Dear group members,
Dori and I are rearranging furniture at home and will not need this couch-bed anymore.
It cost us originally 500 back in the bay area circa 2005. We used to have it in our living room when I was a postdoc. It is well preserved and has great storage drawers.
It is *free* to the first group member that agrees to come to my house (Cambrigeport) and take it away before next Saturday when we have other furniture come in. It is great as a guest bed!
I will send another picture of it in the next message.
Again, first come, first-serve.
Alan Aspuru-Guzik
Associate Professor
Harvard University
http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu
Sent from my mobile. Please pardon any typos.
This is a good opportunity for REUs to learn about computing and
present their work.
Xavier
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From: Rosalind Reid <rreid(a)seas.harvard.edu>
Date: Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:41 PM
Subject: Let's talk computing (and eat pizza)
To: Rosalind Reid <rosreid(a)gmail.com>
Hello all,
I'm writing as the executive director of Harvard's Institute for
Applied Computational Science. IACS is a SEAS organization that is
building a curriculum, degree programs and community at Harvard
focused on computational science and engineering.
On behalf of all of us at IACS, I'd like to invite all undergraduates
doing computational summer projects, and their mentors as available,
to some informal gatherings to talk about computing. We've done this
in recent summers (a couple of you have participated!). Everyone
enjoyed the chance to share their summer projects with other students
interested in computational approaches and also to meet mentors--grad
students and postdocs from other groups. You might find a hacker in
another lab who can help you with a troublesome chunk of code!
It's also a chance for you to meet some of the people engaged in
research and academic programs at IACS, practice discussing your
project with peers and learn more about graduate-school opportunities
involving computation here at Harvard.
I'd like to plan three Friday lunch get-togethers, as follows:
July 5: Getting acquainted. Just a chance to go around the table,
share what you're working on, and explore connections between the work
of other groups.
July 19: (1) Thinking about grad school and careers; (2) a short info
session on Harvard's new graduate program in computational science and
engineering; (3) some short project presentations.
July 26: More short project presentations.
Aug. 2: Optional additional lunch if there are remaining presenters
and if people want to get together.
Each confab will start at noon on Friday in Northwest Building B150.
We'll order pizza and beverages. So that we can have enough food and
get reminders out to you, please RSVP using this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1C6obmCDPrdtDxJBQztFvnFDlXyYmIXmqjQD1gMfFNP…
Please feel free to forward this note to other undergraduates doing
summer computational projects on campus, and to your mentor. I look
forward to seeing you on the 5th!
Ros Reid
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Rosalind Reid
Executive Director, Institute for Applied Computational Science
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
http://iacs.seas.harvard.edu/people
rreid(a)seas.harvard.edu | 617-384-9091
Hi Everyone,
Tomorrow Adrian will be giving group meeting. We'll meet at 2pm in the
Division Room. Adrian's talk title and abstract is included below.
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Quantum chemical estimates of metabolic Gibbs reaction energies
======================================================
In the field of systems biology, estimates of Gibbs reaction energies
of metabolic reactions are extremely useful. They are routinely used
to model cellular metabolism and to engineering synthetic pathways for
production of useful compounds. However, current sources of data -
experimental values and Group Contribution Methods - suffer from
several disadvantages. I will discuss the progress we've made towards
implementing robust and cost-efficient methods to estimate deltaG's
with computational quantum chemistry.
--
Ryan Babbush | PhD Student in Physics
(949) 331-3943 | babbush(a)fas.harvard.edu
Harvard University | Aspuru-Guzik Group
12 Oxford Street | Cambridge, MA 02138
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Hi everybody,
As some of you know, next Thursday morning we will have the visit of
Jon Saposhnik and a technical architect from Nvidia. They want to
discuss the GPU roadmap of the company and offer assistance in
development. If you are interested in meeting them, please let me
know. In principle the meeting will be at 9:45 AM, I will tell you the
room later.
Xavier
Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University | 12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138
(617)-384-8188 | http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu | http://about.me/aspuru
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From: Edward Sargent <ted.sargent(a)utoronto.ca>
Date: Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:50 PM
Subject: FW: Three positions at the University of Toronto - Nanomaterials
for energy
To: Alan Aspuru-Guzik <alan(a)aspuru.com>
Hi Alan,
I hope this note finds you well!
I'd welcome you sharing the job ads below with your colleagues and/or your
team.
Warm wishes,
Ted
The group of Ted Sargent http://www.light.utoronto.ca at the University of
Toronto is hiring in three positions below.****
** **
Each will involve interdisciplinary research that applies advances in
nanomaterials to challenges in energy harvesting, energy, conservation, or
environmental remediation.****
** **
1. Post-doctoral Fellow****
2. Research Associate****
3. Director of Research, Development, and Commercialization****
** **
=======================****
** **
1. Post-doctoral fellow****
** **
The incumbent will lead a research project in an area such as:****
- colloidal quantum dot – perovskite tandem photovoltaics;****
- active optoelectronic devices for light sensing and emission based on
atomic layer deposited quantum-confined materials;****
- solar photocatalytic remediation of organic contaminants;****
- high-power digital projection systems enabled by high-brightness, robust,
color-controled light-emitters.****
** **
The incumbent will bring proven expertise in at least one of:****
- materials chemistry;****
- applied physics including optoelectronics, solid-state electronics,
photonics;****
- optoelectronic device engineering, including photonic and/or plasmonic
modeling, design, characterization, and analysis;****
- analytical and/or physical chemistry.****
…and a proven ability to collaborate across these or related disciplines.***
*
** **
*The principal goal will be first-authored publications in high-impact
journals; accompanied with an expectation that the incumbent will devote a
fraction of time to mentoring graduate students in the group. The
fellowship is intended to further the candidate's goal of a tenure-stream
position in academia**. *Candidates are expected to bring proven leadership
in motivating and managing small teams; evidence of excellent
organizational and time-management skills; excellent communication skills,
including the capacity to offer thoughtful and clear technical guidance on
research projects; and clear and efficient writing.****
** **
=======================****
** **
2. Research Associate****
** **
The incumbent will lead at least one research project in an area such as:***
*
- colloidal quantum dot / perovskite photovoltaics;****
- active optoelectronic devices for light sensing and emission based on
atomic layer deposited quantum-confined materials;****
- solar photocatalytic remediation of organic contaminants;****
- high-power digital projection systems enabled by high-brightness, robust,
color-controled light-emitters.****
** **
The incumbent will bring proven expertise in at least one of:****
- materials chemistry;****
- applied physics including optoelectronics, solid-state electronics,
photonics;****
- optoelectronic device engineering, including photonic and/or plasmonic
modeling, design, characterization, and analysis;****
- analytical and/or physical chemistry.****
…and a proven ability to collaborate across these or related disciplines.***
*
** **
*The incumbent will produce publications in high-impact journals; and will
devote a significant fraction of time to mentoring graduate students in the
group. *Candidates are expected to bring proven leadership in motivating
and managing small teams; evidence of excellent organizational and
time-management skills; excellent communication skills, including the
capacity to offer thoughtful and clear technical guidance on research
projects; and clear and efficient writing.****
** **
=======================****
** **
3. Director of Research, Development, and Commercialization****
** **
Faculty/Department: Faculty of Pharmacy and Edward S. Rogers Department of
Electrical and Computer Engineering****
Campus: St. George (downtown Toronto)****
Closing date: July 3, 2013****
Type of Appointment: Senior Research Associate****
Source of Funding: Multiple Canadian and International grants and contracts.
****
** **
Job Description:****
** **
The Director of Research, Development and Commercialization will enable and
advance research conducted in the laboratories of Shana Kelley and Ted
Sargent at University of Toronto. Technologies spanning a variety of
nanotechnology-based platforms are included in this portfolio, requiring
versatility and interdisciplinarity in potential applicants. ****
** **
The incumbent will drive development, fundraising and stewardship in
support of research and also precommercialization activities. Partners
include government agencies, companies, foundations, individuals, and
investors. Financial management of resources and reporting to sponsors
will also be integral to this role. This position will also involve
intellectual property disclosures and patents, collaborations with academic
and industrial groups, and the pursuit of opportunities for the
technologies developed in both groups.****
** **
Successful applicants will have a degree in an area of science or
engineering, and a postgraduate degree in science, engineering, or
business. Prior experience in industry, tech transfer, and/or applied
academic research is desirable. Strong leadership skills and project
management experience is also desired. Competitive compensation will be
offered. ****
** **
Applications should be sent to shana.kelley(a)utoronto.ca and
ted.sargent(a)utoronto.ca.****
** **
=== ****
** **
*The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its
community and especially welcomes applications from visible minority group
members, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, members of
sexual minority groups, and others who may contribute to the further
diversification of ideas.*
** **
If you haven't already, please send me your adjustment/build orders. Some teams have units that must be disbanded so please let me know which ones to disband.
Kind Regards,
Jon
Dear group,
I need to find a chiral molecule that has an absorption band near 800
nm. Hopefully it will be commercially available and large rotatory power
at that wavelength, but that's a second order question for the moment.
I have searched the CAS registry and other databases/handbooks on the
web, but the results were not very helpful.
Does anyone have a suggestion on how to do this search well?
Any help is very useful.
Thanks,
Felipe
Did anyone lose an iPhone nearby Siberia? Someone from the Park group
found an iPhone in the bathroom.
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From: Polking, Mark <mpolking(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Date: Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:52 AM
Subject: Lost phone
To: "Goodknight, Joseph" <jgoodknight(a)fas.harvard.edu>
Hey Joey,
Did someone from your group lose an iphone in the bathroom across from Bill
Croft's office in Converse (near your old Park Group office)?
Mark