Featured Speakers

In alphabetical order. For the final program with the times click here.


Quantitative Evaluation of Anion-Pi Interactions in Solution

Pablo Ballester

Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia & Catalan Institution for Research and Advances Studies, Tarragona, Spain


Molecular and Supramolecular Properties of Some Unconventional Donor-Acceptor Systems

Ronald K. Castellano

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL


Sacrificial Bonds for Self-Repairing Supramolecular Polymers

Stephen L. Craig

Duke University, Durham, NC


Transmembrane Ion Transporters Made From Various Natural Products

Jeffery T. Davis

University of Maryland, College Park, MD


Buckyball Maracas: Synthesis and Electrochemical Properties of Trimetallic Nitride Endohedral Fullerenes

Luis Echegoyen

Clemson University, Clemson, SC


Triazolophane Receptors: The Largest Halide Binding From the Weak CH Hydrogen Bond Donors

Amar H. Flood

Indiana University, Bloomington, IN


Reactions Inside and Outside of Deep-Cavity Cavitands

Bruce C. Gibb

University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA


Dendronized Macrocycles for Supramolecular Guest Encapsulation

Scott Grayson

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA


Cucurbit[n]Urils: From Mechanism to Structure and Function

Lyle Isaacs

University of Maryland, College Park, MD


Nanoparticles in Biology: From Cell Sensing to Delivery Vehicles

Vincent Rotello

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA


Molecular Balance for Measuring Arene-Arene Interactions

Ken Shimizu

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Friday, 23 October 2009: 08:25 AM - 5:40 PM

Puerto Rico Convention Center

San Juan, Puerto Rico



A one day activity is planned covering a range of supramolecular chemistry topics, including molecular receptor design, host-guest complexation, molecular recognition, synthesis and/or characterization of systems with supramolecular properties, molecular self-assembly in the solution and solid state, functional devices, topological molecules, supramolecular interactions in systems with relevance to nanoscience (dendrimers, nanoparticles), supramolecular systems inspired by biological systems, and others.



Organizers

José M. Rivera

University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PR

Angel E. Kaifer

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Dedicated to the memory of
Dmitry Rudkevich 
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Keynote Lecture


The Inner Space of Molecules

Julius Rebek Jr.

The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology

The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA