Program

August 11 to August 15, 2024

Conference venue: McKenna Hall (215/216) at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (map)

Sunday, August 11

Time Event
12:00 pm - 18:30 Registration Open
13:00 - 17:20 Workshop for Young Investigators
17:30 - 21:00 Welcome Reception (Drinks and food provided)

Workshop for Young Investigators

13.00

Amita Bedar Techniques to determine the hydrogen production through radiolysis

13.20

Dipayan Chakraborty Development and application of velocity slice Imaging technique

13.40

Laboni Das

Pulse radiolysis at high temperature and high pressure

14.00

Sumanta Makharjee

Resonance Raman Spectroscopy study of transient species

14.20

Coffee break

14.30

Ilya Sosulin

Application of EPR spectroscopy in radiation chemistry

14.50

Hanna Hlushko

Analytical techniques for the measurements of gaseous radiolytic products

15.10

Tamon Kusumoto

High -sensitive, -resolution detection for charged particles using Fluorescent Nuclear Track Detector (FNTD) technology

15.30

Cody Carr

From electrochemistry to time-resolved transient infrared spectroscopy: a case study of an electron rich Re-based catalyst with a labile ligand using pulse radiolysis

15.50

Coffee break

16.00

William Leising

Fiber optic UV-Vis spectroscopy for the mapping of kinetic systems

16.20

Amy Kynman

Purification Techniques for Actinide Radiolysis Studies

16.40

Shuai Li

Tracking reactive species in aqueous systems with ultrafast x-ray spectroscopy

17.00

Rupali Ganesh Deokar

Transient absorption spectroscopy using Optical Fiber Single Shot (OFSS) detection technique

17.20

Break

17.30

Welcome Reception (Drinks and food provided)

Monday, August 12

8.00 am Opening remarks (Prof. Edward Maginn, associate vice president for research)

Session I: Fundamental advances in radiation chemistry (David Bartels)

8.10

Hans Jakob Wörner

Time-resolved studies of water radiolysis using attosecond pulses

8.40

Andrew Cook

Ultrafast hole capture after radiolysis

9.10

Mehran Mostafavi

Capturing the transient behavior of surface-bound CO2•‒ on nanoparticles in aqueous solutions through pulse radiolysis studies

9.40

Coffee break

Session II: Theoretical and Computational Radiation Science (Ian Carmichael)

9.50

Benjamin Schwartz

What can we learn about the structure of the hydrated electron from simulations of solvation entropy and electrolyte solutions?

10.20

Ward H. Thompson

Exploring the unusual reactivity of the hydrated electron

10.50

Jose Ramos-Mendez

Multiscale Monte Carlo simulations for radiotherapy research

11.20

Coffee break

Session: Early Career Researchers (Jay LaVerne)

11.30

Hoon Lee

Monte Carlo simulation of electron tracks in liquid water

11.50

Shuai Li

Tracking reactive species in aqueous systems with ultrafast x-ray spectroscopy

12.10

Lunch break (McKenna Hall, 205/206); Business Lunch (207)

Session: Early Career Researchers (Jay LaVerne)

14.30

Cody Carr

Characterizing the Free Energy Relationship of the Triethylamine Radical in Acetonitrile by Applying Marcus Theory to Pulse Radiolysis

14.50

Ilya Sosulin

EPR and quantum chemistry study on OH-induced radicals from organic acids

15.10

Lakshmy Kannadi Valloli

Unveiling transition metal-based photocatalysis using pulse radiolysis

15.30

Laboni Das

Borate radical formation and decay in high temperature water: Evidence of dimer radical and rearrangement reaction

15.50

Coffee break

16.05

Michele Myong

The determination of referenced HOMO/LUMO levels with pulse radiolysis

16.25

Amita Bedar

Kinetics of Hydrogen Production on Radiolysis of Boehmite

16.45

Rupali Deokar

Early-stage oxidation and subsequent damage of the UNF extractant TODGA

17.05

Sumanta Mukherjee

Fluorescence and Resonance Raman Spectra of Hydrated electron: A Temperature Dependent Study

17.25

Michaela Bronstetter

Investigation into Chemical Reactivity of Diglycolamides with the Dodecane Radical Cation and Solvated Electron by Pulse Radiolysis

17.45

Brian M. Rotermund

Impacts of Neodymium Complexation on Radiolysis of Tetramethyl Diglycolamide (TMDGA) in Aqueous Solution

18.00

Break

18.15 - 20.00

Poster Session I (odd numbers) & Reception (drinks and buffet dinner provided)

Tuesday, August 13

Session III: Radiation-Induced Effects in Biological Systems (Sylwia Ptasińska)

8.00

Amitava Adhikary

Pathways of dissociative electron attachment observed in 5- and 6-azidomethyluracil nucleoside: nitrogen vs. azide anion elimination

8.30

Harold M. Swartz

FLASH effect – Critical questions that could and should be addressed by radiation chemists

9.00

Shinichi Yamashita

Radiation damage to DNA and its protection with a tiny amount of additives considering the water-DNA interface

9.30

Coffee break

9.45

Bronisław Marciniak

Photo- and radiation-induced oxidation of methionine peptides. From short-lived intermediates to stable products

10.15

Christian Schöneich

Visible light photo-degradation of proteins in the presence of Fe(III): mechanisms of site-specific generation of radicals

10.45

Coffee break

11.00

Jacek Zielonka

Targeting viologens to cell mitochondria to induce superoxide production – from pulse radiolytic characterization to cell-based assays

11.30

Tamon Kusumoto

A recent attempt of water radiolysis experiments towards the elucidation of the mechanism of FLASH radiotherapy

12.00

Lunch break (McKenna Hall, 205/206); ICIP board meeting (207)

Session IV: Dosimetry (Aliaksandra Lisouskaya)

14.00

Alan Keith Thompson

Biology-related Dosimetry Research at NIST

14.30

Ann Barry Flood

Measuring radiation dose based on stable long-lived radiation-induced free radicals in vivo: Challenges for radiation chemistry

15.00

Aliaksandr Baidak

Instant Measurement of Radiation by Diacetylene Colorimetric Sensors

15.20

Coffee break

Session: Early Career Researchers (Jay LaVerne)

15.35

Amy E. Kynman

Leveraging Radiation Chemistry for the Generation and Study of Am(IV) in Nitric Acid Media

15.55

Hanna Hlushko

Radiolysis of Zirconium Oxide Modified with Polyphenols

16.15

Samantha J. Kruse

Radiation-Induced Defects in Uranyl Tetrachloride Solids

16.30

Elodia Ciprian

Probing the Effects of Self-irradiation on Plutonium Oxalates

16.45

Coffee break

17.00

Jordan Elliot

Investigating RNA Damage Induced by Ionizing Radiation in Various Radioprotective Environments

17.15

Edwin Hsu

Differences Between the Radiation Response of Traditional and Additively Manufactured Polypropylene

17.30

Zoe Emory

The Impact of Node Structure on Ionizing Radiation Stability of Thorium- Terephthalate Coordination Polymers

17.45

Break

18.00 - 20.00

Poster Session II (even numbers) & Reception (drinks and buffet dinner provided)

Wednesday, August 14

Session V: Radiation-driven Processes in Nuclear Environments (Jim Wishart)

8.00

Mats Jonsson

Surface-bound hydroxyl radicals – Linking heterogenous photocatalysis to nuclear technology

8.30

Gregory Holmbeck

Radiation-Induced Plutonium Redox Chemistry

9.00

Tori Forbes

Atomistic insights into the formation of radicals within actinide solids: Combined Theory and Experiment

9.30

Coffee break

9.45

Olivia Roth

The impact of the radial radionuclide distribution in simulations of radiation-induced oxidative dissolution of spent nuclear fuel

10.15

Ghinwa Yaghy

Modelling Water Radiolysis in the Irradiated Coolant Circuit of the EU DEMO Fusion Power Plant

10.35

Coffee break

Session: Early Career Researchers (Jay LaVerne)

10.50

Jacy Conrad

Dodecane Radiolysis Yields and Product Kinetics by Time-Resolved and Steady-State Methods

11.10

Patricia L. Huestis

Radiolytic and Photolytic Degradation of Dodecane Substituted with Common Energetic Functional Groups

11.30

Alejandro Ramos-Ballesteros

Radiation-Induced Transients and Iodine speciation in alkali halides

11.50

Kazuhiro Iwamatsu

Effect of rhenium ion on radiolysis in molten LiCl-KCl eutectic

12.10

Lunch boxes (sandwich, fruit and drink), gathering at McKenna

13.30

Tour to St Joseph, MI Download map [PDF, 2MB]

18.00-21.00

Three Oaks (Journeyman Distillery buffet dinner)

~22.00-22.30 return to hotels

Thursday, August 15

9.00

Radiation laboratory tour

10.30

Coffee break

Session VI: Radiation Chemistry and the Environment (Kenji Takahashi)

10.40

Kenji Takahashi

Introduction of F-REI (Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Innovation)

10.50

Stephen Mezyk

Using Radiation Chemistry for Environmental Water Remediation: Radical Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms occurring in Advanced Oxidation Processes

11.20

Mark Driscoll

Optimization of Alpha Cellulose and N-Cellulose Solubility in Sodium Hydroxide

11.50

Julie Peller

Radical-based weathering studies of microplastics and nanoplastics in water using ionizing radiation

12.10

Lunch break (McKenna Hall, 205/206)

Session VII: Radiation-Induced Materials Synthesis and Damage (Piotr Ulański)

14.00

Julie Jessop

Impact of Monomer Structure on Dose Rate Effects in Ionizing Radiation Polymerizations

14.30

Carolyn Pearce

Impurity-based control of reactive species formation upon ionization in radioactive tank waste

15.00

Clelia Dispenza

Radiation harvesting of bioactive molecules from egg proteins and their integration into functional products

15.20

Coffee break

15.30

David Grills

Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Reactions in Acetonitrile

15.50

Małgorzata Bayda-Smykaj

Radical-driven processes of Carbazole and its Derivatives

16.10

Matthew Bird

Determining Hammett constants for open-shell substituents using time-resolved infrared spectroscopy with pulse radiolysis

16.30

Kotchaphan Kanjana

Biomass-derived Activated Carbon via Radiation Processing for supercapacitor application

16.50

Coffee break

Session: Early Career Researchers (Jay LaVerne)

17.00

Hao Yu

Synergistic effects of temperature, atmosphere and catalyst on irradiation-induced PTFE decomposition

17.20

Alex Stone

Effect of Gamma Radiation on Alternative Polymers for use in the Nuclear Industry

17.40

William Leising

An Exploration of Radiation Grafting of Acrylic Acid onto 3D Printed Polypropylene Objects

18.00

Bashir Jelani Usman

Electron-beam accelerated oxidation of Zircaloy-4 in simulated PWR primary water

18.20

Concluding remarks

19.00

Conference Dinner (buffet) at Morris Inn (Smith Ballroom) till 21.00

21.00

Open Evening