Douglas L. Foshee, Chair of the Welch Foundation Board of Directors
2023 Conference Program
Monday, October 23, 2023
Session 1 - Materials for Energy and Sustainability
8:45 AM
Conference Introduction
Catherine J. Murphy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:00 AM
Repurposing the Blueprint of Life Through Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA
Chad A. Mirkin, Northwestern University
9:45 AM
Molecular Photovoltaics and the Rise of Perovskite Solar Cells
Michael Graetzel, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Monday, October 23, 2023
Keynote Speaker
12:00 PM
Materials as an Enabling Technology in Getting to Net-Zero GHG Emissions
Steven Chu, Stanford University
Monday, October 23, 2023
Session II - Hierarchical and Multifunctional Materials
2:50 PM
Semiconductor Nanowires: From Nanolasers to Photochemical Diodes
Peidong Yang, University of California, Berkeley
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Session III - "Plastics" of the Future
8:40 AM
Pushing the Limits of Polymer Synthesis through Controlled Polymerization, Click Chemistry and Sustainable Building Blocks
Craig J. Hawker, University of California, Santa Barbara
10:20 AM
Sugar Plastics as Designer Next-Gen Sustainable Materials
Karen L. Wooley, Texas A&M University
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
2023 Welch Award Lecture
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Session IV - Materials Systems for Human Wellness
1:10 PM
Foundational Tools, Techniques and Materials as Outputs of the Modern Age of Nanotechnology
Chad A. Mirkin, Northwestern University
1:55 PM
Electronic Materials and Analytical Devices for the Human Body
John A. Rogers, Northwestern University
2:50 PM
Polyelectrolyte Nanocarriers to Target Cells and Tissues
Paula T. Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology