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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] REMINDER: March 16, 2010 - Prof. Shaul Mukamel - Excitonics Seminar

by rtavilla＠rle.mit.edu

Center for Excitonics Seminar Series Announcement The Center for Excitonics is an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science and Office of Basic Energy Sciences The Center for Excitonics invites you to join us at the next seminar of the Spring 2010 series. Please forward this information on to others who might be interested in attending this and other center seminars. Title: Quantum Transport Effects and Coherent Ultrafast Multidimensional Spectroscopy of Light Harvesting Photosynthetic Complexes Presenter: Shaul Mukamel Organization: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine Date: March 16, 2010 Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm Place: Haus Room 36-428 Center URL: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics Seminar URL: http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/mukamel-031610.html Abstract The harvesting of solar energy and its conversion to chemical energy is essential for all forms of life. Whether quantum effects persist in the energy transport is under active debate. If confirmed, these may explain the high efficiency of light harvesting and open up applications to quantum computing and information processing stemming from entanglement of chromophores. Exciton dynamics simulations in the photosynthetic reaction center of photosystem II based on a novel quantum exciton dissipation theory clearly establish oscillatory energy transport at room temperature originating from interference of quantum pathways. These may be observed through temporal oscillations of time-resolved two dimensional coherent optical spectra. Our simulations reveal that quantum energy transfer effects may persist over the energy transport timescale at room temperature despite the rapid decoherence effects due to environment fluctuations. The response of photosynthetic light harvesting complexes to sequences of femtosecond optical pulses provides multidimensional snapshots of their structure and electronic dynamics. Two-dimensional (2D) signals show characteristic cross-peak patterns which carry information about structures, fluctuations and the entire pathways of energy and charge transfer. The signals reveal couplings between chromophores, and quantum coherence signatures of chromophore entanglement. Coherent quantum pathways and incoherent energy hopping processes may be resolved. Future extensions of multidimensional techniques to the attosecond regime using x-ray pulses will be discussed. Since core excitations are highly localized at selected atoms such signals can monitor the motions of valence electron wavepackets in real space with atomic spatial resolution. Common principles underlying coherent spectroscopy techniques for spins, valence electrons, and core electronic excitations, spanning frequencies from radiowaves to hard X-rays will be discussed. “Coherent Multidimensional Optical Probes for Electronic Correlations and Exciton Dynamics; from NMR to X-rays”, S. Mukamel, D. Abramavicius, L. Yang, W. Zhuang, I.V. Schweigert and D. Voronine. Acct.Chem.Res. Acct.Chem.Res. 42, 553-562 (2009). “Coherent Multidimensional Optical Spectroscopy Excitons in Molecular Aggregates; Quasiparticle vs. Supermolecule Perspectives”, D. Abramavicius, B. Palmieri, D. Voronine, F. Sanda and S. Mukamel, Chem. Rev. 109, 2350-2408 (2009). “Coherent Multidimensional Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biomolecules; Concepts, Simulations and Challenges”. W. Zhuang, T. Hayashi and S. Mukamel, Agnew Chem. Int.Ed. 48, 3750-3781 (2009). Bio Shaul Mukamel received his B.Sc degree in Chemical Physics in 1969 and his Ph.D. in 1976 both from Tel Aviv University. He served on the faculty of the Weizmann Institute and Rice University and in 1982 he joined the chemistry department of the University of Rochester and became a professor in 1985. In 2000 he became the Kenneth Mees Professor and in 2003 was appointed joint Professor of Physics. Since 2003 he serves on the faculty of UC Irvine as a Chancellor Professor of Chemistry. Professor Mukamel's group interests focus on the design of novel ultrafast multidimensional coherent optical spectroscopies for probing and controlling electronic and vibrational molecular dynamics in the condensed phase; Theoretical and computational studies and applications include attosecond nonlinear x-ray spectroscopy of molecules; Many-body theory of optical and photonic materials; a time dependent reduced density matrix framework for computing electronic excitations and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of conjugated polymers, molecular nanostructures, chromophore aggregates and semiconductor and solar cell nanoparticles; Folding and dynamical fluctuations in proteins and DNA; Long range electron transfer, energy funneling, and collective nonlinear optical response of biological light harvesting complexes; Photon statistics in single molecule spectroscopy; Nonlinear dynamics and fluctuations in quantum and classical optical response. Mukamel is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the Optical Society of America. He is the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan, the Guggenheim, the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award and the 2003 Lippincott award of the OSA.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Slow but hopefully steady e-mail response next week.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group members, I got another cold this weekend, I think I am a bit overworked/tired. I think I got it due to the effort during admissions day. Therefore, I cancelled my APS trip. I will stay the entire week at home, and will try to work SLOWLY and on things that are of need. Most of my time will be devoted to resting. I need this. If I don't reply to your e-mails, send you drafts, revise papers, etc., and all the things I owe you, please be patient, I will try to do so as time permits. Alan 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

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] baby girl

by Sule Atahan-Evrenk

Dear all, our baby girl, lale, has arrived on wednesday morning. We are doing fine and all very excited! Best, Sule.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Reminder for group meeting tomorrow Friday. Room M102

by Alejandro Perdomo

Dear group, Carlos Amador is up for tomorrow. The title of his talk is: '*Economic inequality and sustainability in a full world". See you all at 2:30pm, in the usual room, M102.* * * *Announcement: No group meeting next week, because of APS. We will resume the week after, March 26, with Leslie's group meeting. * * * Cheers, -A -- Alejandro Perdomo-Ortiz 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 Email March 11 - 25

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Tonight: Dr. Marc Kirschner, Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School, will discuss his evolutionary theory of how rare and random mutation in organisms can lead to exquisite changes of form and function in "The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma." March 23: William A. (Billy) Pizer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy, U.S. Treasury presents "Prices vs. Quantities, Yet Again: Allowance Reserves and Banking" in the second Energy Policy Seminar this semester. March 25: Register now for the next Ecologies of the Human Flourishing Lecture series featuring a lecture by Lawrence Buell, Department of English and American Literature and Language entitled "Does Thoreau Have a Future? Reimagining Voluntary Simplicity for the Twenty-first Century." Calendar Listings: March 11, 2010 IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle (2002-09), President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (2009), and Founder of the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2010-Study-…... 4:00pm OEB Seminar Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Ave. Cambridge, MA "Mimicry and butterfly speciation in the Amazon basin." James Mallet, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study & University College London. ost: Pierce Lab. 5:30pm Clean Coal? - Challenges and Opportunities! Foley Hoag Emerging Enterprise Center 1000 Winter Street, Suite 4000, North Entrance Waltham MA AIChE-Boston meeting. Dr. Jay Agarwal, Vice President / co-founder of CRA International and Managing Director, New England Equity Group, LLC., will discuss new advances and emerging trends in Clean Coal Technology. http://www.aiche-boston.org/events/eventdetail.php?eventId=73 781-895-5900 6:00pm MSI Thursday Evening Seminar HUCE Seminar Room 310 24 Oxford St, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA "An Ocean of Air." Jessica Green, University of Oregon and the Santa Fe Institut. MSI-Info(a)hms.harvard.edu 7:00pm Evolution Matters Lecture Series Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA "The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma." Dr. Marc Kirschner, Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu March 12, 2010 9:00am - 12:30pm Restructuring Roundtable Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard 13th Floor Conference Room Boston, MA 02210 "Revisiting Transmission and Renewables". http://www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtable.asp?sel=98 9:30am Second Best World Climate Policy and the WITCH model Belfer Library (3rd Floor Belfer Building) Harvard Kennedy School of Government 79, JFK Street, Cambridge MA, 02138 Valentina Bosetti, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM). 11:00am Harvard Forest Seminar Harvard Forest Seminar Room 324 North Main Street Petersham, MA "Deforestation, climate and the future of the Amazon." Christopher Neill, the Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory and Harvard Bullard Fello. http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/research/seminars.php Contact Name: Audrey Barker Plotkin aabarker(a)fas.harvard.edu March 13, 2010 10:00am - 2:00pm Sustainability in the Food Industry: The Next Step -- Dishing Green! Cambridge School of Culinary Arts 2020 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138 Review the unknown truths in today's food world and will move forward to the kitchen to prepare a seasonal luncheon that is both healthy, delicious and proudly green. Cost is $80. Contact Name: Sean Leonard sleonard(a)cambridgeculinary.com 617-354-2020 (X 113) March 15, 2010 12:00pm - 1:00pm 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 12:30pm - 2:00pm MIT Building Technology Lecture Series AVT - MIT Cambridge, MA "The Future of Architecture in a Warming Planet." Norbert Lechner, Architect and Professor Emeritus, Auburn University, AL Contact Name: Alexandra Mulcahy amulcahy(a)mit.edu 617-253-0463 March 18, 2010 8:00am - 10:00am New England Clean Energy Council Finance Series: The Resurrection of Project Finance Mintz Levin One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 A panel of experts discuss considerations that project developers need to make in today’s market, including various sources of capital, financial incentives and debt and equity structures. Registration and fee for non-members required. Contact Name: Walter Frick wfrick(a)cleanenergycouncil.org 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 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 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2010-Study-…... Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle (2002-09), President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (2009), and Founder of the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement. March 20, 2010 6:00pm "E" Inc’s Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival 2010 The Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology 41 Berkeley Street (corner Tremont) Boston, MA The Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival is designed to inspire by showing actions and ideas from around the globe on a wide array of environmental issues. Lite supper and doors open at 6:00 PM. Cost: $30.00/person http://www.e-action.us 617-227-1522 March 21, 2010 7:30pm Climate Change Comes to Walden Pond Cary Memorial Hall 1605 Mass Ave Lexington, MA Climate change is already altering the flowering times of plants and the arrival times of birds in Massachusetts. Some of the best records came from Concord where Henry David Thoreau kept detailed records of natural history in the 1850s. Come hear what Professor Primack of Boston University has discovered. Free Admission. http://www.lexgwac.org March 22, 2010 12:00pm - 1:00pm 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 4:00pm EPS Spring Colloquium Haller Hall Geological Museum 102 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA "Plate Tectonics in Time and Space." Adrian Lenardic, Rice University. Contact Name: Ganna Savostyanova ganna(a)eps.harvard.edu 7:00pm Healthy Oceans, Healthy Humans New England Aquarium Harborside Learning Lab Boston, MA Kathleen Firth, Assistant Director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School. The Healthy Oceans, Healthy Humans program aims to create educational materials that inspire marine conservation by demonstrating how human health depends on a healthy ocean environment. Registration required. http://www.neaq.org/education_and_activities/programs_and_classes/aquarium_…... Contact Name: Vicky Cataldo vcataldo(a)neaq.org 617-973-0235 March 23, 2010 2:00pm - 5:00pm Changing people in a changing climate? Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library Brandeis University Waltham, MA "The Ethical Implications of Climate Disruption." A conversation with Michael Appell (International Business School), Bernadette Brooten (Near Eastern and Judaic Studies, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Classics), Cristina Espinosa (Sustainable International Development, Heller School), and Tory Fair (Fine Arts. http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/events Contact Name: Charles C. Chester charles.chester(a)gmail.com 617.304.9373 2:30pm - 4:00pm Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall -Belfer Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA "Prices vs. Quantities, Yet Again: Allowance Reserves and Banking." William A. (Billy) Pizer, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Energy, U.S. Treasury. Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu March 25, 2010 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Meeting Room 318 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 4:00pm OEB Seminar Biological Laboratories Main Lecture Hall 16 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA "Molecular ins and outs of bacteriophage life history traits", Joshua S. Weitz, Georgia Institute of Technology. Contact Name: Jeannette Everritt jeverritt(a)oeb.harvard.edu 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group - All Politics is Local: Even Global Warming Faculty Dining Room (FDR) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA Led by IOP Fellow Greg Nickels, Mayor of Seattle (2002-09), President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors (2009), and Founder of the US Mayors Climate Protection agreement. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2010-Study-…... 5:15pm Ecologies of Human Flourishing Lecture Series Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue Harvard Divinity School Cambridge, MA "Does Thoreau Have a Future: Reimagining Voluntary Simplicity for the 21st Century" A presentation by Lawrence Buell, Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, in Harvard's Department of English and American Literature and Language. A response will be given by Diana Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies in Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Member of the Faculty of Divinity. Registration required, free and open to the public. http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/theme.html Contact Name: Rebecca Kline Esterson resterson(a)hds.harvard.edu --- 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. Be sure to sign up to receive the HUCE newsletter. You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. [60]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 60. http://harvard.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&… Our mailing address is: 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 (T) 617-495-0368 www.environment.harvard.edu Copyright (C) 2008 Harvard University. All rights reserved.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Today: Queen's Heard to celebrate Alan's Excellence in Mentoring Award

by Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario

Reminder: Today we will get together to congratulate Alan for his Excellence in Mentoring Award. Let's buy Alan beers at the Queen's Head Pub (basement of Memorial Hall) this at 5pm. Cesar On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Cesar Rodriguez <crodrig(a)fas.harvard.edu> wrote: > One more change of plans! > We will get together to congratulate Alan for his Excellence in Mentoring > Award. Let's buy Alan beers at the Queen's Head Pub (basement of Memorial > Hall) this Wednesday March 10 at 5pm. > > Cesar > > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Cesar Rodriguez <crodrig(a)fas.harvard.edu> > wrote: >> >> Alright! 6pm this Friday at Queen's head pub. It is on the Group Calendar. >> >> Cesar >> >> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com> wrote: >>> >>> Guys, I can only make it closer to 6. I have a conf call with Peter Love, >>> Sabre Kais, Daniel Lidar, Ken Brown scheduled at 5.00 I hope it is short, so >>> I can probably make it 5.45 or so. >>> >>> A. >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Cesar Rodriguez <crodrig(a)fas.harvard.edu> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> We will get together to congratulate Alan for his Excellence in >>>> Mentoring Award. Let's buy Alan beers at the Queen's Head Pub (basement of >>>> Memorial Hall) this Friday at 5pm. >>>> >>>> Semion and Cesar >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Well, >>>> > I want to thank you all for the nomination, and for helping me with >>>> > all of >>>> > this. I am particularly moved and excited for the team that we have >>>> > built, >>>> > and I am learning from all of you every day in so many aspects, so who >>>> > knows >>>> > who is the advisor of who! >>>> > >>>> > Thank you all! Semion and Cesar are organizing some drinks, let's go >>>> > get >>>> > some one of these days. >>>> > >>>> > Thank you again to all involved! >>>> > >>>> > Alan >>>> > >>>> > 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 >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Joel Yuen <joelyuen(a)fas.harvard.edu> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Also thanks to Roberto and Patrick for contacting several of the >>>> >> nominators, and thanks to the nominators themselves! >>>> >> >>>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>> >> From: Cesar Rodriguez <crodrig(a)fas.harvard.edu> >>>> >> Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:39 PM >>>> >> Subject: [Aspuru-Guzik group list] Alan got the Excellence in >>>> >> Mentoring >>>> >> Award >>>> >> To: A-G Group <aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Group: >>>> >> >>>> >> Alan was selected this year for the Everett* Mendelsohn Excellence in >>>> >> Mentoring Award! Congratulations Alan! >>>> >> And thanks to Joel for being the main mover of the nomination >>>> >> process. >>>> >> >>>> >> Cesar >>>> >> >>>> >> -- >>>> >> >>>> >> * Everett Award not related to the Many-Worlds interpretation of >>>> >> quantum >>>> >> mechanics. >>>> >> >>>> >> _____________________________________________ >>>> >> Aspuru-list mailing list >>>> >> Aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu >>>> >> http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> _____________________________________________ >>>> >> Aspuru-list mailing list >>>> >> Aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu >>>> >> http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> _____________________________________________ >>>> Aspuru-list mailing list >>>> Aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu >>>> http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-list >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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 > > > > -- > > 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 > -- 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 seminar: Steven Corcelli

by Leslie Vogt

*Computational Spectroscopy of Biomolecular Hydration, Structure, and Dynamics* 03/10/10 4:00pm MIT Building 56, Room 15 Steven Corcelli (University of Notre Dame) See abstract at: http://people.bu.edu/theochem/schedule.html -- Leslie Vogt Aspuru-Guzik Group Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Reminder - today at 5 pm: Promises and Challenges of Development and Conservationin the Amazon

by Center for the Environment

The Brazil Studies Program at David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the Harvard University Center for the Environment present: "The Promises and Challenges of Development and Conservation in the Amazon" Presentation and Commentary by: - Arnóbio "Binho" Marques, Governor of the State of Acre, Brazil - Jorge Viana, Former Governor of the State of Acre, Brazil - Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Roscoe Pound Professor of Law at the Harvard Law School and former Minister of Strategic Affairs for the Brazilian government - John Briscoe, Professor of the Practice of Environmental Engineering at Harvard University and former World Bank Country Director for Brazil Today 5:00-7:00pm Science Center, Lecture Hall D 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA Harvard University For more information please contact Marcio Siwi, msiwi(a)fas.harvard.edu or visit http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil [2]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 2. http://harvard.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&… Our mailing address is: 24 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 T: (617) 495-0368 www.environment.harvard.edu Copyright (C) 2008 Harvard University. All rights reserved. [3]Forward this email to a friend Links: 3. http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=d2d…

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Wed: Seminar and discussion with Director of ARPA-E

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear Group members, Is there any volunteer that can go for the group and then tell me what happened? I will show up but probably a bit late, as there is the meeting about 111is3.com at Mazur's group meeting. A. *Seminar and discussion with Dr. Arun Majumdar, Director of ARPA-E * Wednesday 10 March 2010 2:30 PM in the Belfer Center Library, L369 Harvard Kennedy School of Government Dr. Arun Majumdar will give a short presentation about ARPA-E and about opportunities for students and researchers. The presentation will be followed by time for questions. The seminar is open to students, faculty and interested parties in the energy field, but closed to the press. *About ARPA-E: * The Advanced Projects Research Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) was established within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the 2007 America Competes Act. Authorized but without an initial budget, ARPA-E received $400 million funding in April 2009 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Modeled after the successful Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the agency responsible for technological innovations such as the Internet and the stealth technology found in the F117A and other modern fighter aircraft, ARPA-E’s mission is to fund projects that will develop transformational technologies that reduce America’s dependence on foreign energy imports; reduce U.S. energy related emissions (including greenhouse gasses); improve energy efficiency across all sectors of the U.S. economy and ensure that the U.S. maintains its leadership in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies. For more information please see: http://arpa-e.energy.gov/ _______________________________________________ HEJC-list mailing list HEJC-list(a)lists.hcs.harvard.edu https://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/hejc-list _______________________________________________________________________ Michael J. Aziz Gene and Tracy Sykes Professor of Materials and Energy Technologies Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Pierce Hall 204a Tel: +1 (617) 495-9884 29 Oxford Street FAX: +1 (617) 495-9837 Cambridge MA 02138 USA email: maziz(a)harvard.edu * http://seas.harvard.edu/matsci/people/aziz/aziz.html* _______________________________________________________________________

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Today: Seminar and discussion with Director of ARPA-E

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

Hello: Sorry for the late notification, but this might be of interest for some of you. Roberto ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brenda Hugot <bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:48 PM Subject: Tomorrow: Seminar and discussion with Director of ARPA-E To: bhugot(a)fas.harvard.edu Cc: matthew(a)fas.harvard.edu Seminar and discussion with Dr. Arun Majumdar, Director of ARPA-E Wednesday 10 March 2010 2:30 PM in the Belfer Center Library, L369 Harvard Kennedy School of Government Dr. Arun Majumdar will give a short presentation about ARPA-E and about opportunities for students and researchers. The presentation will be followed by time for questions. The seminar is open to students, faculty and interested parties in the energy field, but closed to the press. About ARPA-E: The Advanced Projects Research Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) was established within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the 2007 America Competes Act. Authorized but without an initial budget, ARPA-E received $400 million funding in April 2009 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Modeled after the successful Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the agency responsible for technological innovations such as the Internet and the stealth technology found in the F117A and other modern fighter aircraft, ARPA-E's mission is to fund projects that will develop transformational technologies that reduce America's dependence on foreign energy imports; reduce U.S. energy related emissions (including greenhouse gasses); improve energy efficiency across all sectors of the U.S. economy and ensure that the U.S. maintains its leadership in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies. For more information please see: http://arpa-e.energy.gov/ -- 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

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