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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 27 - November 10

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Tuesday, November 1: Join Charles Ferguson, President of the Federation of American Scientists, for a lecture on the changing landscape of nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Sponsored by the WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations and the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Thursday, November 3: Learn more about Fox Islands Wind, the largest community wind-power facility on the East Coast, in Maine's Penobscot Bay, through the documentary "Islands in the Wind." The 30-minute film, directed by David Conover of Compass Light Productions, will be followed by a panel discussion about community energy and offshore wind projects. Wednesday, November 9: Much research and debate is devoted to the impact forests have on the capture or sequestration of carbon dioxide, the primary gas that causes the climate-warming “greenhouse effect.” Hear two of Harvard's most active climate researchers, atmospheric chemist Steven Wofsy and forest ecologist Andrew Richardson, tackle this question. Calendar Listings: October 27, 2011 4:00pm EPS Special Lecture Haller Hall Room 102, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge “The Loss of the Sphinx – Geoscience Shows the Way Out” with Dr. Andreas Laake, Geophysical Advisor, WesternGeco. The famous Pyramids and Sphinx of Giza have withstood decay for almost 5,000 years, but have come under increasing threat of destruction in recent decades. The main threats are related to water, a fact that is not quite obvious in the hyper-arid climate of the Egypt. Studies of the geology and the hydrogeology of the Giza Plateau help us understand the context of these threats and guide methods for mitigating the effects of water-related erosion. Contact Name: Maryorie Grande (617) 495-2351 6:00pm The Emergent Forest of New England Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge Peter Del Tredici, botanist and senior research scientist at the Arnold Arboretum, will present an overview of the recent history of the forests of southern New England as impacted by natural disasters, shifting land-use patterns, pests and pathogens, invasive species, acid rain, and climate change. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php October 28, 2011 8:30am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge "What do we know about hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus?" with Veronica Kos (HMS-Ophthalmology). Host: Michael Gilmore 9:00am - 12:30pm New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable Foley Hoag LLP, 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor, Boston The roundtable featuring two panel discussion on broader smart grid issues and national trends on dynamic pricing. Contact Name: Susan Rivo susan(a)raabassociates.org October 31, 2011 11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00pm - 1:00pm MCZ Lunchtime Seminar MCZ 101 Seminar Room, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge "Dissecting the divergence of dogs from their wild ancestors: complete genome sequences of 5 close relatives to modern dog breeds" with Adam Freedman, Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA. Hosted by Edwards Lab Contact Name: Catherine Weisel cweisel(a)oeb.harvard.edu (617) 495-2460 12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Policy Seminar Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge Jody Freeman, Harvard Law School, "Legal and Regulatory Challenges to Moving Energy and Climate Policy Forward.” Lunch with be provided. Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu 12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridge With Emma Frow (Edinburgh), "Making Big Promises Come True? Articulating and Realizing the Value of Synthetic Biology." Please RSVP to sts(a)hks.harvard.edu by the Thursday before. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts 12:15pm - 1:45pm Belfer Center Directors' Lunch Belfer Center Library (L369), 79 JFK Street, Cambridge Featuring Beth Keck, Director of Sustainability at Walmart, on "Sustainability from Theory to Practice: The Walmart Experience." RSVP required to the following website: http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/keck.html 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Series Haller Hall, Geo Museum 102, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge "Systematic landform response to uplift along the Dragon's Back Pressure Ridge, Carrizo Plain, California" with Professor George Hilley, Stanford University. Hosted by Brendan Meade. Reception to follow at Hoffman Lab 4th floor. Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu November 1, 2011 8:00am The 7th Annual Conference on Clean Energy Westin Boston Waterfront, 425 Summer Street, Boston An action-packed day designed to provide you with the latest investment opportunities, business insights, career options, and fund-raising strategies, from seed to Stimulus. http://greenovationconference.com/ Contact Name: Mary Essary info(a)basea.org 12:30pm - 2:00pm Nuclear Power after Fukushima Tsai Auditorium (S010), Japan Friends of Harvard Concourse, CGIS South Building, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge Featuring Charles Ferguson, President, Federation of American Scientists. Sponsored by the WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations and the Harvard University Center for the Environment. http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/ Contact Name: Shinju Fujihira, Ph.D sfujihira(a)wcfia.harvard.edu 3:00pm ClimaTea HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge Visit the ClimaTea website for a list of speakers and topics: http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html November 2, 2011 12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy & Environment Community: Cape Wind: America's First Offshore Wind Coming to Massachusetts MIT Building 2 Room 135, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge Cape Wind Communications Director Mark Rodgers will provide an overview and update on the Cape Wind project, slated to be America's first offshore wind farm. 12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Environmental Law Society Lecture Hauser 104, 1575 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge "Working on Environmental Issues in a Heavily Agricultural Area of the Country" with Karl Brooks, EPA Region 7 Regional Administrator. Contact Name: Sachin Desai sdesai(a)jd13.law.harvard.edu 4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge “Do EPA Regulations Affect Labor Demand? Evidence from the Pulp and Paper Industry" http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k82245&pageid=icb.page443881 Contact Name: Jason Chapman 617-496-8054 7:00pm "Connecting the Smart Grid and Renewable Energy" Discussion and Career Events Meeting Dudley House Fireside Room, Harvard Square, Cambridge A discussion on the role of science and policy in developing the Smart Grid, and the main challenges presented. Immediately following, GSAS Science Policy Group will host the first ever Science Policy Careers Symposium with the Office of Career Services. Learn more about their "externship" program, where students can go to DC and shadow those working in science policy jobs for a short period. 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House, Spindell Room, Harvard University, Cambridge 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 November 3, 2011 11:30am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor, Cambridge 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 4:30pm - 6:00pm Ethics & the University Endowment: Are University Endowments Investing in Land Grabs in Africa? Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall, 5 Harvard Yard, Cambridge A conversation featuring Anuradha Mittal, Founder of the Oakland Institute Board members of the Oakland Institute will discuss findings of their recent report on how European hedge funds have made large scale investments in African land, resulting in food insecurity, displacement of small farmers, environmental devastation, and further impoverishment and political instability of African nations. Contact Name: Evelyn Chow edczhou(a)gmail.com 6:00pm - 8:00pm Sustainable Practices for Managed Landscapes Hunnewell Building, 125 Arborway, Boston Featuring Eric "T" Fleisher, Director of Horticulture, Battery Park City Parks Conservancy. He has developed protocols to help our landscapes recover from the harmful impacts of industry and chemicals, and will describe the design and implementation of a sustainable landscape management program. Contact Name: Pamela Thompson 617-384-5277 6:00pm Islands of New England: Models for Alternative Energy Futures Science Center A, Harvard University, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge Join us for a presentation on "Islands in the Wind," a documentary about Fox Islands Wind, the largest community wind-power facility on the East Coast, in Maine's Penobscot Bay. The 30-minute film, directed by David Conover of Compass Light Productions, will be followed by a moderated panel discussion about community energy and offshore wind projects. Contact Name: dwilson(a)islandinstitute.org (207) 594-9209 ext. 138 November 4, 2011 2:00pm Tour Series: MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory MIT Building NW12, MIT Campus, 138 Albany Street, Cambridge Join us for a tour of the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (MIT-NRL). MIT-NRL is a university laboratory that conducts interdisciplinary research in the areas of advanced fuel and materials for nuclear energy systems, nuclear science, nuclear medicine, and radiation science and technology. http://www.doodle.com/s9gdxkekpfcbqyb9 Contact Name: Sam stelleen(a)mit.edu November 7, 2011 11:45am - 12:45pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hejc/ Contact Name: Dan Recht drecht(a)fas.harvard.edu 12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Policy Seminar Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge Featuring Rohini Pande, Harvard Kennedy School. Lunch with be provided. Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu 12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridge Featuring Lee Vinsel (Harvard, HKS), "The Politics of the Dummy Light: Liberalism and the US Federal Regulation of Technological Risk, 1960-1980." Please RSVP to sts(a)hks.harvard.edu by the Thursday before. 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Haller Hall Room 102, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge Featuring Trish Dove, Virginia Tech. Hosted by Andy Knoll. Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu November 8, 2011 3:00pm ClimaTea HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge Visit the ClimaTea website for a list of speakers and topics: http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html November 9, 201 12:00pm - 1:00pm Harvard Environmental Law Society Hauser 104, 1575 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge John Echeverria, takings expert & Vermont Law School Prof, and Chelsea Miller, VLS Research Fellow, on Property Rights in Water Contact Name: Sachin Desai sdesai(a)jd13.law.harvard.edu 4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge “Goal-Setting and Energy Efficiency” http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k82245&pageid=icb.page443881 Contact Name: Jason Chapman 617-496-8054 5:00pm - 7:30pm The Great Disruption: Will Climate Change the Way We Do Business? Harvard Innovation Lab, 125 Western Avenue, Allston A conversation with Paul Gilding, an international advisor and advocate for action on climate change and sustainability. He has served as head of Greenpeace International, and is currently a faculty member for Cambridge University's Program for Sustainability Leadership. http://earthwatchhbspaulgilding.eventbrite.com 6:00pm How Much Can Trees and Forests Slow the Global Warming Increase? Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge A dialogue on the impact forests have on the capture or sequestration of carbon dioxide, featuring atmospheric chemist Steven Wofsy and forest ecologist Andrew Richardson. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House, Spindell Room, Harvard University, Cambridge 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 November 10, 2011 11:30am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor, Cambridge 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 --- 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. <a href="http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=a14b0d4de4…" title="Like HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 27 - November 10 on Facebook" rel="fblikebtn"><img src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/fb/like.gif" border="0" alt="Like HUCE Weekly Calendar Email October 27 - November 10 on Facebook" height="20" width="48" style="display:inline;"/></a> Become a Fan of HUCE on Facebook! You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] TODAY at 5pm: "Risks and Opportunities of Natural Gas" with Susan Tierney

by Center for the Environment

Finding secure, safe and reliable sources of energy to power world economic growth will be one of the great challenges of this century. The Harvard University Center for the Environment invites the Harvard community to take up the challenge by participating in this ongoing series of discussions. THE FUTURE OF ENERGY Fall 2011 Susan Tierney, Managing Principal at Analysis Group and former Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Energy “Risks and Opportunities of Natural Gas” Wednesday, October 26 5:00 pm Harvard University Northwest Labs B-103 52 Oxford Street, Cambridge Sue Tierney is an expert on energy economics, regulation and policy. She previously served as the Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. DOE, and held various senior positions in Massachusetts government (Secretary for Environmental Affairs; public utility commissioner; executive director of the Energy Facilities Siting Council). She co-chaired the DOE Agency Review Team for the Obama/Biden Presidential Transition Team. She chairs the Board of Directors of the Energy Foundation and NREL’s Advisory Council; serves on the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (and its Shale Gas Subcommittee); chairs the Policy Subgroup of the National Petroleum Council’s study of the North American natural gas resources; and is a member of the Bipartisan Policy Center's energy project. She is a director of the World Resources Institute; Clean Air Task Force; Clean Air-Cool Planet; and EnerNOC. She previously co-chaired the National Commission on Energy Policy, and taught at the University of California at Irvine and at MIT. She earned her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in regional planning at Cornell University. The Future of Energy lecture series is sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment with generous support from Bank of America. All of the lectures are free and open to the public. View detailed lecture information at http://environment.harvard.edu/events/2011-10-26/future-energy-risks-and-op… Contact: Lisa Matthews Assistant Director of Events and Communications 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 Become a Fan of HUCE on Facebook and stay up-to-date on energy and environmentally related news/events! *|LIST:Future of Energy|* [5]Unsubscribe aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 5. http://harvard.us1.list-manage2.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. [6]Forward this email to a friend Links: 6. http://us1.forward-to-friend2.com/forward?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=0c… _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: lunch with the speaker Erez Liberman-Aiden, thursday, 12nn

by Roberto Olivares-Amaya

Hello, Adrian Serohijos (serohij(a)fas.harvard.edu) is hosting Erez Liberman-Aiden for lunch next Thursday. If anyone is interested, please contact him. Roberto ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Adrian W.R. Serohijos <serohij(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:36 PM Subject: lunch with the speaker Erez Liberman-Aiden, thursday, 12nn To: Joel Yuen <joelyuen(a)fas.harvard.edu>, Dmitrij Rappoport < dmrappoport(a)googlemail.com>, Roberto Olivares-Amaya < olivares(a)fas.harvard.edu> Guys, Erez Liberman-Aiden (http://www.erez.com/Home) is giving the Physiccal Chemistry seminar this Thursday, and we are also hosting the lunch him at the Faculty Club. Anybody who'd like to join? Please tell the rest of the Aspuru-Guzik-landia. Thanks, Adrian /-- Adrian W.R. Serohijos Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University 12 Oxford St., Mailbox 176 Cambridge, MA 02138 (Mob) 919-360-6551 (Office) 617-496-5499 serohij(a)fas.harvard.edu

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] the montreal conference

by Ramis Movassagh

http://www.crm.math.ca/Manybody11/horaire_e.html _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: COMP's San Diego ACS meeting abstract deadline: November 1st, 2011

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

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 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: COMP_Members <comp-members(a)acscomp.org> Date: Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:35 PM Subject: COMP's San Diego ACS meeting abstract deadline: November 1st, 2011 To: COMP_Members Subscriber <aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> (Mailing list information, including unsubscription instructions, is located at the end of this message.) __ Hi The COMP Programming Board would like to remind you that abstract submissions for the COMP technical meeting at the San Diego ACS meeting closes at 11pm Central Time on Tuesday, November 1st, 2011. Authors can submit their abstract at http://abstracts.acs.org . Information about the following COMP programming topics are listed below: - COMP Symposia at the San Diego ACS meeting - Graduate Student and Post Doc Image Contest - Organize a symposium within COMP at 2012 & 2013 ACS National Meeting Thank you for your time Emilio Xavier Esposito Michael Feig Maciej Haranczyk Melissa Landon Jeffry D Madura Eric V Patterson Yufeng Jane Tseng Scott A Wildman The COMP Programming Board http://web2011.acscomp.org/meetings/national-acs-program *COMP Symposia at the San Diego ACS meeting* Abstracts submitted to the Member Contributed COMP Symposia (oral) benefit from: - Each speaker is provided 30 minutes to present his or her work (25 minute talk and 5 minute Question and Answer session) - Talks on a common subject are presented together, providing the audience and speakers a cohesive experience The COMP Programming Board has expanded the Member Contributed presentation portion of the technical program for the San Diego ACS meeting to include the following: - Computational Approaches to Spectroscopy Analysis - Computational Study of Water - Data Science (Informatics) - Drug Discovery (ADME/Tox, Ligand-based, Methodology, & Target-base) - Materials Science - Membranes - Molecular Mechanics (Applications, Electrostatics & Polarization, Force Field Development, Methodology, and Proteins) - Quantum Chemistry (Applications, Methodology, and Quantum Dynamics & Monte Carlo Simulations) - Structural Bioinformatics - The COMP Poster Session The COMP technical program for San Diego can be found here: http://abstracts.acs.org/chem/243nm/meetingview.php?page=session&par_id=347 and abstracts are to be submitted at http://absctracts.acs.org *Graduate Student and Post Doc Image Contest* One of the most powerful aspects of computational chemistry, biochemistry, and structural biology is the ability to create stunning images of our work. Our images are able to explain complex ideas and allow non-computational scientists the ability to understand our research. To highlight this aspect of the computational science, the COMP Division of ACS sponsors the Graduate Student and Post Doc Image Competition. More information and previous winners can be found here: http://web2011.acscomp.org/awards/brochureimagecontest _Criteria and Prize_ The COMP Programming Board will select the winning image and award the creator complimentary registration to a future ACS National Meeting, currently a $180 value for Graduate Students and a $360 value for Post Docs. The image must be created and submitted by a Graduate Student or Post Doc that is a member of the ACS and the COMP Division. Additionally, the image must be original work and cannot have been used in a previous publication (e.g., article image, Table of Contents image, or journal cover image). Images are due by 5pm Eastern Time on November 21st, 2011. Please email your image to Emilio Xavier Esposito ( emilio.esposito(a)gmail.com ). The image must be 3 inches wide by 4.5 inches tall, at least 300 dpi, and a PNG, EPS, JPEG, or PDF. Only one image per submitter. The creator of the winning image will be notified by email no later than Friday, December 16th, 2011. * Organize a symposium within COMP in 2012 or 2013* The COMP Programming Board is always looking for individuals that want to organize symposia and provides the framework and tools necessary to organize a great symposium. If you are interested in organizing a symposium for the 2012 national ACS meeting in Philadelphia (fall 2012) – or the 2013 national ACS meetings – please contact Emilio Xavier Esposito ( emilio.esposito(a)gmail.com ). This is an excellent opportunity for COMP’s members to organize symposia that are of interest to the scientific community. We are excited to receive your ideas for symposia. -- The following information is a reminder of your current mailing list subscription: You are subscribed to the following list: COMP_Members using the following email: aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu You may automatically unsubscribe from this list at any time by visiting the following URL: <http://www.acscomp.org/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/u/members/> If the above URL is inoperable, make sure that you have copied the entire address. Some mail readers will wrap a long URL and thus break this automatic unsubscribe mechanism. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: [ PSI-K ] Abstract submission to "International Workshop on Hybrid Excitations in Nano-Materials"

by Aspuru

For those DTRA and Excitonics aficionados Alan Aspuru-Guzik Associate Professor Harvard University http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu Sent from my mobile. Please pardon any typos. Begin forwarded message: > Resent-From: <aspuru(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> > From: PSI-K <psik-coord(a)dl.ac.uk> > Date: October 25, 2011 4:15:46 AM CDT > To: PSI-K <psik-coord(a)dl.ac.uk> > Subject: [ PSI-K ] Abstract submission to "International Workshop on Hybrid Excitations in Nano-Materials" > > An announcement has been added in the "PSI-K" site at PSI-K (http://cselnx9.dl.ac.uk:8080/portal) > > > Subject: Abstract submission to "International Workshop on Hybrid Excitations in Nano-Materials" > > Category: Event > > From: Guido Goldoni > > Date: 25-Oct-2011 10:15 > > Message: > > Dear collegue, > we are pleased to announce the > > International Workshop on Hybrid Excitations in Nano-Materials > > which will be held in Modena, Italy, on December 18-20, 2011. You can submit your abstract to segreteria.s3(a)nano.cnr.it before October, 31th. > > The Conference will consist of a 4-half-day program, with oral/poster sessions. All participants are invited to present their scientific contributions as an oral presentation or a poster. > > Please, circulate this message to any collegue which might be interested. > > Organizers > > Guido Goldoni (Italy), Rosa Di Felice (Italy), Fabrice Vallee (France) and Danny Porath (Israel) > > Contact > > Luisa Neri, segreteria.s3(a)nano.cnr.it > > Scope > > The aim of the Workshop is to bring together scientists active in the synthesis and spectroscopy of hybrid nano-objects with theoreticians and computational physicists. We plan to discuss open problems and new venues in the description of hybrid excitations in composite materials at the nano-scale, to identify fundamental challenges and spot the most promising directions. > > Venue > > Physics Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213/a, Modena, Italy > > Website > > hyex2011.nano.cnr.it > > Abstract submission and registration > > Please submit your abstract and register at the conference website hyex2011.nano.cnr.it > > Conference fee > > the registration fee is 50 euros, and includes 4 coffe-breaks, the social dinner (sunday 18th) and lunch (monday 19th). > > Invited speakers (confirmed) > > Garnett Bryant (Univ. of Maryland, USA) > Uri Banin (Hebew Univ., Jersusalem, IL) > Natalia Del Fatti (CNRS, Lyon, FR) > Juan Ignacio Climente Plasencia (Unvi. Jaume I, Castellon, ES) > Liberato Manna (IIT, Genova, IT) > Benedetta Mennucci (Univ. of Pisa, IT) > Andrea Ferretti (Univ. of Modena and Reggio E, IT) > Ulrich Hohenester (Univ. of Graz, AT) > Yuriy Khalavka (Univ. Mainz, D) > > Important dates > > October 31: abstract submission > November 30: registration > > Scientific case and topics: > > Hybrid nano-objects formed by two or more materials with very different electronic properties (metals, semiconductors, molecules) are emerging as the most promising and versatile nano-systems. Sensing, molecular electronics, photo-catalysis, photovoltaics, nano-medicine are fields where the peculiar properties of specific hybrid nano-systems, making advantage of the different, yet coupled optical properties of the different segments, may trigger revolutionary developments. > > Nano-hybrids are still little exploited though. Their development presents important fundamental challenges and necessitates convergence of different cutting-edge experimental and theoretical methods. From the synthesis and experimental side, the production of hybrid nanoobjects require development of new strategies for the assembly of materials with different chemical, structural and symmetry properties. Their characterization and property measurements often requires the simultaneous use of different imaging and spectroscopy techniques, and the interpretation of the data may call for unconventional approaches mixing, for instance molecular and solid-state physics methods. From the theoretical viewpoint it is necessary to apply methods that allow the accurate description of components of different nature and their interaction. In other words, the investigation of > > hybrid nano-objects, which mix excitations with very different length and energy scales, also > requires the development and application of hybrid methods for their investigation – possibly > unconventional multiscale approaches from the computational point of view. > > Topics to be covered > > 1. Synthesis of hybrid nanoparticles > 2. Functionalization/coating of inorganic nanoparticles/surfaces with organic materials > 3. Plasmonics > 4. Optical characterization of hybrid nanoobjects > 5. Energy transfer and charge transfer at hybrid interfaces > 6. Ab-initio simulations and semi-empirical modeling > 7. Development of innovative predictive theoretical approaches for optical properties of hybrid materials at the nano-scale > > > > > Attachments: > HYEX_flyer.pdf > hyex2011.nano.cnr.it > > ---------------------- > This automatic notification message was sent by PSI-K (http://cselnx9.dl.ac.uk:8080/portal) from the PSI-K site. > You can modify how you receive notifications at My Workspace > Preferences.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Pizza in the division room

by Jacob J Krich

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] tomorrow

by Edward Farhi

Hi Quanta The group will meet on Tuesday October 25 at 11:00 in the usual spot. Byron will tell you about what he has been doing. I will be on an airplane and back at MIT on Friday. Best, Eddie ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Edward Farhi Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics Director Center for Theoretical Physics 6-300 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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] [Aspuru-meetings-list] Group meeting by Takatoshi tomorrow

by Joel Yuen

When: Tomorrow Monday October 24 from 2 to 3 PM. Where: Cabot Division Room at Mallinckrodt. What: Takatoshi is up for group meeting: Title: Fragment molecular orbital study on excited states of Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex I will be talking about excited state calculations of Fenna-Matthews-Olson complex by fragment molecular orbital method. I will discuss the applicability of the fragment molecular orbital method for photosynthetic antenna systems. -- Joel Yuen-Zhou PhD candidate in Chemical Physics Harvard University CCB, 12 Oxford St. Mailbox 107, Cambridge, MA, USA. _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] potosi unplugged

by Johannes Hachmann

Hi everybody, Someone unplugged potosi (the computer next to my desk) a short while ago. Potosi serves workunits to the World Community Grid and has to be on and online 24/7, so please don't mess with it. Thanks for your understanding. Best wishes Johannes ----------------------------------------------- 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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