The Laboratory of Nanostructured Fluorinated Materials (NFMLab) hosts Brain Gain@PoliMI Chairman: Giuseppe Resnati 14:00 – 14:30 Massimo Cametti (IT), Tenure-track Assistant Professor Young Researchers Program - MIUR, Politecnico di Milano Salophen Uranyl Complexes: Exotic Species with Remarkable Properties. A Decade of Work 14:30 – 15:00 Javier Martì-Rujas (ES) , Senior Post-Doc, CNST-IIT@PoliMI Unraveling the Potential of Ab Initio X-ray Powder Diffraction in Microcrystalline Porous Coordination Networks and their SolidState Reactivity Thursday, June 9, 2011; 14:00 Room MA1, D.C.M.I.C. “Giulio Natta” Politecnico di Milano, Via L. Mancinelli 7, Milano (I) 15:00 – 15:30 Kari Raatikainen (FI), Visiting Researcher University of Jyväskylä Piperazine Cyclophanes and their Supramolecular Systems based on Halogen Bonding, Hydrogen Bonding, and Metal Coordination 15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break In order to revert Italy’s brain drain, it is of paramount importance that Universities take actions in the field of research and innovation to create opportunities that attract the best talents across the globe. Intensifying the process of internationalization and promoting excellence in research are the sole actions with demonstrated effectiveness in turning brain drain into brain gain. Organized within the framework of the Cariplo Foundation project “Development of a Technology Platform between the South and the North of Europe: Exchange Research Program between Politecnico di Milano and VTT – Technical Research Centre of Finland (S2N)”. Chairman: Pierangelo Metrangolo 15:45 – 16:00 Jingxiang Lin (CN), PhD Student, XXVI cycle Features of Molecular Recognition in Host-Guest Chemistry 16:00 – 16:30 Susanta Kumar Nayak (IN), Post-Doc CNST-IIT@PoliMI In Situ Cryocrystallization: Methodology, Scopes, and Challenges 16:30 – 17:00 John McMurtrie (AUS), Senior Lecturer Queensland University of Technology Crystalline Molecular Alloys: Supramolecular Selection and Crystals with Concentration Gradients No registration required