Annual Meeting

2022 Virtual Meeting Program

Friday January 14th, 2022(Eastern Standard Time)

New dates will be announced.

10:00 AM Welcome & presentation of participants
Idalia Ramos, UPRH & Eric Stach, PENN
Research Presentations - IRG-1: Charge dynamics in transition metal and carbon-based materials
10:15 AM Graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides
Nicholas J. Pinto & students, UPRH
10:30 AM Carbon-based nanomaterials
Idalia Ramos & students, UPRH
10:45 AM Thermoelectric transport in mesoscopic and/or nanoscale systems
Natalya Zimbovskaya, UPRH
11:00 AM Magnetic Transition Metal-Oxide Heterostructures
Juan Santana & students, UPRC
Research Presentations - IRG-2: Surface-functionalized nanomaterials for sensing applications
11:15 AM PVD of Ag NPs for trace chemical detection via SERS
Francisco Bezares & students, UPRM
11:30 AM Functionalized gallium nanomaterials for biosensing
Rolando Oyola & students, UPRH
11:45 AM Pillarene-modified cellulose matrix for detection and removal of metals and organic molecules
Ezio Fasoli & students, UPRH
12:00 PM Paper and emulsion based biosensing platforms for enzyme activity assay
Vibha Bansal, UPRC & José Sotero, UPRH
12:15 AM Lunch Break
1:15 PM Education & Outreach
Kevin Alicea, UPRH, Ashley Wallace & Mark Licurse, PENN
1:30 M Open Discussion, Plans
2:00 PM Breakout room meetings for research/education teams (Optional)
3:00 PM Closing