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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Update April 23 - May 7

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Wednesday, April 29: Anthony Barnoksy discusses how global warming is fundamentally changing the natural world and its creatures, the topic of his new work -- Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming. In this final Green Conversations event this spring semester, Barnosky is joined by Charles Marshall, Harvard EPS and OEB professor. Friday, May 1: John Briscoe, former UN country director for Brazil and newly appointed Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and School of Public Health presents "The Challenges of Water Management in an Arid Environment." April 25 - May 3: Be sure to attend one of the many events of the Cambridge Science Festival that showcase Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science, technology, engineering and math. Calendar Listings: Today 4/23/2009 4:00p - 5:00p OEB Seminar Series (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "Mechanisms of convergent evolution of sex determination." Eric Haag, University of Maryland Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, (617) 495-5891 4:30p Seminar on the Global Burden of Disease Due to Air Pollution (HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA) "The Global Burden of Disease Due to Air Pollution: current estimates, policy responses, and research needs." With Aaron Cohen, Health Effects Institute, Harvard; and Michael Brauer, University of British Columbia. Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 Friday 4/24/2009 8:00a - 5:00p Ministry for Earth Community (Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis St., Cambridge, MA) A one-day conference on the implications of ecology for the practice of ministry. Contact: pgriffin(a)hds.harvard.edu 9:30a - 7:45p MIT Sustainability Summit (Walker Memorial, Building 50-142, Memorial Dr., Cambridge, MA) "Discovering New Dimensions for Growth" The MIT Sustainability Summit brings together students, business leaders, academics, environmental activists, and public servants on issues of sustainabilty. Contact: sustainabilitysummit.mit.edu/ 11:00a - 4:00p Go Green Walk/Ride Day and Care for the Square Party (Winthrop Park and Winthrop Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA) Our local Harvard Square Businesses and Zipcar our Event Sponsor have come together to celebrate a day of music, healthy food samples, information about "Going Green and Saving Green." Contact: www.harvardsquare.com/Home/Articles/G... 2:30p - 4:30p MIT Seminar on Environmetnal and Agricultural History (Building E51, Room 095, MIT, Cambridge, MA) "Woodlands, Meadows and a NATO Training Ground: Dioxin as Denouement." Joy Parr, Canada Research Chair, Technology, Culture and Risk, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario. Contact: Margo Collett, mcollett(a)mit.edu 4:00p EPS Dissertation Defense (Haller Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "The Global Carbon Cycle on Geologic Timescales: Insights from Magnesium Isotopes and Numerical Models." John Higgins. Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu 7:00p Harvard College Human Rights Advocates Spring 2009 Discussion Series (Lowell Coolidge Room, Lowell House, 10 Holoyoke Pl., Cambridge, MA) "Climate Change Diplomacy: Exploring the Issues at Stake in Africa." Alexis Rwabizambugaon, Weatherhead Center Fellow. Saturday 4/25/2009 9:00a - 12:00p Charles River Clean-up (Charles River, Greenough Blvd. Park, Watertown, MA ) Contact: cadelallo(a)yahoo.com , 617-417-2929, maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=... 9:00a Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations around Cambridge and Boston, MA) A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Through May 3. Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... 11:00a - 3:00p Earth Day Celebration (MAC Quad, Harvard Campus, Cambridge) Features live music, games, activities, student group booths, free local ice cream, t-shirts, and much more! Contact: barb.beaudoin(a)gmail.com Sunday 4/26/2009 5:00p Boston Independent Film Festival Screening (Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA) Screening of "Food, Inc." Director Robert Kenner connects with Fast Food Nation author Eric Schlosser for a critical look at the agricultural industry. Contact: iffboston.bside.com/2009/films/foodin... Monday 4/27/2009 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/ 1:30p EPS Dissertation Defense (Haller Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Stable Isotopes in Neoproterozoic and Early Paleozoic Earth History: Correlation and Climate." David Jones Refreshments to follow in the Student Lounge, Hoffman 4th floor Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu 4:00p EPS Spring Colloquium (Haller Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "High-pressure neutron-diffraction studies of planetary ices." Dominic Fortes, University College London. Contact: Ganna Savostyanova, savosty(a)fas.harvard.edu 5:30p Energy Challenges (Cabot 206, Tufts University Fletcher School, 170 Packard Ave, Medford, MA) Adrian Loader, chairman of Candax Energy and former senior executive at Shell Energy, will present an informal, free ranging lecture that will consider energy challenges. Contact: Siobhan Epson, 617-627-4417, https://tuftsfletcher-csm.symplicity.... Tuesday 4/28/2009 11:30a Pardee House Seminar (Pardee House, 67 Bay State Road, Boston, MA) "Future Challenges: Can We Afford the Future? Economics for a Warming Globe." Dr. Frank Ackerman of Tufts University and Dr. Kevin Gallagher of Boston University Contact: www.bu.edu/pardee/news-events/ 12:00p Herbaria Seminar Series (Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA) Dr. Abena Dove Osseo-Asare (UC Berkeley/visiting scholar). Contact: www.huh.harvard.edu/seminar_series/ 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... 3:30p Society for Risk Analysis Seminar (Harvard School of Public Health in the Kresge Building, Room G-2, Boston, MA) "Climate Change in a Risk Assessment Management Framework." Featuring two presentations. Contact: jilevy(a)hsph.harvard.edu, www.sra-ne.org/seminar.htm 4:00p Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar (Haller Hall, Room 102, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Assessing Integration and Regulation in Ancient Developmental Systems: Examples from Trilobites." Mark Webster, University of Chicago. Contact: ehap.seminar(a)gmail.com 7:00p HMNH Special Performance (HMNH, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "The Origin Cycle." Classical Music Performance by the Firebird Ensemble and Soprano Jane Sheldon celebrating Charles Darwin. Contact: 617.496.2222 Wednesday 4/29/2009 10:30a - 12:00p Geopolitics of Energy Seminar Series (Land Lecture Hall, 4th Floor Belfer Building, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "Geopolitics of Energy: Looking Forward." Llewelyn Hughes, Research Fellow, Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard's Kennedy School. Contact: bcsia_ksg(a)harvard.edu 4:00p - 5:30p Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Littaur-382, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "Environmental Accounting: Methods with an Application to the U.S. Economy." Nicholas Muller, Middlebury College, William Nordhaus, and Robert Mendelsohn, Yale University. Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617-496-8054 5:00p Green Conversations with Anthony Barnosky (Haller Hall, Geological Museum, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) Author of "Heatstroke: Nature in an Age of Global Warming" and Professor at Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley. Joined by Charles Marshall (OEB, EPS, MCZ). Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883 6:00p JFK Institute of Politics Forum (Insititute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School, JFK School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) "The Need to Transform America's Education, Healthcare and Energy Systems." The Honorable Tim Pawlenty, Governor of Minnesota. Contact: www.iop.harvard.edu/Events-Meetings/J... 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 Friday 5/1/2009 10:30a OEB Special Seminar (Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA) "Life in the Crust of the Ocean: Exploring Microbial Activity and Diversity in Basalts." Beth! Orcutt, The University of Southern California. Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu 11:00a Harvard Forest Seminar Series (Seminar Room at Shaler Hall, Harvard Forest, 324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA) "Using spatial models to support landscape management." Eric Gustafson, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station. Contact: Audry Barker Plotkin, aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu, harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/researc... 1:00p The Role of the Private Sector in Combating Climate Change (Littauer 275, Harvard Kennedy School, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA) A discussion with Jonas Mechling, research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Contact: www.iop.harvard.edu/Events-Meetings/S... 2:00p - 3:00p Sustainable Energy Summit at U-Mass Amherst (Campus Center, UMass, Amherst, MA) UMass Amherst is partnering with Co-op Power to host the fifth annual Sustainable Energy Summit this year at the Campus Center. Contact: www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=o6MBQV... 5:00p The Challenges of Water Management in an Arid Environment (Thompson Room, Barker Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA) Speaker: John Briscoe, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering, Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and School of Public Health. Contact: Andrea Murray, aemurray(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:00p Harvard Museum of Natural History Lecture Series (Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) Lecture by Peter Raven, world-renowned botanist and Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_spe... Saturday 5/2/2009 2:00p - 3:00p Sustainable Energy Summit at U-Mass Amherst (Campus Center, UMass, Amherst, MA) UMass Amherst is partnering with Co-op Power to host the fifth annual Sustainable Energy Summit this year at the Campus Center. Contact: www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=o6MBQV... Sunday 5/3/2009 9:00a Final Day of the Cambridge Science Festival (Various locations around Cambridge and Boston, MA) A celebration showcasing Cambridge as an internationally recognized leader in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Contact: www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home... Monday 5/4/2009 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/ 1:00p - 6:00p Stimulating Energy: Future Impacts of a Low-Carbon Energy Sector on the American Economy (Maxwell/Dworkin Lessin Room, G115, 33 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA) A half day conference intended to address the effectiveness of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act at stimulating a low carbon energy sector. Contact: Kate Dennis, kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/heec/conf_framese... Tuesday 5/5/2009 9:30a - 11:00a Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series (Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369, 79 JFK St., Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA) "Coal Supply and Cost Under Technological and Environmental Uncertainty." Melissa Chan, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy. Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, (617) 496-5584, www.belfercenter.org/energy 4:15p MIT Energy Initiative Seminar Series (MIT Building 66, Room 110, Cambridge, MA) "Meeting U.S. Energy and Climate Challenges with Rational Policy." Severin Borenstein, E.T. Grether Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Contact: web.mit.edu/mitei/news/seminars/ Wednesday 5/6/2009 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 ============================================== 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.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=5… 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://forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=7bd4adc… Update your profile: http://harvard.list-manage.com/profile?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=5bea9…

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Solvay Conference Pictures

by Cesar Rodriguez

Aspurians: I updated the picture on the website already http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/siteedit/People/ And have more pictures of better resolution here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdogpirate/3466551966/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdogpirate/3465737107/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdogpirate/3466551306/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/cdogpirate/3465736767/sizes/l/ I love the picture in which Alejandro is holding Alan's hat. Cesar -- Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Box#34 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA rodriguez(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Group Picture Reminder (bring clothes)

by Cesar Rodriguez

Dear group, Tomorrow (Wednesday 22) we will take the group picture inspired by the Solvay conference: http://quotationsbook.com/assets/shared/img/2256/Solvay_conference_1930.jpg http://www3.telus.net/ion_physics/HtimsKrik//gallery/550px-Solvay_conferenc… Please, bring clothes for it: Ties, long sleve shirts, a suit, nice jackets, fake mustache, vest, bowtie, ANYTHING that could be used for the picture. Bring whatevever you can find, if you don't use it, chances are someone else might. I'll bring my camera an tripod, and will then edit the picture to make it look old. I propose we aim for taking the picture at noon. Cesar -- Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Box#34 12 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA rodriguez(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [theochem-announce] Lecture today: Edward Valeev

by Seth Difley

Please take note of the Theochem lecture this Wednesday. Title-- Recent advances in explicitly-correlated electronic structure methods Speaker-- Edward Valeev (Virginia Tech) http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-dept/valeev Time-- Wed, Apr 22, 2009 4PM Place-- MIT (24-121) http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=24-121 More Information-- http://people.bu.edu/theochem _______________________________________________ theochem-announce mailing list theochem-announce(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/theochem-announce

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [iic-colloquium] IIC Colloquium -REMINDER - Christine Borgman, Today at 4:00pm; Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet

by Pavlos Protopapas

*Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet* April 22, 2009; 4:00pm 60 Oxford Street, Room 330 Christine Borgman, Professor & Presidential Chair in Information Studies, Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles Abstract Scholarship in the digital age is characterized by data-intensive, information-intensive, distributed, interdisciplinary, collaborative research. Scholars in all fields are taking advantage of new sources of data and new means to publish and distribute their work online. Content in digital form, whether text from digitized books or data from embedded sensor networks, can be mined to ask new questions, in new ways. However, the practices, products, and sources of data vary widely between disciplines. Some fields are more advantaged than others by the array of content now online and by the tools and services available to use it. As readers, scientists have access to the greatest depth of their literature online, but their use is most concentrated on recent publications. Conversely, humanists’ reading habits cover the longest time span of publications, yet they have the least depth of coverage online. As researchers, scientists generate most of the data they use, while humanists draw heavily on cultural artifacts and other sources that they neither own nor control. Social scientists occupy the midpoint on both of these dimensions. This talk will provide an overview of new developments in scholarly information infrastructure, focusing on policy and practice issues in scientific data, drawn from the author’s recent book of this title. The intersection of digital scholarship and cyberlearning also will be addressed briefly, drawn from the NSF Task Force Report, Fostering Learning in the Networked World. Bio Christine L. Borgman is Professor and Presidential Chair in Information Studies at UCLA. She is the author of more than 180 publications in the fields of information studies, computer science, and communication. Both of her sole-authored monographs, Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet (MIT Press, 2007) and >From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in a Networked World (MIT Press, 2000), won the Best Information Science book of the year award from the American Society for Information Science and Technology. She is a lead investigator for the Center for Embedded Networked Systems (CENS), a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center, where she conducts data practices research. She chaired the Task Force on Cyberlearning for the NSF, whose report was released in July, 2008. Prof. Borgman is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the US National Academies’ Board on Research Data and Information. --------------- For more information about IIC colloquia and other events : http://iic.harvard.edu/events/upcoming If you would like to subscribe to our listserv for announcements of IIC colloquia and workshops, or if you would like to be removed from the list, please contact Helene Tingle Uysal, helene_tingle(a)harvard.edu. --------- Pavlos Protopapas _______________________________________________ iic-colloquium mailing list iic-colloquium(a)calists.harvard.edu http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-colloquium

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Celebrate Earth Day! Today at 5 pm: Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change

by Center for the Environment

Celebrate Earth Day with the Harvard Center for the Environment! Join us at the final Spring 2009 lecture in series on Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change: Aaron Ellison Senior Research Fellow in Ecology at the Harvard Forest _ "Assembling and Restoring Ecosystems in a Rapidly Changing World" TODAY 5:00 pm Harvard University Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall 7 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA This Earth Day talk addresses the challenges that global change, loss of ecological knowledge, and the inherent complexity of ecological systems present for rehabilitating, rebuilding, and restoring ecosystems. In the 39 years since the first Earth Day, many ecological systems that provide crucial ecosystem services for humanity are nearing or have now past their tipping points into novel and often unexpected states. Those working to rehabilitate or restore ecological systems often have incomplete data, fail to account for complex, non-linear interactions or food web structure, and do not plan for ongoing climatic change. Using examples from his own research on forest decline in New England (e.g., past loss of chestnut because of chestnut blight; ongoing loss of hemlock because of the hemlock woolly adelgid) and food web assembly in the small aquatic ecosystems that can be found inside of carnivorous pitcher plants, Aaron Ellison suggests possible avenues for improving our understanding of ecological systems so that restoration programs have higher likelihoods of success in our rapidly changing world. Aaron Ellison is the Senior Research Fellow in Ecology at the Harvard Forest, and an Adjunct Research Professor in Biology at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He received his B.A. in East Asian Philosophy from Yale University in 1982 and his Ph.D. in Evolutionary Ecology from Brown University in 1986. After post-doctoral positions at Cornell and with the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, Aaron taught for year at Swarthmore College before moving to Mount Holyoke College in 1990, where he taught biology, environmental studies, and statistics until 2001. Following a sabbatical year at Harvard in 2001-2002, Aaron assumed his current position at the Harvard Forest, Harvard’s 3500-acre outdoor classroom and laboratory for ecological research. There, he studies food web dynamics and community ecology of wetlands and forests, evolutionary ecology of carnivorous plants, the response of plants and ants to global climate change, and the application of Bayesian statistical inference to ecological research and environmental decision-making. The Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. This lecture is free and open to the public. Reception to follow! Contact: Lisa Matthews Events Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu p. 617-495-8883 f. 617-496-0425 ============================================== 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.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=5… 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://forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=b48c1ad… Update your profile: http://harvard.list-manage.com/profile?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=5bea9…

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] meeting with Harry Atwater, tomorrow April 23, 10:30 am

by Semion K Saikin

Dear Group, This is a reminder that tomorrow April 23 at 10:30 am we have a meeting with Prof. Harry Atwater. It will be in the lobby area in front of Alan's office. Welcome to join! Semion ******************************************** Semion K. Saikin 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] Accomodation for the conference in Helsinki

by Dmitrij Rappoport

Helsinki travellers: I just got an answer from the ICQC organizers that there are still some vacancies in the Hostel Academica. Double rooms are 69 €/night from June 21 -- June 28, see below. They asked to book as soon as possible so I'd like to coordinate how many rooms we need and if possible finalize the bookings today. Please let me know if I should book a room for you in Hostel Academica and for how many days/nights. Thank you, Dmitrij ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ICQC 2009 <icqc2009(a)tavicon.fi> Date: Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 2:14 AM Subject: Re: Vacancies in Hostel Academica for ICQC To: Dmitrij Rappoport <rappoport(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Dear Dr. Rappoport, Sorry for the delay in answering your message. At the moment there are only double rooms left in hostel Academica. The double room price is 69.00 € per night and we can offer you accommodation 21 - 28 June. Kindly let us know the soonest your convenience if you wish us to book a double room and for which period of time. If you wish to pay for your accommodation by your credit card, we would need the following information: - card number - card holder's name - expiry date - amount to be charged BY FAX (+358 3 233 0444) and by e-mail the cvc-number from the back of your card. Looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Tiia Kukkonen -- T A V I Tavicon Oy Tiia Kukkonen Project Secretary Papinkatu 21 FI-33200 TAMPERE Tel. + 358 3 233 0422 Fax + 358 3 233 0444 secretaty(a)tavicon.fi www.tavicon.fi On 7.4.2009 17:16, "Dmitrij Rappoport" <rappoport(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> wrote: > Dear Sir or Madam, > > I would like to inquire if there are still any vacancies left in the > Hostel Academica for the duration of the ICQC conference. I realize that > it is rather late but I wanted to be sure about that. > Thank you very much for your assistance. > Sincerely, > Dmitrij Rappoport -- --------------------------------------------- Dr. Dmitrij Rappoport Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 phone: (617) 496 3388 fax: (617) 496 9411 email: rappoport(a)chemistry.harvard.edu --------------------------------------------

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Valeev dinner this Wednesday

by Leslie Vogt

Hi everyone, It turns out that we also have spots available for dinner on Wednesday evening, after the seminar. If anyone is interested, please email me ASAP. Brian, can you forward this to the Heller group people? Thanks, Leslie -- Leslie Vogt Aspuru-Guzik Group Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Excitonics Seminar - Prof. Leonid V. Butov - April 22

by rtavilla＠rle.mit.edu

Center for Excitonics Seminar Series Announcement The Center for Excitonics (http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics) invites you to join us at the next seminar of the 2009 series. Please forward this information on to others who might be interested in attending this and other seminars. Title: Indirect Excitonics Presenter: Prof. Leonid V. Butov Organization: Department of Physics University of California, San Diego Date: April 22, 2009 Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm Place: 36-428 Refreshments: Yes URL: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/butov-042209.html Abstract Bound electron-hole pairs - excitons - are light Bose particles. They have a relatively high temperature of quantum degeneracy of the order of a few Kelvin. Indirect excitons in coupled quantum wells have long lifetimes and can cool down to temperatures well below 1 Kelvin. This gives an opportunity to study cold exciton gases. We will present studies of pattern formation, coherence and condensation in cold exciton gases. The indirect excitons are dipoles and their energy can be controlled by voltage. This gives an opportunity to build devices, which operate with excitons in place of electrons. We will present control of exciton fluxes in excitonic circuits. The energy control by voltage also gives an opportunity to create a variety of potential profiles for the indirect excitons and use them as a tool for studying the physics of excitons. We will present studies of cold excitons in traps and lattices. Bio Professional Preparation Postdoctoral Institution: Walter Schottky Institute, Garching, Germany, Physics, 1992-1993. Advisor Gerhard Abstreiter. Graduate Institution: Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Physics, Ph.D. 1991, Ph.D. thesis on Many-body effects in neutral magnetoplasma in InGaAs quantum wells. Advisor Vladimir Kulakovskii Undergraduate Institution: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Physics, Diploma 1987, Diploma thesis on DX centers in AlGaAs. Advisor Vladimir Kulakovskii. Appointments Since 2003 Professor of Physics, University of California San Diego 2001 - 2003 Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 2001 Special Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 1997 Distinguished Visitor at the Center for Quantized Electronic Structures, UC Santa Barbara 1992-1993 Karpinski Prize Fellow, Walter Schottky Institute, Germany 1991-1992 & 1993-2000 Research Scientist, then Senior Research Scientist, then Leading Research Scientist, Doctor of Sciences, Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences

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