• Chemistry of Colloidal Materials
  • Co-chairs: Paschalis Alexandridis, SUNY Buffalo, palexand@buffalo.edu and James Schneider, Carnegie Mellon University, schneider@cmu.edu
• Physics of Colloids
  • Co-chairs: Ray Dagastine, The University of Melbourne, rrd@unimelb.edu.au and Daniel Lacks, Case Western Reserve University, daniel.lacks@case.edu
• Catalysis & Surface Science
  • Co-chairs: John Kitchin, Carnegie Mellon University, jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu and Uziel Landau, Case Western Reserve University, uziel.landau@case.edu
• Colloid and Interfacial Chemistry in Biological Systems
  • Co-chairs: Heidi Martin, Case Western Reserve University, hbm@case.edu, Hari Baskaran, Case Western Reserve University, baskaran@case.edu, and Edgar Kooijman, Kent State University, ekooijma@kent.edu
• Colloid and Interfacial Chemistry in Energy Systems
  • Co-chairs: Steven Chuang, The University of Akron, chuang@uakron.edu and Matthew Liberatore, Colorado School of Mines, mliberat@mines.edu
• Nano and Colloidal Materials: Environmental Applications and Implications
  • Co-chairs: Sharon Walker, University of California Riverside, swalker@engr.ucr.edu and Kenya Crosson, University of Dayton, crossokm@notes.udayton.edu
  • Keynote speaker: Geoffrey Bothun, University of Rhode Island
• Polymer Colloids
  • Co-chairs: Yakov Lapitsky, Uiversity of Toledo, Yakov.Lapitsky@utoledo.edu and Syed Qutubuddin, Case Western Reserve University, syed.qutubuddin@case.edu
  • Keynote speakers: Joseph M. DeSimone, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University and Joerg Lahann, University of Michigan
• Scattering
  • Co-chairs: Jen O'Donnell, Iowa State University, jodonnll@iastate.edu and William Meyer, NASA Glenn, William.V.Meyer@GRC.NASA.Gov
  • Keynote speakers: Greg Warr, University of Sydney and Norm Wagner, University of Delaware
• Self-Assembly & Liquid Crystals
  • Co-chairs: Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent State University, olavrent@kent.edu, Elizabeth Mann, Kent State University, emann@kent.edu, and Qi-Huo Wei, Kent State University, qwei@kent.edu
  • Keynote speakers: Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Georgia Tech and Gordon Tiddy, University of Manchester
• General Papers
  • Co-chairs: Joelle Frechette, Johns Hopkins University, jfrechette@jhu.edu and Michael Bevan, Johns Hopkins University, mabevan@jhu.edu
  • Keynote speakers: Thomas Truskett, University of Texas – Austin; John Walz, Virginia Tech; and Robert Prud’homme, Princeton University
• Posters
  • Co-chairs: Anastasia Morfesis, Carnegie Mellon University, anam@andrew.cmu.edu and Mike Cheung, The University of Akron, cheung@uakron.edu

Colloids 2010 Topic Areas