Held at the Purdue University Campus,
West Lafayette, IN 47907

Program:

Monday, June 2:
9:00 - Coffee, bagels, informal introductions in Wetherill 201. Assign working groups.
9:30 - The molecular tensor – interpretations and representations.
11:00 – Participant Presentations, Round 1.
12:00 – Working Lunch (problem set questions).

2:30 - Review problem set questions
3:00 – Coupled systems: molecular tensors of dimers and polymers.
Introduction to NLOPredict.
4:30 - Working Dinner: Break up into groups and start working on problems.


Tuesday, June 3:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Time-Domain Description of Nonlinear Spectroscopies: Useful Insights I (Benderskii).
10:30 - Participant Presentations Round 2.
11:30 – Working Lunch (problem set questions).

2:30 – Review problem set questions.
3:00 – Time-Domain Description of Nonlinear Spectroscopies: Useful Insights II (Benderskii).
4:00 - Working Dinner (problem set questions).



Wednesday, June 4:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Instrumentation for Broadband SFG (Lagutchev).
10:30 - Participant Presentations Round 3.
11:30 – Working Lunch (problem set questions).

2:30 – Review problem set questions.
3:00 – Molecular frame to laboratory frame: Jones tensors.
4:00 - Working Dinner (problem set questions).

Thursday, June 5:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Fresnel factors.
10:30 – Working Lunch (problem set questions).

2:30 – Review problem set questions.
3:00 – Mystery Topic I (selected by the participants).
4:00 - Working Dinner (problem set questions).

Friday, June 6:
9:00 - Review problem set questions.
9:30 - Mystery Topic II (selected by the participants).
10:30 – Simpson Group Laboratory Tour
11:30 – Break for lunch.

3:00 – Informal Panel Discussion on the Future of Nonlinear Optics (to be held at the Simpson Family Residence
108 Tecumseh Park Place, West Lafayette, 765-497-3370). Pizza and refreshments provided by the Chautauqua.
7:00 – Program concludes.


Participants

Chris Avery, University of Michigan
Studies of Molecular Mechanisms of Marine Biofouling and Anti-Biofouling
cwavery@umich.edu

Alexander Benderskii, Wayne State University
Time-Domain Description of Nonlinear Spectroscopies: Useful Insights
alex@chem.wayne.edu

Faith Boman, Northwestern University
Resonantly-enhanced SHG spectroscopy of DNA-functionalized interfaces
f-boman@northwestern.edu

Jeffrey Carter, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Probing heat dynamics with SFG
jcarter3@uiuc.edu

Ehow Chen, Northwestern University
Nonlinear Optical Studies of Sugars at Interfaces
ehow-chen@northwestern.edu

Stephanie Le Clair, University of Michigan
Studies on Islet Amyloid Polypeptide using SFG
leclairs@umich.edu

Ian M. Craig, University of California, Los Angeles
Nonlinear optical properties of conjugated polymer thin films: understanding interfaces in organic semiconductor devices
craigim@chem.ucla.edu

Sarah C. Flores, Texas A&M
Specific ion effects at protein surfaces studied by vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy
sflores@mail.chem.tamu.edu

Ellen Gilson, Purdue University
Crystal polymorphism detection by SHG
egilson@purdue.edu

Victoria Hall, Purdue University
Early stages of heterogeneous crystal nucleation probed by SHG microscopy
vjhall@purdue.edu

Levi Haupert, Purdue University
NLOPredict for Visualization and Data Analysis in SHG and SFG
lhaupert@purdue.edu

Patrick L. Hayes, Northwestern University
Tracking alkaline earth metals and the surfactant CTAB at environmental interfaces using nonlinear optics
patrick-hayes@northwestern.edu

Randy Heiland, Indiana University
NLOPredict
heiland@indiana.edu

David Kissick, Purdue University
Protein crystallization microchip with nonlinear optical readout
dkissick@purdue.edu

Alexei Lagutchev, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Practical methods of generating narrow-band visible/NIR pulses for SFG spectroscopy
lagutch@scs.uiuc.edu

Emily Lamberson, Purdue University
Controlling the Charge and Organization of Anionic Lipid Bilayers with Monovalent and Divalent Ions
elambers@purdue.edu

Jeremy Madden, Purdue University
Resonant Z-scanning confocal SHG microscopy
jtmadden@purdue.edu

Sergey Malyk, University of Southern California
Trapping and Release of CO2 Guest Molecules by Amorphous Ice
malyk@usc.edu

Rachel N Masyuko, Notre Dame
Three Dimensional Molecular Imaging for Lignocellulosic Materials
rmasyuko@nd.edu

Khoi Nguyen, University of Michigan
Studies on interactions of peptides/proteins on lipid bilayers
potoba@umich.edu

Francisco Rodriguez, Tampere University of Technology
Measurement of surface and bulk susceptibilities of glass using two-beam second-harmonic generation
francisco.rodriguezmartinez@tut.fi

Fadel Y. Shalhout, Wayne State University
Orientational Dynamics in SFG Line Shapes
fadel@chem.wayne.edu

Qing Shi, University of Michigan
Anti-protein-fouling zwitterionic material
shiqing@umich.edu

Garth Simpson, Purdue University
Idle ramblings on various topics
gsimpson@purdue.edu

Debbie Wanapun, Purdue University
New Classes of Organic Nonlinear Optical Materials Utilizing Chiral Templating in DNA-Based Polymers
dwanapun@purdue.edu

Anne Vázquez, University of Michigan
Correlating buried interfacial structures to polymer adhesion using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy
avv@umich.edu