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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Thomas Renger's Schedule

by Patrick Rebentrost

DearAll, reminder that Thomas Renger is visiting MIT tomorrow. There is the opportunity to have lunch at noon and to have a meeting at 2 pm, see below. Best, Patrick -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Thomas Renger's Schedule Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 16:16:09 -0400 From: Cathy Bourgeois <cmbourg(a)MIT.EDU> To: 'Silvija Gradecak' <gradecak(a)mit.edu>, "'David B. Strasfeld'" <dbstrasf(a)mit.edu>, 'Natalia Shustova' <shustova(a)mit.edu>, 'Michael Khasin' <mkhasin(a)mit.edu>, 'Jiye Lee' <jiye(a)mit.edu>, "Rebentrost, Frank Patrick" <rebentr(a)fas.harvard.edu>, 'Shane Yost' <sryost(a)mit.edu>, 'Troy Van Voorhis' <tvan(a)mit.edu>, 'Jing Kong' <jingkong(a)mit.edu>, 'Robert Silbey' <silbey(a)mit.edu> CC: 'Marc Baldo' <baldo(a)mit.edu> Hi all, Please see attached schedule and only email if you *cannot* make your assigned time-slot as soon as possible. This is going out to Thomas as the tentative schedule. Thanks, Cathy *Thomas Renger* *Johannes Kepler Universitat - Linz, Austria* *Host: Bob Silbey* Tues. May 17, 2011 *Seminar: 3-4pm in RLE Haus Room 36-428* */TIME/* */NAME/* */ROOM/* */PHONE/* nnnnn Silvija Gradecak 13-5094 x3-9896 9:45 AM David Strasfeld 18-050 x3-8594 10:30 AM Natalia Shustova - Dinca Gp 6-433 x4-2161 11:15 PM Michael Khasin-J. Cao Gp 6-222B _mkhasin(a)mit.edu <mailto:mkhasin@mit.edu>_ 12 noon *LUNCH* Jiye Lee Patk. Rebentrost (AAG grp) Shane Yost 13-3038 x3-0085 1:15 PM Troy Van Voorhis 6-229 x3-1488 2:00 PM Patrick Rebentrost Aspuru-Guzik Gp meet Troy's office at 2 pm 617 459 5909 */2:45 PM/* */SEMINAR/* */36-428/* *//* 4:15 PM Jing Kong 13-3065 x4-4068 5:00 PM *Meeting/Dinner* Bob Silbey 6-211 x3-1470 Cathy Bourgeois Research Laboratory of Electronics Center for Excitonics 77 Massachusetts Ave. Rm: 13-3057 Cambridge, MA 02139 P-617-253-0085

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Announcemenet: Excitonics Seminar, Tues. May 17, 3pm, RLE Conf. 36-428

by Cathy Bourgeois

Please forward to your groups and post in your area. - thanks Center for Excitonics Seminar Series Announcement Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:00 PM RLE Conference Room: 36-428 Speaker: Thomas Renger, Johannes Kepler Universitat - Linz, Austria "Theory of light-harvesting in photosynthesis: from structure to function" Abstract In photosynthesis, light energy absorbed in light-harvesting pigment-protein complexes is transferred via an exciton mechanism to the reaction center where it is used to drive electron transfer reactions. The quantum efficiency of the transfer is close to 100 percent, that is, almost all excitons created reach the reaction center. In order to bridge the gap between the crystal structures of these light-harvesting proteins and optical experiments probing their function, two essential problems need to be solved. On one hand, theories of optical spectra and excitation energy transfer have to be developed that take into account the pigment-pigment (excitonic) and the pigment-protein (exciton-vibrational) coupling on an equal footing. On the other hand, the parameters entering these theories need to be calculated from the structural data. I will give a summary of recent approaches to solve the above problems and discuss applications on different light-harvesting and reaction center complexes revealing different strategies for efficient light-harvesting. Bio Born 1970 in Zittau (Germany). Study of physics at Humboldt-University Berlin (Germany), diploma (master degree) 1995, 1998 PhD degree in theoretical physics. 1999-2001 Feodor Lynen research scholar of Alexander von Humboldt-foundation at California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (USA). 2002-2009 head of junior research group (Emmy-Noether program of German Research Foundation) at Free University Berlin (Germany), institute of chemistry and biochemistry. Since 2009 head of division Theoretical Biophysics at Johannes Kepler University, Linz (Austria). Research Theory of charge and excitation energy transfer and optical spectra of biological macromolecules, dynamical theory and its parametrization by quantum chemical/electrostatic methods and molecular dynamics simulations. More detailed information can be found at: <http://www.jku.at/itp/content/e61104/> http://www.jku.at/itp/content/e61104/ Light refreshments will be served 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

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Postdoc position

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: Nitzan Abraham <nitzan(a)post.tau.ac.il> > Date: May 15, 2011 7:31:48 PM GMT-03:00 > To: anitzan <anitzan(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Postdoc position > > Dear Colleagues, > > Please bring this announcement (also attached) to the attention of whoever might be interested > > Thanks for your help, > > Abe Nitzan > > > A post doctoral position available: Theory of optical response and transport phenomena in nanojunctions > > > > A post doctoral position in the area of molecular junctions transport is available in the group of Professor Abraham Nitzan at Tel Aviv University, Israel, starting any time after October 1st 2011. Research in our group is focused on electrical, thermal and optical effects in molecular-scale transport. Currently under study are transport phenomena and noise properties of redox molecular conduction junctions, the interplay between optical response, plasmon excitation and conduction properties of molecular junctions, and energy conversion, heating, heat conduction and thermoelectric properties of such systems. > > More information about Nitzan’s research can be found in http://atto.tau.ac.il/~nitzan/ > > Candidate profile: A person with Ph.D degree in physics (preferably condensed phase) or physical chemistry/chemical physics with experience in theoretical and/or computational work. > > Interested candidates should submit their CV and three names of reference persons to > > nitzan(a)post.tau.ac.il > > or: > > Professor Abraham Nitzan > > Department of Chemical Physics > > School of Chemistry > > Tel Aviv University > > Tel Aviv, 69978 > > Israel > > > > -- > -------------------------------- > Professor Abraham Nitzan |e-mail: nitzan(a)post.tau.ac.il > School of Chemistry |Phone: +972-3-6408904 > Tel Aviv University |Fax: +972-3-6423765 > Tel Aviv, 69978 ISRAEL |www: http://atto.tau.ac.il/~nitzan/nitzan.html > ------------------------------- > Director | > The Mortimer and Raymond Sackler | > Institute of Advanced Studies |Phone:+972-3-6409579 > Tel Aviv University |fax :+972-3-6424264 > Tel Aviv, 69978 ISRAEL |email: nitzan(a)post.tau.ac.il > Institute Homepage: http://www.tau.ac.il/institutes/advanced > >

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [qip] Monday May 16

by Edward Farhi

Hi All We will have our group meeting on Monday at 2:00 this week. At 4:00 Martin Roetteler will be giving a talk. Hopefully he will join us at our meeting. 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] group travel policy on wiki

by Anna B. Shin

Dear Group, Quick follow-up on group travel policy discussion at yesterday's group meeting: the wiki is still in revision phase but please refer to it before you do anything. If something's unclear, please email me or stop by my office hours with questions. By end of next week, I hope to email/post the travel questionnaire that you'll be required to fill out for review before Alan can give final approval. A completed questionnaire via email will suffice, but in future, Alan would like to build a simple database with online version for you to submit. It is unclear when that will roll out, but until then we'll still need an email with this information. Look out for the questionnaire in a week or so, or ask me if you need it sooner. Thanks, Anna 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 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=e7480c62f0&view=att&th=12eee19970…>

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Karaoke party tomorrow

by Joel Yuen

Hi all, Tomorrow my roommates and I are throwing a karaoke party at our place (details below). If you don't have anything to do besides sitting in your cubicle, please come over with your significant others and/or friends for some EtOH intoxication, singing, and dancing. -Joel. *End of semester karaoke and dance party* * * *Time Tomorrow at 10:00pm - Sunday at 2:00am ------------------------------ Location Our apartment 57 Springfield St. Apt. 3 Somerville, MA ------------------------------ Created By Joel Yuen <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=701028>, Viviana GH<http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=617935395> , Maria Carrillo <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000604353295>, Alberto Jurado Varela <http://www.facebook.com/alberto.jv> ------------------------------ More Info You're cordially invited to our celebration for the end of the semester. By popular request, we'll feature a bilingual karaoke in English and Spanish, with the latter being mostly in the genre "música para planchar," a.k.a. resented housewife ballads. NOTE: Please send us a private message (so that you're not embarrassed) with the song you want to sing so that we have in our playlist. Afterwards we'll have dancing and drinking. Feel free to bring some finger foods, snacks, drinks, and friends. We hope you can make it! * -- Joel Yuen-Zhou PhD candidate in Chemical Physics Harvard University CCB, 12 Oxford St. Mailbox 107, Cambridge, MA, USA.

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Announcemenet: Excitonics Seminar, Tues. May 17, 3pm, RLE Conf. 36-428

by Cathy Bourgeois

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Photosynthesis disentangled?

by Man Hong Yung

Sent to you via Google Reader Photosynthesis disentangled? According to calculations, a quantum version of energy transfer in plants would not necessarily offer any speedup compared to its classical counterpart. Published Thu May 12, 2011 Sent from my iPhone

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email

by Center for the Environment

Tonight: 7:30pm Forum and Book Signing: The Renewable Revolution First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist; 3 Church Street, Harvard Square Cambridge, MA Dr. Sajed Kamal will discuss his most recent book: The Renewable Revolution: How We Can Fight Climate Change, Prevent Energy Wars, Revitalize the Economy and Transition to a Sustainable Future. http://www.basea.org/ May 13, 2011 12:00pm Quenching Our Thirst with Nano Science and Technology 100F Pierce Hall 29 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA Chongzheng Na, Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences, University of Notre Dame will discuss the need to develop new technologies for water treatment and remediation in order to remove the constraints of contamination on the use of available water resources. Contact Name: Jill U. Larson jlarson(a)seas.harvard.edu 7:30pm "Climate Change: Is Green Consumption a Solution?" First Church (corner of Mass. Ave. & Church St.) Cambridge, MA Talk and Q/A with Heather Rogers, author of Green Gone Wrong. http://cceag.org/node/13 Contact Name: John Pitkin 617 388 4448 May 16, 2011 12:00pm MCZ Lunchtime Seminar MCZ 101 Seminar Room 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA "The ecological success of ants: castes, gut bacteria, and clonal invasions." Daniel Kronauer, Harvard Society of Fellows, MCZ, Pierce Lab Contact Name: Catherine Weisel cweisel(a)oeb.harvard.edu (617) 495-2460 May 17, 2011 6:00pm - 8:30pm Smarter Living Expo Cambridge Public Library 449 Broadway Cambridge, MA A unique and fascinating discussion among Swiss and US building experts to address the challenges of sustainable buildings. RSVP requested. http://www.formstack.com/forms/?1075391-9PneY8RRIR sabine(a)swissnexboston.org 7:00pm - 9:00pm "Witnesses of Climate Change" The Laboratory at Harvard University, 52 Oxford St, Cambridge MA Eyewitness accounts of how changing climate and extreme weather events are already impacting people and agriculture, from Kenya and Argentina to the U.S. Midwest. http://cceag.org/node/13 Contact Name: John Pitkin 617 388 4448 May 18, 2011 1:15pm Webcast: Carbon Tax vs. Carbon Trading Online Professor Charles Sampford, Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance and Law and President, International Institute for Public Ethics, examines carbon trading schemes which create property rights in carbon emissions activities and allocate them to the countries which do the most environmental damage. Registration required. http://carbonwebcast.eventbrite.com/ Contact Name: Portia Gama unuony(a)unu.edu May 19, 2011 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 21, 2011 HMNH New Permanent Exhibition: New England Forests Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford St Cambridge, MA New England Forests in the Zofnass Family Gallery is a multi-media exhibition that explores the natural history and ecology of our regional forests. Experience the ecology of woodland caribou, wolves, and other wildlife of New England; learn about lichen cities that cling to rocks; and understand the circle of life within and around a forest pond from tiny aquatic insects to giant moose. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/exhibits/index.php#new 12:00pm - 3:30pm Cambridge Climate Change Week Finale Cambridge College, 1000 Mass Ave., Cambridge, MA ActionFest, featuring Action oriented booths, speakers, commitments project, food. Celebrate our community's efforts and commit to specific actions you will take to fight climate change. cccweek2011(a)gmail.com May 23, 2011 12:30pm Environmental Health Colloquium Building 1, Room 1302 Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA "Human health impacts of anthropogenic changes to Earth’s natural systems: Why destroying Nature may be bad for us." Dr. Samuel Myers, Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Contact Name: Alissa Wilcox AWILCOX(a)hsph.harvard.edu May 26, 2011 Congratulations Graduates! 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 --- 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. [33]Unsubscribe aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. 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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] Special group meeting tomorrow by Justin Caram

by Joel Yuen

When: Friday May 13 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM Where: Mallinckrodt 217 What: Justin Caram (Engel group, UChicago) is visiting: Title: "Extracting structure and dynamics of excitonic coherences using two dimensional electronic spectroscopy" Abstract: Two dimensional electronic spectroscopy is a powerful method for acquiring spectral information with both high time and frequency resolution. In multi-chromophore systems such as the Fenna-Mathews-Olson complex, this added resolution has allowed us to observe the unique signature of long-lived excitonic coherences, which persist on the time scale of energy transfer. By using more complex analysis strategies we have also begun to understand both the dynamics and the structure of these coherences with the hope of gaining insight into the molecular mechanism by which these coherences are preserved, especially in the soft-wet environment of a protein. -- 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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