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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Tuesday October 13

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quanta We will meet on Tuesday at 11:00. Seth (or his representative) will speak in the group meeting. Ashwin Nayak will speak at 3:00 in our seminar series. Eddie ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building 6 Room 300 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

14 years, 2 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Tenure-Track Energy Environment Position - UCLA

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brenda Hugot <bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 2:32 PM Subject: Tenure-Track Energy Environment Position - UCLA To: bhugot(a)bu.edu Dear Consortium students: I was asked to forward this opportunity to potential candidates. Those of you who are graduating this spring may be interested. Brenda *********Faculty Position in Energy and Environment********* The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) seeks outstanding candidates for a tenure-track faculty position in the field of Energy and Environment, focusing on energy policy and technology. The appointment will begin effective July 1, 2010. The position is nominally at the rank of Assistant Professor, although appointment at a higher level may be considered. Candidates should be capable in quantitative analytic methods via fields such as the social sciences, natural and applied sciences, engineering and other appropriate disciplines and have a demonstrated capacity to work on energy policy issues. We are particularly interested in someone capable of working on issues of energy and climate change mitigation. Possible areas of expertise include scientific analysis and/or modeling of current and future energy pathways (including fossil fuels, nuclear, biofuels, and renewables), energy policy and sustainability, energy and greenhouse gas emissions, energy linkages with air quality or water resource issues, energy conservation, advanced energy management systems, and technological innovation. The appointment will be in the UCLA Institute of the Environment (www.environment.ucla.edu), a dynamic and growing interdisciplinary center within UCLA representing faculty in the health sciences, life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, engineering, law and other disciplines. Affiliations with other campus units are possible, and encouraged. A Ph.D. degree is required for eligibility. A strong commitment to interdisciplinary research is highly desirable, as may be shown by relevant postdoctoral experience and publications. The successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to secure external funding. Prior engagement in service to increase participation in science or engineering by groups historically under-represented in these fields is also highly desirable. Please use job number: 2155-0910-01<http://lms01.harvard.edu/F?func=find-b&local_base=pub&find_code=IBN&request…>in all correspondence. Applicants can submit application materials as WORD or PDF files online to energyposition(a)ioe.ucla.edu including a cover letter, curriculum vita, statements of research, teaching and interdisciplinary experience and interests, three exemplary publications, and the names and contact information for four references. For additional questions about submitting an application, contact Ms. Eileen Sir, Manager of the UCLA Institute of the Environment, at esir(a)ioe.ucla.edu, 310-825-6999. Applications submitted by January 1, 2010 will receive full consideration, as will later applications as time allows. Inquires about the position should be directed to Professor Glen M. MacDonald, Director, UCLA Institute of the Environment, macdonald(a)ioe.ucla.edu. Women and minority applicants are encouraged to apply; UCLA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of faculty and staff diversity. -- Brenda Hugot Program Administrator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617.496.1788 Fax: 617.496.0425 bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu -- Roberto Olivares-Amaya Aspuru-Guzik Group Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu

14 years, 5 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Recovered Links: HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 30 - November 12

by Center for the Environment

Dear Friends of HUCE, Yesterday the Center launched a new website and as a result the links on the calendar did not function. The links our now corrected; please use this email to access the links for the next two weeks of events. Please excuse our error. Happy Halloween! Highlights: Monday, November 2: Join Daniel Schrag (SEAS and EPS) and Joel Schwartz (HSPH) for the first HUCE Green Conversations event with Peter Lehner, the Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Lehner will present "Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law." Science Center Lecture Hall A at 5:00 pm. Tuesday, November 3: French botanist Patrick Blanc presents "The Vertical Garden, from nature to the city... or how to bring biodiversity close to everyone's daily life" at the Graduate School of Design Margaret McCurry Lecture in the Design Arts. Monday, November 9: "Climate Change: A Perspective from the Arctic" -- a public symposium in conjunction with a meeting of the US Arctic Research Commission. Calendar Listings: Sunday 11/1/2009 7:00p Boston Night to Combat Climate Change (Royal Sonesta, Cambridge, MA) The night is Boston's premier 2009 fundraising event showcasing New England's leaders in the fight against global climate change. Contact: www.worthycausesinc.org/home.html Monday 11/2/2009 11:45a - 12:45p Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/ 12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle (124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA) "Yucca Mountain: Reflections on a Repository Sixty Years in the Making." Daniel Metlay, US Nuclear Wast Technical Review Board. Contact: www.hks.harvard.edu/sts 4:00p Globalization and Health: Challenges to Development, Security, and Human Rights (Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St., Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA) Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health; T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School. Contact: www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar_200... 5:00p Green Conversations with Peter Lehner (Science Center, Lecture Hall A, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law." Peter Lehner Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. With discussants: Daniel Schrag (SEAS, EPS) and Joel Schwartz (HSPH). Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 5:30p Remaking Cities: How Jane Jacob's Battles with Robert Moses Reshaped New York and Changed City Planning (Littauer Building Malkin Penthouse-4th Floor, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Anthony Flint, Author of Wrestling with Moses. Commentary by Alan Altshuler, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor in Urban Policy and Planning. Contact: Erin_Dea(a)hks.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5140 Tuesday 11/3/2009 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Herbaria Seminar (22 Divinity Ave, Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA) "How Evergreen Plants Control Leaf Longevity: The role of leaf vascular transport in regulating leaf senescence." Juan Pablo Giraldo, Holbrook Lab, OEB. Contact: Erin Ciccone, eciccone(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7504 6:30p Margaret McCurry Lecture in the Design Arts (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambrige, MA) "The Vertical Garden, From Nature to the City." Patrick Blanc. How to bring biodiversity close to everyone's daily life. Contact: www.gsd.harvard.edu/events Wednesday 11/4/2009 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA) "Marketing Stoves to Combat Indoor Air Pollution: A Randomized Intervention in Bangladesh." Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School, and Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University. Contact: Jason Chapman, 617-496-8054, isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword... 4:00p - 6:00p Food, Soil, People: Global Geopolitics in the Mid 20th Century (Center for Government and International Studies, Room S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA) Alison Bashford, Professor of History, University of Sydney, and Visiting Chair of Australian Studies, Harvard University. Contact: Kate Brady , kbrady(a)wcfia.harvard.edu 5:30p MSI Graduate Consortium Information Session (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) RSVP required to Andrea Lenco. Include in the email your school, department, lab, and year in graduate school. Dinner will be served. Contact: Andrea Lenco, alenco(a)fas.harvard.edu 8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Thursday 11/5/2009 11:45a Ecology Journal Club (HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and papers on website. Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu , www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j... 3:30p Harvard China Project Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity in China." Lu Xi, doctoral student, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard. Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: H. Bradley Shaffer, Sarah and Daniel Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 4:00 p Project on Justice, Welfare & Economics Seminar (Lower Library Robinson Hall 35 Quincy St. Cambridge, MA) "Provincializing Democracy: Patronage and Space on India's Southwestern Coast" Ajantha Subramanian (Harvard University) 6:00p Natural History Museums in the Environmental Century Lecture by Michael Novacek (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) American Museum of Natural History Paleontologist and Provost Michael Novacek will discuss how natural history museums like Harvard's MCZ offer unique opportunities for scientific discovery, education, and inspiration, and provide a management plan that draws on the past, reveals the present, and maps our future. Contact: www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... 7:30p Boston Area Solar Energy Association ( First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist 3 Church Street , Harvard Square, Cambridge) Joonki Song, PHOTON Consulting will discuss the worldwide PV industry: market size, growth, and leaders, as well as the future possibilities for technologies, manufacturing and installed cost. Contact: info(a)basea.org Friday 11/6/2009 1:00p - 2:00p Greening the City Conference (Lesley University. 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) Contact: lesley.edu/gsass/environmental_studie... 2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History (Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA) "Bound in Twine: Changes in Technology, Agriculture, and Environment from a Commodities-Web Perspective." Sterling Evans, History, University of Oklahoma. Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett(a)mit.edu 8:00p - 10:00p Film Screening - "KOYAANISQATSI: Life Out of Balance" (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambrige, MA) Godfrey Reggio's debut as a film director and producer, is the first film of the QATSI trilogy. The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance." Contact: www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/koyaanisq... Saturday 11/7/2009 1:00p - 2:00p Greening the City Conference (Lesley University. 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) Contact: lesley.edu/gsass/environmental_studie... Sunday 11/8/2009 1:00p - 2:00p Greening the City Conference (Lesley University. 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) Contact: lesley.edu/gsass/environmental_studie... Monday 11/9/2009 11:45a - 12:45p Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/ 12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle (124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA) "Crafting the Biological: Open-Sourcing Life Science, from Synthetic Biology to Garage Biotech." Sophia Roosth, STS, MIT. Contact: www.hks.harvard.edu/sts 2:30p - 6:00p Climate Change: A Perspective from the Arctic (Northwest Science Building, Room B101, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) A symposium at Harvard University in coordination with a meeting of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 Tuesday 11/10/2009 12:30p - 2:00p Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA) "Getting Serious about Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto Era." Robert N. Stavins. Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program; and Chairman, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group, Harvard Kennedy School. Contact: us_japan(a)wcfia.harvard.edu, 617-495-1890, www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/schedu... Wednesday 11/11/2009 6:00p Green Tie Gala (JFK Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, MA) "A Celebration of the Year's Clean Energy Accomplishments and Milestones." Featuring: Remarks from Congressman Edward Markey (MA), and awards ceremony for outstanding achievements in ... Contact: www.cleanenergycouncil.org/node/4926 8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Thursday 11/12/2009 11:45a Ecology Journal Club (HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and papers on website. Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu , www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j... 4:00p Sustainable Mega-Cities: Mexico's "Plan Verde" (Piper Auditorium Gund Hall Graduate School of Design Harvard University Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "The evolution of novel, serially homologous, compex traits: butterfly eyespots." Antonia Monteiro, Yale University. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 --- Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. ============================================== You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list: http://harvard.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&… Our mailing address is: Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor Cambridge, MA 02138 Our telephone: (617) 495-0368 Forward this email to a friend: http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=302… Update your profile: http://harvard.us1.list-manage.com/profile?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=5…

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] IIC Colloquium Nov. 4: Toward GPU-Accelerated Meshfree Fluids Simulation

by Rosalind Reid

You are cordially invited to next Wednesday's IIC Colloquium, one in a series of seminars where speakers will emphasize advances in heterogeneous computing with broad applications in computational science. **************** Toward GPU-Accelerated Meshfree Fluids Simulation Using the Fast Multipole Method November 4, 2009, 4:00 pm Room G115, Maxwell Dworkin, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge Lorena A. Barba Department of Mechanical Engineering, Boston University Abstract For the better part of the past 50 years, advances in algorithms and increasing computing power have made computational fluid dynamics, CFD, a mature discipline. What are some remaining frontiers of the discipline? One of the challenges in fluid simulation continues to be the need to straddle many scales. New computational methods still need to be developed that are able to adapt to the many scales of a problem. Another frontier recently opened is the development of hardware-aware software. Multi-core computers are on everyone’s desktop nowadays, and a growing trend in using graphics cards and other specialized hardware is buzzing. On both these frontiers, there is great potential for meshfree methods. Particle-type formulations for CFD offer an alternative which is low in numerical diffusion, devoid of numerical dispersion and stability constraints. Meshfree methods offer a natural adaptivity in situations where mesh generation is a large burden. And meshfree methods could be especially well suited to exploit the new hardware technologies entering the scene. I will present an overview of a particle-type formulation for fluid dynamics, the vortex method. This method requires an N-body solver within it, for which we use the fast multipole method. In our goal of obtaining hardware acceleration for this method, I’ll describe our progress with the fast multipole method, where we currently achieve 480 gigaflops for a hundred-fold speedup on a GPU card. Bio Lorena Barba obtained her Ph.D. in aeronautics from California Institute of Technology in 2004. She then joined the Department of Mathematics at the University of Bristol, UK. There, she was the leader of an EC-funded international project titled "Scientific Computing Advanced Training" involving 10 institutions in Europe and Latin America. The project allowed more than 30 young aspiring scientists to spend an extended period immersed in a research group in Europe. In the fall of 2008, she started a new position as Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Boston University. Her research as a computational scientist and a fluid dynamicist covers particle methods used for fluid simulation, the development of fast and efficient algorithms, the use of novel computer architectures, as well as fundamental and applied aspects of fluid dynamics. --------------- Refreshments will be served at 3:45 pm. Mark your calendar for upcoming IIC colloquium: Nov. 18, 4:00 pm: Joe Futrelle, National Center for Supercomputing Applications Also please note the following special event: "Rethinking Computing"--a discussion of how computer science is enhancing scientific exploration and discovery to help solve the most pressing global challenges. Craig Mundie, Chief Research & Strategy Officer, Microsoft Tuesday, November 3, New College Theater, 10-12 Holyoke Street, 2:30 pm (doors open at 2:15) For more information about IIC colloquia and other events : http://iic.harvard.edu/events/upcoming -------------- Initiative in Innovative Computing Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences_______________________________________________ iic-colloquium mailing list iic-colloquium(a)seas.harvard.edu https://lists.deas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-colloquium

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Cv002 counters URGENT

by Anna B. Shin

Dear Group, Those in Cv002/004 need to remove all items off the black counter tops next to Jacob's desk. Everything on the L-shaped counter space needs to be moved ASAP. Facilities will be ripping out the counters TODAY to make room for desks for Johannes, et al (we are at 22 members w/ desks + 3 undergrads w/o desks!). Thanks, Anna Anna B. Shin Laboratory Administrator Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 office 617.694.9879 cell 617.496.9411 fax 617.495.9676 lab http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/

14 years, 5 months

[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 29 - November 12

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Monday, November 2: Join Daniel Schrag (SEAS and EPS) and Joel Schwartz (HSPH) for the first HUCE Green Conversations event with Peter Lehner, the Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Lehner will present "Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law." Science Center Lecture Hall A at 5:00 pm. Tuesday, November 3: French botanist Patrick Blanc presents "The Vertical Garden, from nature to the city... or how to bring biodiversity close to everyone's daily life" at the Graduate School of Design Margaret McCurry Lecture in the Design Arts. Monday, November 9: "Climate Change: A Perspective from the Arctic" -- a public symposium In conjunction with a meeting of the US Arctic Research Commission from November 9 to 11 at HUCE. Calendar Listings: Thursday 10/29/2009 11:45a Ecology Journal Club (HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and papers on website. Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu , www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j... 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "Phylogenetics: The BEST way to sort out incongruent gene phylogenies." Dennis Pearl, The Ohio State University. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 4:15p MIT Energy Colloquia (MIT, 10-250, Cambridge, MA) "FACING THE HARSH REALITIES: Shaping the energy mix of the future, starting today." Tony Hayward, CEO of BP. Contact: web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/harsh... 6:00p - 7:00p Discussion Series: Consumers and Energy Management (MIT, 26-204, Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Kat Donnelly. The consumer-facing side of the grid may be the most important factor in achieving large-scale energy savings. Contact: Rebecca Dell, rwdell(a)mit.edu, www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-prog... Friday 10/30/2009 8:30a - 9:30a MSI Chalktalk Breakfast (Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Antibiotic resistance and mobile DNA in Enterococcus faecalis: where have all the CRISPRs gone." Kelli Palmer, Post Doctoral Fellow in Gilmore Lab. Contact: Karen L. Lachmayr, PhD, klachmay(a)fas.harvard.edu 8:30a - 5:30p Engineering a Cooler Earth: Can We Do It? Should We Try? (Wong Auditorium (E51-115), MIT, Cambridge, MA) Contact: web.mit.edu/esi/symposium2009.html 9:00a - 12:45p New England Restructuring Roundtable (Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard-13th Floor Conference Room Boston, MA) Keynote: "Pursuing All Cost-Effective Demand Resources in New England (and Beyond)" by FERC Chair Jon Wellinghoff. Contact: raab(a)raabassociates.org , 617-350-5544, www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtabl... 12:00p Fast Track to the Future: The New Vision for High-Speed Rail (1st floor Conference Room, Institute of Politics, Littauer Building, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA) Polly Trottenberg, Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, U.S. Department of Transportation; Karen Rae, Deputy Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration. Contact: Erin Dea, Erin_Dea(a)hks.harvard.edu 2:00p EPS Dissertation Defense (Haller Hall, 102 Geological Museum Building, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Transpacific transport of mineral dust: its impact in the United States and on sulfate, nitrate, and ozone in Asian pollution plumes." Duncan Fairlie. Contact: Sarah Colgan, 617-496-9770 Sunday 11/1/2009 7:00p Boston Night to Combat Climate Change (Royal Sonesta, Cambridge, MA) The night is Boston's premier 2009 fundraising event showcasing New England's leaders in the fight against global climate change. Contact: www.worthycausesinc.org/home.html Monday 11/2/2009 11:45a - 12:45p Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/ 12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle (124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA) "Yucca Mountain: Reflections on a Repository Sixty Years in the Making." Daniel Metlay, US Nuclear Wast Technical Review Board. Contact: www.hks.harvard.edu/sts 4:00p Globalization and Health: Challenges to Development, Security, and Human Rights (Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St., Radcliffe Yard, Cambridge, MA) Julio Frenk, Dean, Harvard School of Public Health; T & G Angelopoulos Professor of Public Health and International Development, Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Kennedy School. Contact: www.radcliffe.edu/events/calendar_200... 5:00p Green Conversations with Peter Lehner (Science Center, Lecture Hall A, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Climate Change: Getting from Science to Law." Peter Lehner Executive Director of the Natural Resources Defense Council. With discussants: Daniel Schrag (SEAS, EPS) and Joel Schwartz (HSPH). Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 5:30p Remaking Cities: How Jane Jacob's Battles with Robert Moses Reshaped New York and Changed City Planning (Littauer Building Malkin Penthouse-4th Floor, HKS, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Anthony Flint, Author of Wrestling with Moses. Commentary by Alan Altshuler, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor in Urban Policy and Planning. Contact: Erin_Dea(a)hks.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5140 Tuesday 11/3/2009 6:30a Margaret McCurry Lecture in the Design Arts (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambrige, MA) "The Vertical Garden, From Nature to the City." Patrick Blanc. How to bring biodiversity close to everyone's daily life. Contact: www.gsd.harvard.edu/events 12:00p - 1:00p Harvard Herbaria Seminar (22 Divinity Ave, Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA) "How Evergreen Plants Control Leaf Longevity: The role of leaf vascular transport in regulating leaf senescence." Juan Pablo Giraldo, Holbrook Lab, OEB. Contact: Erin Ciccone, eciccone(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7504 Wednesday 11/4/2009 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Room L-382, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy St., Cambridge, MA) "Marketing Stoves to Combat Indoor Air Pollution: A Randomized Intervention in Bangladesh." Grant Miller, Stanford Medical School, and Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University. Contact: Jason Chapman, 617-496-8054, isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword... 4:00p - 6:00p Food, Soil, People: Global Geopolitics in the Mid 20th Century (Center for Government and International Studies, Room S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA) Alison Bashford, Professor of History, University of Sydney, and Visiting Chair of Australian Studies, Harvard University. Contact: Kate Brady , kbrady(a)wcfia.harvard.edu 5:30p MSI Graduate Consortium Information Session (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) RSVP required to Andrea Lenco. Include in the email your school, department, lab, and year in graduate school. Dinner will be served. Contact: Andrea Lenco, alenco(a)fas.harvard.edu 8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Thursday 11/5/2009 11:45a Ecology Journal Club (HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and papers on website. Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu , www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j... 3:30p Harvard China Project Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity in China." Lu Xi, doctoral student, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard. Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2378 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: H. Bradley Shaffer, Sarah and Daniel Hrdy Fellow in Conservation Biology. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 6:00p Natural History Museums in the Environmental Century Lecture by Michael Novacek (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) American Museum of Natural History Paleontologist and Provost Michael Novacek will discuss how natural history museums like Harvard's MCZ offer unique opportunities for scientific discovery, education, and inspiration, and provide a management plan that draws on the past, reveals the present, and maps our future. Contact: www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... 7:30p Boston Area Solar Energy Association ( First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist 3 Church Street , Harvard Square, Cambridge) Joonki Song, PHOTON Consulting will discuss the worldwide PV industry: market size, growth, and leaders, as well as the future possibilities for technologies, manufacturing and installed cost. Contact: info(a)basea.org Friday 11/6/2009 1:00p - 2:00p Greening the City Conference (Lesley University. 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) Contact: lesley.edu/gsass/environmental_studie... 2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History (Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA) "Bound in Twine: Changes in Technology, Agriculture, and Environment from a Commodities-Web Perspective." Sterling Evans, History, University of Oklahoma. Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett(a)mit.edu 8:00p - 10:00p Film Screening - "KOYAANISQATSI: Life Out of Balance" (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., Cambrige, MA) Godfrey Reggio's debut as a film director and producer, is the first film of the QATSI trilogy. The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance." Contact: www.koyaanisqatsi.org/films/koyaanisq... Saturday 11/7/2009 1:00p - 2:00p Greening the City Conference (Lesley University. 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) Contact: lesley.edu/gsass/environmental_studie... Sunday 11/8/2009 1:00p - 2:00p Greening the City Conference (Lesley University. 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA) Contact: lesley.edu/gsass/environmental_studie... Monday 11/9/2009 11:45a - 12:45p Harvard Energy Journal Club (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Energy Journal website for current topics of discussion. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/ 12:15p - 2:00p Science, Technology, and Society Circle (124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge, MA) "Crafting the Biological: Open-Sourcing Life Science, from Synthetic Biology to Garage Biotech." Sophia Roosth, STS, MIT. Contact: www.hks.harvard.edu/sts 2:30p - 6:00p Climate Change: A Perspective from the Arctic (Northwest Science Building, Room B101, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) A symposium at Harvard University in coordination with a meeting of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 Tuesday 11/10/2009 12:30p - 2:00p Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar (Belfer Case Study Room (S020), CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge, MA) "Getting Serious about Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto Era." Robert N. Stavins. Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government; Director, Harvard Environmental Economics Program; and Chairman, Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Group, Harvard Kennedy School. Contact: us_japan(a)wcfia.harvard.edu, 617-495-1890, www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/schedu... Wednesday 11/11/2009 6:00p Green Tie Gala (JFK Library and Museum, Columbia Point, Boston, MA) "A Celebration of the Year's Clean Energy Accomplishments and Milestones." Featuring: Remarks from Congressman Edward Markey (MA), and awards ceremony for outstanding achievements in ... Contact: www.cleanenergycouncil.org/node/4926 8:00p - 9:00p Enviromental Action Committee Meeting (Spindell Room, Quincy House, 58 Plympton St., Cambridge, MA) Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome. Contact: www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/ Thursday 11/12/2009 11:45a Ecology Journal Club (HUCE, Meeting Room 318, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) Weekly discussions on an ecology-related paper; all interested researchers welcome, and papers on website. Contact: Primrose Boynton, pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu , www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/j... 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA) "The evolution of novel, serially homologous, compex traits: butterfly eyespots." Antonia Monteiro, Yale University. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 --- Always check the calendar on the website for updated information. If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. ============================================== You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Computational Chemistry

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear all, Please notice the opportunity. Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Assistant Professor Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 (617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alan Saghatelian <alan.saghatelian(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:36 AM Subject: Fwd: Computational Chemistry To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Hi Alan, I don't know if they got the wrong person... Alan Saghatelian Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 617.384.8251 Begin forwarded message: *From: *Mary Thacker <mary(a)steelesearch.com> *Date: *October 29, 2009 9:31:05 AM EDT *To: *saghatelian(a)chemistry.harvard.edu *Subject: **Computational Chemistry* Hello Professor Saghatelian, I am contacting you regarding a position for a Computational Chemist that is currently available in Mass. I have attached a snapshot of the position and thought you might be able to refer me to some of your former group members. Please take a moment to look it over and let me know if anyone comes to mind that might be good for me to speak with. Even if they are not interested for themselves they may be able to refer me to others. I look forward to your response. Thanks and have a great day! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary Thacker Bio Pharmaceutical Consultant Steele Executive Search, Inc. Direct line: 207-357-0150 Main Office: 207-562-8578 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.steelesearch.com mary(a)steelesearch.com

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Barry Dunietz Meeting

by Leslie Vogt

Dear Group, This week's theochem speaker, Barry Dunietz, is spending time with the group from 1:30-3pm tomorrow (Thursday). There are also a few lunch spots available. Please email me or Joel right away if you are interested in speaking with him. His research should be of interest to time-dependent properties people and electronic structure-ites in the group. http://www.umich.edu/~bdgroup/research.html Leslie -- Leslie Vogt Aspuru-Guzik Group Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Barry Dunietz Seminar TODAY 4pm

by Leslie Vogt

Dear all, Please join us for the theochem seminar: TODAY 4pm MIT 24-121 Barry Dunietz University of Michigan Exploring Conductance Switching Properties of Molecular Scale Devices - A Computational Approach. A computational approach is used and developed to study electron transport through molecular and nano scale devices. New models and methods to study time-dependent aspects of electron conductance are implemented to study quantum interference effects affecting the conductance. We will also describe several studies on molecular scale systems where switching properties have been observed experimentally. Several recent high-profile experimental studies achieving molecular scale conductance are considered. Our studies provide both insight into the mechanisms underlying the electronic-transport switching activity and predictions useful for designing novel schemes to enhance the switching functionality. -- Leslie Vogt Aspuru-Guzik Group Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group meeting schedule Fall 2009

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear Aspuruzites, 1) No group meeting this week. We will resume next Wednesday. 2) Let's get back the Aspuru group meetings back to The Aspuruzites! Here is the schedule for what is left of Fall 2009. Let me know if you have any conflict. If I don't hear from you, that means you have to be ready for the day you have been assigned. Nov 4. Stephanie Nov 11. Man Hong Nov 18 Jacob Krich Nov 25. Sule Dec 2. Dmitrij Dec 2. David Dec 16. Ville Cheers, -Alejandro -- Alejandro Perdomo Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical Physics. Harvard University 12 Oxford St #482, Cambridge, MA, 02138. perdomo(a)fas.harvard.edu

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