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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email September 15-29

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Monday, September 19: The first STS Circle Lecture features Rajeswari Raina (NISTADS, India), a researcher in the social studies of science specializing in agricultural and rural innovation, for a discussion on "Norms of Expertise - Agricultural Production and the Environment in India." Tuesday, September 20: Join Marcos Heil Costa, Professor of Climatology & Environmental Modeling at the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, for a talk on coupled atmosphere-biosphere models, including their potential application to conservation and environmental policy. Tuesday, September 20: HUCE faculty associate Richard T. T. Forman, PAES Professor of Landscape Ecology, kicks off the first Biodiversity, Ecology & Global Change lecture of the semester. His talk, "How Could Nature Thrive in Urban Regions? Could the Future of Road Have No Driving, No Emissions, and Nature Reconnected?" explores his new concept of a sustainable road-vehicle transportation system. Calendar Listings: Tonight: 5:30pm Peabody Museum Lecture Peabody Museum, Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge New York City Department of Sanitation's one-and-only official Anthropologist-in-Residence, Robin Nagle, Ph.D, will speak on "Learning to Unsee.” http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/files/2011 Fall Cal_0.pdf September 16, 2011 – September 18, 2011 2011 Millennium Campus Conference Harvard College, Cambridge, MA The 2011 Millennium Campus Conference is an annual event bringing together over 1,000 college students and dozens of leaders in sustainable international development to discuss global poverty and our role, as students, in ending it. http://mcc2011.com/ Contact Name: Ruthy Rickenbacker rricken(a)mcnpartners.org September 16, 2011 8:30am MSI Chalktalk Breakfast HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St, 3rd Floor, Room 310 Cambridge, MA "Shaping bacteria: peptidoglycan hydrolases tailor the wall." Tsuyoshi Uehara (HMS-MI). Host: David Rudner 9:00am - 12:30pm New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable Foley Hoag LLP 155 Seaport Boulevard, 13th Floor Boston Two panels: FERC Order 1000 (Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Requirements) and The Future of Solar in New England. http://www.raabassociates.org/main/roundtable.asp?sel=107 Contact Name: Susan Rivo susan(a)raabassociates.org 9:00am - 10:00pm EPS Special Seminar Geoloogical Museum Room 204, 24 Oxford St, Cambridge Martin van Kranendonk, Western Australia Geological Survey. "Contingent drivers of environmental change and the rise of atmospheric oxygen during Earth's 800 million-year-long adolescence, 2.8-2.0 Ga." 10:00am - 12:00pm EEPIC Presentation: Introduction to Cleantech Entrepreneurship Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building 4th Floor, 79 JFK St., Cambridge Featuring a panel of local CEO's and Venture Capitalists discussing cleantech entrepreneurship. In addition, there will be a presentation on the Cleantech Open. Contact Name: Daniel Connell daniel.h.connell(a)gmail.com September 18, 2011 1:00pm Fabulous Fungi of New England Weld Hill, 1300 Centre Street, Boston Join avid mycologist Lawrence Millman on this talk and walk in search of New England fungi species. http://arboretum.harvard.edu/ September 19, 2011 Altwheels/Fleet Day Four Points by Sheraton, Norwood, MA The day of panels, exhibits, and vehicles offering a showcase of alternative transportation solutions - from concept vehicles, to vehicles that are available and affordable today. http://www.altwheels.org/ Contact Name: Mary Essary info(a)basea.org 12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106 Rajeswari Raina (NISTADS, India) on "Norms of Expertise - Agricultural Production and the Environment in India." http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts Contact Name: Please RSVP to sts(a)hks.harvard.edu. 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Haller Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge With Huiming Bao, Louisiana State University. Hosted by David Johnston. Contact Name: Sabina Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu 5:00pm Microbial Evolution Meeting Northwest Building, Room 353, 52 Oxford St, Cambridge "Sticking together makes life sweeter"with John Koschwanez (Murray lab) Hosts: Sergey Kryazhimskiy and Pleuni Pennings Contact Name: pennings(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:30pm Arnold Arboretum Seminar Hunnewell Building 125 Arborway, Boston “More Ticks In More Places: How the ever-changing ecology of tick-borne diseases in the Northeastern US affects you!” with Thomas N. Mather, Ph.D., Director, The University of Rhode Island TickEncounter Resource Center. http://arboretum.harvard.edu/ September 20, 2011 11:30am - 1:00pm Environment and Natural Resources Seminar Harvard Kennedy School, Nye BC, Taubman Building, 5th floor, Cambridge Jose Goldemberg, Professor Emeritus of the University of São Paulo. “Perspectives on Brazil's Bioethanol Program.” http://belfercenter.org/events/5564/perspectives_on_brazils_bioethanol_prog…... Contact Name: Amanda Swanson amanda_swanson(a)harvard.edu 12:00pm Presentation on Operation Wallacea: Conservation Research through Academic Partnerships Museum of Comparative Zoology 101, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge Learn more about Operation Wallacea, a series of research programs run through academic partnerships with the help of a large number of North American and European universities over the summer season. They have opportunities for faculty and staff to get involved in their expeditions run in 23 sites in 10 countries. http://www.opwall.com/ Contact Name: Matt Horder matt.horder(a)opwall.com 12:00pm - 1:30pm HUCE Special Seminar HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford Street, 3rd floor Cambridge, MA "Coupled Atmosphere-biosphere Models as a Tool for Conservation and Environmental Planning and Policy” with Marcos Heil Costa, Professor of Climatology & Environmental Modeling, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. Contact Name: Lisa Matthews lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu 2:30pm - 4:30pm Towards Consensus: The Policymaking Process in Transitional China 124 Mount Auburn Street, Suite 200-North, Cambridge Dr. Chen Ling is associate professor and assistant director of Industrial Development and Environmental Governance (CIDEG) at the School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, China. http://www.ash.harvard.edu/Home/News-Events/Events/Towards-Consensus-The-Po…... Contact Name: Kate Hoagland kate_hoagland(a)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 4:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change: "How Could Nature Thrive in Urban Regions? Could the Future of Roads Have No Driving, No Emissions, and Nature Reconnected?” Biolabs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge Featuring Richard T. T. Forman, the PAES Professor of Landscape Ecology at Harvard University. Contact Name: Lisa Matthews matthew(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:30pm Introduction to Botany Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge K. N. Gandhi, Botanist, Harvard University Herbaria September 21, 2011 4:00pm - 5:00pm Origins Forum Geo Museum, Haller Hall (Room 102), 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge "microRNAs, Molecular Clocks and Metazoan Macroevolution" with Kevin J. Peterson (Dartmouth College). September 22, 2011 11:00am - 12:00pm EPS Special Seminar Geological Museum Room 204, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge Featuring Eugene Domack, Hamilton College. “Ice Sheet/Shelf Collapse: the Sedimentologic and Biotic Consequences.” 11:45am - 12:45pm 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 4:15pm History and Economics Seminar CGIS S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA "Did Things Have to Turn Out This Way? Energy, Technology, Markets and the Environment in the North American West." A Joint Center for History and Economics lecture featuring Richard White, Stanford University. http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~histecon/ Contact Name: Emily Gauthier gauth(a)fas.harvard.edu 5:30pm Peabody Museum Lecture Peabody Museum Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge “Rags, Bones and Plastic Bags: Trash in Industrial America,” Susan Strasser, History Professor, University of Delaware, and author of "Waste and Want: a Social History of Trash." http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/files/2011%20Fall%20Cal_0.pdf 5:30pm - 7:00pm MSI Graduate Consortium Information Session HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge The evening will be an opportunity to socialize with current and prospective members of the consortium and to learn more about the program. http://www.msi.harvard.edu/graduates/consortium.html Contact Name: alenco(a)fas.harvard.edu September 23, 2011 8:30am - 9:30am MSI Chalktalk HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street 3rd Floor, Cambridge Curtis Huttenhower (HSPH-Biostatistics), "Functional metagenomics and the human microbiome" Host: Chris Marx September 24, 2011 2:00pm Moving Cambridge Beyond Fossil Fuel Christopher Columbus Park, Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA join a worldwide event - Moving Planet - calling for our elected leaders, businesses and communities to get serious about moving beyond fossil fuels. Groups will form in Cambridge and other towns and go to Boston - on foot or by bike, T or boat - to the New England March and Rally in Boston. Visit our website for specific group meeting times and locations. http://www.cceag.org Contact Name: John Pitkin john_pitkin(a)cceag.ccsend.com September 26, 2011 12:15pm - 2:00pm STS Circle Lecture 124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridge Featuring Lindsay Smith (UCLA), "Genetics of a Study in Faith": The Disappeared in Latin America, Science as Development, and the Fragility of Identification. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts Contact Name: Please RSVP to sts(a)hks.harvard.edu. 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St. With Christopher Ballentine, University of Manchester, UK. Hosted by Sujoy Mukhopadhyay. Contact Name: Sabinna Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu September 27, 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 6:30pm Introduction to Botany Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge K. N. Gandhi, Botanist, Harvard University Herbaria September 29, 2011 11:45am - 12:45pm Ecology Journal Club HUCE Seminar Room 310 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 3:00pm ClimaTea Special Seminar Geological Museum rm. 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge Erdal Yigit, “Parameterizing gravity waves from the lower atmosphere to the thermosphere in general circulation models.” http://www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars/climatea.html --- 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. [75]Unsubscribe aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 75. http://harvard.us1.list-manage1.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. _______________________________________________ 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] [Aspuru-meetings-list] theory/pchem lecture TODAY

by Johannes Hachmann

Hi everybody, Just a friendly reminder: we have a theory/pchem seminar this evening which may be of interest to some of you: Professor James T. Hynes Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Univ. Colorado, Boulder & Dépt. de Chemie, CNRS UMR PASTEUR, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris http://chem.colorado.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=259:ja mes-hynes&catid=41:faculty&Itemid=93 Hydrogen Bond Dynamics in Aqueous Systems R.B. Woodward Lectures in the Chemical Sciences Harvard/MIT Physical Chemistry Seminar Thursday, September 15 5:00 p.m. Pfizer Lecture Hall Best 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 ----------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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: BAPC Announcements: Week of - 9/19 - 23/11

by Anna B. Shin

Dear Group, FYI: if we host special seminars for our visitors, e.g., Prof. Lidar's past QI seminar in August, then it may be helpful to include the Boston Area Physics Calendar mailing list when advertising the seminar (depending on the situation). In any case, below are the instructions for posting to BAPC. I'm subscribed to the list, so I can send future talk announcements without them being held up for spam check. If interested in the list, feel free to subscribe below. Best, 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/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gisele Byda <gisele.byda(a)bc.edu> Date: Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 5:13 PM Subject: BAPC Announcements: Week of - 9/19 - 23/11 To: "BAPC-announce(a)cosmos.phy.tufts.edu" <BAPC-announce(a)cosmos.phy.tufts.edu > Cc: Gisele Byda <gisele.byda(a)bc.edu> September 19 - 23, 2011 *THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR * The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic year by the Department of Physics, Boston College. Entries should reach us no later than 2:00 pm on the Wednesday proceeding the week of the actual event. *NOTE:* Entries that are past the deadline will have to be sent by you to the BAPC late entry email address listed below. *ON-**TIME* submissions: Send to bapc-events(a)cosmos.phy.tufts.edu **** *LATE* submissions: Send to bapc-late(a)cosmos.phy.tufts.edu**** *SUBSCRIBE* or *UNSUBSCRIBE* to/from the BAPC calendar: http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/bapc.html**** ** ** ------------------------------ ** ** *Monday, September 19, 2011* ** ** 12:30**** Monday, Sept. 19, 2011**** Boston University**** Particles and Fields Seminar**** 3 Cummington St., Room 595**** TBA**** Nathaniel Craig**** Rutgers University/IAS**** ** ** 2:00PM**** Monday, September 19th**** Massachusetts Institute of Technology**** Nuclear and Particle Theory Seminar**** Center for Theoretical Physics, Cosman Seminar room 6c-442 **** "Partition Functions for Two Dimensional Systems with Compact Boundaries: CFT or EFT?"**** Ira Rothstein**** Carnegie Mellon University**** ** ** 4:00 p.m.**** Monday, September 19, 2011**** Brown University**** Department of Physics Colloquium**** Barus & Holley 168**** “Physics of the Intensity Frontier”**** Milind Diwan**** Brookhaven National Laboratory**** Refreshments begin at 3:30 p.m.**** http://physics.brown.edu/**** ** ** 4:15**** Monday, September 19, 2011**** 3:45 Refreshments / 4:15 Lecture**** Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium**** Laboratory for Nuclear Science**** Massachusetts Institute of Technology**** Kolker Room, 26-414**** "TeV Physics and Conformality"**** Tom Appelquist**** Yale**** ** ** 4:15 pm**** Monday, September 19, 2011**** Harvard University**** Department of Physics Colloquium**** Jefferson 250**** "Searching for Answers at The Large Hadron Collider"**** Matthew Strassler**** Rutgers University **** Tea will be served in Jefferson 450 at 3:30 p.m.**** http://www.physics.harvard.edu**** ** ** ------------------------------ ** ** *Tuesday, September 20, 2011* ** ** 12 Noon**** Tuesday, September 20, 2011**** LNS Lunch Time Seminar**** Laboratory for Nuclear Science**** Massachusetts Institute of Technology**** Kolker Room, 26-414**** "The MINERvA Experiment: Where we are, where we are going"**** Deborah Harris**** FNAL**** ** ** 1:30pm**** Tuesday, September 20, 2011**** Brandeis University**** String Theory Seminar**** Abelson 307**** "TBA"**** Brian Wecht**** Harvard and Queen Mary**** ** ** 2:00 pm**** Tuesday, September 20, 2011**** Boston College, Physics Seminar**** Higgins 235**** "TBA"**** Luiz Santos **** Harvard University**** For more information please see: http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/physics/**** ** ** 3:30 PM**** Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 **** Boston University**** Physics Department Colloquium**** Metcalf Science Center, Room 113**** 590 Commonwealth Ave.**** "Silicon Micromachines for Science and Technology"**** David Bishop**** Boston University**** Refreshments served at 3:15PM in 1st floor lounge**** ** ** 4pm**** Tuesday, September 20, 2011**** Brandeis University**** Joint MRSEC/Martin Weiner Lecture Series Physics Department Colloquium Abelson 131 **** "Non-equilibrium Dynamics in two-dimensional liquid crystals"**** Yuka Tabe**** Waseda University**** Refreshments at 3:30pm outside Abelson 131**** ** ** ------------------------------ ** ** *Wednesday, September 21, 2011* ** ** 1:00PM**** Wednesday, Sep 21, 2011**** University of Massachusetts Boston**** Physics colloquium series**** Science building, room 3-126**** "TBA"**** Mikhail Zvonarev, Harvard U**** Refreshments served at 12:45**** Questions: Maxim Olshanii (Olchanyi) <Maxim.Olchanyi(a)umb.edu> **** ** ** 2:30pm**** Wednesday, September 21**** BH 555**** Brown University**** HET Seminar**** Department of Physics**** "Matrix models, Einstein spaces, and the F-theorem"**** Silviu Pufu **** Princeton U**** ** ** 4:00 pm**** Wednesday, September 21, 2011**** Boston College, Physics Colloquium**** Higgins 310**** "Spin liquid and spin glass states of geometrically frustrated magnets"**** Seung-Hun Lee**** University of Virginia**** Refreshments served at 3:30 pm, Higgins Hall 230**** For more information please see: http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/physics/**** ** ** 4:00 P.M.**** Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 4:00**** UMass Lowell**** OH 218**** "Nanoscale Mechanical Resonators for Probing Physical Phenomena: Fluid Dynamics and Beyond"**** Kamil L. Ekinci**** Boston University**** Refreshments at 3:30 P.M. OH218**** ** ** 4:30 PM**** Wednesday, September 21**** Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Joint Atomic Physics Colloquium **** Jefferson 356, Tea begins at 4:00**** Molecules - Ultracold samples of ground-state molecules near quantum degeneracy **** Hanns-Christoph Nägerl **** University of Innsbruck**** Sponsored by Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics ITAMP (http://itamp.harvard.edu) and Harvard Physics Department**** (http://www.physics.harvard.edu)**** ** ** ------------------------------ * * *Thursday, September 22, 2011* ** ** 4:00 pm**** Thursday, September 22, 2011**** Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics**** CfA Colloquium Series**** Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge**** "WFIRST: an unobscured 3 mirror anastigmat with an HgCdTe focal plane"**** Paul Schechter**** MIT**** tea and cookies at 3:30 p.m.**** http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/colloquia**** ** ** 4:15 p.m.**** Thursday, September 22, 2011**** Massachusetts Institute of Technology**** The David and Edith Harris Physics Colloquium Series **** Building 34, Room 101**** "Doing Science in the Open"**** Michael Nielsen**** Independent Scientist**** Refreshments @ 3:45PM in 8-329**** http://web.mit.edu/physics/events/colloquia.html**** ** ** ------------------------------ ** ** *Friday, September 23, 2011* ** ** 3:00 p.m.**** September 23**** Massachusetts Institute of Technology**** Plasma Science and Fusion Center Seminar**** Building NW17-218**** "Advanced magnet technologies for nuclear fusion"**** Leslie Bromberg**** MIT**** ** ** ------------------------------ ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Thank You,**** ** ** Gisele Byda**** Boston College - Physics**** 617) 552-0968**** ** ** _______________________________________________ bapc mailing list http://cosmos.phy.tufts.edu/bapc.html

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Junior Faculty Position in Theoretical Physics at EPFL (Lausanne)

by Xavier Andrade

> Dear Colleague, > > Please find enclosed an announcement for a junior Faculty Position in Theoretical Physics at EPFL (Lausanne). You are welcome to distribute the announcement broadly. > > best regards, > > Alfredo Pasquarello

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] Important: New group meeting time

by Joel Yuen

Hi all, Seems like we're going to move our group meetings to *2 to 3:30 PM on Mondays*. The Division Room is free most of the weeks at that time. I would suggest that Man-Hong, who was supposed to give group meeting this Friday 16, gives group meeting on Monday 19 starting the new schedule. I guess I do not welcome objections to the new time, as the doodle poll is over and everyone in the mailing list was informed to complete it. Best, -- 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] Fwd: lunch with Prof. Hynes

by Joel Yuen

anyone interested please contact shasha ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shasha Chong <chong(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 1:15 PM Subject: lunch with Prof. Hynes To: "Yuen, Joel" <joelyuen(a)fas.harvard.edu> Hi Joel, Are you or anyone in your group interested in having lunch with Prof. James Hynes tomorrow (Thursday) 12:00? Here's a webpage about him. http://chem.colorado.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=259:j… Our group is hosting him and still have one seat available for the lunch. Let me know. Best, Shasha -- Shasha Chong Graduate Student Xie Group, CCB, Harvard University 12 Oxford Street Cambridge, MA 02138, USA -- 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] Screen

by Xavier Andrade

Hi everybody, The screen outside of M-104 is ready to show images and videos from our research. The system is based on a web interface (caral.chem.harvard.edu) where you can upload (and delete) the files that are going to be displayed on the screen. The webpage is password protected and is only accesible from harvard.edu machines. The url with the user/password is: https://group:web13AsGu@caral.chem.harvard.edu/ To make this work everyone must upload content: posters, short presentations, scipplets, videos, animations, paper abstracts, talk and conference announcements, etc. and keep it updated. Currently you can upload raster images (png, jpg), videos (avi, mov) and pdf documents. If you have any problem with the system or any ideas to improve it, please let me know. Xavier

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] AMP Seminar Friday September 16, Dynamics of ultracold bosons in tilted optical lattices, Sandro Wimberger (Inst. Theo. Physik, Heidelberg)

by James F. Babb

Please join us for an informal seminar sponsored by the Atomic and Molecular Physics Division and ITAMP, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. (Complete schedule at http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/amp/events.html) 11:00 AM Friday September 16, 2011 Phillips Auditorium 60 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138 Dynamics of ultracold bosons in tilted optical lattices Sandro Wimberger (Complex Dynamics in Quantum Systems, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Heidelberg) Modern quantum and atom-optical experiments allow for an unprecedented control of microscopic degrees of freedom, not just in the initialization but also in the dynamical evolution of quantum states. This talk focuses on the dynamics of ultracold bosons in optical lattice structures. As a paradigm, we report on experimental as well as theoretical results on the interband transport in a tilted lattice, i.e., a realization of the famous Wannier-Stark problem. An extended Bose-Hubbard model is presented for two coupled energy bands. For reasonable lattice sizes, this model gives access to the full quantum spectrum, which allows us a good characterization of "horizontal" (spatially) and "vertical" (energetic) quantum transport. For specific parameters, resonant tunnelling between the bands can be exploited to map the original model onto a much simpler effective spin Hamiltonian. General perspectives on future directions of our study of strongly correlated bosons in lattice structures conclude the talk. _______________________________________________ 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: Monte Carlo School in 2012

by sarah mostame

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Monte Carlo School in 2012 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:20:48 +0200 (CEST) From: Federico Becca <becca(a)sissa.it> To: dear friends, I would like to draw your attention on the school on ``Quantum Monte Carlo Methods at Work for Novel Phases of Matter'', to be held in ICTP (Trieste), next year (from January 23 to February 3). The school is mainly addressed to PhD students and young researchers. It will consist in theoretical and practical sessions. Please, see the details at: http://www.democritos.it/montecarlo2012/ We would be glad if you can spread out this information to anyone who would be interested. my best regards, Federico Becca

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: [CCB_Staff] CCB Poster Printing Services

by Anna B. Shin

Attention: new poster printing instructions are below. Ken Toy at UOS Mail Services will now charge a fee for poster printing. As before, you must provide a 33-digit account string to use this service. Due to the new poster printing fee, it is imperative that you check with me first before placing an order. Many of you work on multiple projects, so it is extremely important to use the correct fund.** Going forward, *you must copy me on your email to Ken* and I will reply with the correct account string. We will update the wiki with this information. Thank you for your attention. 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…> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Aloise, Allen <aloise(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Date: Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 5:19 PM Subject: [CCB_Staff] CCB Poster Printing Services To: #List-CCB-Gradstudents <gradstudents(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, #List-CCB-PostDocs <postdocs(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, #List-CCB-OtherGradStudents <othergradstudents(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Cc: "bulkmail(a)harvard.edu" <bulkmail(a)harvard.edu>, #List-CCB-Faculty < faculty(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, #List-CCB-Staff <staff(a)chemistry.harvard.edu > Dear CCB Researchers, I am writing to share an update on the poster printing services available to us at Harvard. For many years, Ken Toy in the Mail Services group ( www.uos.harvard.edu/transportation/mail_services) has provided large format poster printing to CCB at no charge. Ken will gladly continue to provide this service to us, but he must now charge a fee to offset materials and ink costs: - up to 30" x 42" = $20.00 - 36" x 48" = $30.00 - other larger sizes will = $2.50 per square foot Ken estimates that these costs are substantially less (~1/2) than what we would encounter at Kinkos or similar commercial printing businesses. Please call or email Ken with questions or to place an order. Some important details about the ordering process: - provide a 33 digit billing code when ordering - PDF files (cropped to the equivalent size that they will be printed at) should be emailed - posters will be delivered to the CCB front office (you will receive a call or email to pick it up) *Ken Toy* *Mail Services 617-495-4490* *bulkmail(a)harvard.edu* Best, Allen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Aloise, Ph.D. Director of Laboratories Co-Director of Graduate Studies Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology (CCB) Harvard University 12 Oxford St. Cambridge, MA 02138 617-495-4283 (office) 617-496-5618 (fax) aloise(a)chemistry.harvard.edu _______________________________________________ ccb_staff mailing list ccb_staff(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu https://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/ccb_staff

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