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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] Group meeting Monday 3/21

by Jiahao Chen

Hi all, I will be giving group meeting on Monday, March 21 at 2:30 p.m. in the Amdur Room. I will present work to date on sticky electrons. The plan is to review (briefly) some commonly used definitions of atomic charges (Mulliken, RESP, Hirshfeld, etc.) and why none of these are entirely adequate, thus motivating our study of a different atomic charge scheme. A derivation of the working equations and preliminary numerical results will be presented. Thanks in advance to Xin who will be providing nibbles. :) Thanks, · Jiahao Chen · MIT Chemistry · _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: [HEJC-list] Discussion of the on-going nuclear crisis in Japan

by Jacob J Krich

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: EU/US HPC Challenges in High Performance Computing Summer School

by Aspuru

Alan Aspuru-Guzik Associate Professor Harvard University http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu Sent from my mobile. Please pardon any typos. Begin forwarded message: > From: PSC User Services <usdesk(a)psc.edu> > Date: March 18, 2011 7:19:10 AM MDT > To: undisclosed-recipients:; > Subject: EU/US HPC Challenges in High Performance Computing Summer School > > Please spread the word about the second EU/US HPC Challenges in High Performance Computing Summer School. > > https://www.teragrid.org/web/news/deisa_2011 > > As Barry Schneider, NSF-OCI told students who attended last year's summer school, we know that the grand challenges of the future will be solved by large teams of multidisciplinary researchers. One objective for the experience is to bring young multinatio > nal researchers together that may not otherwise have the opportunity to meet. The seeds we plant at this summer school will yield the fruit of future discovery and develop friendships among young innovators that will last a lifetime. > > Last year we hosted 60 students from 20 countries at the first EU-US joint summer school Italy. There were 35 EU and 25 US students in attendance. Twenty percent of the attendees were female! Among the US students were many international students who atte > nd US colleges or work in US labs. While the presence of varied cultural backgrounds provides a richer exchange, it was unfortunate that more of the available US seats weren't filled by US natives who would have contributed to, and benefited from, this ex > perience. > > To read about last year's summer school, visit: > https://www.teragrid.org/web/news/deisa_summer > > This year TeraGrid will select 35 students and the EU will send 25. Please spread the word at RP sites among graduate and postdoctoral scholars who use HPC for their research, or who work in your labs. US nationals, female, and minority students are espec > ially encouraged to apply by the April 25 deadline.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: TP Msg. #1085 The Academic Job Talk

by Sule Atahan-Evrenk

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rick Reis <reis(a)stanford.edu> Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 10:42 PM Subject: TP Msg. #1085 The Academic Job Talk To: tomorrows-professor <tomorrows-professor(a)lists.stanford.edu> In the end, remember that the job talk is not another defense of your work. You don’t have to prove your competence. Instead, consider it a demonstration of your ability to contribute and collaborate as a potential colleague and as a clear communicator. That’s what your audience is most interested in knowing. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOMORROW'S PROFESSOR(sm) eMAIL NEWSLETTER http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/cgi-bin/tomprof/postings.php Archives of all past postings can be found at: http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/cgi-bin/tomprof/postings.php Sponsored by Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning http://ctl.stanford.edu Folks: The posting below gives some great tips on preparing for the all important academic job talk. It is from the February 2011 issue of the online publication, Graduate Connections Newsletter: Professional Development Network Tips and strategies to give graduate students a leg up in launching a professional career [ http://www.unl.edu/gradstudies/current/dev/newsletter/], pp 4-7, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is published by the Office of Graduate Studies. ©2011 Graduate Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Reprinted with permission. Regards, Rick Reis reis(a)stanford.edu UP NEXT: Practices of Successful (Group) Leaders Tomorrow's Graduate Students and Postdocs ------------------------------------- 1,230 words ------------------------------------ The Academic Job Talk THE “JOB TALK” is perhaps the single most important thing you’ll do during an academic interview. On the basis of your presentation, you’ll be evaluated as a scholar, teacher and potential colleague. A dynamic talk is likely to result in a job offer, while a poorly organized, flat or uninspired presentation will almost certainly eliminate you from consideration. Here are some key points to consider as you prepare for an academic job talk. Before the Talk Different institutions and disciplines have different expectations about the length and format of the job talk. Make sure you know what is expected of you. Attend job talks in your department. Listen to how faculty members evaluate the talk, then figure out what works and what doesn’t. Use this information to guide your preparation. Find out who will be attending the job talk. Knowing your audience will help you decide how specific or technical you should make the presentation. For example, if the audience is primarily undergraduates, you’ll want to spend more time explaining the significance of your work. Also, ask about the format of the talk so you’ll know how much time you’ll have. Your research talk will probably be related to your dissertation, but remember, this isn’t a dissertation defense. Dr. Jonathan A. Dantzig (2001), professor of mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, advises: “make sure that everyone who attends your seminar learns something.” He notes that a good job talk should answer the following questions: • What problem have I worked on? • Why would anyone work on this problem? • What is significant about what I have done? • How has my work made progress on the problem? He offers this sample structure for a 45-minute research job talk: Content Time Target Audience Detail Level / Purpose Background 15 Everyone present Your parents would understand it Your approach 10 People in related fields Show you know the field Your results 10 People who work in your field Show that you are the world expert on something Summary 10 Everyone in the room Relate your results to the big picture Prepare an organized presentation. Good presentations have a beginning, a middle and an end, often referred to as the “3 Ts”: Tell ‘em what you’re going to tell ‘em; Tell ‘em; and Tell ‘em what you told ‘em. If you choose to use a Power Point presentation, don’t use complete sentences on your slides, because you’ll invariably end up turning your back to the audience and reading the slides verbatim. Instead, follow these general rules: • Two- or three-word phrases for each point; avoid long sentences • Generally one topic per slide • Title for each slide • Generally no more than 6 words a line • Generally no more than 6 lines a slide • Larger font to indicate more important information • Font size generally ranging from 18 to 48 point • Bullets to highlight your text items • Don’t overwhelm your audience with fancy fonts, shaded backgrounds or custom effects (for example, words or phrases that fade or dissolve or graphics that fly in or out). These “enhancements” are sure to distract the listener from your presentation. For more tips on creating effective Power Point presentations, see the next article. If your material is too detailed to put on a slide, consider using handouts instead. But be sure the information is not too complex and that any tables, charts or graphs are clearly labeled. Finally, make sure you bring with you enough copies of the handouts with the pages stapled together. Now that you’ve prepared your presentation, practice it. Practice in front of your adviser, some fellow graduate students, and at least one person who knows nothing about your subject matter. Perhaps invite some undergraduates to the mock talk. Get their comments, then practice it again. Make sure your seminar is at an appropriate level for the various audience members (e.g., faculty, postdoc fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students). Get as much feedback as you can. Practice it again. Time yourself. If you’re using slides, figure out which slide corresponds to the halfway point of your presentation. That way, you can tell whether you’re going too slowly or too fast – while you still have time to do something about it. If you’re running short of time during the talk, it’s better to cut a pre-planned optional section in the middle than to be prevented from giving the conclusion. And don’t try to include every minor detail. Keep the big picture in mind. During the Talk Remember that an “extemporaneous” presentation – planned thoroughly in advance yet delivered in a spontaneous manner – will be far more convincing than a scripted one. In other words, don’t read your presentation. Keep in mind the purpose of your talk. You are not delivering a research paper. Ask the audience to hold questions until the end except for brief questions of clarification. Otherwise you’re likely to get interrupted and run out of time. Start by providing an overview of the topics you’ll be covering. Be sure to explain near the beginning why a non-specialist might be interested in your work. Near the end, be sure to explain why your substantive conclusions are of importance beyond the immediate topic of the work. Maintain eye contact with the audience. Choose people at various locations in the room and systematically sweep your eyes around to be sure you engage the entire audience. Avoid standing right in front of the projector. You’ll end up obstructing the view of people near the front, and you’ll also be partially blinded by staring into the projector’s light. If you use a laser pointer, slowly circle around the item you want the audience to attend to, instead of trying to point at it directly. If you point and you’re nervous, your shaky hand will be greatly exaggerated by the laser beam. Don’t stand in one spot during the entire presentation. Make use of both horizontal and vertical space when speaking. When asking or answering questions or emphasizing a point, move toward the audience. Create presence. Be unpredictable in your physical movement, but don’t pace back and forth. After the Talk The question-and-answer session following your talk can be as important as the talk itself. The best way to prepare for this portion of the job talk is to anticipate the kinds of questions that might be asked, then practice responding to them. Often the biggest challenge is to understand what the questioner is asking. Pause before you reply. If you’re not sure what the question is, ask for clarification by restating the question in your own words and asking if that is what the questioner meant. It’s okay to take notes on the remarks from the audience, especially on an interesting point that you hadn't considered. And it’s not a crime to say, "I don't know. That’s a great question and it would make a great follow-up research project." (Just don’t answer every question like that.) Finally, never, ever argue or become defensive with the questioner. In the end, remember that the job talk is not another defense of your work. You don’t have to prove your competence. Instead, consider it a demonstration of your ability to contribute and collaborate as a potential colleague and as a clear communicator. That’s what your audience is most interested in knowing. Sources: The Academic Job Search, Rice University Career Services Center. Jonathan A. Dantzig (2001). Landing an Academic Job: The Process and the Pitfalls. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, February 22, 2001. Perfecting The Job Talk by Professor John Eadie, Department of Wildlife, Fish & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, http://iccweb.ucdavis.edu/graduates/PerfectJobTalk.htm. * * * * * * * NOTE: Anyone can SUBSCRIBE to the Tomorrows-Professor Mailing List by going to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/tomorrows-professor --++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== tomorrows-professor mailing list tomorrows-professor(a)lists.stanford.edu https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/tomorrows-professor

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] No group meeting tomorrow

by Joel Yuen

because of spring break. We'll resume next Friday with David. -- 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 http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email March 17 - 31

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Wednesday, March 23: The Clean Energy and the Media Seminar series continues with a timely discussion on "The Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power: Promise or Peril?" with Ned Potter, ABC News science correspondent, and Matthew Wald, New York Times science reporter. Thursday, March 24: HUCE welcomes Jon Chase, Professor of Biology and director, Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis, as the next speaker in the series on Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change. Professor Chase works to address some of the most fundamental principles of community ecology. Rescheduled for April 6: Jon A. Krosnick, Professor, Stanford University, presents "What Americans and Massachusetts Residents Think About Climate Change: Attitude Formation and Change in Response to a Raging Scientific Controversy" in the HUCE Green Conversations lecture series with discussants Stephen Ansolabehere (FAS, Government), and Andrew Hoffman (MIT Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan). Calendar Listings: Tonight 6:00pm Discussion on Hazards and Nuclear Power - Understanding the Situation in Japan MIT 32-141 Cambridge, MA Join nuclear specialists and members of the MIT Energy Club for a candid and informal discussion of the nuclear situation in Japan and some of its potential implications. A pizza dinner will be served. Open to the general public. http://www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-programs/discussion-series/hazards-…... Contact Name: Rebecca Dell rwdell(a)mit.edu March 18, 2011 7:30am - 12:00pm EBC Climate Change Program: Massachusetts Clean Energy and Climate Plan for 2020 Nixon Peabody 100 Summer St. Boston, MA David Cash, Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, will be the keynote speaker for this program. http://www.ebcne.org Contact Name: Megan Curtis-Murphy mcurtismurphy(a)ebcne.org 617-505-1818 March 20, 2011 2:00pm HMNH Family Program and Booksigning HMNH 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Artist, author, and naturalist Clare Walker Leslie will talk about her travels to Africa, the Arctic, and other distant lands, as well as her work sketching in the HMNH galleries at "Drawing and Observing Nature: From Cambridge to Africa and Back." http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/family_programs/index.php March 21, 2011 12:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 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 Technology Innovation Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA "Transforming U.S. Energy Technology Innovation." Laura Diaz Anadon, Matthew Bunn, and Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Harvard. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/cepr/events.html 12:00pm MCZ Lunchtime Seminar MCZ 101 Seminar Room 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "Phylogenetic niche conservatism and parasites." Natalie Cooper, Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard. Contact Name: Catherine Weisel cweisel(a)oeb.harvard.edu (617) 495-2460 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Series Haller Hall Geo Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA Mark Schmitz (Boise State). Title TBA. http://www.eps.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k58621&pageid=icb.page298425 March 22, 2011 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: Shuting Jin shuting(a)gmail.com 4:15pm Japan in Crisis: Exploring the Consequences of a Cascading Disaster Goodman Classroom, L-140 (Littauer Building) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA In this panel discussion, faculty members, researchers, and guest panelists will explore the implications of this catastrophic chain of events and discuss the multi-fold challenges facing Japan as it struggles to respond and recover. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/events-calendar/japan-in-crisis-expl…... Contact Name: David Giles david_giles(a)harvard.edu 5:15pm - 6:45pm Water for Cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge Through Ecological Waterscapes, Rainwater Harvesting and Participation Carr Center Conference Room (Rubenstein Building, Floor 2, Room 219) Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA This World Water Day lecture will focus on how "Ecological Waterscapes" can be used in urban environments to capture rainwater and re-charge riversheds, thereby improving access to water. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/initiatives/right_to_water/events/wwd_2011….... March 23, 2011 11:00am OEB Weekly Seminar Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA "Population genetics in the personal genome era." Carlos Bustamante, Stanford University. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/seminars.html 1:00pm - 2:30pm Clean Energy & the Media Seminar Harvard Kennedy School, Bell Hall, Belfer Building, 5th floor 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA "The Seesaw Coverage of Nuclear Power: Promise or Peril?" Join a conversation with distinguished journalists Matthew Wald, national energy and environment reporter, The New York Times, and Ned Potter, science correspondent, ABC News. Discussant is Matthew Bunn, co-principal investigator of the Belfer Center's Project on Managing the Atom Contact Name: Cristine Russell Cristine_Russell(a)hks.harvard.edu 1:15pm - 2:30pm Webcast: "Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security" The major focus of this conference will be on coping with global environmental change and with hazards and strategies pertaining to social vulnerability and resilience-building. The speakers will examine scientific and political strategies, policies and measures - such as early warning of conflicts and hazards - and discuss a political geo-ecology. Free, registration required. http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1404929181 Contact Name: Portia Gama unuony(a)unu.edu 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA 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 March 24, 2011 11:45am - 1:00pm Ecology Journal Club http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pringle/journalclub.htm Contact Name: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 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. 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group Faculty Dining Room Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA Study with IOP fellow and Former U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 4th District Bob Inglis. discussing energy and environmental policy. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2011-Study-…... 5:00pm - 6:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, & Global Change: Jon Chase Jon Chase, Professor of Biology; Director, Tyson Research Center, Washington University in St. Louis. Professor Chase works to address some of the most fundamental principles of community ecology. Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 617-495-8883 Biolabs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge March 26, 2011 9:30am Run or Walk for Solar Empowerment JFK Park - JFK and Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA Leveraging the power of emerging markets in Mali, Harvard Global Energy Initiative has teamed up with D.Light Design and the Rural Energy Foundation to enable villagers outside of Bamako to purchase affordable solar lanterns, mobile phone chargers, and energy efficient home improvements that will lead to economic savings, health benefits, and environmental responsibility. Help us make safe, affordable, clean energy an option for the rural poor of Mali. http://www.solarempowerment5k.info/register.php 2:00pm HMNH Author Talk HMNH 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "The Moral Lives of Animals." Author Dale Peterson will discuss how our fellow creatures have powerful impulses toward cooperation, generosity, and fairness. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php March 28, 2011 12:00pm Harvard Energy Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge, MA 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 Technology Innovation Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Energy Policy Seminar Series Weil Hall, Ground Floor Belfer Building, HKS Cambridge, MA Erich Muehlegger, HKS. Title TBA. louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu 617-4955-8693 12:30pm Tufts Energy and Climate Policy Research Seminar Crowe Room (Goddard 310), The Fletcher School Tufts University Medford, MA "Decarbonization in US Energy: Trends, Drivers and Challenges." Kathleen Araújo, Doctoral Research Fellow, The Fletcher School and Doctoral Candidate, MIT. Contact Name: Jacqueline Deelstra Jacqueline.Deelstra(a)tufts.edu 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Series http://www.eps.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k58621&pageid=icb.page298425 Haller Hall Geo Museum 102 24 Oxford St Cambridge, MA David Bercovici (Yale). Contact Name: Shuting Jin shuting_jin(a)harvard.edu March 29, 2011 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: Shuting Jin shuting(a)gmail.com 4:00pm 2011 Prather Lecture Series Northwest Labs B-103 52 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "Unraveling relationships between genes and behavior." Cori Bargmann - Torsten N. Weisel Professor of Biology, The Rockefeller University. Reception to follow in Romer Hall, Harvard Museum of Natural History. http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/NewsEvents/News/prather6_3-14-2011.html March 30, 2011 11:00am 2011 Prather Lecture Series Main Lecture Hall BioLabs Building 16 Divinity Ave Cambridge, MA "Fifty years of solitude: genetic variation in foraging behavior." Cori Bargmann - Torsten N. Weisel Professor of Biology, The Rockefeller University. http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/NewsEvents/News/prather6_3-14-2011.html 4:10pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy L-382 Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA "Weather and Death in India: Mechanisms and Implications of Climate Change." Michael Greenstone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/events-calendar/seminar-in-environme…... Contact Name: Jason Chapman jason_chapman(a)harvard.edu 8:00pm - 9:00pm Environmental Action Committee Meeting Quincy House Spindell Room Harvard University Cambridge, MA 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 March 31, 2011 8:00am - 6:00pm Annual Babson Energy and Environmental Conference Babson College 231 Forest Street Babson Park, MA "Entrepreneurship for a Sustainable Future" The Babson Energy and Environmental Conference is an annual event hosted by the Babson Energy and Environmental Club (BEEC) at the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business. http://beec2011conference.eventbrite.com/ 10:30am China Project Seminar Pierce Hall 100F, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge "Clean Energy Subsidies and the Law of the WTO." Prof. Huang Zhixiong, Visiting Fulbright Scholar, Harvard Law School; Associate Professor, Law School, Wuhan University http://chinaproject.harvard.edu/seminar%20folder/seminar/Huang110331 Contact Name: Chris Nielsen 617-496-2378 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 2011 Prather Lecture Series Northwest Labs Lecture Hall B103 52 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "The invisible wiring diagram: using fixed circuits to generate flexible behaviors." Cori Bargmann - Torsten N. Weisel Professor of Biology, The Rockefeller University. http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/NewsEvents/News/prather6_3-14-2011.html 4:00pm - 6:00pm The Greening of America's Schools Land Lecture Hall, Belfer Building (HKS) 79 JFK St Cambridge, MA "Intersections of Environmental and Education Policy." With Peter Bahouth (President of US Climate Action Network, and former Executive Director of Greenpeace), Rachel Gutter (Director of Center for Green Schools), and Jean Wallace (CEO of Green Woods Charter School of Philadelphia, PA) http://green.harvard.edu/node/1381 4:00pm - 5:30pm IOP Study Group Faculty Dining Room Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA Study with IOP fellow and Former U.S. Representative for South Carolina’s 4th District Bob Inglis. discussing energy and environmental policy. http://www.iop.harvard.edu/Programs/Fellows-Study-Groups/Spring-2011-Study-…... --- 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. Become a Fan of HUCE on Facebook! You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. [86]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 86. 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.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Live Webcast Today at 4pm: Response to the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crises in Japan

by Center for the Environment

Live Webcast Today at 4pm- The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health "Response to the Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crises in Japan: Disaster leadership in Action" TODAY, Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (ET) Watch at www.ForumHSPH.org (http://www.forumhsph.org/) Submit your questions for the expert participants before or during the event by emailing theforum(a)hsph.harvard.edu. Expert Participants: Gordon Thompson, Executive Director, Institute for Resource and Security Studies Michael VanRooyen, Founder and Director of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative at Harvard University and an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. VanRooyen is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. Michael Reich, Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health Invited to Participate: Takashi Nagata, Emergency Physician, responding to the crises with the Japan Medical Association, and former Research Fellow at Harvard School of Public Health Moderator: Jennifer Leaning, Director of Harvard University's François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health, FXB Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School Contact: Caitlin Hubbard CHUBBARD(a)hsph.harvard.edu _Contact:_ Caitlin Hubbard [5]CHUBBARD(a)hsph.harvard.edu Links: 5. mailto:CHUBBARD@hsph.harvard.edu You are receiving this email because you indicated interest in Harvard University Center for the Environment events. [6]Unsubscribe aspuru-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 6. 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] Japan.

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear group members, Some of you that discussed the conference in Japan next September with me. I think we should not apply for it at this point. Things are getting not that nice over there in terms of radiation. Hopefully all things stabilize soon, but I assume that this conference might not be a good idea othewise. 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 | http://about.me/aspuru

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] TODAY: 2 talks on organic electronics at MIT

by Johannes Hachmann

Hi everybody, There are 2 talks on organic electronics at MIT TODAY: 1) Paul E. Burrows (Reata Research): "HOW MANY SCIENTISTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB? - The challenge and potential of organic solid state lighting" RLE Conference Room: 36-428 3:00 pm Abstract: Many scientific papers and presentations in the field of organic electronic materials have kicked off with bold statements implying a route to low cost, large area manufacturing. Organic solid state lighting has recently become feasible due to dramatic improvements in the efficiency and operating lifetime of organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and, again, dramatic visions of efficient, large area organic lighting on plastic sheets akin to wallpaper fill the popular literature. These improvements have led to the widespread, if perhaps not yet profitable, exploitation of OLEDs in small area displays, particularly for handheld devices. Application to general lighting, however, presents unique challenges distinct from the displays industry. Organic solid state lighting indeed has advantages over other available technologies but simply applying display technology to lighting is probably not the way to go. This presentation will start from what is actually required to light a room, how much value a lighting product can command, and which problems therefore exist that still require research breakthroughs for their solution. Bio: Currently, Dr. Burrows consults on fundamental science, technology and policy for business and government in nanotechnology, molecular materials and energy through Reata Research in Chattaroy, Washington. His specialties include: organic materials and devices for SSL, thin film encapsulation, hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductor integration, 3D electronic devices, thin film deposition techniques for organic molecules and salts, and production/analysis of ultra-high purity organic materials. From 2000 to 2008, Paul served as Laboratory Fellow for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where he managed a $5 million budget for the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative and worked with DOE and Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance to define and build our national program in solid state lighting. Dr. Burrows has also led nanoscience research programs at numerous industry and academic institutions, including Princeton University, University of Southern California, and the Laboratory for Nonlinear Optics and Advanced Materials at the Riken Institute in Japan. 2) Peter Rossky (University of Texas at Austin): "Electronic Dynamics of Conjugated Molecular Systems" Rm 6-120 4:30 pm ----------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Aspuru-meetings-list mailing list Aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/aspuru-meetings-list

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] ANNOUNCEMENT: Excitonics Seminar, TODAY, Mar 15, 3 pm, 36-428

by Cathy Bourgeois

Center for Excitonics Seminar Series Announcement Tuesday, March 15, 2011 3:00 PM RLE Conference Room: 36-428 PAUL E. BURROWS, Reata Research "HOW MANY SCIENTISTS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB? - The challenge and potential of organic solid state lighting" Abstract: Many scientific papers and presentations in the field of organic electronic materials have kicked off with bold statements implying a route to low cost, large area manufacturing. Organic solid state lighting has recently become feasible due to dramatic improvements in the efficiency and operating lifetime of organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) and, again, dramatic visions of efficient, large area organic lighting on plastic sheets akin to wallpaper fill the popular literature. These improvements have led to the widespread, if perhaps not yet profitable, exploitation of OLEDs in small area displays, particularly for handheld devices. Application to general lighting, however, presents unique challenges distinct from the displays industry. Organic solid state lighting indeed has advantages over other available technologies but simply applying display technology to lighting is probably not the way to go. This presentation will start from what is actually required to light a room, how much value a lighting product can command, and which problems therefore exist that still require research breakthroughs for their solution. Bio: Currently, Dr. Burrows consults on fundamental science, technology and policy for business and government in nanotechnology, molecular materials and energy through Reata Research in Chattaroy, Washington. His specialties include: organic materials and devices for SSL, thin film encapsulation, hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductor integration, 3D electronic devices, thin film deposition techniques for organic molecules and salts, and production/analysis of ultra-high purity organic materials. From 2000 to 2008, Paul served as Laboratory Fellow for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where he managed a $5 million budget for the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative and worked with DOE and Next Generation Lighting Industry Alliance to define and build our national program in solid state lighting. Dr. Burrows has also led nanoscience research programs at numerous industry and academic institutions, including Princeton University, University of Southern California, and the Laboratory for Nonlinear Optics and Advanced Materials at the Riken Institute in Japan.

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