Molecular chirality manifests itself in a myriad of fields of
physical, chemical and biological importance, ranging from fundamental
investigations of parity nonconservation and asymmetric catalysis to
the never-ending pursuit of the origins of life. This symposium will
bring together a diverse array of theorists and experimentalists to
discuss the latest developments in such areas, with topics covered
during the planned series of seven half-day sessions including (1) the
theory and computation of chiroptical properties, (2) linear and
nonlinear forms of chiroptical spectroscopy, (3) chiral surfaces and
structures, (4) emerging probes of chiral molecules and their
interactions, and (5) the physical and chemical origins of
homochirality.
Invited Speakers
| Jochen Autschbach, SUNY Buffalo |
Michael Barnes, U Mass, Amherst |
| Laurence Barron, U Glasgow |
David Beratan, Duke U |
| Paul Brumer, U Toronto |
David Buckingham, Cambridge U |
| James Canary, New York U |
Natalie Cann, Queen's U, Ontario |
| James Cheeseman, Gaussian, Inc. |
Robert Compton, U Tennessee |
| Jeanne Crassous, U Rennes |
George Flynn, Columbia U |
| Bart Kahr, U Washington |
Dilip Kondepudi, Wake Forest U |
| Alexandra MacDermott, U Houston, Clear-Lake |
Laurence Nafie, Syracuse U |
| Marcel Nooijen, U Waterloo |
Prasad Polavarapu, Vanderbilt U |
| Ivan Powis, U Nottingham |
Martin Quack, ETH Zürich |
| Kenneth Ruud, U Tromsø |
Yuen-Ron Shen, U California, Berkeley |
| David Sholl, Carnegie Mellon U |
Garth Simpson, Purdue U |
| Philip Stephens, U Southern California |
Thierry Verbiest, Katholieke U Leuven |
| Yunjie Xu, U Alberta |
Anne Zehnacker-Rentien, U Paris-Sud, Orsay |
For further information, contact the symposium organizers:
We are grateful to the sponsors of this symposium: