As in the past, we will have Plenary Lectures and Award Lectures from Senior Scientists and younger scientists selected as JPP/SPP Young Investigator Winners in 2010.


Plenary Lectures

Zeev Gross, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Corroles: The journey from Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry, Photophysics, and Catalysis to Medicinal Applications

Michael R. Wasielewski, Northwestern University
Supramolecular Integrated Systems for Artificial Photosynthesis

Jonathan Lindsey, North Carolina State University
Recent Advances in the Synthetic Chemistry of Tetrapyrroles

Award Lectures

Roger Guilard, Université de Bourgogne
Contributions to Bio-Inspired Systems

Michael Cook, University Of East Anglia
Unmasking the chemistry and properties of non-peripherally substituted phthalocyanines.

John T. Groves, Princeton University
How Nature Uses Oxygen Lessons from Heme Proteins and Synthetic Metalloporphyrins

Ravindra Pandey, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Clinical Applications of Multimodality Agents Derived from Chlorophyll-a and Bacteriochlorophyll-a

Thomas G. Spiro, University of Washington
Adventures in Porphyrin Spectroscopy

Young Investigator Award Lectures

Mahdi M. Abu-omar, Purdue University
High-Valent Porphyrin and Corrole Complexes for Atom Transfer and Dioxygen-Evolving Catalysis

Palli Thordarson, University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Biomimetic Porphyrin Chemistry: From DNA-Enzyme Mimics to Photosynthesis of Biological Cofactors

Zhen Shen, Nanjing University
Structural Modifications of Porphyrins and Their Spectroscopic Properties