (Greece)
Julia BRUMAGHIM	Clemson University (United States)
Christoph J. FAHRNI	Georgia Institute of Technology (United States)
Gilles GASSER	Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) (France)
Nadiia I. GUMEROVA	University of Vienna (Austria)
Sotiris K. HADJIKAKOU	University of Ioannina (Greece)
Maciej KUBICKI	Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland)
Skyler MARKHAM	Colorado State University (United States)
Salah S. MASSOUD	University of Louisiana at Lafayette (United States)
Nils METZLER-NOLTE	Ruhr University Bochum (Germany)
MIKATA Yuji	Nara Women’s University (Japan)
NAKAMURA Nobuhumi	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan)
Ingo OTT	Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany)
Spyros P. PERLEPES	Emeritus, University of Patras (Greece)

Coordination Chemistry in Biomedical Imaging and Radiotherapy

Eszter Boros — Organizer
Eszter BOROS
University of Wisconsin–Madison
(United States)

Michelle Ma — Organizer
Michelle MA
King’s College London
(United Kingdom)

Justin Wilson — Organizer
Justin WILSON
Cornell University
(United States)

Metal Complexes and Light in Medicine

Gilles Gasser — Organizer
Gilles GASSER
Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
(France)

Organizer
Angel MARTI
Rice University
(United States)

Metals in Proteins, Protein Aggregates, and Amyloids

Gilles Gasser — Organizer
Gilles GASSER
Chimie ParisTech, PSL University, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
(France)

Organizer
Angel MARTI
Rice University
(United States)

Synthetic Coordination Chemistry for Future Applications

Norah Barba-Behrens — Organizer
Norah BARBA-BEHRENS
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
(Mexico)

Julia Brumaghim — Organizer
Julia BRUMAGHIM
Clemson University
(United States)

Clara Viñas — Clara VIÑAS
Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)
(Spain)

Timothy Warren — Timothy WARREN
Michigan State University
(United States)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Isabel CORREIA	University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Tendai GADZIKWA	Kansas State University (United States)
Giuliano GIAMBASTIANI	University of Florence (Italy)
Osvaldo GUTIERREZ	Texas A&M University (United States)
Ramón VILAR	Imperial College London (United Kingdom)
Peter WEINBERGER	Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) (Austria)

Materials Chemistry Through the Lens of Coordination

Bottom-Up Materials Design from Metal-Oxo Clusters

Organizer
Carles BO
The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)
(Spain)

Organizer
May NYMAN
Oregon State University
(United States)

Emmanuel Cadot — Emmanuel CADOT
Lavoisier Institute of Versailles (ILV)
(France)

Ulrich Kortz — Ulrich (Uli) KORTZ
Constructor University (Jacobs University Bremen)
(Germany)

Ira Weinstock — Ira WEINSTOCK
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
(Israel)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Jorge CARBÓ	University of Rovira i Virgili (URV) (Spain)
John ERRINGTON	Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Karah KNOPE	Georgetown University (United States)
Haralampos (Harry) MIRAS	University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)
SUZUKI Kosuke	The University of Tokyo (Japan)
UCHIDA Sayaka	The University of Tokyo (Japan)

Chemical and Material Properties of Extended Systems

Mark Allendorf — Organizer
Mark ALLENDORF
Sandia National Laboratories
(United States)

Organizer
KOBAYASHI Yoji
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
(Saudi Arabia)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
HORIKE Satoshi	Kyoto University (Japan)
HUANG Zhehao	Stockholm University (Sweden)
SUN Zhong-Ming	Nankai University (China)

Contemporary Molecular Magnetism

Jesper Bendix — Organizer
Jesper BENDIX
University of Copenhagen (KU)
(Denmark)

Mauro Perfetti — Organizer
Mauro PERFETTI
University of Florence (UniFI)
(Italy)

Coordination Compounds and Materials as Chemical Sensors

Simon Humphrey — Organizer
Simon HUMPHREY
The University of Texas at Austin
(United States)

Ilich Ibarra — Organizer
Ilich IBARRA
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
(Mexico)

Russell Morris — Russell E. MORRIS
University of St Andrews
(United Kingdom)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Katherine A. MIRICA	Dartmouth College (United States)

Frontiers and Perspectives of Molecule-Based Magnets

Eugenio Coronado — Organizer
Eugenio CORONADO
University of Valencia
(Spain)

Masahiro Yamashita — Organizer
YAMASHITA Masahiro
Tohoku University
(Japan)

Sally Brooker — Sally BROOKER
University of Otago
(New Zealand)

Rodolphe Clerac — Rodolphe CLÉRAC
University of Bordeaux;
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
(France)

Ming-Liang Tong — TONG Ming-Liang
Sun Yat-Sen University
(China)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
CHANG Ho-Chol	Chuo University (Japan)
George CHRISTOU	University of Florida (United States)
HAYAMI Shinya	Kumamoto University (Japan)
Joel MILLER	University of Utah (United States)
Stergios PILIGKOS	University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
Eliseo RUIZ	University of Barcelona (Spain)
ZHENG Li-Min	Nanjing University (China)

Functional Materials through the Application of Coordination Chemistry

Nicholas Long — Organizer
Nicholas LONG
Imperial College London
(United Kingdom)

Paul Low — Organizer
Paul LOW
The University of Western Australia
(Australia)

Rie Makiura — MAKIURA Rie
Osaka Metropolitan University
(Japan)

Cláudio Verani — Cláudio VERANI
Wayne State University
(United States)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Sylvia DRAPER	Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
Michael INKPEN	University of Southern California (USC) (United States)
Nicholas LONG	Imperial College London (United Kingdom)

Metalloligands for Multifunctional Materials with Applications in Energy Conversion and Biomedicine

Pau Farràs Costa — Organizer
Pau FARRÀS COSTA
University of Galway (NUI Galway)
(Ireland)

Jenny Schneider — Organizer
Jenny SCHNEIDER
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU München)
(Germany)

Omar Farha — Omar K. FARHA
Northwestern University
(United States)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
CHIN Jia Min	University of Vienna (Austria)
Luisa DE COLA	University of Milan (Italy)
José Ramón GALÁN-MASCARÓS	The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) (Spain)

Unravelling the Mysteries and Applications of Heavy-elements (4f, 5f)

Coordination Chemistry of Lanthanide Ions: Applications in Biomedicine and the Environment

Mauro Botta — Organizer
Mauro BOTTA
University of Eastern Piedmont (UPO)
(Italy)

Mark Woods — Organizer
Mark WOODS
Portland State University
(United States)

Matthew Allen — Matthew ALLEN
Wayne State University
(United States)

Joseph Cotruvo — Joseph COTRUVO
The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
(United States)

Eric Schelter — Eric Schelter
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)
(United States)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Carlos PLATA-IGLESIAS	University of A Coruña (Spain)
Eliana GIANOLIO	University of Turin (UNITO) (Italy)
Sophie GUTENTHALER-TIETZE	Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) (Germany)
Valérie PIERRE	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (United States)

Coordination Chemistry of Lanthanide Ions: Fundamentals, Luminescence, and Sensing

Ga-lai Law — Organizer
LAW Ga-Lai
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
(Hong Kong)

Kazuko Matsumoto — Organizer
MATSUMOTO Kazuko
(Japan)

Anna de Bettencourt-Dias — Ana DE BETTENCOURT-DIAS
University of Nevada, Reno
(United States)

Stephen Faulkner — Stephen FAULKNER
University of Oxford
(United Kingdom)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
HASEGAWA Yasuchika	Hokkaido University (Japan)
Lawrence MILLER	University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) (United States)
Stéphane PETOUD	University of Pittsburgh (United States)
ZHANG Jun-Long	Peking University (China)

Frontiers in Heavy Element Coordination Chemistry

Tori Forbes — Organizer
Tori FORBES
The University of Iowa
(United States)

Karah Knope — Organizer
Karah KNOPE
Georgetown University
(United States)

Richard Layfield — Organizer
Richard LAYFIELD
University of Sussex
(United Kingdom)

Moritz Schmidt — Organizer
Moritz SCHMIDT
HZDR
(Germany)

Bess Vlaisavljevich — Organizer
Bess VLAISAVLJEVICH
University of South Dakota
(United States)

Cory Windorff — Organizer
Cory WINDORFF
New Mexico State University
(United States)

Thomas Albrecht-Schönzart — Thomas ALBRECHT-SCHÖNZART
Colorado School of Mines
(United States)

Suzanne Bart — Suzanne BART
Purdue University
(United States)

Valérie Vallet — Valérie VALLET
University of Lille;
National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
(France)

Congqing Zhu — ZHU Congqing
Nanjing University
(China)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Christopher CAHILL	George Washington University (United States)
Korey CARTER	University of Iowa (United States)
Gauthier DEBLONDE	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (United States)
Andrew KERRIDGE	Lancaster University (United Kingdom)
HUANG Wenliang	Peking University (China)
Sara MASON	University of Iowa (United States)
Laura C. MOTTA	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (United States)
Ivan POPOV	The University of Akron (United States)
TAKAO Koichiro	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
Jennifer WACKER	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (United States)
YANG Ping	Los Alamos National Laboratory (United States)

Rising Stars in Coordination Chemistry

Organizer
Marinella MAZZANTI
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)
(Switzerland)

Organizer
George STANLEY
Emeritus, Louisiana State University
(United States)

Coordination Chemistry Solutions to Global Challenges in Energy and Sustainability

Advances in Molecular Nitrogen Fixation

Patrick Holland — Organizer
Patrick HOLLAND
Yale University
(United States)

Sven Schneider — Organizer
Sven SCHNEIDER
Georg August University of Göttingen (University of Göttingen)
(Germany)

Coordination Chemistry and Catalysis for Renewable Fuels

Organizer
Jesús CAMPOS
Institute for Chemical Research (IIQ),
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) – University of Sevilla
(Spain)

Organizer
Aaron K. VANNUCCI
University of South Carolina
(United States)

Martin Albrecht — Martin ALBRECHT
University of Bern
(Switzerland)

Patrick Holland — Patrick HOLLAND
Yale University
(United States)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Javier CONCEPCION	Brookhaven National Laboratory (United States)
Antoni LLOBET	The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) (Spain)
Julio LLORET-FILLOL	The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) (Spain)
Ainara NOVA	University of Oslo (Norway)
Jenny YANG	University of California, Irvine (United States)

Coordination Chemistry of High-Valent Oxidants

Organizer
Aidan MCDONALD
Trinity College Dublin
(Ireland)

Marcel Swart — Organizer
Marcel SWART
University of Girona (UdG)
(Spain)

Christine McKenzie — Christine MCKENZIE
University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
(Denmark)

Jonathan Rittle — Jonathan RITTLE
University of California, Berkeley
(United States)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
CHO Jaeheung	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) (South Korea)
Julie KOVACS	University of Washington (United States)
LIM Mi Hee	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (South Korea)
Sven SCHNEIDER	Georg August University of Göttingen (University of Göttingen) (Germany)

Coordination Complexes with Redox Active Ligands: From Fundamentals to Catalysis

Stanislav Groysman — Organizer
Stanislav GROYSMAN
Wayne State University
(United States)

Jonathan Rochford — Organizer
Jonathan ROCHFORD
University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston)
(United States)

Louise Berben — Louise BERBEN
University of California, Davis
(United States)

Bas de Bruin — Bas DE BRUIN
University of Amsterdam
(Netherlands)

Martin L. Kirk — Martin L. KIRK
The University of New Mexico
(United States)

Kyoko Nozaki — NOZAKI Kyoko
The University of Tokyo
(Japan)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Seth BROWN	University of Notre Dame (United States)
Matthew CHAMBERS	Louisiana State University (United States)
Kensha CLARK	The University of Mississippi (United States)
Corinna HESS	University of Regensburg (Germany)
Charles MACHAN	University of Virginia (United States)
Caroline SAOUMA	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) (United States)
Biprajit SARKAR	University of Stuttgart (Germany)
Matthew SHORES	Colorado State University (United States)

Water Oxidation Catalysis

Douglas Grotjahn — Organizer
Douglas GROTJAHN
San Diego State University
(United States)

Organizer
Antoni LLOBET
The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)
(Spain)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Mårten Ahlquist	KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden)
Victor BATISTA	Yale University (United States)
Dennis HETTERSCHEID	Leiden University (Netherlands)
LI Fei	Dalian University of Technology (DUT) (China)
Menny SHALOM	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)

3D-Coordination Networks, Polymers, and Organometallic Compounds

Coordination Compounds: Catalysis and Computations

Alison Fout — Organizer
Alison FOUT
Texas A&M University
(United States)

Paul Walton — Organizer
Paul WALTON
University of York
(United Kingdom)

Main-Group Coordination Chemistry for Bond Activation and Catalysis

Simon Aldridge — Organizer
Simon ALDRIDGE
University of Oxford
(United Kingdom)

Jose Goicoechea — Organizer
Jose M. GOICOECHEA
Indiana University (IU Bloomington)
(United States)

Josep Cornellà — Josep CORNELLÀ
Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (MPI KoFo)
(Germany)

Cameron Jones — Cameron JONES
Monash University
(Australia)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Stefanie DEHNEN	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) (Germany)
François GABBAÏ	Texas A&M University (United States)
Robert GILLIARD	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (United States)
Felicitas LIPS	University of Münster (Germany)

Metal Organic Frameworks and Coordination Chemistry

Organizer
PARK Jihye
University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder)
(United States)

Organizer
Gündoğ YÜCESAN
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)
(Germany)

Shuhei Furukawa — FURUKAWA Shuhei
Kyoto University
(Japan)

Ronald Smaldone — Ronald SMALDONE
The University of Texas at Dallas
(United States)

Hong-Cai Zhou — ZHOU Hong-Cai (Joe)
Texas A&M University
(United States)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
FENG Pingyun	University of California, Riverside (United States)
Patricia HORCAJADA	IMDEA Energy Institute (Spain)
LI Jing	Rutgers University (United States)
MOON Hoi Ri	Ewha Womans University (South Korea)
Constanze NEUMANN	Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (MPI KoFo) (Germany)
Natalia SHUSTOVA	University of Southern California (USC) (United States)

Organometallic Coordination Chemistry

Organizer
Warren E. PIERS
University of Calgary
(Canada)

Organizer
Ian TONKS
University of Minnesota
(United States)

Polyoxometalates: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Organizer
Tatjana PARAC-VOGT
KU Leuven
(Belgium)

Organizer
Soumyajit ROY
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
(India)

Ulrich Kortz — Ulrich (Uli) KORTZ
Constructor University (Jacobs University Bremen)
(Germany)

Graham Newton — Graham NEWTON
University of Nottingham
(United Kingdom)

Josep M. Poblet — Josep M. POBLET
University of Rovira i Virgili
(Spain)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Samar DAS	University of Hyderabad (India)
Clément FALAISE	University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) (France)
Kirill MONAKHOV	Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering (IOM) (Germany)
Anna PROUST	Sorbonne University (France)
Annette ROMPEL	University of Vienna (Austria)
WU Lixin	Jilin University (JLU) (China)

Current and Future Visions in Coordination Chemistry

Automation and Flow in Coordination Chemistry

Organizer
Matthew CRANSWICK
Oregon State University
(United States)

Organizer
Leroy (Lee) CRONIN
University of Glasgow
(Scotland)

Gabriel Gomes — Gabriel GOMES
Carnegie Mellon University
(United States)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Emory CHAN	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (United States)

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: a Powerful Tool for Studies of Metal Coordination

Samuel Greer — Organizer
Samuel GREER
Los Alamos National Laboratory
(United States)

Stephen Hill — Organizer
Stephen HILL
Florida State University
(United States)

Mechanochemistry: Forming Bonds, Breaking Boundaries

Felipe García — Organizer
Felipe GARCÍA
University of Oviedo
(Spain)

Tim Hanusa — Organizer
Tim HANUSA
Vanderbilt University
(United States)

Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds: New Systems, Techniques, and Theory

James McCusker — Organizer
James K. MCCUSKER
Michigan State University
(United States)

Antonín Vlček — Organizer
Antonín VLČEK
Queen Mary University of London
(United Kingdom)

Kelly Gaffney — Kelly GAFFNEY
Stanford University;
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
(United States)

Zeev Gross — Zeev GROSS
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
(Israel)

Oliver Kühn — Oliver KÜHN
University of Rostock
(Germany)

Katja Heinze — Katja HEINZE
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
(Germany)

Invited Speakers

Lecturer	Affiliation
Elisa BIASIN	Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (United States)
Alejandro CADRANEL	University of Buenos Aires (Argentina); University of Erlangen–Nuremberg (FAU) (Germany)
Benjamin DIETZEK-IVANŠIĆ	Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT Jena) (Germany)
Sebastian MAI	University of Vienna (Austria)
IWAMURA Munetaka	University of Toyama (Japan)
Malte OPPERMANN	University of Basel (Switzerland)
Shahnawaz R. RATHER	University of Kentucky (United States)
Renske VAN DER VEEN	Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin; Technical University of Berlin (Germany)
Oliver WENGER	University of Basel (Switzerland)