Hi all,
As part of the theochem series, we have Neepa Maitra
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/physics/faculty/maitra/home
speaking at MIT on Wednesday from 4 to 6. Her area of expertise is TDDFT.
Details about the location will be sent soon.
We have time to meet with her from 2:45 to 4 pm tomorrow Tuesday here in
Harvard Chemistry. Please let me know if you're interested in meeting her.
Best,
--
Joel Yuen-Zhou
PhD candidate in Chemical Physics
Harvard University CCB,
12 Oxford St. Mailbox 107,
Cambridge, MA, USA.
Ecological studies are the bridge that link biodiversity and global change issues. Please join us at the Harvard University Center for the Environment and Bank of America series on
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
"Biological Networks and the Scaling of Plant Form, Function, Diversity, and Ecology"
Brian J. Enquist, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona and The Santa Fe Institute
TODAY
5:00 pm
Biolabs Lecture Hall
Harvard University
16 Divinity Ave
Cambridge, MA
Ecology needs a predictive theoretical framework to understand and integrate how plants and ecosystems respond in changing world. However, is it possible to predict attributes of plant function, diversity, or even ecosystem performance from more general first principles? I will discuss new insights from Metabolic Scaling Theory (MST). MST is based on how the geometry of vascular networks underlies individual-level scaling relations for how plants use resources, fill space, and grow. The theory invokes a few key principles: space-filling, biomechanics, and minimization of resource transport costs within hierarchical vascular networks. MST postulates that these principles have primarily shaped the evolution of plant form, function, diversity, and ecology. Recent applications include linking how key functional traits interact to regulate variation in relative growth rates, leaf functioning, and how functional traits covary with each other. These then scale up to determine emergent properties in ecology and the functional trade-off axes that help define plant diversity. Lastly, this talk will also show how functional diversity in plants can then be ‘scaled up’ to predict emergent scaling behavior across diverse forests, including size-frequency distributions, spacing relations, canopy configurations, mortality rates, population dynamics, successional dynamics, and resource flux rates. The theory uniquely makes quantitative predictions for both leaf-level and forest-level scaling exponents and normalizations. A major strength of the theory is that it endeavors to explain a lot with a little. MST is based on a small number of principles and parameters but it makes many quantitative predictions and unifies diverse features of (i) the structure and function of plants; and (ii) plant ecology, community ecology, and ecosystem dynamics.
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. The lecture will be followed by a reception.
Contact:
Lisa Matthews
Events Coordinator
Harvard University Center for the Environment
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Dear group members,
This is Solvay update 2.
Perhaps the most memorable conference I have been has been this Solvay
conference. It was a great experience and there was a lot of comradely. I
learned a lot about many things and had the opportunity of meeting closely
many people. For example, the group had had impressions that Ronnie Kosloff
was critical of us: On the other hand, he was explaining quantum process
tomography at lunch to Ratner. Akihito Ishizaki is anxious and wants to
learn more about the Stochastic Schrodinger Equation, and Graham Fleming was
asking about molecular dynamics. People agreed that our measure of
contributions is basis-independent and therefore has an intrinsic advantage.
So overall, I think we did well as a group and I did well presenting our
ideas. I tried to thank you publicly and also thank you over e-mail because
without you I could not have been here :)
So the report for those that helped me do slides at the last minute: Your
efforts were worth: There was stimulating discussion on all three subjects.
There were some technical questions that I learned how to EXPLAIN better (I
answered correctly but found new ways of explaining) that I will tell you
guys in person. Scientifically, no surprises, most people were reviewing
their work.
The final challenge (and only one) that Graham Fleming posed to all of us,
is to find out how quantum information theory can help understand
photosynthesis (for the theoreticians) and how experimentalists can do
better experiments to extract more information (e.g. vibrational modes).
I attach the Solvay picture :) I got to be behind Rudy Marcus, which is
great. Next to my amigo Keith Nelson and Mino Cho.
I come back with more energy and excited to be working with you all!
Best,
Alan
Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate 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
Dear Group,
Potosi has suffered a catastrophic hd failure a short while ago. All
attempts from FAS-IT to revive the drive have failed. There is the option to
send it out and have professionals work on it. We are currently getting a
quote for that.
Since a lot of people had accounts and data on the machine, we wanted to get
feedback on how valuable it actually was and if a recovery would be worth
it.
Now is the time to speak up!
Best
Johannes
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Dr. Johannes Hachmann
Postdoctoral Fellow
Aspuru-Guzik Research Group
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford St, Rm M104A
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
eMail: jh(a)chemistry.harvard.edu
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I need help at the loading dock. 800 pounds of nodes just arrived and the truck lift can't accommodate the palette. I think we have to take it apart and its 80 pounds a box which I can't lift myself. Come to loading dock. Please!
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Dear group people,
I made an apple pie and I would like to share it with you.
Bring your own fork and pie-holding object (I have no plates, sorry) to the
lounge space to claim a piece!
Leslie
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Aspuru-Guzik Group
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
Highlights:
October 18: The series on Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change continues with a talk by Brian Enquist, University of Arizona, "Biological Networks and the Scaling of Plant Form, Function, Diversity, and Ecology."
October 19: Join HUCE at a special seminar by Stefan Rahmstorf, Head of Earth System Analysis at the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor of Physics of the Oceans, Potsdam University and one of the lead authors of the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC to discuss "Sea Level Rise."
October 20: STP Crossroads hosts a network gathering to bring together student groups in the Boston area committed to the intersection of the science, technology and policy (STP) communities.
Calendar Listings:
October 14, 2010
3:30pm China Project Seminar
Pierce Hall 100F 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA
J. William Munger, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
"CO2 and its Correlation with CO at a Rural Site Near Beijing: Implications for Combustion Efficiency in China."
http://chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminar%20folder/seminar/Munger101014
Contact Name: Chris Nielsen nielsen2(a)fas.harvard.edu
5:00pm - 7:00pm DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program Seminar: Law & Development in Brazil
Pound 213, Harvard Law School 1563 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
Professor Judith Tendler from MIT, Professor Luciana Cunha from FGV, Fabio de Sá e Silva from IPEA, and David Trubek from Wisconsin (who works with ABDI and FGV) will discuss some development initiatives in an informal roundtable.
plpevents(a)law.harvard.edu
6:00pm MSI Seminar
Harvard Center for the Environment Room 310, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge
Deb Hung, Harvard Medical School. "Do we understand multi-drug resistance in Mycobacteria?"
Please join us for a wine and cheese reception at 5:30 pm
October 15, 2010
10:00am - 12:30pm Energy, Society, and Culture Seminar
Boston University School of Management Room 424, 595 Commonwealth Ave.
To register, please send an email to pardee(a)bu.edu
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/research/sawyer-energy-transitions/
Contact Name: Rania Ghosn rghosn(a)gmail.com
10:00am - 12:30pm Sawyer Seminar Series on Energy Transitions and Society
Boston University School of Management Room 424 595 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA
"Sawyer Seminar 2: Energy, Society and Culture". Speakers: Laura Nader (Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley), Peter Shulman, (History, Case Western Reserve University), James McCann
(History, Boston University). Seating is limited. Registration required.
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/research/sawyer-energy-transitions/
pardee(a)bu.edu
5:30pm - 9:30pm MIT Energy Night
MIT Museum Cambridge, MA
The event includes presenters conducting research or work in the field of energy, both here at MIT and within surrounding local businesses and firms.
energynight(a)mit.edu
October 16, 2010
12:00pm - 3:00pm Community Garden Harvest Festival
Harvard Community Garden 47 Holyoke Place, Cambridge, MA
Come celebrate the end of a successful first growing season with us. We'll be saying goodbye to summer growing (and the last of the tomatoes) with music, chef demos, cider pressing, pumpkin carving, and more.
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/section/calendar/gazette-calendar/?trumbaEm…...
Contact Name: Colin Durrant colin_durrant(a)harvard.edu
October 18, 2010 - October 19, 2010
Symposium: Transatlantic Perceptions of Climate Change: The Role of the Arts and Media
Boston University 595 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA
This symposium aims to examine the shaping of perceptions of climate change within Europe and the United States, and ask: ‘what is the role of the media and the arts in determining this perception and enabling an appropriate response to climate change?’ Free and open to the public but registration is required.
http://www.bu.edu/pardee/research/arts-media-and-climate-change/
October 18, 2010
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:00pm MCZ Lunchtime Seminar
MCZ 101 Seminar Room 26 Oxford Street
Rowan Barrett, Postdoctoral Fellow, MCZ, Hoekstra Lab. "The Genetics of Adaptation to Freshwater in Stickleback"
Contact Name: Catherine Weisel cweisel(a)oeb.harvard.edu T. (617) 495-2460
12:00 -1:15pm Ecology Journal Club
Special guest: Brian J. Enquist. Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu
12:30pm Tufts Energy and Climate Policy Research Seminar
Tisch Library, Room 304 Tufts University
Catherine Wolfram, University of California Berkeley, Haas School of Business. "Sustainable Development? Rising incomes in developing countries and the acquisition of energy-using household Contact Name: Jacqueline M. Deelstra Jacqueline.Deelstra(a)tufts.edu
appliances"
1:15pm - 2:45pm United Nations University Worldwide in NY Series Presents: "Climate Change and Low Income Countries"
Online Webinar. Office, Conference Room 7, Temporary North Lawn Building (TNLB), UN Headquarters, New York
Speaker: Channing Arndt, External Project Director of the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) project Development under Climate Change; University of Copenhagen
http://www.ony.unu.edu/events-forums/new/WWNY/2010/climate-change-and-low-i…...
Contact Name: Na Yan nayan(a)unu.edu 212.963.6387
4:00pm - 6:00pm Cultural Intelligence and Environmental Sustainability in the UAE
Thompson Room of the Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street
Speaker: Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Ali Al Nuaimi, a member of the ruling family of the Emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates and infamously known as the "Green Sheikh."
http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/node/2142
Contact Name: Jascha Smilak smilack(a)fas.harvard.edu
4:00pm Fall EPS Colloquium
Haller Hall (Geo-Museum 102) 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA
Tom Johnson, University of Minnesota. Host: Dan Schrag
Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu
5:00pm - 6:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology & Global Change: Brian Enquist
Biolabs Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
Brian Enquist, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona.
"Biological Networks and the Scaling of Plant Form, Function, Diversity, and Ecology"
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
October 19, 2010
7:30am - 9:30am Environmental Business Council Forum
http://www.ebcne.org/index.php?id=77&no_cache=1&tx_ciceventscalendar_pi1[si…...
Contact Name: Megan Curtis-Murphy mcurtismurphy(a)ebcne.org 617-505-1818
Saltonstall Building, Room B & C - Second Floor, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston MA 02114
"Water Resource Forum: A Series on Sustainable Water Resource Management"
Senator Jamie Eldridge, Chair, Water Infrastructure Finance Commission and Representative Carolyn Dykema, House Appointee, Water Infrastructure Finance Commission. There is no charge to attend this event. All are welcome.
2:30pm - 4:00pm Energy Policy Seminar Series
Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Joseph Cullen, HUCE Fellow. "Environmental Regulation in Electricity Markets"
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/events.html
Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu (617) 495-8693
3:00pm Sea Level Rise
Haller Hall - Geo Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA
A Special HUCE Seminar with Stefan Rahmstorf, Head of Earth System Analysis at the Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor of Physics of the Oceans, Potsdam University. Rahmstorf is one of the lead authors of the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC and also the co-founder and regular contributor to the website realclimate.org.
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883
4:00pm Industry Insiders: A Panel Presentation on Careers in Sustainability
51 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA
Panelists discuss the economic, environmental, and financial aspects of a career in sustainability, as well as insights and anticipated trends within the industry. Walk away knowing how to position yourself in this highly growing field.
6:00pm Students for a Just and Sustainable Future Meeting
Harvard Square
Join the Conservation Law Foundation, the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, and Students for a Just and Stable Future in legal work and community outreach to mobilize against the Dominion Coal plant in Salem, MA. Contact: Sam Akiha snakiha(a)gmail.com
October 20, 2010
11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series / Hrdy Lecture
Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA
Per Jakob Palsbøll, Sarah and Daniel Hrdy Visiting Fellow, Stockholm University.
"Population genetic methods in ecology and conservation: issues and solutions."
Contact Name: Jeannette Everritt jeverritt(a)oeb.harvard.edu
4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Contact Name: Jason Chapman Jason_Chapman(a)harvard.edu 617-496-8054
Harvard Kennedy School Room L-382 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Meghan Busse, Northwestern University, Christopher Knittel, University of California, Davis, and Florian Zettelmeyer, Northwestern University. "Pain at the Pump: The Effect of Gasoline Prices on New and Used Automobile Markets."
7:00pm - 9:00pm Boston-wide Science & Technology Policy mixer
Dudley House, Harvard Yard
STP Crossroads is a network of student groups in the Boston area committed to the intersection of the science, technology and policy (STP) communities. Our primary goal is to bring together those groups, foster connections between them, and encourage the Boston STP community to become more open, visible, and cooperative. For more information about STP Crossroads, or to RSVP for the mixer (not required, but suggested), please visit www.stpcrossroads.org.
Contact Name: Alison Hill alhill(a)fas.harvard.edu
8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting
Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA
The best way to get involved with the EAC is to attend the general meetings. Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu
October 21, 2010
4:00pm Dudley Herschbach Teach/Scientist Lecture
Sever Hall
This fall, the Dudley Herschbach Teacher/Scientist Lecture series features Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief of Science and past president of the National Academy of Sciences, with an introduction by Drew Faust. Dr. Alberts’ talk is titled "Why Harvard Needs to Lead a Redefinition of Science Education."
Contact Name: Office of Undergraduate Education undergrd(a)fas.harvard.edu 617-495-0450
October 22, 2010 - October 23, 2010
HBS Energy Symposium
Harvard Business School Soldiers Field Boston, Massachusetts
Join us in welcoming 40 leaders to HBS to debate this year’s conference theme, "Changing the Balance: Our Energy Future." This insightful, two-day event promises to broaden and deepen your understanding of the energy sector and is a must for those considering a career in the field.
http://hbsenergysymposium.com/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
October 22, 2010
8:30am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk
HUCE Room 310, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge
Will Harcombe (FAS-OEB) "The evolution of social interactions in a model microbial community"
October 25, 2010
Student Sustainability Grant Applications Due
Contact Name: Rachel Johnson sustainability(a)harvard.edu 407.701.4357
The Harvard Office for Sustainability is now accepting Student Grant applications for projects that reduce waste, cut energy use, promote sustainability in student life, and create a healthier and more environmentally friendly campus.
http://www.green.harvard.edu/grants
11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/
Contact Name: Kate Dennis kdennis(a)fas.harvard.edu
3:00pm - 4:30pm ClimaTea
HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St., 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Visit the Climatea website for updates and topics of discussion.
http://www.deas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html
Contact Name: Sierra Petersen speters(a)fas.harvard.edu
October 27, 2010
8:00am - 10:00am New England Clean Energy Council Finance Series
Goodwin Procter Conference Center 53 State Street Boston, MA
The ownership structure of clean energy projects involve tax, legal, and due diligence considerations. Is it better to structure your project as a partnership, lease, or sale or to seek VC financing? Eexperts discuss the various components that a project manager should consider when structuring a new deal.
http://financeseries2.eventbrite.com/
Contact Name: Melissa Rick mrick(a)cleanenergycouncil.org
4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Harvard Kennedy School Room L-382 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Kelsey Jack, MIT. "Allocation in Environmental Markets: A Field Experiment in
Malawi."
Contact Name: Jason Chapman jason_chapman(a)harvard.edu 617-496-8054
8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting
Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA
The best way to get involved with the EAC is to attend the general meetings. Everyone interested in learning about the EAC and/or learning how to help make a difference for the environment is welcome.
http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~eac/
Contact Name: Jackson Salovaara jsalov(a)fas.harvard.edu
October 28, 2010
11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club
HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm
Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu
6:00pm "Global Water & Food Security: A New Role for the Private Sector" with Nestlé Chairman Peter Brabeck
Contact Name: Lisa Matthews 617.495.8883 lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu
Harvard Kennedy School Starr Auditorium
Mr. Brabeck joined Nestlé in 1968, and has since held leadership positions in a variety of countries across the globe. He was named CEO in 1997 and elected Chairman in 2005. In 2008 he handed over the office as CEO to his successor. Under Mr. Brabeck’s leadership, Nestlé has grown into the world’s leading health, wellness and nutrition company. Mr. Brabeck leads the Water 2030 Group, a consortium of private companies working with governments to develop solutions to the world’s emerging water crisis.
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Jacob will talk about secular Redfield equations, the Lindblad form, and a
physical interpretation of this formalism applied to light harvesting
complexes.
Time and date: 11:30 AM at the Division Room, Friday October 15
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Joel Yuen-Zhou
PhD candidate in Chemical Physics
Harvard University CCB,
12 Oxford St. Mailbox 107,
Cambridge, MA, USA.
Dear group people,
When: Tommorrow, Friday, 1:15-1:30
What: I am looking for a few people to test the Q-Chem access that Alan's
Chem 160 students will have for their class next week. The idea is that we
can all submit jobs to the local server at once and make sure nothing
fails. You would only have to follow some easy instructions and push enter
a few times - no real thinking required.
Where: Science Center 418d (take the elevators to the 4th floor and go
right)
Please let me know if you can donate 15 minutes of your time.
Thanks in advance,
Leslie
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Leslie Vogt
Aspuru-Guzik Group
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University
Hello group,
Professor Moerner, who was an adviser of professor Adam Cohen, will visit
our department tomorrow. About his research:
http://www.stanford.edu/group/moerner/research.html
We can meet him either at 9:30-10:10 or 10:15-10:55 tomorrow morning. Please
reply to me if you are interested to talk to him with your preferred time
slot. (I prefer the later one. ;-))
Best wishes,
Sangwoo
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Sangwoo Shim
PhD student in Chemical Physics
Harvard University
12 Oxford St #63, MA 02138, USA