Physical, Theoretical &
Computational Division (PT)
Divisional Representative: Wolfgang Jäger,
University of Alberta
PT1 Advances in Solid-State
NMR
Organizer: Rod
Wasylishen, University of Alberta
This symposium is supported by Bruker Canada, Spectra Stable Isotopes and Varian, Inc.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Jean-Paul Amoureux, Université des Sciences et
Technologies de Lille
Darren Brouwer, Steacie Institute for Molecular
Sciences
David
Bryce, University of Ottawa
Paul Ellis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Zhehong Gan, National High Magnetic Field
Laboratory
Hans
Jakobsen, Aarhus Universitet
Alexej Jerschow, New York University
Scott
Kroeker, University of Manitoba
Igor Moudrakovski, Steacie Institute for Molecular
Sciences
Glenn
Penner, University of Guelph
Rob
Schurko, University of Windsor
Mark Smith, University of Warwick
Gang
Wu, Queen's University
PT2/AN3 Biological Mass Spectrometry (Joint with
AN)
Organizers: John Klassen
and Liang Li, University of Alberta
This symposium is supported by Agilent
Technologies, BD Diagnostics-Preanalytical
Systems, Bruker Daltonics and MDS Analytical
Technologies.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Christoph
Borchers, University of Victoria
Terry Cyr, Health Canada
Alan Doucette, Dalhousie University
Daniel Figeys, University of Ottawa
Wojciech
Gabryelski, University of Guelph
Juergen Kast, University of British
Columbia
Paul Kebarle, University of Alberta
Bernd Keller, University of British Columbia
Lars Konermann, The University of Western
Ontario
Gilles
Lajoie, The University of Western Ontario
Paul
Mayer, University of Ottawa
Terry
McMahon, University of Waterloo
Devanand Pinto, Institute for Marine
Biosciences
Andrew
Ross, Institute of Ocean Sciences
David Schriemer, University of Calgary
Michael
Siu, York University
PT3 Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Organizers: Pierre-Nicholas
Roy, Alexander Brown and Mariusz Klobukowski, University of Alberta
Confirmed invited
speakers:
André
Bandrauk, Université de Sherbrooke
Tucker
Carrington, Queen's University
Pekka
Pyykkö, University of Helsinki
Eran
Rabani, Tel Aviv University
Dennis
Salahub, University of Calgary
Jack
Simons, University of Utah
PT4/BM5 Computational Approaches to Drug Design (Joint
with BM)
Organizer: Jack Tuszynski,
University of Alberta
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Peter
Hinow, University of Minnesota
Mary Ann Jordan, University of California, Santa
Barbara
Richard
Luduena, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San
Antonio
John Parkinson, Hospital for Sick Children
Dave Schriemer, University of Calgary
Shoshana Wodak, Hospital for Sick Children
Frontiers of Molecular
Spectroscopy: A Symposium in Honour of Michael Gerry
Organizers: Yunjie Xu and Wolfgang Jäger, University of Alberta
PT5 I. Probing Bonds: From Complexes to Molecules
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Allan Adam, University of New Brunswick
Stephen
Cooke, University of North Texas
David Cramb, University of Calgary
Corey
Evans, University of Leicester
Michael Gerry, University of British
Columbia
Heinrich Mäder, Universität Kiel
Robert McKellar, Steacie Institute for Molecular
Science
Jennifer van Wijngaarden, University of
Manitoba
Nicholas Walker, University of Bristol
Dong-Sheng
Yang, University of Kentucky
PT5 II.
Chiroptical Measurements and Chiral Recognition: Spectroscopy and Theory
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Natalie Cann, Queen's University
Daniel
Crawford, Virginia Tech
Anne
Zehnacker-Rentien, Laboratoire de PhotoPhysique
Moléculaire
PT6/EN2 III. Atmospheric and Astrophysical Applications (Joint with
EN)
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Takayoshi
Amano, University of Waterloo
Hans-Peter Loock, Queen's University
Nasser
Moazzen-Ahmadi, University of Calgary
Holger Müller, Universität zu
Köln
Hans Ostoff, University of Calgary
Kaley Walker, University of Toronto
PT7 Photochemistry and
Photobiology: Probing Excited States Using Experiment and Theory
Organizers: Glen Loppnow
and Alexander Brown, University of Alberta
This symposium is supported by Coherent, Inc.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Bern Kohler, The Ohio State University
Spiridoula
Matsika, Temple University
Massimo Olivucci, Bowling Green State University and
Università di Siena
Gilles
Peslherbe, Concordia University
Ronald Steer, University of Saskatchewan
Albert Stolow, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, Keith Laidler Award
Lecture
PT8/BM6 Protein NMR Spectroscopy (Joint with
BM)
Organizer: Leo
Spyracopoulos, University of Alberta
This symposium is supported by Bruker Canada and the Department of
Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and
Dentistry, University of Alberta, GE Healthcare-Life Sciences, NANUC and Varian, Inc.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Cheryl Arrowsmith, University of Toronto
Katherine Borden, Université de
Montréal
Walter
Chazin, Vanderbilt University
Kalle Gehring, McGill University
Patrick
Loria, Yale University
Giuseppe Melacini, McMaster University
Anthony
Mittermaier, McGill University
Gary
Shaw, The University of Western Ontario
Brian
Sykes, University of Alberta
PT9/AN7/BM7 Single-Molecule Measurements
in Biological Chemistry (Joint with AN and BM)
Organizers: Nancy Forde, Simon
Fraser University and Hongbin Li, University of British
Columbia
This symposium is supported by JPK Instruments.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
Christopher Cairo, University of Alberta
Gonzalo
Cosa, McGill University
David Cramb, University of Calgary
Cécile
Fradin, McMaster University
Claudiu Gradinaru, University of Toronto
Michel
Grandbois, Université de Sherbrooke
Jürgen
Kreuzer, Dalhousie University
Gilbert Walker, University of Toronto
Michael
Woodside, University of Alberta
PT10/AN8 Spectroscopy at Surfaces and Interfaces (Joint
with AN)
Organizers: Alex Brolo and
Dennis
Hore, University of Victoria
This symposium is supported by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Altos Photonics
Inc., Bruker Canada,
Gamble
Technologies Limited, Renishaw
Inc., Spectra Research Corporation and Thorlabs.
Confirmed invited
speakers:
James Coe, The Ohio State University
Rainer Hillenbrand, Max Planck Institute of
Biochemistry
François Lagugné-Labarthet, The University
of Western Ontario
Francisco
Zaera, University of California, Riverside
PT11 General
Organizer: Wolfgang
Jäger, University of Alberta
