Schedule

8:30 – 8:50 AM: Coffee Social

8:50 – 9:00 AM: Opening Remarks, Introduction of GSSPC Team, Introduction of Speakers and Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 AM: Julie Peterson – Bowling Green State University – Developing and expanding the scope of Stenhouse Salt Photoswitches

9:30 – 10:00 AM: Alexa Kuenstler – University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign – Photocontrolled Hydrogen Bonding in Azopolymers

10:00 – 10:30 AM: Ivan Aprahamian – Dartmouth College – Hydrazone-Based Adaptive Materials

10:30 – 11:00 AM: Networking / Break

11:00 – 11:30 AM: Javier Read De Alaniz – University of California Santa Barbara – Visible light-driven soft materials that move, change color, and are 3D printable

11:30 – 12:00 AM: Tomáš Slanina – IOCB Prague – Dynamic covalent and redox photoswitching

1:30 – 2:00 PM: Natalia Shustova – University of South Carolina – Photoresponsive MOFs Across Disciplines

2:00 – 2:30 PM: Julia Kalow – Northwestern University – Donor-Acceptor Photoswitches as Dynamic Covalent Crosslinks

2:30 – 3:00 PM: Victor García-López – Louisiana State University – Photoswitchable rotaxanes for controlling membrane function and biological response

3:00 – 3:30 PM: Networking / Break

3:30 – 4:00 PM: Grace Han – University of California Santa Barbara – Photoswitches for energy storage and release: new molecular transformations and aromaticity control

4:00 – 4:30 PM: Elias Picazo – University of Southern California – Pyrrole Rearrangements for Photoswitch Discovery

4:30 – 4:50 PM: Discussion Panel

4:50 – 5:00 PM: Closing Remarks