SMEC 2009 Conference Symposia Panel Titles


List of symposia titles and organizers:

1. Hydrogen Storage Rajeev Ahuja (Condensed Matter Theory Group, Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden) Craig Jensen (Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa)

2. The newly discovered Fe-based high Tc superconductors Wei Bao (Los Alamos National Lab.)

3. Structural studies of liquid and amorphous materials at high-pressure and temperature Simon Clark

4. Frontiers of laser heating in the diamond anvil cell Simon Clark

5. Pressure Induced Superconductivity Aitor Bergara (Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of the Basque Country)

6. Predicting new phenomena at high pressure Artem R. Oganov (Depts. Geosciences and Physics, and New York Center for Computational Science, Stony Brook University, USA) Andriy O. Lyakhov (Depts. Geosciences and Physics, and New York Center for Computational Science, Stony Brook University, USA)

7. Origin and evolution of the core and core-mantle boundary Eiji Ohtani (Institute of Mineralogy, Petrology, and Econimic Geology, Tohoku University, Japan) Yingwei Fei (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington)

8. High pressure nanomaterials Yanzhang Ma (Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University) Zhongwu Wang (Cornell University)

9. Synthesis of new materials under conditions of high pressure and temperature. Alexander Goncharov (Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington)

10. High Pressure Studies on Advanced Materials Haozhe Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology) Wenge Yang (HPCAT, Advanced Photon Source/Carnegie Institution of Washington) Wilson Crichton (European Synchrotron Radiation Facility)

11. Hydrogen at High Pressure Isaac F. Silvera (Department of Physics Harvard University Cambridge)

12. Water Matters: from cosmos to Earth Michael J. Drake (Regents' Professor, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona) Joseph R. Smyth (Professor, University of Colorado)

13. Biology and biological materials under extreme conditions Fumihisa Ono (Okayama University of Science, Okayama, Japan)

14. High-Tc Facts and Open Questions Josef Ashkenazi (University of Miami) Davor Pavuna (Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne)

15. Strength and Elasticity from High-pressure Diffraction Data Anil K. Singh (Guest Scientist, Materials Science Division, National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore)

16. Advances in high pressure research at synchrotron and neutron facilities Guoyin Shen (HPCAT - Carnegie Institution of Washington at Sector 16 - Advanced Photon Source)

17. Experimental and theoretical high pressure studies that are relevant to planetary interiors Burkhard Militzer

18. High Pressure Mineral Physics Jiuhua G. Chen (Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Florida International University)

19. Inhomogeneous and Strongly Correlated Functional Materials (ISCFM) Naurang L. Saini (Professor, Dipartimento di Fisica Universit? di Roma ?La Sapienza?)

20. Advances in understanding melting behavior under high pressure Stanimir A. Bonev (Department of Physics, Dalhousie University)