Principal Investigators' Meetings

Principal Investigators' meetings are Division-sponsored technical meetings of researchers supported by the Division. They are regularly held to present and discuss recent research, evaluate opportunities for inter-project collaboration, exchange scientific ideas among the researchers, and to provide program management the opportunity to assess overall balance across the portfolio and evaluate future research priorities.

Principal Investigators' Meetings Reports

(dates of conferences; PDF files)
Fundamental Interactions Team
Atomic, Molecular,
and Optical Sciences
Gas Phase Chemical Physics Condensed-Phase and
Interfacial Molecular Science
 Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Photochemistry and Biochemistry Team
Solar Photochemistry Photosynthetic Systems Physical Biosciences
Chemical Transformations Team
Catalysis Science
Date of Conference Title of Conference
September 26-28, 2023 Roadmap for Catalysis Science Solutions of the Future.
September 20-22, 2021 Catalysis for a Circular Economy
July 24-26, 2019
Resources and Opportunities
July 30-August 1, 2018
Harnessing Complexity in Catalysis
July 26-28, 2017 Catalysis Science for Sustainable Chemistry
June 22-24, 2016 Science of Catalytic Reaction Mechanisms
July 19-22, 2015 Benchmarking Catalysis Science
Perspective Article in ACS Catalysis
July 20-July 23, 2014 Frontiers at the Interface of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis, II
June 30-July 2, 2013 Frontiers at the Interface of Heterogeneous and Homogeneous Catalysis
October 2-5, 2011 Frontiers in Catalysis: Heterogeneous, Surface, Photo- and Electrochemical
June 1-4, 2010 Organometallic and Bioinspired Catalysis Science
May 31-June 3, 2009 Advanced Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling
May 18-21, 2008 Molecular Catalysis Science
May 23-26, 2007 Interfacial and Nano Catalysis
May 21-24, 2006 Organometallic, Inorganic, and Bioinspired Chemistry and Catalysis
May 18-21, 2005 Nanocatalysis Science
May 23-26, 2004 Catalysis Science
August 16-18, 2000 Heterogeneous Catalysis and Surface Science
Heavy Element Chemistry
Separation Science
Date of Conference Title of Conference
April 24 - 26, 2023  Heavy Element Chemistry 
June 7-11, 2021 Heavy Element Chemistry
April 15-17, 2019  Heavy Element Chemistry
April 23-26, 2017 Heavy Element Chemistry and Separation Science
April 19-22, 2015 Heavy Element Chemistry and Separations Science
April 27-29, 2014 Separations and Analysis
April 21–24, 2013 Heavy Element Chemistry and Separations Science
April 22-25, 2012 Separations and Analysis
April 26-29, 2011 Separations and Heavy Element Chemistry
April 25-28, 2010 Separations and Analysis
April 21-24, 2009 Separations and Heavy Element Chemistry
May 4-7, 2008 Analysis, Imaging, and Separations
April 24-27, 2007 Separations and Heavy Element Chemistry
April 23-26, 2006 Analysis
April 27-30, 2005 Separations and Heavy Element Chemistry
February 12-14, 2004 Analysis
April 28-30, 2003 Separations and Heavy Element Chemistry
April 5-7, 2001 Separations and Analysis
November 19-21, 2000 Heavy Element Chemistry
Separation Science
September 10-12, 2024  Separation Science 
August 10–12, 2021
Separation Science
September 9-11, 2019 Separation Science
February 6-7, 2018  Separation Science
Geosciences
Date of Conference Title of Conference
August 6-8, 2019
2019 Geosciences
August 7-9, 2018
Pico-nano-micro-meso-kilo
August 7-8, 2017
Isotopes, Interfaces, and Geochemical Transformations 
May 14-16, 2014 2014 - Geosciences Models
March 14-15, 2013 2013 - Geochemical Probes and Processes
April 5-6, 2012 2012 - Geophysical Properties and Processes
September 8-9, 2011 2011 - Geochemical Dynamics
March 11-12, 2010 2010 - Geophysics and Subsurface Flow
March 12-13, 2009 Experimental and Theoretical Geochemistry
March 12-14, 2008 Basic Research Relevant to Geological CO2 Sequestration
May 3-4, 2007 Computational and Numerical Geosciences
June 5-6, 2005 Analytical and Isotopic Geochemistry
September 24-25, 2004 Flow and Transport: Characterization and Modeling from Pore to Reservoir Scales
March 7-8, 2003 Surficial Geochemical Processes
December 7-8, 2001 Multiscale Reservoir Investigations and Applications to Terrestrial CO2 Sequestration
October 14-15, 2000 From Atoms to Organisms (and Back): Rates and Mechanisms of Geochemical Processes
February 18-19, 2000 Fundamentals of Geophysical Imaging