Thematic Workshops

UC campuses organized virtual workshops in the thematic areas targeted in the Collaborative Research and Training Awards RFP.

Workshops were intended to provide a forum to discuss compelling research directions and for potential collaborators to make connections and build research teams. Attendance was open to participants from all UC campuses and the three UC national laboratories, but was not a requirement for submitting a proposal.

Please see the RFP for the scope and description of each of the three thematic areas.

CLEAN, RENEWABLE ENERGY AND DECARBONIZATION

Date: Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 8:00am-5:00pm PT

For additional information, please visit the workshop website.

Campus Contacts:

UCI: Jack Brouwer (jb@nfcrc.uci.edu)
UCR: Matthew Barth (barth@ece.ucr.edu)
UCSD: George Tynan (gtynan@eng.ucsd.edu)

FRONTIERS OF MESOSCALE MATERIALS AND HIGH ENERGY DENSITY SCIENCE

Dates: Monday, May 3 and Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 1:00-5:00pm PT

The Frontiers of Mesoscale Materials and High Energy Density Science workshop planning committee created a Slack channel for those who would like to continue to connect and discuss potential ideas for LFRP proposals. You can find lab overview presentations, lightning talks, and the full list of registrants here as well.

Campus Contact:

Melinda Laroco Boehm (mboehm2@ucmerced.edu)

National Lab Contacts:

LANL: Nan Sauer (nsauer@lanl.gov) and Alan Hurd (ajhurd@lanl.gov)
LLNL: Alison Saunders (saunders15@llnl.gov), Nathan Barton (barton22@llnl.gov), and Rick Kraus (kraus4@llnl.gov)

PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND BIOSECURITY

Dates: Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 1:00-5:00pm PT

The Pandemic Preparedness and Biosecurity workshop planning committee created a Slack channel for those who would like to continue to connect and discuss potential ideas for LFRP proposals. You can find the workshop materials including recordings here.

For help connecting with workshop participants, please contact Ana Lucia Cordova (anacordova@ucdavis.edu)

Campus Contacts:

UCB: David Trinkle (dtrinkle@berkeley.edu)
UCD: Paul Dodd (pdodd@ucdavis.edu
UCSC: John MacMillan (jomacmil@ucsc.edu)

National Lab Contacts:

LANL: Nan Sauer (nsauer@lanl.gov) and Kirsten McCabe (kjmccab@lanl.gov)
LBNL: Kristin Balder-Froid (KHBalder-Froid@lbl.gov)
LLNL: Annie Kersting (kersting1@llnl.gov), Amy Gryshuk (gryshuk2@llnl.gov), and Shankar Sundaram (sundaram1@llnl.gov)