Advancing Chemical Understanding through Astronomical Observations

Advancing Chemical Understanding through Astronomical Observations

A workshop held in Green Bank, West Virginia
May 26-29, 2009

Sponsored by the
The Center for Chemistry of the Universe
of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Virginia
and the
National Radio Astronomy Observatory of Green Bank, WV
and the
North American ALMA Science Center of Charlottesville, VA

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Meeting Update:

The Meeting Schedule is finally ready!.

Follow the links to the meeting schedule page to find the events going on starting with an opening reception on Tues night: Meeting Schedule.

Full registration HAS BEGUN!.

For more information about the accomodations and to download the appropriate registration forms visit the Workshop Information page.

Key Meeting Sessions:

Laboratory Spectroscopy and Observations
Interstellar Surface Chemistry and Ices
Theoretical Modeling of Interstellar Chemistry
Laboratory Kinetics for Interstellar Reactions
Molecular Astrophysics with the GBT
GBT Instrumentation for Chemistry Applications

See meeting philosophy for more information.

Confirmed Speakers:

Nigel Adams, University of Georgia
Veronica Bierbaum, University of Colorado at Boulder
Steve Charnley, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rachel Friesen, NRAO/University of Victoria
Erika Gibb, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Rob Garrod, Cornell University
DeWayne Halfen, University of Arizona
Brant Jones, University of Hawaii
Nissim Kanekar, NRAO - Socorro
Andrew Markwick, University of Manchester
Robert Minchin, Arecibo Observatory/NAIC
Ben McCall, University of Illinois
Karin Oberg, Leiden Observatory
Nami Sakai, University of Tokyo
Yancy Shirley, University of Arizona
Gianfranco Vidali, Syracuse University
Susanna Widicus Weaver, Emory University
Al Wootten, ALMA/NRAO

Scientific Organizing Committee:

B. Pate (co-chair, University of Virginia/CCU)
A. Remijan (co-chair, NRAO/CCU)
P. Thaddeus (Harvard CfA)
M. McCarthy (Harvard CfA/CCU)
J. Lockman (NRAO)
E. Herbst (The Ohio State University/CCU)
F. Lovas (NIST/CCU)
P. Jewell (NRAO/CCU)
L. Ziurys (University of Arizona/CCU)

Local Organizing Committee:

A. Remijan (NRAO/CCU)
J. Lockman (chair, NRAO)
C. Plumley (NRAO)
S. Fitzgerald (CCU)