PASI 2008: Lecturer and Participant List
Full Name	Institute	Country	Title of Talk
Lecturers
Canuto, Sylvio	Universidade São Paulo	Brazil	(tentative title) Spectroscopy of Molecules and Nano-solids in Solution.New Challenges and Perspectives
Cocke, Lew	Kansas State University	USA	(tentative title) Momentum Imaging (COLTRIMS) with Intense Laser Pulses
D’Albuquerque e Castro, José	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	(tentative title) Magnetic Properties of Nano-structured Materials
DiMauro, Lou	The Ohio State University	USA	1) The fundamentals of intense laser-atom physics                                                                                    2) The frontiers of attosecond science
Peón, Jorge	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	México	1) Femtosecond Resolved Fluorescence Studies of Molecular Processes                                               2)Ultrafast Photochemistry of Molecules in Solution
Tománek, David	Michigan State University	USA	Real-time ab initio simulations of excited-state dynamics in carbon nanostructures
Védova, Carlos Della	Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	Study of small covalent compounds using synchrotron radiation, Part I and Part II
Young, Linda	Argonne National Laboratory	USA	1) Strong field control of x-ray processes                                                                                                  2) X-ray probes of ultrafast field ionization
Lecturers/Organizers
Cisneros, Carmen	Instituto de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	México	Studying atomic ions using Synchrotron radiation
de Brito, Arnaldo	LNLS,  Campinas-SP	Brazil	From ultra cold atoms to molecules important to the origin of life.  How synchrotron based spectroscopy can make a difference in these areas.
DuBois, Robert	Missouri University of Science and Technology	USA	Differential Studies and Methods Using Femtoamp Lepton and Ion Beams
Montenegro, Eduardo	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Fast collisions with small molecules
Schlachter, Fred	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and American Physical Society	USA	1) Energy trends in Brazil: utilizing the sun’s energy   2) Exploring ultra-small objects with an ultra-bright photon beam: Buckyballs and other tiny items.
Sigaud, Geraldo	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Femtosecond electron detachment of anions
Special Lecturers
Barros, Ana Ferreira de	Centro Federal de Educação Integrada Celso Suckow da Fonseca	Brazil	Translational Kinetic Energy of Water Fragments by Electron Impact Ionisation
Bastos de Jesus, Vitor Luiz	Centro Federal de Eduacação Tecnológica de Quimica de Nilópolis	Brazil	Motion of Charged Particles in Oscillanting Fields: Resonant Isotopic Separation and Magnetic Confinement
de Castro Faria, Nelson	Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Atomic interferometry: towards twin atoms
Sant’Anna, Marcelo Martins	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Controlled insertion of defects in semiconductors through ion-beam irradiation
Santos, Antonio Fontes dos	Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Fragmentation of Molecules by ion impact: N2 and O2
Wolff, Wania	Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Electron-detachment of negaticve ions: experiments and model calculations in the intermediate velocity range
Full Name	Institute	Country	Title of Talk
Participants
Arretche, Felipe	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Brazil	Open problems in low energy interaction of positrons with molecules
Arruda, Manuela Souza	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	Theoretical Determination of Potential Energy Curve for LiH molecule using Ab Initio Methodologies
Backes, Thomas	Georgia Institute of Technology	USA	Surface-plasmon polaritons in nanoparticle arrays
Burde, Jared Timothy	Southern Illinois University	USA	Adsorption Kinetics of Diatomic Molecules on Carbon Nanotube Bundles
Buth, Christian	Argonne National Laboratory	USA	to be announced
Cavasso Filho, Reinaldo L	Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC)	Brazil	Synchrotron spectroscopy of laser cooled &trapped atoms
Coffee, Ryan	Stanford Linear Accelerator Center	USA	Impulsive Molecular alignment with an eye toward ultrafast x-rays
Das, Susanta susanta.	Western Michigan University	USA	Inelastic Process Associated with Electron Guiding Through PET Foils
Dassanayake, Buddhika	Western Michigan University	USA	Guiding of electrons Through Insulating PET Nanocapillaries
Dumitriu, Ileana	Western Michigan University	USA	Inner-shell photodetachment of iron negative ion
Erben, Mauricio	Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	Fundamental aspects of covalent inorganic compounds. Electronic and structural properties studied by experimental and theoretical methods
Fang, Li	University of Connecticutt	USA	Study of vibrational wavepackets in hot I2 molecules with ultrafast laser pulses
Ferreira, Natalia	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	H2 Production in Water Radiolysis
Espejel-Morales, Raúl	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	México	Study of the electronic properties of nanotubes doped with nitrogen
Fregoso, Elisa Collado	Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México	México	Femtosecond laser studies of nitroaromatic compounds: fluorescence dynamics and theoretical calculations
Guimaraes, Marcilio Nunes	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	Study of collinear bimolecular reactions using the R matrix variational formalism and finite element method
Haber, Louis	University of California-Berkeley	USA	Time Resolved Photoelectron Imaging with High Harmonics
Ho, Phay	Argonne National Laboratory	USA	Theory of X-ray diffraction by aligned molecules
Iza, Peter	University of Ecuador	Ecuador	to be announced
Kuznetsova, Elena	University of Connecticut and ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics	USA	Polar molecules based phase gates
Lago, Alexsandre	Universidade Federal do ABC e LNLS	Brazil	Dissociation dynamics of polyatomic molecules studied by electron-ion coincidence techniques
Lavayen, Vladimir	UNIFRA/UFMG	Brazil	AMOC Physics Study of Hybrid Organic/inorganic Nanostructures
Magaña, Olmo González	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	México	Double electron capture total cross sections of protons on He in the energy range of 1 to 10 keV
Magnani, Bárbara da Fonseca	Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Measurement of Capture and Loss Cross Sections for the System O0+N2 at Intermediate and High Velocities
March, Anne Marie	The Ohio State University	USA	High harmonic generation from a scaled atom-laser system
Pérez-Mazariego, José Luis	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	México	to be announced
Miaja Avila, Luis	JILA / University of Colorado	USA	Laser-assisted dynamics in metallic surfaces
Mocellin, Alexandra	Universidade de Brasilia	Brazil	Partial Ion Yield of Core Excited Ozone
Pirani, Lucas Rodríguez	Univ. Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	to be announced
Ray, Dipanwita	Kansas State University	USA	Large-angle electron diffraction structure in laser-induced rescattering from rare gases
Red, Eddie	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/ALS	USA	Exploring the Limitations of the Velocity Map Imaging Technique for Low Kinetic Energy Photoelectrons
Sigaud, Lucas	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	A System to Measure Single and Double Ionization of Electrons In Gases
Vieira, Marco Rogério	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Water Molecule Fragmentation with X-Rays
Yang, Teng	Michigan State University	USA	Molybdenum-chalcogenide nanowires: structural, magnetic and transport properties study using ab intio calculation
Zugazagoitia, Jimena Saucedo	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	México	Studies of TinIV and Silicon Compounds with Ultrafast Lasers: Exploring the Excited States