aspuru-list January 2016

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[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: FW: MB-9 Lounge area

by Marlon Cummings

FYI -- see below. Excitonics office members for your return after the retreat.. --------------- *Marlon G. CummingsLab Manager, Aspuru-Guzik GroupMallinckrodt M136Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyHarvard University12 Oxford StreetCambridge, MA 02138617-496-9964617-496-9411 (fax)http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ <http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/>* ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Popillo, Alexa C <apopillo(a)fas.harvard.edu> Date: Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:21 AM Subject: FW: MB-9 Lounge area To: "Kenar, Magdalena" <kenar(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>, "Cummings, Marlon G" < marloncummings(a)chemistry.harvard.edu> Hello Alexa We would like to schedule carpet shampooing for the MB-9 Lounge area/Kitchenette for this Saturday 1/30/16 from 6am to 11am. Please advise if this is possible. Phil Philip C. Alvarado Campus Services Harvard University 17 Oxford St, Cambridge, Ma 02139 Physics bldg, Rm: 246 Office# (617) 495-5597 Fax # (617) 496-3709 Cell# (617) 312-2489

8 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] ITAMP lunch seminar: general info & talk by Susannah Dickerson (Harvard)

by Igor Pikovski

Hello everyone, This week will be the first ITAMP lunch seminar of the year. In case you have not joined previously, this is a small and informal seminar on various topics in quantum science. The talks are held in an accessible way for people from across different fields. The main purpose is to get an overview of many different exciting research directions and new results. There are usually a lot of discussions within a small group environment, anyone is very welcome to join. And there is pizza. So if there is a speaker on something you always wanted to know more about, but were afraid to ask, feel free to drop by! The seminars will be on Thursdays from mid-February, but are on Friday until then (including this week). This Friday we have a talk by Susannah Dickerson, speaking about her previous work on atomic fountains in Stanford, and about her new project in the Greiner lab, see below. *ITAMP Topical Lunch Discussion* Date: Friday, January 29th Time: 12:00-1:30 pm Pizza will be served. Location: B-106 @ Center for Astrophysics (60 Garden Street) Directions: after entering the lobby of the CfA, turn right to enter the hallway of the B building. In the hallway, turn right again, and B-106 is there. *Speaker:* Susannah Dickerson (Harvard) *Title:* /Part 1:/ A quantum gas microscope with dipolar atoms /Part 2:/ Atom interferometry for a precision measurement of the equivalence principle *Abstract: *In this two-part talk I will briefly describe the new quantum gas microscope currently under early-stage construction in the Greiner Lab here at Harvard, followed by a discussion of recent results from the 10-meter atomic fountain in the Kasevich Group at Stanford, where I performed my graduate research. /Part 1: /Dipolar atoms add long-range and anisotropic interactions to the short-range interactions that dominate the physics of the ground-state alkali atoms commonly used in ultracold experiments today. I will discuss a few proposed avenues of research and the current state of the experiment, including the design for a novel reflective imaging objective that promises high numerical aperture and a dynamic lattice spacing. /Part 2:/ Light-pulse atom interferometry enables precision tests of gravity, electrodynamics and quantum mechanics, as well as practical applications in inertial navigation, geodesy, and timekeeping. In our 10-meter atomic fountain, designed for a precision test of the weak equivalence principle, we have demonstrated an acceleration sensitivity of 6.7 x 10^-12 g, the largest to date by two orders of magnitude. Recently, we have separated the two halves of the atomic wavepacket by 54 centimeters, which has the potential to increase the acceleration sensitivity by another two orders of magnitude. I will discuss these results and their significance for the test of the equivalence principle and for tests of fundamental concepts of quantum mechanics itself. -- Dr. Igor Pikovski Institute for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (ITAMP) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 60 Garden St, MS-14; Cambridge, MA 02138, USA Tel.: +1 (617) 496-7613 e-mail:igor.pikovski@cfa.harvard.edu www.cfa.harvard.edu/~igor.pikovski/

8 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: All Hands Meeting Videotaping & Presentation Scoring

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

Dear Group members, cc Carol Lynn I do not approve the recording of your talks, Best Alan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Carol Lynn Alpert* <calpert(a)mos.org> Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Subject: All Hands Meeting Videotaping & Presentation Scoring To: "bennet.doran(a)gmail.com" <bennet.doran(a)gmail.com>, Sophie Nathalie Bertram <sophieb(a)mit.edu>, "sblau(a)fas.harvard.edu" <sblau(a)fas.harvard.edu>, Kevin Christopher Bogaert <bogaert(a)mit.edu>, Deniz Bozyigit <denizb(a)mit.edu>, William P Bricker <wbricker(a)mit.edu>, Justin Caram <jcaram(a)mit.edu>, Wei Jia Chen <wcrystal(a)mit.edu>, Daniel Congreve <congreve(a)mit.edu>, Dmitri Efetov <defetov(a)mit.edu>, Markus Einzinger <meinzing(a)mit.edu>, " dgelbwaser(a)fas.harvard.edu" <dgelbwaser(a)fas.harvard.edu>, Nadav Geva < gevahn(a)mit.edu>, "jgoodknight(a)fas.harvard.edu" <jgoodknight(a)fas.harvard.edu>, Aaron Jacob Goodman <ajgoodm(a)mit.edu>, "megrein(a)ll.mit.edu" < megrein(a)ll.mit.edu>, Gabriele Grosso <ggrosso(a)mit.edu>, Dong-Gwang Ha < hdg(a)mit.edu>, Toru Kondo <tkondo(a)mit.edu>, Wenbin Li <wenbinli(a)mit.edu>, Brian Joseph Modtland <modtland(a)mit.edu>, "Ryan.Murphy(a)ll.mit.edu" < ryan.murphy(a)ll.mit.edu>, Michel Nasilowski <micheln(a)mit.edu>, Lea Nienhaus < nienhaus(a)mit.edu>, John Ogren <jio(a)mit.edu>, Neil Sunil Patel <neilp(a)mit.edu>, Brandt C Pein <bpein(a)mit.edu>, Cheng Peng <cpeng(a)mit.edu>, Collin Fisher Perkinson <perkinsc(a)mit.edu>, Jingshan Qi <jingshan(a)mit.edu>, Michael Seitz <seitzm(a)mit.edu>, Dennis Sheberla <denn(a)mit.edu>, Ren-Jye Shiue < tedshiue(a)mit.edu>, Katherine Emily Shulenberger <kshulenb(a)mit.edu>, Saima Afroz Siddiqui <afroz(a)mit.edu>, Jake Siegel <jjsiegel(a)mit.edu>, Brian Skinner <skinner1(a)mit.edu>, Zhigang Song <zsong(a)mit.edu>, Colby Peyton Steiner <csteiner(a)mit.edu>, Cong Su <csu(a)mit.edu>, Lei Sun <leisun(a)mit.edu>, Yongbao Sun <ybsun(a)mit.edu>, "ttamayomendoza(a)g.harvard.edu" < ttamayomendoza(a)g.harvard.edu>, Melis Tekant <mtekant(a)mit.edu>, Hendrik Utzat <hutzat(a)mit.edu>, Remi Veneziano <rvenezia(a)mit.edu>, Mark Clayton Weidman <mweidman(a)mit.edu>, Matthew Gregory Welborn <welborn(a)mit.edu>, "Adam P. Willard" <awillard(a)mit.edu>, Mark William Brennan Wilson < mwbw(a)mit.edu>, Mengfei Wu <mwu1(a)mit.edu>, Sihan Xie <sxie3(a)mit.edu>, Yoseob Yoon <yoonys(a)mit.edu>, Zhibo Zhao <zzh929(a)mit.edu>, Han Zhu <hanz(a)mit.edu>, "bennett.doran(a)gmail.com" <bennett.doran(a)gmail.com> Cc: Karine Thate <kthate(a)mos.org>, Catherine M Bourgeois <cmbourg(a)mit.edu>, Marc A Baldo <baldo(a)mit.edu>, Mark Bathe <mbathe(a)mit.edu>, Vladimir Bulovic <bulovic(a)mit.edu>, Mircea Dinca <mdinca(a)mit.edu>, Dirk Robert Englund < englund(a)mit.edu>, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero <pjarillo(a)mit.edu>, Ju Li < liju(a)mit.edu>, Megan Litwhiler <mlitwhiler(a)mos.org>, Keith A Nelson < kanelson(a)mit.edu>, William A Tisdale <tisdale(a)mit.edu>, Troy Van Voorhis < tvan(a)mit.edu>, "alan(a)aspuru.com" <alan(a)aspuru.com>, Lionel C Kimerling < lckim(a)mit.edu>, Gabriela Schlau-Cohen <gssc(a)mit.edu>, Tony C Wu < tonyw(a)mit.edu> Dear Members, *If you are giving a presentation at the All-Hands meeting on Wednesday, you may choose to have your talk recorded on video. * Your recording will be provided to you a week or two after the meeting, for your personal use. (You may find it helpful to review the video as a feedback tool or to share with others.) Only you and the three-person Museum of Science team making the recordings will have access to your recording. The MOS team may later review the recordings to better understand the relationship between presentation styles and audience feedback collected at the meeting, but your privacy will be maintained, and we will not make the recording available to anyone without your explicit permission. However, you may share your recording with whomever you wish. (Please consult with your advisor first). Please let us know at any time before your talk whether or not you would like to have it recorded, by replying to this email or telling us tomorrow. If you choose to have it recorded, we will need to have a signed release form from you. That release form is attached. We will also have copies at the Meeting. *We hope all of you, including faculty, will participate in the Research Communication Challenge scoring on Wednesday, providing helpful feedback to all presenters. You will receive links to the ballots for each of the three sets of talks later this evening. * We look forward to learning more about your research. *Carol Lynn Alpert, **Karine Thate, **Megan Litwhiler* (Museum of Science Strategic Projects team) -- Carol Lynn Alpert Director, Strategic Projects Group Museum of Science One Science Park Boston, MA 02114-1099 calpert(a)mos.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','calpert(a)mos.org');> -- 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

8 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Missing Keys

by Marlon Cummings

My office. ------------ *Marlon G. CummingsLab Manager, Aspuru-Guzik GroupMallinckrodt M136Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyHarvard University12 Oxford StreetCambridge, MA 02138617-496-9964617-496-9411 (fax)http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ <http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/>*

8 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] [qip] Fernando Brandao talk on Wed, Jan 27

by Aram Harrow

Dear quanta, Fernando Brandao will be visiting us this Wed and Thurs. He is speaking at 1:30pm in the usual place (6C-442) on Wednesday. Title: Entanglement Spectrum, Topological Entanglement Entropy and a Quantum Hammersley-Clifford Theorem Abstract: In this talk I will present a precise relation between two important concepts in the study of entanglement in quantum many-body systems: topological entanglement entropy and entanglement spectrum. In particular I will show that the former quantifies how well the entanglement spectrum can be approximated by the spectrum of a local model acting on the boundary of the system. The argument is based on recent advances on the structure of quantum states approximately satisfying strong sub-additivity of entropy. A important part of the argument is to establish a quantum version for one-dimensional quantum systems of the seminal Hammersley-Clifford Theorem (which states that classical Gibbs states are equivalent to Markov networks). In turn, I will show how approximate one-dimensional quantum Markov networks are in one-to-one correspondence to quantum Gibbs states. The talk is based on joint work with Kohtaro Kato (University of Tokyo) -aram _______________________________________________ qip mailing list qip(a)mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/qip

8 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Group retreat schedule! This Friday : departure!

by Stéphanie Valleau

Hi everyone, I attach a copy of the schedule for the first AAG group retreat! The plan is to meet at *9.30am this Friday* outside the excitonics area (eg M111 lounge area). You just need to bring your stuff for one night there / bring warm clothes in case we walk outside in the snow etc. We have a tour planned there as well (I think this is what we will do): • 45-minute to 1.5-hour outdoor tour of the natural history trails and/or research sites- See more at: http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/field-trips-tours#sthash.jmXqRI8F.dpuf Thanks for filling out the survey on activities, please feel free to bring board games! I have catan ;). We can play during "Reflection" or "Free Time". Cheers, Stephanie

8 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] CCB G-0 Students - March 11, 2016 - Poster Session

by Marlon Cummings

***We need graduate student volunteers, or perhaps one from each sub-group. * *CCB Admissions* *March 11, 2016* *4:45pm-6:00pm Poster Session* I will be asking you for 1-2 students in your research group to participate in the Poster Session. This is primarily for the prospective students to mingle with current graduate students and learn about the individual lab groups. Please confirm with Alan. Thanks, MC. ----------- *Marlon G. CummingsLab Manager, Aspuru-Guzik GroupMallinckrodt M136Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyHarvard University12 Oxford StreetCambridge, MA 02138617-496-9964617-496-9411 (fax)http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ <http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/>*

8 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Office Closed at 4PM

by Marlon Cummings

Team: Siria is gone for the weekend and I am leaving at 4PM. Have a wonderful weekend. Best, Marlon. ------------ *Marlon G. CummingsLab Manager, Aspuru-Guzik GroupMallinckrodt M136Department of Chemistry and Chemical BiologyHarvard University12 Oxford StreetCambridge, MA 02138617-496-9964617-496-9411 (fax)http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/ <http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/>*

8 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Visit of postdoc candidate Daniel Tabor

by Rafa Gómez Bombarelli

Dear All, Postdoctoral candidate Daniel Tabor will be visiting us on January 22nd. At 2.30 pm he will be presenting a talk entitled "*Local Mode Approach to Using OH and CH Infrared Spectra Structural Probes*" (abstract below). His graduate work touches on many of the things that preoccupy us at the AAG group, such as spectroscopy, electronic structure method development, nuclear motions or aqueous solvation so I expect plenty of overlap for discussions. I am putting together his schedule for the day; anyone interested in meeting him for a chat during the morning, please send me a line. All the best Rafa *Abstract:* Both the OH stretch and alkyl CH stretch regions of infrared spectra have the potential to be powerful probes of the structure of clusters and flexible molecules. However, these spectra (particularly the CH region) are often complicated by extensive stretch-bend Fermi resonance couplings between the stretch fundamentals and overtones and combination bands of the bends, rendering harmonic frequency analysis of little value in assigning the spectra. This talk focuses on the recent results of a series of experimental and theoretical collaborations, which bring together experimental single isomer/single conformer spectra and a theoretical model that includes anharmonic effects built around a local mode Hamiltonian. The OH stretch results will focus on the spectra of benzene-(water)n clusters. For n = 3-5, the water clusters retain their cyclic topologies observed in (water)3-5, but the presence of benzene perturbs their hydrogen bond lengths and symmetry. For n = 6-7, three-dimensional H-bonded networks containing three-coordinate water molecules begin to form. These clusters are particularly susceptible to re-ordering or re-shaping in response to the presence of a benzene molecule and the spectra are assigned to different structures than those of their pure water counterparts. The local mode model is used to extract Hamiltonians for individual water molecules, including stretch-bend Fermi resonance and inter-monomer couplings. The Hamiltonians divide into groups based on their local H-bonding architecture and the nature of their interaction with benzene, providing insights into the benzene-water interaction. The CH stretch results will focus on a series of alkyl chain molecules with multiple CH2 and CH3 groups. Shorter alkyl chains can be definitively assigned to specific conformations with the model Hamiltonian, while longer chains can be characterized in terms of the number of gauche sites in the chain. Taken together, these studies establish a firm foundation for the prediction of OH and CH spectra of a wide variety of species.

8 years, 3 months

[Aspuru-Guzik Group List] Fwd: Opportunity for young energy access leaders

by Alan Aspuru-Guzik

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Nigel Patrick Moore* <npmoore(a)uwaterloo.ca> Date: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Subject: Opportunity for young energy access leaders To: Cc: Jatin Nathwani <nathwani(a)uwaterloo.ca>, Hayley Rutherford < hrutherford(a)wgsi.org>, "jwright(a)wgsi.org" <jwright(a)wgsi.org> Dear Colleagues, >From April 24-27th Waterloo will play host to a major international summit <http://wgsi.org> on the topic of energy access. The summit will bring together leading global experts with a group of ‘future leaders’ aged 18-30 to co-develop a blueprint for effective global action to alleviate energy poverty. Please be advised that applications for ‘future leaders’ are now open and must be submitted by the end of the day on January 31st. Application forms can be filled out here: http://wgsi.org/applications/412 *If you know any students or colleagues who you think would be interested, please encourage them to apply and feel free to advertise this opportunity within your networks.* If you would like to know anything else about the summit or to become involved do not hesitate to contact myself or the other primary organizers (cc’d). All the best, Nigel Nigel Moore Manager, Global Programs and Initiatives Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy (WISE) Researcher/Writer Waterloo Global Science Initiative (WGSI) Office: +1 519 888 4567 x38760 Mobile: +1 226 338 9159 Skype: nigelmoore.uw <http://ae4h.org> [image: openaccessapplicationstwitter] -- 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

8 years, 3 months

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