Workshop on "Molecular Complexes in our Atmosphere and Beyond"

  

Brussels, 20 - 23 April 2010

Organized by Michel Herman (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium) & Rich Saykally (University of Berkeley, USA)

Molecular complexes, in the sense of free, isolated, van der Waals and hydrogen-bonded molecules, are ever more often considered as potential and sometimes already confirmed contributors to several important, physical and chemical processes in a variety of environments, e.g. planetary atmospheres and the interstellar medium. There is an essential and growing need for more systematic experimental and theoretical investigations in the laboratory, which, in turn can stimulate dedicated remote sensing missions to explore these frontier molecular systems and related close and distant phenomena. The aim of the workshop is to gather experts from different scientific areas to design a viable plan for addressing these issues. In addition to invited speakers it is hoped to attract a selected set of state-of-the-art contributions from both remote sensing and laboratory works.

International scientific committee

  

Organizing committee
Peter Bernath (University of York, UK)   Emile Biémont (Universités de Liège et de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium)
Michel Herman (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)   Pierre-François Coheur (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
William Klemperer (Harvard University, USA)   Paul Geerlings (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
Yuan-Pern Lee (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)   Michel Herman (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Claude Leforestier (Université de Montpellier II, France)   Isabelle Juif (International Solvay Institutes, Brussels, Belgium)
Martin Quack (ETH, Zürich, Switzerland)   Muriel Lepère (Facultés Universitaires ND de la Paix de Namur, Belgium)
Larry Rothman (Harvard University, USA)   Ann Carine Vandaele (Institut d’Aéronomie spatiale de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium)
Rich Saykally (University of Berkeley, USA)   Jean Vander Auwera (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Stephan Schlemmer (Universität zu Köln, Germany)      

 

Confirmed invited speakers
Peter Bernath (University of York, UK)
Athena Coustenis (Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, France)
Emmanuel Dartois (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Orsay, France)
Yasuki Endo (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Joseph S. Francisco (Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA)
Robert B. Gerber (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel & University of California, Irvine, USA)
Juraj Glosik (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
Jean-Michel Hartmann (Universités de Paris 7 et Paris 12, France)
Eric Herbst (Ohio State University, Columbus, USA)
William Klemperer (Harvard University, USA)
Jörg Langen (ESTEC, ESA, Noordwijk, the Netherlands)
Timothy Lee (NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, USA)
Claude Leforestier (Université de Montpellier 2, France)
A.R.W. McKellar (National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada)
Igor Ptashnik (University of Reading, UK & Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Tomsk, Russia)
Keith Shine (University of Reading, UK)
Ruth Signorell (University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
Martin Suhm (Universität Göttingen, Germany)
Jonathan Tennyson (University College London, UK)
Veronica Vaida (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA)
Andrei A. Vigasin (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia)

 

Invited chairpersons
Michel Herman (Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)
Yuan-Pern Lee (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Don McNaughton (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
Martin Quack (ETH, Zürich, Switzerland)
Rich Saykally (University of Berkeley, USA)
Stephan Schlemmer (Universität zu Köln, Germany)

 

  • Events, locations and metro/bus connections
  • Place of the workshop: Metro line 5 (direction "Herrmann Debroux") - Station "Delta". Click HERE for the map of the metro.
    ULB-Campus Plaine- Building NO - 5th Floor - Salle Solvay. Click HERE for the map of the Campus.
  • Banquet on Wednesday 21 April: The banquet will be held at the "Palais des Académies" (Rue Ducale 1 at 1000 Brussels). Click HERE to see the map. The metro station next to the Palais des Académies is the station "Trône".
  • Poster Buffet on Thursday 22 April: The poster session will be held at the ULB - Campus Plaine - next to the Forum E, F, G and H. Click HERE to see the map of the Campus.
  • Registration
 For practical reasons attendance will be restricted to 70 participants and therefore subjected to a selection procedure. Registration is no longer possible as we reached full capacity of the room.
  • Fee
 The fee including most meals (university cafeteria) as organized by the Solvay Institutes and the banquet are presently estimated to maximum 160 €.
  • Banquet
The banquet will take place on Wednesday 21 April 2010.
  • Accommodation

Hotel reservations must be made directly by the participants. The following link might be useful: Hotels in Brussels.
Hotels that we often use for our visitors are: Hôtel Opéra - Hôtel Arlequin - Hôtel Saint-Nicolas - Fondation Universitaire.

 

Support from Solvay S.A., the Belgian "Loterie Nationale - Nationale Loterij", the "Communauté française de Belgique", the "Vlaamse Regering", the "Politique Scientifique Fédérale - Federaal Wetenschapsbeleid", the F.N.R.S. and the Fondation David et Alice Van Buuren is gratefully acknowledged.