Aspuru-Guzik Group http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu Tue, 07 May 2013 06:20:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Clean Energy Project Chosen for BOINC Pentathlon! http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/05/02/clean-energy-project-chosen-for-boinc-pentathlon/ http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/05/02/clean-energy-project-chosen-for-boinc-pentathlon/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 02:25:13 +0000 sanders http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/?p=2808 The Clean Energy Project was just chosen as the next project for the BOINC Pentathlon! This means even more “marathoners” will be running our screensaver! Check out the press release here! Congratulations to the Clean Energy Project Team!

]]> http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/05/02/clean-energy-project-chosen-for-boinc-pentathlon/feed/ 0 Jacob Wins Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Teaching http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/28/jacob-wins-derek-c-bok-award-for-excellence-in-teaching/ http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/28/jacob-wins-derek-c-bok-award-for-excellence-in-teaching/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 03:00:47 +0000 sanders http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/?p=2787 Congratulations to Jacob, who was just named a recipient of the 2013 Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates. The award is given annually to five graduate students across the entire university in recognition of outstanding teaching. The photo below shows the presentation of the award by Dean Xiao-Li Meng. Congratulations Jacob!

]]> http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/28/jacob-wins-derek-c-bok-award-for-excellence-in-teaching/feed/ 0 Clean Energy Project Featured on Computerworld and Slashdot http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/28/clean-energy-project-featured-on-computerworld-and-slashdot/ http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/28/clean-energy-project-featured-on-computerworld-and-slashdot/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:49:27 +0000 sanders http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/?p=2781 Our group’s Clean Energy Project, a massively-distributed computing project for identifying the most promising molecular candidates for constructing organic solar cells, was featured on Computerworld. The article discusses our plans to release the top molecular candidates identified by the project in the near future. Check out the article here. In fact, the article was subsequently slashdotted. Congratulations to the Clean Energy Project Team!

]]> http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/28/clean-energy-project-featured-on-computerworld-and-slashdot/feed/ 0 Jacob Selected as Peer Mentor to US International Chemistry Olympiad Team http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/25/jacob-selected-as-peer-mentor-to-us-international-chemistry-olympiad-team/ http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/25/jacob-selected-as-peer-mentor-to-us-international-chemistry-olympiad-team/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:30:52 +0000 sanders http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/?p=2777 Jacob was recently selected by the American Chemical Society as the peer mentor for the United States International Chemistry Olympiad Team. He will travel for two weeks in June to the Chemistry Olympiad Study Camp, held at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, where he will give lectures and hold problem-solving sessions for the top 20 high school students in the nation. After two intense weeks of lectures and laboratories, the top four students will attend the international competition held this year in Moscow, Russia. Congratulations, Jacob, on your selection as a mentor, and good luck with preparing the team!

]]> http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/25/jacob-selected-as-peer-mentor-to-us-international-chemistry-olympiad-team/feed/ 0 Breaking News: Alán Receives Tenure! http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/02/breaking-news-alan-receives-tenure/ http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/02/breaking-news-alan-receives-tenure/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:36:05 +0000 sanders http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/?p=2686 Breaking News: A major CONGRATULATIONS to Alán, who just today learned that he received tenure here at Harvard! Thank you to EVERYONE over the years who helped make this a reality!

We look forward to many more scientific adventures in the years to come! Congratulations again, Alán! Felicidades!

]]> http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/04/02/breaking-news-alan-receives-tenure/feed/ 0 Johannes Receives ACS Post-Doc Award http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/22/johannes-receives-acs-post-doc-award/ http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/22/johannes-receives-acs-post-doc-award/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:47:53 +0000 sanders http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/?p=2680 A big congratulations to Johannes Hachmann, who just received a Postdoctoral Research Award from the American Chemical Society Physical Chemistry Division. He will be heading to the ACS meeting in Indianapolis in September to give a 20-minute lecture and receive the award. Congratulations, Johannes!

]]> http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/22/johannes-receives-acs-post-doc-award/feed/ 0 Professor Atahan-Evrenk http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/22/professor-atahan-evrenk/ http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/22/professor-atahan-evrenk/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:42:32 +0000 sanders http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/?p=2673 A huge congratulations to Sule Atahan-Evrenk, who just accepted a position at TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Ankara, Turkey as an Assistant Professor. She will start there in Fall 2013. Congratulations again, Professor Atahan-Evrenk!

]]> http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/22/professor-atahan-evrenk/feed/ 0 Professor Parkhill http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/22/professor-parkhill/ http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/22/professor-parkhill/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:37:57 +0000 sanders http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/?p=2671 A huge congratulations to John Parkhill, who just accepted a position at the University of Notre Dame as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He will be starting there July 1, but his new group website is already up and running. Check it out here! Congratulations, Professor Parkhill!

]]> http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/22/professor-parkhill/feed/ 0 Temperature-Dependent Conformations of a Membrane Supported ‘Zinc Porphyrin Tweezer’ by 2D Fluorescence Spectroscopy http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/12/temperature-dependent-conformations-of-a-membrane-supported-zinc-porphyrin-tweezer-by-2d-fluorescence-spectroscopy/ http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/12/temperature-dependent-conformations-of-a-membrane-supported-zinc-porphyrin-tweezer-by-2d-fluorescence-spectroscopy/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:30:43 +0000 sanders http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/?p=2665 Our paper entitled Temperature-Dependent Conformations of a Membrane Supported ‘Zinc Porphyrin Tweezer’ by 2D Fluorescence Spectroscopy was just accepted for publication in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A. Congratulations to Alejandro and Dmitrij, as well as our collaborators at the University of Oregon!

]]> http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/12/temperature-dependent-conformations-of-a-membrane-supported-zinc-porphyrin-tweezer-by-2d-fluorescence-spectroscopy/feed/ 0 Theory and Beyond: Quantum Computing for Chemistry Applications http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/07/theory-and-beyond-quantum-computing-for-chemistry-applications/ http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/2013/03/07/theory-and-beyond-quantum-computing-for-chemistry-applications/#comments Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:07:16 +0000 sanders http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu/?p=2662 Alan was recently featured on the MyCQstate blog, based on a talk he gave at MIT about Quantum Computing for Chemistry Applications. Check out the blog post here.

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