Scientific Program

Day 2, Wednesday May 25, 2022

13:00 Alfred Lee, Merck & Co, Opening Remarks                                                           
Session Moderator: Alfred Lee, Merck & Co.,

13:10     Takuji Adachi, Université de Genève (Plenary Talk)                       
 In situ optical spectroscopy of crystallization: One crystal nucleation at a time

13:50 Arpan Mukherjee, SUNY Buffalo    
Applicability of Machine Learning using Hirshfeld surfaces as chemical representations

14:20     Richard Hong, New York University / AbbVie Inc.,          
Molecular Crystals on a Humid Summer Afternoon – Probing the Effects of Entropy and Hydration From Atomistic Insights to
Industrial Implications 

14:50          Break

                   Session Moderator: Justin Newman, Merck & Co.,

15:00     Rein Ulijn, Hunter College CUNY          
Supramolecular Peptide Crystals

15:40     José Hernández Espinell, University of Puerto Rico
Solvent-mediated Polymorphic Transformations in Molten Polymers: The Account of Acetaminophen

16:10       Megan Fleming, Georgetown University          
Cytosine Monohydrate under thermal and mechanical stress

16:40     Alfred Lee, Merck & Co., Closing Remarks

17:00 Career Panel hosted by Merck & Co.,