Prof. Harry B. Gray: Caltech
"The 21st Century Chemistry Grand Challenge: Fuel from Sunlight and Water"

Prof. Daniel G. Nocera: MIT
"The Science of Personalized Energy"

Prof. Heinz Frei: UC Berkeley
"Helios Solar Energy Research Center – A Quest for Solar Fuel by Artificial Photosynthesis"

Prof. Shunichi Fukuzumi: Osaka U

Prof. Kazuya Kikuchi: Osaka U
"Design, Synthesis and Biological Application of Chemical Sensor Molecules Which Convert Biological Signals to Chemical Output"

Dr. Etsuko Fujita: Brookhaven National Laboratory
"Photochemical CO₂ Reduction: Current Status and Challenges"

Dr. Shannon Boettcher: California Institute of Technology
"Silicon Microrod Arrays for Solar Energy"

Prof. T. Don Tilley: UC Berkeley
"Diiron Hexacarbonyl Proton Reduction Catalysts Based on Rigid Naphthalene-1, 8-dithiolate Ligands"

Prof. Akira Harada: Osaka U
"Supramolecular Architectures, Dynamics, and Functions"

Dr. Bruce Brunschwig: Caltech
"Semiconductor Membrane Assemblies for Artificial Photosynthesis"

Dr. Jay Winkler: Caltech
"Mechanistic Investigations of Hydrogen Production Reactions"

Prof. Giulia Galli: UC Davis
"Quantum Simulations of Nanostructures and Condensed Matter: Applications to Materials for Energy Applications"

Prof. Michio Matsumura: Osaka U
"Novel Processes for Fabricating Si Solar Cells Using Metal-Assisted Chemical Etching"

Prof. Jonas C. Peters: MIT
"The Quest for Earth Abundant Catalysts that Generate Hydrogen"

Prof. Sharon Hammes-Schiffer: Penn State
"Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Energy Conversion"

Prof. Naoto Chatani: Osaka U
"Chelation-Assisted Transformation: Carbonylation and Silylation"

Prof. Marcetta Y. Darensbourg: Texas A&M
"Mixed Valent Fe(II)Fe(I) Complexes that Model the Hox State of [FeFe]Hydrogenase: Redox Properties, DFT Investigations, and Reactivity"

Dr. Takashi Matsuo: Osaka U
"Biocatalytic Oxidations by Modified Hemoproteins Having Non-natural Tetrapyrrolic Cofactors"

Prof. John Arnold: UC Berkeley
"Supporting Ligand Design and its Role in Small Molecule Activation"

Prof. Kazushi Mashima: Osaka U
"Tetranuclear Zinc Cluster: Unique Catalyst for Chemoselective Transesterification"

Prof. Bruce Parkinson: Wyoming
"A Combinatorial and Distributed Search for Materials for Efficient Solar Photoelectrolysis"

Prof. Richard Eisenberg: Rochester
"A Molecular Approach to Artificial Photosynthesis and the Light Driven Generation of Hydrogen from Water"

Prof. Hitoshi Watarai: Osaka U
"Chiral Analysis at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces and Magnetic Analysis of Microparticles"

Prof. Nobuaki Kambe: Osaka U
"Transition Metal Catalyzed Addition of Organosulfur and Organoselenium"

Prof. Jeffrey R. Long: UC Berkeley
"Hydrogen Storage in Microporous Metal-Organic Frameworks"

Dr. Kei Ohkubo: Osaka U
"Rational Design of Long-Lived Charge Separation"

Prof. Yoshihisa Inoue: Osaka U
"Supramolecular Photochirogenesis with Biomolecular Hosts"

Dr. Christopher J. Chang: UC Berkeley
"New Molecular Imaging Approaches to Understanding Brain Chemistry"

Prof. Christopher C. Cummins: MIT
"CO₂ Reduction at a Metal Nitride and a Binucleating Crypt for Oxygen"