aspuru-list September 2011

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: EFRC Brookhaven Trip, Oct 2-3

by Anna B. Shin

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: Cathy Bourgeois <cmbourg(a)mit.edu> Date: Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:56 PM Subject: EFRC Brookhaven Trip, Oct 2-3 To: excitonics-sp(a)mit.edu Cc: excitonics-faculty(a)mit.edu Dear post docs and students:**** ** ** We will be hosting another workshop at Brookhaven National Lab, in Upton, New York on Monday, Oct. 3. Vans to the lab will be leaving Vassar Street mid to late afternoon Sunday Oct. 2 to catch the ferry to Long Island. The trip will also include a tour of the facility. There is a limited number (approx. 14) of students that can attend so please let us know as soon as possible if you are interested in going. The trip will be most useful for those interested in using some of the extraordinary microscopy and fabrication tools at BNL.**** ** ** Thanks, **** ** ** Cathy **** ** ** Cathy Bourgeois**** Research Laboratory of Electronics**** Center for Excitonics**** 77 Massachusetts Ave. Rm: 13-3057**** Cambridge, MA 02139**** P-617-253-0085**** F-617-324-5275**** ** **

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Cake in Division Room

by Margaret Ronald

Cake in the Division Room! Starting now! -- Maggie Margaret Ronald Faculty Assistant | Aspuru-Guzik Research Group Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology | Harvard University 12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138 617.496.1716 office | 617.496.9411 fax http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] IMPORTANT: Group meeting time poll

by Joel Yuen

Hi all, We need to choose a new group meeting time. For group members: Please fill in the poll with your name and the times you CANNOT make at all (i.e., you take classes at those times). Group meeting will be either Mondays or Fridays due to Alán's traveling schedule. http://doodle.com/t5tzertu3v9nnxbs Please complete this by this Monday (Sept. 12) 11:59 PM. For group guests: Especially G1s who are SERIOUSLY interested in the lab, please also fill in the poll by Monday (Sept. 12) 11:59 PM. Next week, group meeting will be at the newly chosen time. Thanks. -- 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] Mark + Sergio = cake

by Anna B. Shin

Dear Group, Mark and Sergio will be leaving in the next week or so. That means that we will say goodbye with cake tomorrow at 2pm in the Division Room - just before group meeting begins. [?] 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/ <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&ik=e7480c62f0&view=att&th=12eee19970…>

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] [Aspuru-meetings-list] HUCE Weekly Calendar Email September 8-22

by Center for the Environment

Highlights: Today at 4pm: Join us for the special HUCE seminar featuring Tim Forsyth, Reader in Environment and Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He will discuss the concept of 'boundary politics' as a way to analyze the boundaries between scientists and policymakers. September 14 - 16: "A Roadmap to Sustainable Infrastructure & Green Cities," a two-day Graduate School of Design conference, brings together thought leaders and practitioners for a discussion on designing green cities and infrastructures. Presentations and panel discussions will provide valuable insights and lessons for attendees to put into action now. Tuesday, September 20: The first lecture in the Biodiversity, Ecology & Global Change series kicks off with HUCE faculty associate Richard T. T. Forman, PAES Professor of Landscape Ecology. 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: September 8, 2011 4:00pm HUCE Special Seminar: "The Boundary Politics of Sustainability Science" HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford Street, 3rd Floor Cambridge Featuring Dr. Tim Forsyth, Reader in Environment and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science 6:00pm MSI Seminar HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St, 3rd Floor, Room 310, Cambridge "Applying Synthetic Biology to Refactor the Klebsiella Nitrogen Fixation Gene Cluster" with Christopher Voigt, University of California, Berkeley 7:00pm BASEA Forum First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist; 3 Church Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge "Getting to Plug and Play in Renewables: Challenges and Opportunities for Clean Energy during the Economic Doldrum" with Steve Connors, MIT Energy Initiative September 9, 2011 12:00pm A Plan for Powering the World for all Purposes with Wind, Water, and Sunlight 100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge With Mark Jacobson, Stanford University. Host: Xi Lu Contact: Brenda Mathieu September 12, 2011 12:00pm - 1:30pm Energy Policy Seminar Series Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building, HKS 79 JFK Street Cambridge “Benchmarking and the regulation of electricity distribution companies." Massimo Filipini, University of Lugano. Energy Technology Innovation Policy/Consortium for Energy Policy Research Energy Policy Seminar Series, Fall 2011. Contact: Louisa Lund louisa_lund(a)hks.harvard.edu 12:15pm - 1:15pm Arnold Arboretum Seminar Weld Hill Lecture Hall, Arnold Arboretum, 1300 Centre Street, Boston "From apple to magnolia: the conservation of glycoproteins involved in pollen-pistil interactions" with Juan Losada, Aula Dei Experimental Station - CSIC, Spain. http://arboretum.harvard.edu/research/research-talks/ September 13, 2011 4:15pm Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies Special Lecture CGIS South, Room S050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge “China’s Controversial Role in the Development of the Mekong River Basin” with Suzanne Ogden, Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University, and Associate in Research at the Fairbank Center. http://fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/calendar/upcoming Contact: Linda Kluz lkluz(a)fas.harvard.edu September 14, 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: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:10pm - 5:30pm Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy: “Intermittency and the Value of Renewable Energy" Room L-382, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k82245&pageid=icb.page443881 Contact: Jason Chapman 617-496-8054 6:00pm Challenges and Choices: The History and Future of New England's Forests Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge Join David Foster, Director of Harvard Forest, for a lecture that draws on more than a century of research at the Harvard Forest about the challenges and choices we face in planning our forests’ future. http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php September 14 - 16, 2011 Harvard GSD Conference: A Roadmap to Sustainable Infrastructure & Green Cities Harvard Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St, Cambridge This two-day conference at the Harvard Design School will bring together leading thinkers and practitioners for a precise and accurate design of a road map to green cities and infrastructures. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/zofnass/conference.html Contact: infrastructure(a)gsd.harvard.edu September 16 - 18, 2011 2011 Millennium Campus Conference Harvard College, Cambridge The 2011 Millennium Campus Conference, 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: Ruthy Rickenbacker rricken(a)mcnpartners.org September 16, 2011 8:45am MSI Chalktalk HUCE Seminar Room 24 Oxford St, 3rd Floor, Room 310, Cambridge "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 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: Susan Rivo susan(a)raabassociates.org September 18, 2011 1:00pm – 3:00pm Fabulous Fungi of New England Weld Hill, 1300 Centre Street, Boston Join Lawrence Millman, avid mycologist and travel writer 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 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: Mary Essary info(a)basea.org 4:00pm EPS Colloquium Haller Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge With Huiming Bao, Louisiana State University. Hosted by David Johnston. Contact: Sabina Cappo scappo(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:30pm – 8:00pm More Ticks In More Places: How the ever-changing ecology of tick-borne diseases in the Northeastern US affects you! Hunnewell Building 125 Arborway, Boston With Thomas N. Mather, Ph.D., Director, The University of Rhode Island TickEncounter Resource Center. Dr. Mather will discuss current trends in tick encounter risk as well as his efforts to help individuals and communities prevent tick bites and Lyme disease http://arboretum.harvard.edu/ September 20, 2011 12:00pm Presentation on Operation Wallacea: Conservation Research through Academic Partnerships Museum of Comparative Zoology 101, 26 Oxford St, Cambridge Operation Wallacea, a series of research programs run through academic partnerships, will visit Harvard University to give a presentation about the expeditions run in 23 sites in 10 countries http://www.opwall.com/ Contact: Matt Horder matt.horder(a)opwall.com 4:00pm Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change Biolabs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge "How Could Nature Thrive in Urban Regions? Could the Future of Roads Have No Driving, No Emissions, and Nature Reconnected?” featuring Richard T. T. Forman is the PAES Professor of Landscape Ecology at Harvard University. Contact: Lisa Matthews matthew(a)fas.harvard.edu 6:30pm Introduction to Botany Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge With K. N. Gandhi, Botanist, Harvard University Herbaria September 22, 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: Primrose Boynton pboynton(a)fas.harvard.edu 4:15pm Joint Center for History and Economics Seminar CGIS S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge "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: Emily Gauthier gauth(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-archive2.com/?u=7532d1fbf18f39219ac742ebe&id=347a96182a…" title="Like HUCE Weekly Calendar Email September 8-22 on Facebook" rel="fblikebtn"><img src="http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/fb/like.gif" border="0" alt="Like HUCE Weekly Calendar Email September 8-22 on Facebook" 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. [56]Unsubscribe aspuru-meetings-list(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu from this list. Links: 56. 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. _______________________________________________ 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] FW: Fwd: Shaul Mukamel EFRC Seminar Talk

by Johannes Hachmann

Hi everybody, I'm supposed to organize an Aspuru-Guzik-Group slot for the visit of Shaul Mukamel on Tuesday the 20th. His talk is from 3-4pm at MIT. We could meet with him at 2pm or 4pm. Please let me know asap if you are interested and when you would have time. Cheers Johannes > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Aspuru-Guzik [mailto:alan@aspuru.com] > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 17:43 > To: jh(a)chemistry.harvard.edu > Subject: Re: [Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Shaul Mukamel EFRC > Seminar Talk > > OK, I will make you the organizer of the group get-together :) > 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 > > > > > On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Johannes Hachmann > <jh(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> wrote: > > > If there is a group get-together with him I wouldn't mind to > chat with him. > If there are only one-on-ones the excitonics people should > take the slots > rather than me. > > Best > > Jo > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: aspuru-list-bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu > [mailto:aspuru-list- > > bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Aspuru- > Guzik > > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 14:01 > > To: A-G Group > > Subject: [Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Shaul Mukamel EFRC > Seminar > > > Talk > > > > Anybody want to meet iwth Shaul? If so, let me know ASAP > Alán > > Aspuru-Guzik | Associate Professor Harvard University | > Department > > of Chemistry and Chemical Biology > > 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138 > > (617)-384-8188 <tel:%28617%29-384-8188> | > http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu | > > http://about.me/aspuru > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Cathy Bourgeois <cmbourg(a)mit.edu> > > Date: Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:52 PM > > Subject: Shaul Mukamel EFRC Seminar Talk > > To: excitonics-faculty(a)mit.edu, xie(a)chemistry.harvard.edu, > > cohen(a)chemistry.harvard.edu, heller(a)chemistry.harvard.edu > > > > > > > > > > Dear faculty: > > > > > > > > Shaul Mukamel will be giving a talk on Tues. Sept. 20 from > 3 4 pm > > in the RLE Allen Conference Room: 36-462. I am arranging a > schedule > > at his request to meet with you, so please go to the > following link > > to let me know your availability: > > http://www.doodle.com/4pk4xgrur8guqy5p > > > > > > > > Talk title: Probing Vibrational ,Valence, and Core > Excitons in > > Molecules by Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy; from > NMR to X > > rays > > > > > > > > Thanks kindly, > > > > > > > > Cathy > > > > > > > > Cathy Bourgeois > > > > Research Laboratory of Electronics > > > > Center for Excitonics > > > > 77 Massachusetts Ave. Rm: 13-3057 > > > > Cambridge, MA 02139 > > > > P-617-253-0085 > > > > F-617-324-5275 > > > > > > > > > >

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: 报告摘要和个人简历

by Man-Hong Yung

Dear All, This week, we have a different arrangement for our group meeting, where we will have it in the afternoon, 2:30 pm. Time: *** 2:30 pm *** Place: Division room Speaker: Prof. Jiangfeng Du (USTC, see also the attached file for his background) Title: Preserving spin coherence in solids by optimal dynamical decoupling Abstract: see attached doc file. Yours, Man Hong ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Man-Hong Yung Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Harvard University mhyung(a)chemistry.harvard.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jiangfeng Du <djf(a)ustc.edu.cn> Date: 2011/9/8 Subject: 报告摘要和个人简历 To: Man-Hong Yung <physicist01(a)gmail.com> Dear Man-Hong See the attached file for the title and abstract of the talk. Best Jiangfeng

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] open house poster!

by Stéphanie Valleau

Thanks to your beautiful pictures we have come up with the poster attached! Stephanie & Jarrod

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Enjoy this man made 1D Ising chain!

by Stéphanie Valleau

Thanks for the effort, probably this chain will recruit many G0's !!! Stephanie

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[Aspuru-Guzik group list] Fwd: Introduction from the White House

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear all, Here is the white paper that I got from the white house about the materials genome initiative. here<http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/06/24/materials-genome-initiative-renai…> . Cheers, 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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