Program of the Bunsen Colloquium

Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011

9:30 – 10:00 Welcome addresses
Prof. Bernhard Eitel, Rector of the Heidelberg University “
Prof. Martin Quack (ETH Zürich), Chairman of the German Bunsen Society for Physical Chemistry (DBG)

10:00 – 11:00
Prof. Kurt Wüthrich (The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla and ETH Zürich),

“The Expanding Protein Universe as a Playground for Physical Chemistry“

11:00 – 12:00
Prof. Ferenc Krausz (MPI of Quantum Optics, Garching)
“Spectroscopy with Attosecond Time Resolution“

12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break

14:00 – 15:00
Prof. Gabor Somorjai (University of California, Berkeley)
“Biointerfaces and Nanocatalysis. The Grand Challenges of Molecular Surface Chemistry“

15:00 – 16:00
Prof. Hartmut Michel (MPI of Biophysics, Frankfurt)
“Cytochrome c Oxidase, Structure and Mechanism of a Biological Proton Pump“

16:00 – 16:30 Transfer to Akademiestraße

16:30 – 17:30 Inauguration “Bunsen-memorial plaque“ German Chemical Society (GDCh)

17:30 – 19:00 Reception at the Bel Etage of the Heidelberg University, Universitätsplatz

19:00 – 20:00
Robert-Bunsen-Lecture (Alte Aula of the University)
Laureate Prof. Jürgen Troe (University Göttingen & MPI for Biophysical Chemistry)
“Robert Wilhelm Bunsen – Physical Chemistry from 1811 until today“