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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Correction to the HUCE Calendar: Film Screening tomorrow night 5.14

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: (Correction) Friday, May 14: Film Screening of the movie DIRT! - the story of Earth's most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility - from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. With a discussion led by Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology. Wednesday, May 19: The release and discussion of the new report "Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape" featuring a discussion with Theodore Roosevelt IV, Barclays Capital Council on Climate Change and David R. Foster, Director of the Harvard Forest. Calendar Listings: May 13, 2010 3:30pm China Project Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA "Well-to-Wheel Analysis of China’s Fuel/Vehicle Alternatives for 2020." Dr. Weijian HAN, Ford Motor Company. http://chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminar%20folder/seminar/Han100513 6:00pm MSI Thursday Evening Seminar HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA "A 'belly' full of bicarbonate: A surprising carbon concentrating mechanism in deep-sea vent autotrophic bacteria." Kathleen Scott, University of South Florida, Department of Biology. http://www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html MSI-Info(a)hms.harvard.edu 7:00pm Communicating Science Visually Broad Institute Auditorium MIT building NE-30 Cambridge, MA Speaker: Bang Wong, the Creative Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. http://www.broadinstitute.org/events/publicevent/1443 7:30pm A Report Direct from Cuba on their New Energy Revolution. First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist 3 Church Street, Harvard Square Cambridge, MA Speaker: Hilary Flynn, Meister Consultants Group. 8:00pm Film Screening - "DIRT!" Projector Room (Fishbowl) Currier House 64 Linnaean St. Cambridge, MA "Floods, drought, climate change, even war are all directly related to the way we are treating dirt." DIRT! The Movie--directed and produced by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow--takes you inside the wonders of the soil. Discussant: Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. Contact Name: Tim Treuer treuer(a)fas.harvard.edu May 14, 2010 12:30pm Faculty Seminar Series in Developmental and Regenerative Biology Bray Room 109, NRB Harvard University "Understanding the Roles of the Notch pathway in the Evolution of Segmentation." Cassandra Extavour, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University latishya_steele(a)hms.harvard.edu May 17, 2010 7:00pm Ocean Acidification and Its Possible Impacts on Marine Ecosystems New England Aquarium Harborside Learning Lab Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110-3399 Speaker: Scott Doney, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Free. Register here. May 18, 2010 8:00am - 1:00pm Conference on Small-Scale Urban Wind Turbines Museum of Science Boston, MA Lessons from the Museum of Science Wind Turbine Lab.Tickets: $35, including a light breakfast and lunch. Parking: $5. http://www.cleanenergycouncil.org/node/5533 617-723-2500 6:30pm Flywheel Deployment Benefits to Grid Reliability Olin College Needham, MA A meeting of the IEEE. Speakers Jim Arseneaux and Rob Rounds from Beacon Power. Contact Name: Bryan Gwyn bryangwyn(a)ieee.org 781 907 3229 May 19, 2010 4:30pm - 6:30pm Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape Harvard Kennedy School Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Nye Conference Center Taubman Building, 5th floor A discussion and release of this new report. Speakers: Theodore Roosevelt IV, Barclays Capital Council on Climate Change, Managing Director, Barclays Capital and David R. Foster, Director Harvard Forest, Harvard University. RSVP. http://www.wildlandsandwoodlands.org/invite Contact Name: Linda Hampson hampson(a)fas.harvard.edu (978) 756-6122 May 20, 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 May 20, 2010 - 6:00pm - May 21, 2010 - 5:00pm Rethinking Water: A Critical Resource Kirsch Auditorium at the Stata Center (32-123) MIT Cambridge, MA The opening keynote address will be delivered Thursday evening by Charles Duhigg of the New York Times, author of their ongoing series Toxic Waters. The workshop will identify common interests, collaborative opportunities, and funding for research and teaching related to water-oriented work at MIT. http://web.mit.edu/water/ Contact Name: Kurt Sternlof kurtster(a)mit.edu 617-253-6895 May 20, 2010 6:00pm Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast Watertown Free Public Library 123 Main St. Watertown, MA Presentation and book signing of "Wild urban plants of the northeast" with Peter del Tredici, Senior Research Scientist, Arnold Arboretum. May 22, 2010 8:00am - 1:45pm IEEE Boston Section Meeting - Smart Grid Communications Architecture: Requirements, Implementations, and Future Directions MIT Room 34-101 50 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA Learn about the current state of the art in Smart Grid data communication implementations, standards, and products. This ½ -day session in the on-going Moving Toward a Smarter Electric Grid series of symposia will cover: http://ieeeboston.org/edu/class_room/2010_spring/smart_grid_session3.html Contact Name: Gary Rucinski gary(a)rucinskis.com 617-803-8038 May 27, 2010 6:00pm - 10:00pm Green Difference Awards Genzyme 500 Kendall St. Cambridge, Massachusetts Meet and honor young stewards of the environment, and learn about their innovative programs in this benefit for GreenSchools, whose mission is to create Greener & Healthier learning environments through education and awareness. http://www.projectgreenschools.org/media/pdf/GS_Flyer_GDA_2010.pdf --- 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. [38]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 38. 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] Distinguished seminar today

by Ivan Kassal

Dear group, Because on my way to the office this morning, I had not one but two flat tires (it's a Poisson process, especially when it happens on different wheels), today there will be a seminar: *Learn how to patch your bike tube* Speaker: me Time: 4 pm Come watch me be frustrated, and when we're done, you'll know what to do in order to never be stuck out in the countryside ever again. Ivan

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email May 13 - 27

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Tonight: Film Screening of the movie DIRT! - the story of Earth's most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility - from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation. With a discussion led by Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology. Wednesday, May 19: The release and discussion of the new report "Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape" featuring a discussion with Theodore Roosevelt IV, Barclays Capital Council on Climate Change and David R. Foster, Director of the Harvard Forest. Calendar Listings: May 13, 2010 3:30pm China Project Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA "Well-to-Wheel Analysis of China’s Fuel/Vehicle Alternatives for 2020." Dr. Weijian HAN, Ford Motor Company. http://chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminar%20folder/seminar/Han100513 6:00pm MSI Thursday Evening Seminar HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA "A 'belly' full of bicarbonate: A surprising carbon concentrating mechanism in deep-sea vent autotrophic bacteria." Kathleen Scott, University of South Florida, Department of Biology. http://www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html MSI-Info(a)hms.harvard.edu 7:00pm Communicating Science Visually Broad Institute Auditorium MIT building NE-30 Cambridge, MA Speaker: Bang Wong, the Creative Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. http://www.broadinstitute.org/events/publicevent/1443 7:30pm A Report Direct from Cuba on their New Energy Revolution. First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist 3 Church Street, Harvard Square Cambridge, MA Speaker: Hilary Flynn, Meister Consultants Group. 8:00pm Film Screening - "DIRT!" Projector Room (Fishbowl) Currier House 64 Linnaean St. Cambridge, MA "Floods, drought, climate change, even war are all directly related to the way we are treating dirt." DIRT! The Movie--directed and produced by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow--takes you inside the wonders of the soil. Discussant: Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University. Contact Name: Tim Treuer treuer(a)fas.harvard.edu May 14, 2010 12:30pm Faculty Seminar Series in Developmental and Regenerative Biology Bray Room 109, NRB Harvard University "Understanding the Roles of the Notch pathway in the Evolution of Segmentation." Cassandra Extavour, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University latishya_steele(a)hms.harvard.edu May 17, 2010 7:00pm Ocean Acidification and Its Possible Impacts on Marine Ecosystems New England Aquarium Harborside Learning Lab Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110-3399 Speaker: Scott Doney, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. Free. Register here. May 18, 2010 8:00am - 1:00pm Conference on Small-Scale Urban Wind Turbines Museum of Science Boston, MA Lessons from the Museum of Science Wind Turbine Lab.Tickets: $35, including a light breakfast and lunch. Parking: $5. http://www.cleanenergycouncil.org/node/5533 617-723-2500 6:30pm Flywheel Deployment Benefits to Grid Reliability Olin College Needham, MA A meeting of the IEEE. Speakers Jim Arseneaux and Rob Rounds from Beacon Power. Contact Name: Bryan Gwyn bryangwyn(a)ieee.org 781 907 3229 May 19, 2010 4:30pm - 6:30pm Wildlands and Woodlands: A Vision for the New England Landscape Harvard Kennedy School Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Nye Conference Center Taubman Building, 5th floor A discussion and release of this new report. Speakers: Theodore Roosevelt IV, Barclays Capital Council on Climate Change, Managing Director, Barclays Capital and David R. Foster, Director Harvard Forest, Harvard University. RSVP. http://www.wildlandsandwoodlands.org/invite Contact Name: Linda Hampson hampson(a)fas.harvard.edu (978) 756-6122 May 20, 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 May 20, 2010 - 6:00pm - May 21, 2010 - 5:00pm Rethinking Water: A Critical Resource Kirsch Auditorium at the Stata Center (32-123) MIT Cambridge, MA The opening keynote address will be delivered Thursday evening by Charles Duhigg of the New York Times, author of their ongoing series Toxic Waters. The workshop will identify common interests, collaborative opportunities, and funding for research and teaching related to water-oriented work at MIT. http://web.mit.edu/water/ Contact Name: Kurt Sternlof kurtster(a)mit.edu 617-253-6895 May 20, 2010 6:00pm Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast Watertown Free Public Library 123 Main St. Watertown, MA Presentation and book signing of "Wild urban plants of the northeast" with Peter del Tredici, Senior Research Scientist, Arnold Arboretum. May 22, 2010 8:00am - 1:45pm IEEE Boston Section Meeting - Smart Grid Communications Architecture: Requirements, Implementations, and Future Directions MIT Room 34-101 50 Vassar Street Cambridge, MA Learn about the current state of the art in Smart Grid data communication implementations, standards, and products. This ½ -day session in the on-going Moving Toward a Smarter Electric Grid series of symposia will cover: http://ieeeboston.org/edu/class_room/2010_spring/smart_grid_session3.html Contact Name: Gary Rucinski gary(a)rucinskis.com 617-803-8038 May 27, 2010 6:00pm - 10:00pm Green Difference Awards Genzyme 500 Kendall St. Cambridge, Massachusetts Meet and honor young stewards of the environment, and learn about their innovative programs in this benefit for GreenSchools, whose mission is to create Greener & Healthier learning environments through education and awareness. http://www.projectgreenschools.org/media/pdf/GS_Flyer_GDA_2010.pdf --- 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. [38]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 38. 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] Kristan Temme visit Tomorrow (Friday)

by Man-Hong Yung

Dear all, Kristan Temme, student at the University of Vienna, is visiting us tomorrow. He has recently worked on quantum metropolis algorithm (http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.3635), which has excited some people in the field. If you want to meet him tomorrow, let me know your preference time. Regards, Man Hong

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] travel policy update

by Anna B. Shin

Group, quickie: If you are planning to travel outside the US for group business (that includes Canada as some think Canada is just an extension of US), then see me before booking ANY flights, etc. Federal guidelines are more restrictive for foreign travel and the trips that are combined with personal travel (e.g., Helsinki to Russia) are coming back to bite us in the ass. Anna P.S. A new travel policy is also taking effect as of 7/1/10, which will be even more restrictive and I will present and update the Wiki once I get a chance to absorb that new literature. Anna B. Shin Laboratory Administrator Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.9964 office 617.694.9879 cell 617.496.9411 fax http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Barbecue

by Semion Saikin

Guys, There is a barbecue, I believe organized by Physics Dept., right behind the Pierce Hall. The Cohen Lab is in there already! Semion -- ******************************************** Semion K. Saikin, PhD 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] Today at 2 pm: Climate Uncertainty, Emissions Reduction, and SRM

by Center for the Environment

Join us for a special HUCE Seminar: "Climate Uncertainty, Emissions Reduction, and SRM" M. Granger Morgan Head, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University TODAY 2:00 pm Pierce Hall 209 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA Much of the research in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy (EPP), a department in the Engineering School at Carnegie Mellon University, is focused on developing a better understanding of uncertainty about future climate change, finding cost effective strategies to reduce dramatically emissions of carbon dioxide from the energy system, and thinking about what to do if climate change ends up being much worse than expected. In this talk Morgan will present a very brief overview of EPP that includes a quick summary of several of the energy and climate-related research projects now in progress. Then in the bulk of the talk he will provide greater detail on: 1) The use of expert elicitation to characterize uncertainty about the likely response of the climate system between now and 2200; 2) The development of a regulatory framework to facilitate the deep geological sequestration of carbon dioxide; and 3) A technical and policy analysis of SRM (solar radiation management) – the idea of inducing cooling by increasing the planet's albedo in the event that we are unfortunate and end up in the "high tails" of the distribution of future climate outcomes. M. Granger Morgan is Professor and Head of the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University where he is also University and Lord Chair Professor in Engineering. In addition, he holds academic appointments in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and in the H. John Heinz III College. His research addresses problems in science, technology and public policy with a particular focus on energy, environmental systems, climate change and risk analysis. Much of his work has involved the development and demonstration of methods to characterize and treat uncertainty in quantitative policy analysis. At Carnegie Mellon, Morgan directs the NSF Climate Decision Making Centerand co-directs, with Lester Lave, the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center. Morgan serves as Chair of the Scientific and Technical Council for the International Risk Governance Council. In the recent past, he served as Chair of the Science Advisory Board of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and as Chair of the Advisory Council of the Electric Power Research Institute. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a Fellow of the AAAS, the IEEE, and the Society for Risk Analysis. He holds a BA from Harvard College (1963) where he concentrated in Physics, an MS in Astronomy and Space Science from Cornell (1965) and a Ph.D. from the Department of Applied Physics and Information Sciences at the University of California at San Diego (1969). Contact: Lisa Matthews Events Coordinator Harvard University Center for the Environment 24 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138 [2]lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu p. 617-495-8883 f. 617-496-0425 Links: 2. mailto:lisa_matthews@harvard.edu *|LIST:Future of Energy|* [3]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 3. 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. [4]Forward this email to a friend Links: 4. http://us1.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=15d…

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Quantum Beer] Reminder: Deep Ellum, Tuesday May 11 (Tomorrow!) at 8pm

by Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario

Dear Quantum Mechanics in the Boston Area: Don't miss the end-of-the semester *Quantum Beer*. *Tuesday, May 11 at 8:00pm* *(Tomorrow)* *Deep Ellum* <http://www.deepellum-boston.com/#drinksDrafts> 477 Cambridge Street, Allston, MA 02135<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=deep+ellum&gl=us&hl=en&cd=1&ei=44nhS5KcA6GMzA…> Deep Ellum been selected as one of the best bars in the Boston area. If the weather permits, we will be in the patio area in the back. If it is too cold, we will be inside. Either way, just ask for the "Quantum Something" group. If you know people that would be interested in getting the Quantum Beer announcements, send me their email. Salud! Cesar -- Cesar A. Rodriguez-Rosario, Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University rodriguez(a)chemistry.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Tuesday May 11

by Edward Farhi

Dear Quanta We will meet on Tuesday at 11 in 6-310. Kristan Temme who is speaking today will be there and we may also discuss quantum money Best, Eddie ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6-300 Cambridge MA 02139 617 253 4871 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] ANNOUNCEMENT: May 24, 2010 - Sebastian Reineke - 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 See the Center for Excitonics video at http://www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/about.htm 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: Concepts for Phosphorescent Organic LEDs at High Brightness Presenter: Sebastian Reineke Organization: Institut fur Angewandte Photophysik, Dresden Date: MONDAY - May 24, 2010 Time: 3:00 - 4:00pm Place: Haus Room 36-428 Center URL: www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics Seminar URL: www.rle.mit.edu/excitonics/reineke-052410.html Abstract Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are next generation light sources which are especially attractive because they promise very high conversion efficiencies. The introduction of phosphorescent emitter materials was the key to enable internal quantum efficiencies approaching unity. However, due to the much longer excited state lifetime of triplet states even of state-of-the-art phosphors, bimolecular quenching limits the efficiency of such devices at high brightness – the latter is needed for future applications based on OLEDs. In this talk, I will first discuss triplet-triplet annihilation (TTA) in an archetype host-guest system for green phosphorescence. Here, different models describing TTA are applied leading to the conclusion that emitter aggregation strongly enhances diffusion of excited states and, consequently, reduces the device efficiency. Based on these findings, I will discuss two concepts that improve the high brightness performance of phosphorescent OLEDs. In the second part of the talk, I will focus on a novel concept for highly efficient white OLEDs. It makes use of a blue sub-emission layer, where host and guest triplet levels are in resonance, and thin intrinsic interlayers for the exciton management. This enables lower driving voltages and by that higher power efficiencies. In addition, I will present concepts for improved light outcoupling. Bio Sebastian Reineke is currently working as a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Prof. Karl Leo at the Institut für Angewandte Photophysik, Dresden. His main research interests are exciton dynamics and related phenomena in organic semiconductors with respect to their applications in optoelectronic devices. Since 3 years, he is tightly involved in the development of highly efficient white OLEDs. He was born in 1979 and studied physics in Heidelberg and Dresden. In 2005, he obtained the Diplomphysiker degree from the Technische Universität (TU) Dresden under the supervision of Prof. Karl Leo. In 2006, acknowledging his diploma work in the field of organic LEDs, he was awarded with the Professor-Schwabe-Preis of the department of chemistry of the TU Dresden.

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