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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group poster for visit weekend

by Joel Yuen

Dear all Patrick and I are going to make the poster for this year's visiting weekend for the new grad students. Please send me your abstracts and pretty pictures of your previous and present projects by this Wednesday so that we can include them in the poster. Thank you all Joel.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Monday March 9

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quanta We will meet on Monday March 9 at 3:00 in 6-310. Andy will tell us about quantum blackmail. 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 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] REMINDER: Group meeting, Friday @ 11AM (and also this coming Monday 11AM)

by Alejandro Perdomo

Tomorrow, Friday @ 11AM, Semion is up. We will meet in the Division Room, M102. This coming Monday we have Roberto, also in the Divison Room and same time, 11AM. Cheers, -A PS: All group meetings are posted in the group calendar, with their respective names, times and place. Just in case you need to know who is up next or forgot when is the next one. -- 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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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Update March 5 - 19

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Tuesday, March 10: Dennis Garrity, the Director General of the World Agroforestry Centre who has focused on the development of small-scale farming systems in the tropics, presents at the Frontiers in Sustainable Development Speaker Series. Wednesday, March 11: Drawing on studies of teenagers and professional designers, cities and the blogosphere, the distinguished panel in "Connected Publics: Power and Politics in a Networked Age" will lead us on a fascinating journey across today's changing public spheres. This is the fifth event in the Science and Democracy Lecture Series. Wednesday, March 18: Kristia Hill, landscape architect, urban ecologist, professor, and author presents her vision for biodiversity and urban planning based on human self-interest, development conditions, climate change in the Harvard Museum of Natural History New Directions in EcoPlanning Series. Calendar Listings: Today 3/5/2009 3:30p Harvard Environmental Law Review Symposium (Harvard Law School, Langdell North, 1563 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA) "Climate Change and Global Justice: Crafting Fair Solutions for Nations and Peoples." Contact: hlselr(a)law.harvard.edu, www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/elr... 3:30p China Project Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Technology Acquisition and Innovation in the Developing World: The Case of Wind Turbine Development in China." Dr. Joanna Lewis, Georgetown University. Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:00p Climate Seminar (Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Evolution of the tropical warm pool and the modulation of convective heating." Peter Webster, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Tech. Contact: Shuting Jin , shuting(a)eps.harvard.edu, 617.384.9005, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar Series (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "Summoning the Wind and Invading New Territories: The Strategies of Stationary Organisms." Anne Pringle, Harvard University. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History: Evolution Matters (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Survival of the Swiftest, Smartest, or Fattest? Human Evolution 150 Years After Darwin." Daniel Lieberman, Harvard Professor of Biological Anthropology. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... 7:00p Climate Wars. What one will kill for in the 21st century. (Goethe-Institut Boston, 170 Beacon Street, Boston, MA) Speaker: Harald Welzer. Moderator: Roger Kasperson. Contact: info(a)boston.goethe.org, 617 262 6050, www.goethe.de/wis/fut/dos/gdw/wel/en2... Friday 3/6/2009 10:00a - 3:00p All Ivy Environmental and Sustainable Development Career Fair (Low Library, Columbia University, New York, NY ) Harvard OCS Bus transportation provided with seats on a first come first serve BASIS. Contact: Jill Abruzese, jabruzes(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.earth.columbia.edu/education/ivy_... 11:00a - 12:00p Harvard Forest Seminar Series (Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA) "Spatial and temporal drivers of West Nile virus ecology in North America." Shannon LeDeau, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, 978-724-3302 x 268, harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... 1:00p - 5:00p Sandia-MIT Workshops (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA) "'Right-Sized' Nuclear Reactors" and "SmartGrid: Challenges and Opportunities." Contact: edo(a)mit.edu 1:00p - 5:00p MIT Energy Conference (Kendall Square Marriot Hotel, Cambridge, MA) "Accelerating Change in Global Energy." Contact: www.mitenergyconference.com Saturday 3/7/2009 7:00 a - 6:00 p MIT Energy Conference (Kendall Square Marriot Hotel, Cambridge, MA) "Accelerating Change in Global Energy." Contact: www.mitenergyconference.com Monday 3/9/2009 11:30a 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: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html 4:00p EPS Spring Colloquium (Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Viewing the core-mantle boundary through a diamond window." Wendy Mao, Stanford University. Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, savosty(a)fas.harvard.edu Tuesday 3/10/2009 9:00a - 10:30a Frontiers in Sustainability Science Seminar (Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Building, KSG, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "Sustainability Science: A new generation of challenges and opportunities in pro-poor agriculture and natural resource management research." Dennis Garrity, Director General, World Agroforestry Center. Contact: Maryanne Baumgartner, maryanne_baumgartner(a)harvard.edu, 617-496-7466, www.cid.harvard.edu/sustsci/events/se... 9:30a - 11:00a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series (Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA) "Public Policy for Private Sector Innovation." Charles Jones, ETIP Research Fellow. Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-5584, www.belfercenter.org/energy 12:00p - 1:00p Herbaria Seminar Series (Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA) "Phenological Interactions in Arabidopsis thaliana--Natural Variation and Natural Selection." George Chiang, Donohue/Kramer Lab. Contact: Margaret Richards, prichards(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 496-8062 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club (Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-384-8398, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... 4:00p Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar (Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Using Leaf Size and Shape to Reconstruct Ancient Climates." Dana Royer, Wesleyan University. Contact: ehap.seminar(a)gmail.com, https://wesfiles.wesleyan.edu/home/dr... 4:15p MIT Energy Initiative Seminar Series (MIT Building 66, Room 110, Cambridge, MA) "Sunlight-driven Hydrogen Formation by Membrane-Supported Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting." Nate Lewis, George L. Argyros Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology. Contact: web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/ 6:30p - 8:30p HighWaterLine: Visualizing the Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Our Cities (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA) A presentation by artist Eve Mosher of her project, "High Water Line" which visualizes the impact of climate change on coastal cities. Contact: Ilana Cohen, icohen(a)gsd.harvard.edu Wednesday 3/11/2009 10:30a - 12:00p Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series (Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA) "The United States." Amy Myers Jaffe, Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University Contact: bcsia_ksg(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-1400, belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/3... 12:15p Regional Integration in the GCC: Energy as the Driving Force (Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., JFK School of Government, Cambridge, MA) Contact: dubai_initiative(a)ksg.harvard.edu 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Littaur-382, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "Equilibrium Selection in Counterfactual Simulations: The U.S. Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards." Hunt Allcott and Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University. Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054 5:00p - 7:00p Science and Democracy Lecture Series (Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA) "Connected Publics: Power and Politics in a Networked Age." A panel discussion between: Yochai Benkler (Harvard Law School), Antoine Picon (Harvard Graduate School of Design), Lucy Suchman (Sociology, Lancaster University & MIT [visiting]), and Sherry Turkle (STS, MIT). Contact: www.hks.harvard.edu/sts/ 8:00p Environmental 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: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com Thursday 3/12/2009 3:30p China Project Seminar (Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "The Allocation of Pollutant Emission Reductions in China's Five Year Plans." Dr. ZHU Xufeng, Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute. Contact: Chris Nielsen , nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:00p Solar Energy Technology in Africa (Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) Speaker: Sivan Borowich, the Founder of Jewish Heart for Africa (JHA), a new non-profit organization that brings Israeli clean technology to rural African villages. Contact: www.meetup.com/boston-israel/calendar... 6:00p Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) "Proteogenomics as an approach for the study of natural microbial communities." Jill Banfield, UC Berkeley. Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643, www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html 6:30p - 8:30p Housing Cities Symposium 2009: Opening Event (MIT Stata Center, R&D Commons, 32 Vassar St., Cambridge, MA) A conversation with Sandra Henriquez, Administrator and CEO of the Boston Housing Authority. Contact: www.housingcities2009.com/ 6:30p - 9:00p How to Get into the Energy Business? Volunteer! (Offices of Holland & Knight 10 St. James Avenue 11th Floor Boston, MA) Keynote speaker: Nick d'Arbeloff, President, New England Clean Energy Council (NECEC). Contact: Andrew Becker, andrew.becker(a)ypenergy.org, (617) 429-8314, www.ypenergy.org/en/cev/223 7:30p Boston Area Solar Energy Association (The First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist 3 Church Street Harvard Square Cambridge, MA) "A New Model for Improving Energy Efficiency in the Built Environment." Dan Valianti, Next Step Living . Contact: info(a)basea.org, www.basea.org Friday 3/13/2009 11:45a - 12:45p Ninth Annual Harvard Graduate Student Conference on International History (Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA) Promotes the serious treatment of nature in international history while encouraging specialists in environmental studies, the history of science and medicine, and diverse other fields to take further account of transnational and comparative topics. Contact: Gressel-Bacharan, gressel(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.fas.harvard.edu/~conih/ 6:30p - 8:30p Housing Cities Symposium 2009 (Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA) A diverse group of industry leaders, academic experts, and students open a multi-disciplinary dialogue on critical housing issues facing U.S. cities. Contact: www.housingcities2009.com/ Saturday 3/14/2009 9:00a - 1:00p Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium (First Church in Salem, 316 Essex Street, Cambridge, MA) Come and discover new opportunities to make a real difference in accelerating the emergence of an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on this planet. Contact: Carol Dearborn, cdearborn(a)comcast.net , 978-745-6370 , awakeningthedreamer.org/ 11:00a - 5:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Special Event: BugFest (HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) The Harvard Museum of Natural History will be buzzing with dozens of activities as we explore the amazing world of arthropods - insects, spiders and the other crawling creatures. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/... 11:45a - 12:45p Ninth Annual Harvard Graduate Student Conference on International History (Center for European Studies, 27 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA) Promotes the serious treatment of nature in international history while encouraging specialists in environmental studies, the history of science and medicine, and diverse other fields to take further account of transnational and comparative topics. Contact: Gressel-Bacharan, gressel(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.fas.harvard.edu/~conih/ Sunday 3/15/2009 12:00p - 4:15p Somerville Climate Action Volunteer Day (Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave., Somerville, MA) "Sustainability Street Team II." Go door-to-door to communities in Somerville to spread awareness about simple home improvements to save money, energy, and (well, yes) the planet. Contact: sca.volunteer(a)gmail.com Monday 3/16/2009 11:30a 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: Mark Winkler, mwinkler(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html Tuesday 3/17/2009 12:00p - 1:00p Herbaria Seminar Series (Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA) "Tree herding at the Arnold Arboretum: Another paradigm in collections management." Michael Dosmann, Arnold Arboretum. Contact: Margaret Richards, prichards(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 496-8062 3:00p - 4:00p ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club (Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, 617-384-8398, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars... Wednesday 3/18/2009 10:30a - 12:00p Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series (Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA) "Russia." Fiona Hill, National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. Contact: americanprimacy(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617- 4:00p Green Conversations with Paul Ehrlich (Science Center D, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) A presentation by Paul Ehrlich 40 years after the publication of his controversial, "The Population Bomb." Followed by a discussion with Daniel Schrag, director of the HUCE. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University) "Climate Change, Consumption Smoothing, and Mortality in India." Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054 6:00p HMNH: New Directions in EcoPlanning Lecture Series (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Designing the Urban Ark: Biodiversity and the Future of Cities." Kristina Hill, Director of Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... 8:00p Environmental 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: Caitlin Rotman, caitlin.rotman(a)gmail.com Thursday 3/19/2009 6:30p - 8:00p Harvard Extension School Movie Night (51 Brattle St., Rm 421, Cambridge, MA) "King Corn." Contact: Julie Vallimont, julievallimont(a)gmail.com ---- 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. Feel free to distribute this email to your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around the community. ============================================== 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: Dreyfus Summer Fellowship for Excellence in Chemistry

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Undergraduates, FYI Alan Aspuru-Guzik (Sent from my mobile phone and might contain typos. Thanks for understanding.) Begin forwarded message: > From: "Dr. Gregg Tucci" <tucci(a)fas.harvard.edu> > Date: March 5, 2009 9:12:48 AM EST > To: all_faculty(a)chemistry.harvard.edu > Subject: Dreyfus Summer Fellowship for Excellence in Chemistry > > > Dear Colleagues, > > I just sent the following email on the the Dreyfus Summer Fellowship > for Excellence in Chemistry to every Chemistry concentrator. > > You may have students in your lab who are not chemistry > concentrators so please send along this information to them about > this fellowship: > > ----------- > To apply for the Dreyfus Summer Fellowship: > > Please submit the following to tucci(a)fas.harvard.edu as one PDF file > by March 31st. Have the word Dreyfus fellowship as your subject line > > 1. Research proposal 3-4 pages > > 2. Personal Statement, including long term career plans. > > 3. Unofficial copy of your transcript. > > Note you do NOT need a letter of recommendation but include the name > of your faculty sponsor as well as another reference from the > laboratory. > > --- > > all the best, > Gregg > > > ---------------- > Gregg Tucci > Co-Director Undergraduate Studies > Senior Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology > 617.496.4668 (p) > 617.495.1792 (f) > > > > > >

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] 4th Joint Theory Seminar

by Semion K Saikin

Dear All, The 4th Joint Theory Seminar will be held next Wednesday, March 11 at 4 p.m. in the Division Room, M102. Dr. Muyoung Heo and Dr. Jingshan Zhang of the Shakhnovch group will be presenting the joint talk: "B cell selection mechanisms during germinal center reaction" Thank you, Semion ******************************************** Semion K. Saikin, Ph.D. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 email: saykin(a)fas.harvard.edu phone: (619)212-6649 ********************************************

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Banana bread by the printer

by Leslie Vogt

Please help yourselves! Leslie

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] REPLY IF INTERESTED: talk on Quantum walks?

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear group, Ivan is going to give a introductory talk on quantum walks. Please let me know if you will attend. I need to find a time who fits everybody interested and most likely it won't be on a group meeting slot. So, please reply by this Friday the latest if interested. Read below the description directly from Ivan: "Mike Stopa said two weeks ago that would be interested in hearing a talk about quantum walks on graphs. If you'd like, I could give one, in a format similar to that of my last group meeting. It would cover such things as what a quantum walk is, but probably mostly focus on that important paper by Childs and the MIT crowd showing an exponential speedup when two binary trees are joined by a random cycle at the leaves." Cheers, -A -- 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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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Pasta salad in M110

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

Hi There's lots of pasta salad in M110! Roberto

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: CANCELLED: Lecture by Eric Kandel, Nobel Laureate

by James D Whitfield

James D Whitfield Aspuru-Guzik Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University tel: 301-520-7847 web: aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/people/James_Whitfield ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: HILS <hils(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 8:55 AM Subject: CANCELLED: Lecture by Eric Kandel, Nobel Laureate To: Cc: martine_severin(a)harvard.edu Due to local weather conditions, Eric Kandel's lecture "Molecular Biology of Memory Storage and the Biological Basis of Individuality" originally scheduled for Monday, March 2nd, has been *CANCELLED*. This event will be rescheduled for a later date. We will notify you as soon as a new date has been confirmed. For more information about the Center on the Developing Child's Distinguished Scholars Lecture Series, please visit: http://www.developingchild.harvard.edu/content/lectures.html<http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102482823601&e=001BH91Zw1noDzOVHAyjgkSNwdoaGu40wU…> We apologize for the inconvenience.

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