PROGRAMME
16:00 – 18:00 | REGISTRATION | ||
18:00 – 20:00 | Welcome reception |
8:00 – 8:45 | REGISTRATION | ||
8:45 – 09:15 | Opening | ||
| Chair: Thorsten Bach Technische Universität München | |||
09:15 – 10:15 | PL1 | David MacMillan, Princeton University, The Development of Photocatalytic Reactions of Value to Chemists and Biologists | ||
10:15 – 10:30 | Golden sponsor’s lecture | ||
10:30 – 11:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Chair: Thorsten Bach Technische Universität München | Chair: Dominik Wöll RWTH Aachen University | Chair: Jiani Ma Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an |
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11:15 – 11:45 | IL1 | Kirsten Zeitler, Leipzig University, Photocatalytic Strategies for the Activation of Strong Bonds | IL2 | Eléna Ishow, Nantes University, CNRS, Photoactuation at the nanoscale as a tool to probe local matter cohesion | IL3 | Kyungwon Kwak, Korea University, Fast Scan Two-Dimensional Infrared Spectroscopy for reactive systems |
11:45 – 12:05 | OP1 | Dario M. Bassani, Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Coupling water oxidation with nitrogen reduction | OP2 | A. Lewandowska-Andralojc, Adam Mickiewicz University, Hybrid Porphyrin Systems on 2D Materials and Ferromagnets: Linking Structure with Excited-State Dynamics | OP3 | Sara Hernandez Mejias, IMDEA Nanoscience, Protein blueprints for quantum light control |
12:05 – 12:25 | OP4 | Tero-Petri Ruoko, Tampere University, Photochemical n-Doping of Organic Semiconductors | OP5 | Diptiranjan Paital, King’s College London, Hot-Electron Injection and Photothermal Effects at Plasmonic Metal-Metal & Metal-Semiconductor Heterojunctions | OP6 | Min-Hsien (Tony) Kao, University of Bristol, Probing Surface-Induced Fluorescence Dynamics in Microdroplets Using Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy |
12:25 – 14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| Chair: Anna Gudmundsdottir University of Cincinnati | Chair: Ludovic Troian-Gautier UCLouvain | Chair: Tahei Tahara RIKEN |
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14:00 – 14:30 | IL4 | Jayaraman Sivaguru, Bowling Green State University, Developing a Photochemical Clock: Engineering Excited States to Dictate the Mode (Energy vs Electron Transfer) of Photocatalysis | IL5 | Elke Debroye, KU Leuven, Shedding Light on Perovskite: Pathways to Stability and Efficiency in Optoelectronics | IL6 | Toshinori Suzuki, Kyoto University, Twisted Ground-State Intermediates and Reaction of Pyrimidine Nucleic Acid Bases in Aqueous Solution |
14:30 – 14:50 | OP7 | Cornelia Bohne, University of Victoria, Codifying Complexity and Emergent Properties in Cucurbit[n]uril-guest Systems using Fluorescence | OP8 | Christian Metzen, RWTH Aachen University, Far-red photocontrol of supramolecular crosslinks in stimuli-responsive microgels | OP9 | Jörn Manz, Freie Universität Berlin, Photo-driven Electronic Chirality Flip in 37 Attoseconds |
14:50 – 15:10 | OP10 | Uwe Pischel, University of Huelva, Photoswitchable Heteroaryl-Iminothioindoxyls: Tuning of Optical Properties and Thermal Back Isomerization | OP11 | Virginia Martínez-Martínez, Universidad del País Vasco-EHU, Comparing Silica, Nanoclay and Cellulose Nanocarriers for Targeted Photodynamic Inactivation of Gram-Negative Bacteria | OP12 | H. Larsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Dynamic Dimers of Thiophene-Functionalized Pentacene Derivatives – Platform for Tunable Singlet Fission in Solution |
15:10 – 15:40 | Coffee break | ||
| Chair: Axel G. Griesbeck University of Cologne | Chair: Benedetta Carloti University of Perugia | Chair: Stefanie Tschierlei Technische Universität Braunschweig |
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15:40 – 16:00 | OP13 | E. Bassan, University of Basel, Anti-Kasha behaviour in an open-shell photosensitizer | OP14 | Azilis Desaize, Université Paris-Saclay, Microscale Force Sensors in Microfluidic Chips based on Polydiacetylenes Mechanofluorochromism | OP15 | Marek Sikorski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Tuning Flavin Acid–Base Equilibria for Visible-Light Photoreactivity |
16:00 – 16:20 | OP16 | Eva Bednářová, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Light-Driven Catch-and-Release Chemistry with Quinone Allides | OP17 | Giulia Pancotti, Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Tuning Excited-State Dynamics in DPP Dimers: Role of Distance and Torsional Freedom in Electronic Coupling | OP18 | Ashley J. Shin, University of California, Los Angeles, Narrow optical transitions in molecules for quantum applications |
16:20 – 16:30 | St1 | Max Dietel, Universität Regensburg, Photocatalytic denitrative homo- and cross-coupling of nitroalkanes towards the synthesis of alkenes | St2 | Kenji Kamada, Comenius University, Measuring threshold excitation intensity of a TTA-UC system by snapshots of the emission images | St3 | David Mužík, Masaryk University, Revisiting Excimer Formation in 1-Methylnaphthalene: Evidence for Ground-State Prearrangement |
16:30 – 16:40 | St4 | Nieves P. Ramirez Hernandez, Saarland University, Eosin Y Disproportionation Promoted Alkene Hydrofunctionalizations in Fluorinated Assemblies | St5 | Cansu Köse, Université de Haute-Alsace, Two-Photon Induced Initiating Strategy based on Multipolar Phenanthroline-Based Ruthenium Complexes | St6 | Alexander P. Golovanov, The University of Manchester, Application of NMRtorch for in situ illumination of NMR samples to study diverse photo-activated systems |
17:00 – 19:00 | Posters Photocatalysis Single Molecule Spectroscopy Photobiology and Photomedicine |
8:45 – 09:00 | Sponsor lecture (Luzchem) | ||
| Chair: Cornelia Bohne University of Victoria | |||
9:00 – 09:45 | PL2 | Anna Gudmundsdottir, University of Cincinnati, From Reactive Intermediates to Photodynamic Crystals: How Crystal Packing Directs Light-Induced Chemical and Mechanical Responses | ||
09:45 – 10:30 | PL3 | María Luisa Marín García, Universitat Politècnica de València, Supported Multifunctional Photocatalysts for Water, Energy, and Health Applications | ||
10:30 – 11:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Chair: Jayaraman Sivaguru Bowling Green State University | Chair: Matthew J. Fuchter University of Oxford | Chair: Cristina Flors IMDEA Nanociencia |
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11:15 – 11:45 | IL7 | Zhiwei Zuo, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Illuminating Inert Bonds: LMCT Catalysis at the Frontiers of Sustainable Chemistry | IL8 | Grace G. D. Han, University of California, Santa Barbara, Photoswitching for Energy Storage and Release: From Concept to High Energy Density Fuels | IL9 | Stefania Impellizzeri, Toronto Metropolitan University, Integrating Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence into Mainstream Photocatalysis and Bioimaging: A Paradigm Change for the Chemist’s and Biologist’s Toolkits |
11:45 – 12:05 | OP19 | Malkanthi Karunananda, Saint Louis University, Bimetallic Copper Photosensitizers with Metal-Metal Interactions: Synthesis, Characterization, Electronic Structure & Reactivity Studies | OP20 | Claudia Bizzarri, University of Rome Tor Vergata, The Curious Case of Two Cu(I) regioisomers: How Tautomerism Shapes Photoelectrochemical Behaviour | OP21 | Cristian A. Strassert, University of Münster, From photoluminescence and photoacoustic spectroscopy towards multiscale-multimodal bioimaging, temperature and oxygen sensing with tailored transition metal complexes |
12:05 – 12:25 | OP22 | Paola Ceroni, University of Bologna, Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence: kinetics of quenching and impact of cage escape in photocatalytic processes | OP23 | Mateusz Brzeziński, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Beyond Diffusion: Low-Power Photon Upconversion in COFs | OP24 | Isabelle Leray, Université Paris-Saclay, A rapid boar taint sensor based on fluorescence |
12:25 – 14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| Chair: Petr Klán Masaryk University | Chair: Stephan Landgraf TU Graz | Chair: Cristian A. Strassert University of Münster |
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14:00 – 14:30 | IL10 | Jiani Ma, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Development and Reaction Mechanism Studies on Photocages | IL11 | Jillian Dempsey, University of North Carolina, Photophysics and Photochemistry of d5 Coordination Complexes with Ligand-to-Metal Charge Transfer Excited States | IL12 | Oliver Thorn-Seshold, Technical University of Dresden, Photostabilised fluorophores & NIR-actuated photoswitches |
14:30 – 14:50 | OP25 | Pavel Müller, University of Paris-Saclay, Beyond Hydrocarbon Production: New Mechanistic Insights and Synthetic Potential of Fatty Acid Photodecarboxylase | OP26 | Océane Baffoy, Nantes Université, Dye-sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells promoting Alcohol-to-Aldehyde Conversion in Aqueous Solution using DPP-TEMPO | OP27 | Cristina Flors, IMDEA Nanociencia, Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy and nanoscopy of membrane tension in bacteria |
14:50 – 15:10 | OP28 | Kei Ohkubo, The University of Osaka, Light-driven Polymer Surface Oxygenation with Chlorine Dioxide | OP29 | Albert Ruggi, Université de Fribourg, A Tale of Two Metals: Switching Selectivity Towards CO2 Reduction in Heptacoordinate Complexes | OP30 | Ksenija Glušac, Argonne National Laboratory, Data-Driven Discovery of Structure–Reactivity Relationships in Oxidative Addition at Zerovalent Nickel Centers |
15:10 – 15:40 | Coffee break | ||
| Chair: Kirsten Zeitler Leipzig University | Chair: Denis Fuentealba Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Chair: Irena Škorić University of Zagreb Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology |
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15:40 – 16:00 | OP31 | Aniruddha Sarkar, Lund University, Decarboxylative Giese Addition and C-S Bond Formation by Iron-based Photocatalyst | OP32 | Tomasz Pedzinski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Structural effects on the reactivity of model disulfides toward singlet oxygen and one-electron oxidants | OP33 | Manabu Abe, Hiroshima University, Spin-switching Strategy for Efficient Photo-induced Drug Delivery |
16:00 – 16:20 | OP34 | Simone Stegbauer, Technische Universität München, Chromophore Activation by Lewis Acid Coordination – Novel Photoreactions of Carbonyl Compounds | OP35 | Nils Oberhof, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Light-driven Molecular Motors Modulating DNA | OP36 | Erick L. Bastos, University of São Paulo, Natural Chromophores as Scaffolds for Molecular Design |
16:10 – 16:30 | St7 | Carla Aira-Rodríguez, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Reductive couplings via nucleophilic photoactivation of carbonyls | St8 | Jesús Lucia-Tamudo, University of Vienna, Ibuprofen: An ally with hidden intentions? | St9 | Marta Dudek, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Controlling DNA with Light: Photoswitches Meet G-Quadruplexes |
16:30 – 16:40 | St10 | M.-S. Bertrams, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Harnessing Triplets: From Quenching Pathway Control and Upconversion to Energy Transfer-Induced Photocyclization | St11 | Agata Tyszka-Gumkowska, ENSEMBLE3 Sp. z o.o., Unlocking Solid-State Emission in COFs through Chemical and Structural Design | St12 | Lina M. Romero, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Biotin-funcionalized cucurbit[7]uril as a supramolecular delivery system for demethylated toluidine blue in photodynamic therapy |
17:00 – 19:00 | Posters Photochemical Reactions Mechanisms and Intermediates Frontiers in Photophysics and Spectroscopy (and Ultrafast Spectroscopy) Molecular Sensing and Imaging | ||
19:00 – 20:00 | EPA General Assembly | ||
20:00 | EPA Reception |
8:45 – 09:00 | Sponsor lecture (N2 Photonics) | ||
| Chair: Manabu Abe Hiroshima University | |||
9:00 – 09:45 | PL4 | Sherri A. McFarland, University of Texas, Arlington, Light, Metal, and Medicine: From Molecular Design to Clinical Development | ||
09:45 – 10:30 | PL5 | Leticia González, University of Vienna, Nonadiabatic Dynamics Simulations Across Timescales | ||
10:30 – 11:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Chair: Leticia González University of Vienna | Chair: Đani Škalamera University of Zagreb Faculty of Science | Chair: Silvije Vdović Institute of Physics, Zagreb |
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11:15 – 11:45 | IL13 | Nađa Došlić, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Trajectory-Based Modeling of Excited-State Dynamics and Ultrafast Spectroscopy | IL14 | Tomislav Rovis, Columbia University, Redshifting Photoredox Catalysis | IL15 | Tobias Brixner, Universität Würzburg, What can we learn from higher-order ultrafast spectroscopy? |
11:45 – 12:05 | OP37 | Marc de Wergifosse, Université Catholique de Louvain, All‐atom quantum mechanics methodologies to evaluate excited states and response properties of realistic systems | OP38 | Golo Storch, Technical University of Munich, Catalysis with Photochemically Excited Flavins | OP39 | Peter W McDonald, Université Paris-Saclay, Mechanochromic and long-lived luminescent organic materials for information encryption |
12:05 – 12:25 | OP40 | Giacomo Londi, University of Pisa, The catalytic cycle of a fatty acid photodecarboxylase from a multiscale QM/MM approach | OP41 | Cui Wang, University of Konstanz, Photocatalysis sensitized by luminescent iron complexes | OP42 | Davy-Louis VERSACE, University Paris-Est Créteil, Photochemistry: Towards the Synthesis of New Innovative and antibacterial Biomaterials |
12:25 – 14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| Excursions |
8:45 – 09:00 | Sponsor lecture (Light conversion) | ||
| Chair: Ksenija Glušac Argonne National Laboratory | |||
9:00 – 09:45 | PL6 | Gonzalo Cosa, McGill University, Visualizing and exploiting redox processes in biology and biomaterials: working at the intersection of photochemistry and fluorescence imaging | ||
09:45 – 10:30 | PL7 | Hans Jakob Wörner, ETH Zürich, Resolving coupled electronic and structural dynamics with attosecond pulses | ||
10:30 – 11:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Chair: Gonzalo Cosa McGill University | Chair: Grace G. D. Han University of California, Santa Barbara | Chair: Hans Jakob Wörner ETH Zürich |
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11:15 – 11:45 | IL16 | Tahei Tahara, RIKEN, Visualization of Isomerizing Molecules in the Excited State by Femtosecond Raman Spectroscopy | IL17 | Matthew J. Fuchter, University of Oxford, The conformation and connectivity of azoarene photoswitches (and why you should care) | IL18 | Stefanie Tschierlei, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Photochemistry under Sunlight: Cu(I) Complexes with extended π-systems |
11:45 – 12:05 | OP43 | Alexandre Fürstenberg, University of Geneva, Fluorescence lifetime sensors for single-molecule and super-resolution imaging | OP44 | Tomáš Šolomek, University of Amsterdam, Photochemical Fe2+ Uncaging in Ferrocene-[n]Cycloparaphenylenes: A Photomechanophore Paradigm | OP45 | Valentine I. Vullev, University of California, Riverside, Stepping out of the Static Notions for Dipoles and Solvation |
12:05 – 12:25 | OP46 | Dominik Wöll, RWTH Aachen University, Single Molecule Rotation in Thin Polymer Films probed with High Depth Accuracy via a Combination of Metal-induced Energy Transfer and Defocused Widefield Imaging | OP47 | Ludovic Troian-Gautier, UCLouvain, Energy, Charge, and Spin: Design Principles for Modern Photosensitizers | OP48 | Ricardo J. Fernández-Terán, University of Geneva, Ultrafast Multidimensional Spectroscopies: A Window into Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer and its Control |
12:25 – 14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| Chair: Alexandre Fürstenberg University of Geneva | Chair: María Luisa Marín García Universitat Politècnica de València | Chair: Eléna Ishow Nantes University |
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14:00 – 14:20 | OP49 | Daria Larowska-Zarych, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Supramolecular Control of Hotspot Accessibility in SERS Detection of Thionine | OP50 | Chen-Ho Tung, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing , Semiconductor Quantum Dots as Photocatalysts for Green Synthetic Photochemistry | OP51 | Sanat Kumar Mahankudo, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Light in the Sinister Photophysics of Gold Nanoclusters |
14:20 – 14:40 | OP52 | Tetsuo Yamaguchi, Kwansei Gakuin University, Crystalline size dependence on energy transfer from perovskite nanocrystal to organic dye | OP53 | Raúl Pérez-Ruiz, Universitat Politècnica de València, Chemical Transformations Enabled by Biphotonic Processes in Open-to-Air Environment | OP54 | Gabriel Glotz, Masaryk University, Redefining the Phototruncation Mechanism of Heptamethine Cyanine |
14:40 – 15:00 | OP55 | Dimitra Markovitsi, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Photoactivated dynamics of electronic relaxation in guanine nanostructures | OP56 | Nikola Topolovčan, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Illuminating Molecular Complexity | OP57 | Debkumar Rana, 1Max Born Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Real-Time Observation of Azide Bond Fission and Nitrene Formation: Time-resolved UV/MIR and Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy |
15:00 – 15:10 | St13 | N. Quadrio, Università degli Studi di Milano, Electrochemilumiluminescent (ECL) Iridium complexes for bio-sensing applications | St14 | Amiri Shibata, Hiroshima University, Reactivity of Photoexcited State of a Halogen-free Trityl Radical Derivative | St15 | Liselotte C. Nass, University of Melbourne, The Inter- and Intramolecular Interactions in Singlet Fission |
15:10 – 15:20 | St16 | Marina Tranfić Bakić, University of Split, Tuning Sugar Binding Affinity of Phenylboronic Acid with Light | St17 | Demmy M. Yu, Technical University of Munich, Total Synthesis of Albiflorin by a Photochemical Key Step | St18 | Evan G. Moore, The University of Queensland, Synergistic Hetero-TTA: Fact or Fiction? |
15:40 – 17:40 | Posters Photochemistry in Material Science Light Energy Conversion Computational Photochemistry | ||
19:00 | Gala Dinner |
| Chair: Valentine I. Vullev University of California, Riverside | Chair: Raúl Pérez-Ruiz Universitat Politècnica de València | Chair: Nađa Došlić Ruđer Bošković Institute |
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9:00 – 9:30 | IL19 | Benedetta Carlotti, University of Perugia, Aggregation-Induced Singlet Fission in para-Azaquinodimethane Push-Pull Compounds Under the Gaze of Ultrafast Spectroscopy | IL20 | M. Laura Dántola, INIFTA, Universidad Nacional de La Plata -CONICET, From Light Absorption to Protein Dysfunction: Photosensitized Damage Mediated by Endogenous Sensitizer of Biomedical Relevance | IL21 | Henrik Ottosson, Uppsala University, Excited-State Antiaromaticity: A Light-Induced “Mr. Hyde” Characteristic of Many Ground-State Aromatic Molecules |
9:30 – 09:50 | OP58 | Daniel H. Cruz Neto, University of Geneva, Photophysical Characterization of a Metal-Free Triazatriangulenium (TATA+) Dye for Photocatalytic Applications | OP59 | Axel G. Griesbeck, The University of Cologne, Photoactivation of artemisinin and derivatives by triplet and singlet sensitizers | OP60 | Aurélie Perrier,Université Paris Cité, From Excited States to Actuation: A Theoretical Insight into Polymeric PhotoActuators |
9:50 – 10:10 | OP61 | Anam Fatima, University of East Anglia, Time-resolved spectroscopy reveals off-to-on photoswitching mechanism in a decoupled reversibly switchable fluorescent protein | OP62 | Denis Fuentealba, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Supramolecular controllable photoactive agents for photodynamic therapy | OP63 | Bo Durbeej, Linköping University, Molecular Photogears for Transmitting Rotary Motion at the Nanoscale |
10:10 – 10:30 | OP64 | Stephan Landgraf, Graz University of Technology, Rethinking of the determination of activation energies in solution | OP65 | Susan J. Quinn, University College Dublin, DNA Light-Switch Behaviour of Chirally Resolved Tris(heteroleptic) Ru(II) Polypyridyl Complexes | OP66 | David Picconi, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Simulating the ultrafast dynamics of multi-mode multi-state molecular systems coupled to a dissipative environment |
10:30 – 11:15 | Coffee break | ||
| Chair: Dario Bassani University of Bordeaux | |||
11:15 – 12:00 | PL8 | Ryu Abe, Kyoto University, Toward Solar Hydrogen Production: Visible-Light-Induced Water Splitting via Z-scheme Photocatalysis Systems | ||
| Chair: Paola Ceroni University of Bologna | |||
12:00 – 12:05 | EPA Ambassador Award | ||
12:05 – 12:25 | EPA Young Investigator Award | Christoph Kerzig, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Using visible light as efficiently as possible – Novel strategies in photocatalysis and energy conversion | ||
12:25 – 12:45 | EPA Best PhD Thesis Award | Luca Maria Cavinato, University of Turin, Emerging materials for light-emitting electrochemical cells toward eco-friendly optoelectronics | ||
12:45 – 13:05 | EPA Best PPS Article Award | Barbara Golec, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University, Photophysics and photostability of porphyrinoids | ||
13:05 – 13:50 | Porter medal lecture | Leif Hammarström, Uppsala University, From Artificial Photosynthesis to Proton-Coupled Electron and Energy Transfer | ||
13:50 – 14:20 | CLOSING |
