Epitome
Mar 16 2009 8:00AM, Monday
Session A1 Graphene - Spectroscopies
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Amir Yacoby, Harvard University. Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: D.N. Basov, Guohong Li, A. Lanzara, Antonio Castro Neto
Session A2 Transport in Oxide Interfaces
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Darrell Schlom, Cornell University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC
Invited Speakers: Jochen Mannhart, Jeremy Levy, C. Stephen Hellberg, Yuri Suzuki
Session A3 Fe-based Superconductors: Pairing Symmetry
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Fu-Chun Zhang, University of Hong Kong Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: C.L. Chien, Hong Ding, Antony Carrington, Dung-Hai Lee
Session A4 Polymers and Energy Applications
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Zhen-Gang Wang, K. Schmidt-Rohr, Yueh-Lin Loo, Hiroyuki Nishide, Jayant Kumar
Session A5 Nanostructuring with Ions
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: John Melngailis, University of Maryland Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Jeroen A. van Kan, Henri Lezec, Andreas Wieck, Bin Ming, John Melngailis
Session A6 Computational Physics in Research and Teaching: GRC Topics and Themes
Sponsor: FEd DCOMP Chair: Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Bruce Boghosian, Bradley Ambrose, Dennis Rapaport, Anne Cox, Adam Frank
Session A7 Systems Biology of Natural and Synthetic Circuits
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Jan Skotheim, Standford University Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Jan Skotheim, Sharad Ramamathan, Ned Wingreen, Terry Hwa, Nicolas Buchler
Session A8 Quantum Information meets Many-Particle Physics
Sponsor: GQI Chair: David DiVincenzo, IBM Watson Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: David Poulin, Gerardo Ortiz, Zhengcheng Gu, Jens Eisert, Anil Shaji
Session A9 Systems Far from Equilibrium I Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Royce Zia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: 303
Session A10 Focus Session: Ferroelectrics I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Matthew Dawber, Stonybrook University Room: 304
Invited Speakers: Javier Junquera
Session A11 Superlattices, Nanostructures, Materials: Synthesis, Growth and Characterization Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Joe Tischler, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 305
Session A12 Directed Organization of Nanostructured Films
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland Room: 308
Invited Speakers: Chris Palmstrom, Robert Hull
Session A13 Focus Session: Metropolis Thesis Prize and Multiscale Modeling
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Jorge Jose, SUNY Buffalo Room: 309
Invited Speakers: Chao Cao
Session A14 Instabilities, Turbulence and Nonlinear Flows Sponsor: DFD Chair: Guenter Ahlers, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: 315
Session A15 Soft Matter, Fluid Structure and Properties Sponsor: DFD Chair: Wendy Zhang, University of Chicago Room: 316
Session A16 Quantum Fermi Gases and Feshbach Resonances Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Martin Zwierlein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: 317
Session A17 Focus Session: Photons and Quantum Dots
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Thaddeus Ladd, Stanford University Room: 318
Invited Speakers: G.D. Fuchs
Session A18 Bulk Block Copolymers I Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Thomas Epps, University of Delaware Room: 319
Session A19 The Physics of Polymer Nanocomposites: Polymer Nanoparticle Interactions
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Amalie Frischknecht, Sandia National Laboratories Room: 320
Invited Speakers: Sharon Glotzer
Session A20 Spatially Confined Polymer Materials
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Joanne Budzien, Sandia National Laboratories Room: 321
Invited Speakers: Glenn Fredrickson
Session A21 Semiconductors: 2D Electrons and Transport Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Michael Zudov, University of Minnesota Room: 323
Session A22 Focus Session: Spins in Group III-V and II-VI Semiconductors
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota Room: 324
Invited Speakers: Pallab Bhattacharya, Athanasios Chantis
Session A23 Plasmons and Optical Absorption Sponsor: DCMP Chair: David Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 325
Session A24 Focus Session: Nanotube Synthesis
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Avetik Harutyunyan, Honda Research Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Stefano Curtarolo
Session A25 Focus Session: Graphene I: Electronic Properties
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Jules Carbotte, McMaster University Room: 327
Invited Speakers: George Flynn
Session A26 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I: Inorganic Nanostructures and Interfaces
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Peihong Zhang, SUNY Buffalo Room: 328
Invited Speakers: Massimiliano Stengel, Yosuke Kanai
Session A27 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy I: Low Temperatures
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Cyrus Hirjibehedin, London Centre for Nanotechnology Room: 329
Invited Speakers: Eric Hudson
Session A28 Bionanotechnology Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Xinsheng (Sean) Ling, Brown University Room: 330
Session A29 Spin Glasses and Disordered Magnetic Materials Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Ben Ueland, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Center for Neutron Research Room: 333
Session A30 Focus Session: Vanadates, Iridates and Other Oxides Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Stephen Nagler, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 334
Session A31 Focus Session: Molecular Nanomagnets
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Michael Pechan, Miami University Room: 335
Invited Speakers:
Session A32 Magnetization and Spin Dynamics Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Ion Garate, University of Texas at Austin Room: 336
Session A33 Superconductivity: ARPES Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Barrett Wells, University of Connecticut Room: 403
Session A34 Superconductivity: Spin Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: John Tranquada, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: 404
Session A35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors I: Synthesis and New Materials Sponsor: DMP Chair: David Larbelestier, Florida State University Room: 405
Session A36 Carbon Nanotubes: Electrical Transport and Noise Sponsor: DMP Chair: Hui Tang, Yale University, Room: 408
Session A37 Focus Session: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Adam Wasserman, Purdue University Room: 409
Invited Speakers: Weitao Yang, Kieron Burke
Session A38 Focus Session: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically-inspired Solar Energy Harvesting I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Greg Scholes, University of Toronto Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Tessa Calhoun, Marc Baldo, Darius Abramavicius
Session A39 Cellular Biomechanics I Sponsor: DBP Chair: Jennifer Schwarz, Syracuse University Room: 411
Session A40 Proteins: Structure and Functions I Sponsor: DBP Chair: Ching-Hwa Kiang, Rice University Room: 412
Session A41 Heavy Fermions Sponsor: DMP Chair: Rena Zieve, University of California, Davis Room: 413
Mar 16 2009 11:15AM, Monday
Session B1 New Experimental Developments in Graphene
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Eva Andrei, Rutgers University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Kostya Novoselov, N. Phuan Ong, Philip Kim, Dmitry Abanin, Allan MacDonald
Session B2 HTSC: Fermi Pockets and Quantum Oscillations
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Robert Laughlin, Stanford University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC
Invited Speakers: Sudip Chakravarty, Suchitra Sebastian, Peter Johnson, Takasada Shibauchi, Louis Taillefer
Session B3 10,000 Undergraduate Physics Majors: Progress on Doubling
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Theodore Hodapp, Anthony Johnson, Margaret Murnane, Michael Marder, Wolfgang Bauer
Session B4 Polymer Translocation
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Murugappan Muthukumar, University of Massachusetts Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Gary Slater, Juan de Pablo, Aniket Bhattacharya, Gerard Barkema
Session B5 Heterogeneous Integration on Silicon
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Ganesh Samudra, National University of Singapore Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: E. Tutuc, William Milne, Solomon Assefa, Tomas Palacios, D. Schlom
Session B6 Panel Discussion: Physics in Africa
Sponsor: FIP Chair: Abebe Kebede, North Carolina A&T University Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Mzamo P. Mangaliso, Ndeye Arame Boye-Faye, Bernard M'Passi-Mabiala
Session B7 Bacterial Growth Laws and Systems Biology
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Terence Hwa, University of California, San Diego Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Patrick Dennis, Matthew Scott, Arbel Tadmor, Atul Narang
Session B8 Spectroscopy of Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Erich Mueller, Cornell University Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Martin Zwierlein, Deborah Jin, Giancarlo Strinati, Kathryn Levin, Georg Bruun
Session B9 GSNP Student Speaker Award Session and Applications of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics in the Life Sciences Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Harvey Gould, Clark University Room: 303
Session B10 Focus Session: Ferroelectrics II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Javier Junquera, Universidad de Cantabria Room: 304
Invited Speakers: Alexei Gruverman, Alexei Grigoriev
Session B11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures I: Surface Assemblies and Films
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Douglas Natelson, Rice University Room: 305
Invited Speakers: Peter Liljeroth
Session B12 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Metal Thin Films
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Theodore Einstein, University of Maryland Room: 308
Invited Speakers: Yunsic Shim
Session B13 SPS Undergraduate Research I Chair: Gary White, American Institute of Physics Room: 309
Session B14 Focus Session: Colloids I: Physical Behavior and Mechanisms
Sponsor: DFD Chair: Eric Weeks, Emory University Room: 315
Invited Speakers: Itai Cohen
Session B15 Current Fluid Mechanics Sponsor: DFD Chair: Shelley Anna, Carnegie Mellon University Room: 316
Session B16 Cold Fusion Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Scott Chubb, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 317
Session B17 Focus Session: Progress towards Scalable Quantum Information Processing Sponsor: GQI Chair: Mark Dykman, Michigan State University Room: 318
Session B18 Focus Session: Templated Assembly of Polymers
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Alamgir Karim, University of Akron Room: 319
Invited Speakers: Aline Miller
Session B19 Focus Session: Polymers and Ionic Liquids
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Peggy Cebe, Tufts University Room: 320
Invited Speakers: Timothy Lodge
Session B20 Focus Session: Polymers and Energy: Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Batteries I
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Bumjoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Room: 321
Invited Speakers: Mohit Singh
Session B21 Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eugene Haller, University of California, Berkeley Room: 323
Invited Speakers: A. Janotti
Session B22 Focus Session: Theory of Spin-based Semiconductor Devices
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Lukasz Cywinski, University of Maryland Room: 324
Invited Speakers: Stewart Barnes
Session B23 Alloy Theory Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Benjamin Burton, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 325
Session B24 Focus Session: Nanotube Characterization
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Cary Yang, Santa Clara University Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Jean-Louis Sauvajol, Stephen Doorn
Session B25 Graphene II: Electronic Properties and QHE
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ziqiang Wang, Boston College Room: 327
Invited Speakers: Cheol-Hwan Park
Session B26 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience II: Mechanics, Dynamics, and Assembly
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Dennis Rapaport,, Bar-Ilan University Room: 328
Invited Speakers: Otto Sankey
Session B27 Plasmonics and Metamaterials Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology, Chris Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: 329
Session B28 Focus Session: Graphene II: Synthesis and Characterization
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Yu-Ming Lin, IBM Room: 330
Invited Speakers: James Hannon, Thomas Seyller, Byung Hee Hong
Session B29 Spin-Dependent Transport Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Sergei Urazhdin, West Virginia University Room: 333
Session B30 Focus Session: Manganite Superlattices
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Satoshi Okamoto, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 334
Invited Speakers: Anand Bhattacharya
Session B31 Focus Session: Dimers and Other Frustrated Structures
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Chris Wiebe, Florida State University Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Eric Samulon
Session B32 Cooperative Phenomena (incl. Spin Structures, Spin Waves, Phase Transitions) I Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Paul Haney, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 336
Session B33 Superconductivity: Mostly Cuprates Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Timir Datta, University of South Carolina Room: 403
Session B34 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors II: Quantum Oscillations, Electronic Structure and Magnetism Sponsor: DMP Chair: Vladimir Antropov, Ames Laboratory Room: 404
Session B35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors III: General Theory
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Alex Koshelev, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 405
Invited Speakers: Andrey Chubukov
Session B36 Carbon Nanotubes: Devices and Applications Sponsor: DMP Chair: Masa Ishigami, University of Central Florida Room: 408
Session B37 Focus Session: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Paula Mori-Sanchez, Duke University Room: 409
Invited Speakers: Neepa Maitra, Carsten A. Ullrich
Session B38 Focus Session: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically-inspired Solar Energy Harvesting II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Bern Kohler, Ohio State University Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Robert J. Silbey
Session B39 Cellular Biomechanics II Sponsor: DBP Chair: Arpita Upadhyaya, University of Maryland Room: 411
Session B40 Proteins: Structure and Function II Sponsor: DBP Chair: Paul Janmey, University of Pennsylvania Room: 412
Session B41 Heavy Fermion 115 Superconductors Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Carlos Bolech, Rice University Room: 413
Mar 16 2009 2:00PM, Monday
Session C1 Poster Session I (2-5:00pm): Polymer Physics; Applications; Complex Structured Materials; Quantum Fluids; Nano/Bionanotechnology; Fluids; General; Statistical & Nonlinear; Superconductors Room: Exhibit Hall A
Mar 16 2009 2:30PM, Monday
Session D1 Phase Transitions and Transport in Quantum Hall Superfluids
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas at Austin Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Alexandre Champagne, Steven Simon, Vittorio Pellegrini, H.A. Fertig, Koji Muraki
Session D2 HTSC: New Developments
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverdside Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC
Invited Speakers: M. Greven, Vivek Aji, Brigitte Leridon, Adam Kaminski, Kenjiro K. Gomes
Session D3 Pake, McGroddy, and Industrial Application of Physics Prizes, Adler Award
Sponsor: FIAP DMP Chair: Mark Lee, Sandia National Laboratories Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: David Bishop, Philip Wyatt, William Johnson, Akihisa Inoue, Salvatore Torquato
Session D4 Spin Qubits in Quantum Dots
Sponsor: GQI DCMP Chair: Jason Petta, Princeton University Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Christian Barthel, Bill Coish, Richard Warburton, Jacob Taylor
Session D5 Origins of Silicon Valley
Sponsor: FHP Chair: Gloria Lubkin, American Institute of Physics Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Stewart Gillmor, David Leeson, Michael Riordan, James Gibbons
Session D6 Predictive Materials Design for Alternative Energy Storage
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Zhenyu Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Mei-Yin Chou, Yong-Hyun Kim, Puru Jena, Zheng Xiao Guo, Mina Yoon
Session D7 Rare Events in Physics and Population Dynamics
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Daniel Stein, Uwe C. Tauber, Ira Schwartz, Lewi Stone, Eyal Buks
Session D8 Unconventional Spin Torques
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Shufeng Zhang, University of Missouri Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Gerrit Bauer, Aurelien Manchon, Paul Haney, Maxim Tsoi, Sergei Urazhdin
Session D9 Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects I Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Dominic Vella, DAMTP, Cambridge and LPS ENS, Paris Room: 303
Session D10 Focus Session: Ferroelectrics III and Piezoelectrics Sponsor: DMP Chair: Alexei Grigoriev, University of Tulsa Room: 304
Session D11 Optical Properties of Dots, Wires and Superlattices Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Scheibner, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 305
Session D12 Novel Instrumentation and Techniques in Surface Science Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: MIchael Dreyer, University of Maryland Room: 308
Session D13 SPS Undergraduate Research II Chair: Gary White, American Institute of Physics Room: 309
Session D14 Colloids II: Structure and Rheology Sponsor: DFD Chair: David Pine, New York University Room: 315
Session D15 Monolayers, Membranes and Microemulsions Sponsor: DFD Chair: Erik Luijten, Northwestern University Room: 316
Session D16 Focus Session: BEC-BCS Crossover
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Kathy Levin, University of Chicago Room: 317
Invited Speakers: Carlos Sa de Melo
Session D17 Focus Session: Foundations of Quantum Theory
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Ian Durham, Saint Anselm College Room: 318
Invited Speakers: Byron C. Drury, Robert Griffiths
Session D18 Focus Session: Transport and Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers and other Solution Processable Semiconductors Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Anvar Zakhidov, University of Texas at Dallas Room: 319
Session D19 Focus Session: Grazing Incidence Scattering and New Imaging Techniques
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Marcus Cicerone, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 320
Invited Speakers: Jin Wang, Hiroshi Jinnai
Session D20 Polymers and Energy: Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Batteries II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Azar Alizadeh, General Electric Room: 321
Session D21 Semiconductors: Transport Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Sergey Vitkalov, City University of New York Room: 323
Session D22 Focus Session: Spins in Group IV Semiconductors
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Bruce Kane, LPS, University of Maryland Room: 324
Invited Speakers: Belita Koiller
Session D23 Diffusion and Transport Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Duane Johnston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: 325
Session D24 Focus Session: Nanotube manipulation and processing
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Ralph Krupke
Session D25 Focus Session: Graphene III: Growth and Structure
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Alessandra Lanzara, University of California, Berkeley Room: 327
Invited Speakers: Jing Kong
Session D26 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience III: Defects, Doping, and Structure
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Paul Kent, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 328
Invited Speakers: Peihong Zhang
Session D27 Advances in Instrumentation and Measurement I Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Larry Rubin, MIT Room: 329
Session D28 Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Oxides and Complex Crystals
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Ali Shakouri, University of California, Santa Cruz Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Subroto Mukerjee
Session D29 Focus Session: The Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshops I
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas Room: 333
Invited Speakers:
Session D30 Focus Session: Cobaltite and Manganite films
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Chris Leighton, University of Minnesota Room: 334
Invited Speakers: Thomas Ward
Session D31 Focus Session: Quantum Magnets
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Ray Osborn, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Oleg Tchernyshyov
Session D32 Focus Session: Spin Dependent Physics in Organic Materials and Graphene
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Tiffany Santos, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 336
Invited Speakers: Oleg Yazyev
Session D33 Superconducting Theory I Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Dennis Newnes, IBM Room: 403
Session D34 Superconductivity: Josephson Effects Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Ulrich Welp, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 404
Session D35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors IV: General Experiment
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Rick Greene, University of Maryland Room: 405
Invited Speakers: H. Hosono, Hai-Hu Wen
Session D36 Carbon Nanotubes: Low Temperature Electronic Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Xia Hong, Pennsylvania State University Room: 408
Session D37 Focus Session: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Alberto Castro, Free University of Berlin Room: 409
Invited Speakers: Klaus Capelle, Axel Becke, David C. Langreth
Session D38 Focus Session: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically-inspired Solar Energy Harvesting III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Martin Plenio, Imperial College Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Leonas Valkunas, Alan Aspuru-Guzik
Session D39 Focus Session: Noise and Fluctuations in Biochemical Networks
Sponsor: DBP GSNP Chair: Jayajit Das, Ohio State University Room: 411
Invited Speakers: Juan Manuel Pedraza, Sorin Tanase-Nicola
Session D40 Nucleic Acids: Packaging, Ejection and Translocation Sponsor: DBP Chair: Xiangyun Qiu, National Institutes of Health Room: 412
Session D41 Hidden Order and Quantum Criticality in Heavy Fermions Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland Room: 413
Mar 16 2009 5:45PM, Monday
Session E1 APS Prizes and Awards Ceremonial Session Chair: Cherry Murray, APS President, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: 301/302
Mar 16 2009 6:45PM, Monday
Session F1 Welcome Reception Room: Second Floor Concourse
Mar 16 2009 8:00PM, Monday
Session G1 Energy and the Environment
Chair: Allen Goldman, University of Minnesota Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Kevin E. Trenberth, George Crabtree
Mar 17 2009 8:00AM, Tuesday
Session H1 Electronic Structure of Disordered Graphene
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Allan MacDonald, University of Texas at Austin Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Jens Martin, Joseph Stroscio, B. Huard, Marco Polini, Enrico Rossi
Session H2 Polymer Physics Prize Symposium Honoring Steve Granick
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: MIchael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC
Invited Speakers: Steve Granick, Thomas Russell, Jack Douglas, Sanat Kumar
Session H3 New Frontiers in Biomolecular Physics
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Dean Astumian, University of Maine Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Alexander Yu. Grosberg, Alexander R. Dunn, R. Dean Astumian, Steven Plotkin, Jeffery G. Saven
Session H4 New Developments in Heavy Electron Superconductivity
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Joe Thompson, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Tuson Park, Dai Aoki, Maxim Dzero, S. Nakatsuji
Session H5 Physicists as Entreprenuers
Sponsor: FIAP FGSA Chair: Venky Venkatesan, Neocera Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Xindi Wu, R.D. Vispute, Nicholas Economou, Connie Chang-Hasnain, Zhiyun Chen
Session H6 Quench Dynamics and Thermalization in Quantum Systems
Sponsor: DCMP DAMOP Chair: Vladimir Gritsev, Harvard University Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Maxim Olshanii, Roman Barankov, Alessandro Silva
Session H7 Cellular Imaging at the Nanometer Scale
Sponsor: DBP Chair: K.C. Huang, Stanford University Room: 407
Invited Speakers: W.E. Moerner, Stefan Hell, Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Grant Jensen, Joshua W. Shaevitz
Session H8 The Greening of the City of Pittsburgh: The History, Science and Examples
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Brian Schwartz, City University of New York Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Joel Tarr, Cliff Davidson, Alan Traugott, Mark Leahy
Session H9 Complex Networks and Their Applications Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Ira Schwartz, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 303
Session H10 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures I: Quantum Dots
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jie Shan, Case Western Reserve University Room: 304
Invited Speakers: Duncan G. Steel, Moungi Bawendi
Session H11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures II: Molecular Junctions I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University Room: 305
Invited Speakers: Christian Schonenberger, Douglas Natelson
Session H12 Focus Session: Directed Organization of Molecular Semiconducting Films
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Daniel Dougherty, North Carolina State University Room: 308
Invited Speakers: K. Pohl
Session H13 Numerical Methods for Strongly Correlated System: Heisenberg and Density Matrix Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: James Chelikowsky, University of Texas at Austin Room: 309
Session H14 Colloids III: Formation and Control Sponsor: DFD Chair: Itai Cohen, Cornell University Room: 315
Session H15 Low Dimensional Magnetism (including molecules and surfaces) Sponsor: GMAG Chair: William Ratcliff,, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 316
Session H16 Matter waves and Quantum Optics Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Dan Goldbaum, Arizona Room: 317
Session H17 Focus Session: Semiconducting Qubit Approaches
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Jeremy Levy, University of Pittsburgh Room: 318
Invited Speakers: John Morton
Session H18 Block Copolymer Thin Films I Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Kevin Yager, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Polymers Room: 319
Session H19 Solid Amorphous Polymers Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Sergei Nazarenko, University of Southern Mississippi Room: 320
Session H20 Electrically and Optically Active Polymers Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Lynn Loo, Princeton University Room: 321
Session H21 Spectroscopic Studies of Semiconductors Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Norman Tolk, Vanderbilt University Room: 323
Session H22 Focus Session: Optical Generation and Detection of Spins in Semiconductors Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Jay Kikkawa, University of Pennsylvania Room: 324
Session H23 Optical and Spectroscopic Properties and Nano Sponsor: FIAP DCMP Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University Room: 325
Session H24 Focus Session: Chemical Modification of Nanotubes
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Traian Dumitrica, University of Minnesota Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Michael Strano
Session H25 Focus Session: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers I
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Kelley, College of William and Mary Room: 327
Invited Speakers: Costas Fotakis, Xiang Zhang
Session H26 Focus Session: Graphene IV: Electronic and Structural Properties
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University Room: 328
Invited Speakers: Rodney Ruoff
Session H27 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy II: Force Methods
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Young Kuk, Seoul National University Room: 329
Invited Speakers: Oscar Custance
Session H28 Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Transport Physics
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: David Cahill, University of Illinois Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Supriyo Datta, Arunava Majumdar
Session H29 The Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshops II Sponsor: FEd Chair: Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas Room: 333
Session H30 Focus Session: Superconducting and Magnetic Oxide Superlattices and Films
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Jak Chakhalian, University of Arkansas Room: 334
Invited Speakers: Christian Bernhard
Session H31 Focus Session: Vanadate Thin Films
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Dmitri Basov, University of California San Diego Room: 335
Invited Speakers: A. Sharoni
Session H32 Focus Session: Theory and Simulation of Spin-Dependent Effects and Properties I: (First-Principles Calculations)
Sponsor: GMAG DCOMP DMP Chair: Andre Petukhov, South Dakota School of Mines Room: 336
Invited Speakers: Andrei Ruban
Session H33 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors V: Tunneling, PCAR, Josephson
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Laura Greene, University of Illinois Room: 403
Invited Speakers: Renato Gonnelli
Session H34 Superconductivity: Transport Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: J.R. Thompson, University of Tennessee Room: 404
Session H35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VI: Model Hamiltonians Sponsor: DMP Chair: Zlatko Tesanovic, Johns Hopkins Room: 405
Session H36 Carbon Nanotubes: Electrothermal Transport and Raman Spectroscopy Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Stephen Cronin, University of Southern California Room: 408
Session H37 Focus Session: Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Sunil Saxena, University of Pittsburgh Room: 409
Invited Speakers: Kurt Warncke, Philip Anfinrud, Bern Kohler
Session H38 Focus Session: Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Matthias Ernzerhof, Université de Montréal Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Jeffrey Reimers, Barry Dunietz
Session H39 Lipid Bilayers: Structure and Function I Sponsor: DBP Chair: Alex Levine, University of California, Los Angeles Room: 411
Session H40 Biological Physics I Sponsor: DBP Chair: David Weitz, Harvard University Room: 412
Session H41 CDW, SDW and Charge Order in Organic Conductors Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Claude Bourbonnais, Universite de Sherbrooke Room: 413
Mar 17 2009 11:15AM, Tuesday
Session J1 Ballistic-Diffusive Crossover in Graphene Electron Transport
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Kirill Bolotin, Shaffique Adam, Michael Folger, Eduardo Mucciolo, Claudio Chamon
Session J2 Dynamical Layer Decoupling and Stripe Order High Tc Superconductors
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC
Invited Speakers: Alexander Schafgans, Erez Berg, Michael Norman, Young-June Kim
Session J3 SQUID Amplifiers: at the Quantum Limit
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: John Clarke, University of California, Berkeley Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Michel Devoret, Manuel Castellanos-Beltran, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Darin Kinion, Lafe Spietz
Session J4 Panel Discussion: Around the World in 180 Minutes: Differences and Similarities among Women Physicists
Sponsor: CSWP FIP Chair: Eliane Lessner, CSWP, and Cherrill Spencer, FIP Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: CO-CHAIR: Eliane Lessner, Judy Franz, Y.V. Zastavker, Karimat El Sayed, Young-Kee Kim, Kandice Tanner, Cherrill Spencer
Session J5 Polymer Nanoparticle Interactions
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Thomas Russell, University of Massachusetts Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Grant Smith, Ramanan Krishnamoorti, Richard Spontak, Christopher Li, Francis Starr
Session J6 Computational Modeling of Crystallization and Nucleation Phenomena
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Jim Belak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Ken Kelton, Eduardo Sanz, Valeria Molinero, Tianshu Li, Luciano Colombo
Session J7 Complex Cellular Biological Networks
Sponsor: GSNP DBP Chair: Takashi Nishikawa, Clarkson University Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Sergei Maslov, Jennifer Reed, Adilson E. Motter, Hawoong Jeong, Ranran Zhang
Session J8 Preparing Physics Students for Careers in Industry
Sponsor: FEd FIAP Chair: Lawrence Woolf, General Atomics Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Roman Czujko, Stefan Zollner, Mohan Kalelkar, Edward Van Keuren
Session J9 Focus Session: Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects II
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Pedro Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: 303
Invited Speakers: Michael Brenner
Session J10 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures II: Quantum-Dot-Coupled Systems
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Feng Wang, University of California, Berkeley Room: 304
Invited Speakers: D.D. Awschalom
Session J11 Quantum Dots and Quantum Point Contacts Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University Room: 305
Session J12 Organic Electronic Thin Films Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Renee Diehl, Penn State University Room: 308
Session J13 Numerical Methods for Strongly Correlated Systems: Hubbard and Quasi-Particle Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: James Davenport, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: 309
Session J14 Jammed Particles Sponsor: DFD Chair: Corey O'Hern, Yale University Room: 315
Session J15 Quantum Entanglement Sponsor: GQI Chair: Christopher Fuchs, Perimeter Institute Room: 316
Session J16 Focus Session: Disorder in Ultra-Cold Gases
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Maxim Olshanyi, University of Massachusetts, Boston Room: 317
Invited Speakers: Brian DeMarco
Session J17 Focus Session: Superconducting Phase Qubits
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Rob McDermott, University of Wisconsin Room: 318
Invited Speakers:
Session J18 Charge Transport and Optical Properties of Organic Semiconductors
Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: Markus Wohlgenannt, University of Iowa Room: 319
Invited Speakers: Yoshihiro Iwasa
Session J19 Block Copolymer Thin Films II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Kevin Cavicchi, University of Akron Room: 320
Session J20 Frank J. Padden Jr. Award Symposium Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Glenn Fredrickson, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: 321
Session J21 Focus Sessions: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Matthew McCluskey, Washington State University Room: 323
Invited Speakers: Fatemeh Shahedipour-Sandvik
Session J22 Focus Session: Optical Control and Electron-nuclear Effects in Quantum Dots
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Roberto Myers, Ohio State University Room: 324
Invited Speakers: Danny Kim
Session J23 Spectroscopic Studies of 2D Electron Gas and Other Low Dimensional Semiconductor Structures Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Aron Pinczuk, Columbia University Room: 325
Session J24 Focus Session: Nanotube Applications
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Adrian Bachtold
Session J25 Focus Session: Graphene V: Structure and Raman Spectroscopy
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Marcos Pimenta, UFMG, Brasil Room: 327
Invited Speakers: Andrea C. Ferrari
Session J26 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience IV: Carbon- and Silicon-based Nanostructures
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Sohrab Ismail-Beigi, Yale University Room: 328
Invited Speakers: Feng Liu
Session J27 Focus Session: X-ray and Neutron Instruments and Sciences I
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Albert Macrander, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 329
Invited Speakers: Yujie Wang
Session J28 Focus Session: Graphene Device and Applications I
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: James Hannon, IBM Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Yu-Ming Lin, Yi Zheng, Jianhao Chen
Session J29 Focus Session: Spin Currents in Metals - New and Miscellaneous Topics
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Samir Garzon, University of South Carolina Room: 333
Invited Speakers: Takahiro Moriyama
Session J30 Focus Session: Multiferroic Manganites
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Despina Louca, University of Virginia Room: 334
Invited Speakers: A. Brooks Harris
Session J31 Focus Session: Magnetic Multilayers
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Kathryn Krycka, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Jan-Ulrich Thiele, Kai Liu
Session J32 Artificial Structured or Self-Assembled Magnetic Materials Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Brian Maranville, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 336
Session J33 Superconductivity: Novel Materials Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Elena Cimpoiasu, United States Naval Academy Room: 403
Session J34 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VII: Pressure Effects and Thermal Expansion
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Neil Sullivan, University of Florida Room: 404
Invited Speakers: P.C. Canfield
Session J35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VIII: Magnetism (Experiment)
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Jeff Lynn, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 405
Invited Speakers:
Session J36 Si and Ge Nanowires: Electrical Transport and Simulation Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jonathan Pelz, Ohio State University Room: 408
Session J37 Focus Session: Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Angela Gronenborn, University of Pittsburgh Room: 409
Invited Speakers: Robert Tycko, Nien-Hui Ge, Terry Miller
Session J38 Focus Session: Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Weitao Yang, Duke University Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Mark Ratner, Kurt Stokbro
Session J39 Lipid Bilayers: Structure and Function II Sponsor: DBP Chair: Wouter Ellenbroek, University of Pennsylvania Room: 411
Session J40 Biological Physics II
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Joshua Socolar, Duke University Room: 412
Invited Speakers: Timothy Newman, John C. Crocker
Session J41 Hubbard Model Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Philip Phillips, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: 413
Mar 17 2009 2:00PM, Tuesday
Session K1 Poster Session II (2-5:00pm): Education; SPS/Undergrad Research; Metals; Magnetism; Instrumentation and Measurements; Chemical Physics; Artificially Structured Materials; Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films; AMO Physics; Quantum Information; Bio Physics Room: Exhibit Hall A
Mar 17 2009 2:30PM, Tuesday
Session L1 John H. Dillon Medal Symposium in Honor of Venkat Ganesan
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Glenn Fredrickson, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom A
Invited Speakers: Venkat Ganesan
Session L2 Buckley and Lilienfeld Prize
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Warren Pickett, University of California, Davis Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom BC
Invited Speakers: Terunobu Miyazaki, Robert Meservey, Jagadeesh Moodera, Paul Tedrow
Session L3 Fe-based Superconductors: Competing Orders
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Hong Ding, Institute of Physics, CAS Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Nan Lin Wang, Pengcheng Dai, Taner Yildirim, Bernd Buechner
Session L4 The Dynamics of Diversity in Astrophysics
Sponsor: COM Chair: Donna Stokes, University of Houston Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Larry Gladney, Samina Masood, George Carruthers, Ruth Daly, Hakeem Oluseyi
Session L5 Competing Ground-States and Novel Excitations in Strongly Correlated Metals
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Andrea Bianchi, Université de Montréal Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Silke Paschen, Meigan Aronson, Seiji Yamamoto, Stephen Julian, P. Woelfle
Session L6 Earth and Space Magneto-Fluid Dynamics
Sponsor: DFD Chair: John Hawley, University of Virginia Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Paul Bellan, Peter Olson, Wolf-Christian Mueller, Gary Zank
Session L7 Mechanics of Biomolecular Systems I
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Jens-Christian Meiners, University of Michigan Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Philip Nelson, Raghuveer Parthasarathy, Alexei Tkachenko, Hong-Wei Wang
Session L8 Jamming at Nonzero Temperature and Stress
Sponsor: DCMP GSNP Chair: Vincenzo Vitelli, University of Pennsylvania Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Ning Xu, Stephen Teitel, Olivier Dauchot, Douglas Durian, Craig Maloney
Session L9 Focus Session: Systems Far from Equilibrium II
Sponsor: GSNP DBP Chair: Michel Pleimling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: 303
Invited Speakers:
Session L10 Optical Properties of Nanostructures III: Quantum Dots, Nanowires, and Related Materials Sponsor: DMP Chair: John McGuire, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 304
Session L11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures III: Molecular Junctions II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Dan Ralph, Cornell University Room: 305
Invited Speakers: N.J. Tao, Bert de Boer
Session L12 Focus Session: Photocatalysis and photovoltaic: Excitation, Trapping, and Transport of Charge Carriers at Surfaces and Interfaces
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Wladyslaw Walukiewicz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: 308
Invited Speakers: Heinz Frei, Matthew Kanan
Session L13 Computational Methods: Quantum Monte Carlo Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Jeff Grossman, University of California, Berkeley Room: 309
Session L14 Colloids IV: Colloids and Interfaces Sponsor: DFD Chair: David Weitz, Harvard University Room: 315
Session L15 Pattern Formation and Nonlinear Dynamics Sponsor: DFD Chair: Tom Solomon, Bucknell University Room: 316
Session L16 Cold Gases: Spin, Rotation, and Reduced Dimension Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Ludwig Mathey, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 317
Session L17 Superconducting Flux Qubits and Qubit Amplifiers and Readouts Sponsor: GQI Chair: Joe Aumentado, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 318
Session L18 Advanced Techniques in Acceleration and Coherent Radiation
Sponsor: DPB Room: 319
Invited Speakers: Kwang-Je Kim, Alexander Zholents, Gennady Shvets, Joseph Bisognano, Paul Corkum
Session L19 Focus Session: Ionically Gated and Conventional OFETs and Related Devices
Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: Jun Takeya, Osaka University Room: 320
Invited Speakers: Daniel Frisbie
Session L20 Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Anisotropic Particles Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Lei Zhu, University of Connecticut Room: 321
Session L21 Semiconductors: Atomic Structure and Lattices Sponsor: DCMP FIAP Chair: David Snoke, University of Pittsburgh Room: 323
Session L22 Focus Session: Spin-Orbit Effects in Semiconductors Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Roland Winkler, Northern Illinois University Room: 324
Session L23 Fractional Quantum Hall Effect, Bilayers Sponsor: DCMP FIAP Chair: Raymond Ashoori, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: 325
Session L24 Focus Session: Electronic Properties of Nanotubes
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Sergei Tretiak, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Marc Bockrath
Session L25 Focus Session: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers II
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Craig Arnold, Princeton University Room: 327
Invited Speakers: Barbara Garrison
Session L26 Focus Session: Graphene VI: Phonons and Raman Spectroscopy
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Kostya Novoselov, Manchester University Room: 328
Invited Speakers: L.M. Malard
Session L27 Focus Session: Graphene Device and Applications II
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Marcus Freitag, IBM Room: 329
Invited Speakers: Jeremy Robinson, Toshiaki Enoki
Session L28 Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Tellurides
Sponsor: DMP FIAP Chair: Stefan Zollner, IBM Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Joseph Heremans
Session L29 Focus Session: Incorporating Computational Physics into Teaching
Sponsor: FEd DCOMP Chair: James Belak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: 333
Invited Speakers: Steven Gottlieb
Session L30 Focus Session: Multiferroics I
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Craig Fennie, Cornell University Room: 334
Invited Speakers: Young Jai Choi, M. Kenzelmann
Session L31 Focus Session: Spin Transport and Exchange Bias in Nanostructures
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Samir Lounis, Forschungszentrum Jülich Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Felix Casanova
Session L32 Focus Session: Nanostructured Manganites, Thin Films and Others Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Hariharan Srikanth, University of South Florida Room: 336
Session L33 Superconductivity: Electronic Structure I Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Mike Bleiweiss, Naval Academy Preparatory School Room: 403
Session L34 Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Yvan Bruynseraede, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Room: 404
Invited Speakers: Javier E. Villegas
Session L35 Density Functional Theory: Methods Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Steven Louie, University of California, Berkeley Room: 405
Session L36 Panel Discussion: APS Publishing: Present and Future Room: 408
Session L37 Focus Session: Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: David Pratt, University of Pittsburgh Room: 409
Invited Speakers: Sanford Asher, Eric Gloaguen
Session L38 Focus Session: Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Kieron Burke, University of California, Irvine Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Daniel Kosov, Michael Thoss
Session L39 Focus Session: Theories and Simulations for Biomolecular Dynamics in Cell-like Environments
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Margaret Cheung, University of Houston Room: 411
Invited Speakers: Margaret Cheung, Gregory Grason
Session L40 Nucleic Acids: Structure, Function and Dynamics Sponsor: DBP Chair: Michael Poirier, Ohio State University Room: 412
Session L41 Atom-Photon Interactions Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona Room: 413
Mar 17 2009 5:45PM, Tuesday
Session M9 GSNP Business Meeting Room: 303
Session M17 GQI Business Meeting Room: 318
Session M19 DPOLY Business Meeting Room: 320
Session M27 GIMS Business Meeting Room: 329
Session M28 FIAP Business Meeting Room: 330
Session M31 GMAG Business Meeting Room: 335
Session M40 DBP Business Meeting Room: 412
Mar 17 2009 7:00PM, Tuesday
Session M42 DCMP Business Meeting Room: Westin Hotel Washington
Session M43 DMP Business Meeting Room: Westin Hotel Fayette
Session M44 DCP Business Meeting Room: Westin Hotel Butler West
Session M45 DCOMP Business Meeting Room: Westin Hotel Butler East
Mar 18 2009 8:00AM, Wednesday
Session P1 Optoelectronic Manipulation and Control of Charges and Spins in Quantum Dots
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alexander Efros, Naval Research Laboratory Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom A
Invited Speakers: Manfred Bayer, D. Gammon, Sokratis Kalliakos, Sankar Das Sarma, Maiken H. Mikkelsen
Session P2 Critical Spin Liquids in Strongly Correlated Systems
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: T. Senthil, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom BC
Invited Speakers: Reizo Kato, H. Takagi, Olexei Motrunich, Yong Baek Kim, Donna Sheng
Session P3 Fe-based Superconductors: Correlation Effects
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Steve Kivelson, Stanford University Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Donghui Lu, M.M. Qazilbash, Qimiao Si, Jiangping Hu
Session P4 Physics of Polymer Membranes for Water Purification
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Alamgir Karim, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: David Cahill, Benjamin Hsiao, Thomas Mallouk, Olgica Bakajin, Darrell Reneker
Session P5 Fluid Dynamics and Computational Science
Sponsor: DFD DCOMP Chair: Pui-Kuen Yeung, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Paolo Padoan, Gerorge Karniadakis, Fuqing Zhang
Session P6 Ultracold Gases with Dipolar Interactions
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Han Pu, Rice University Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Silke Ospelkaus, Eugene Demler, Dan Stamper-Kurn, Peter Zoller
Session P7 Forging Effective Partnerships with Your Local Science Center: Outcomes from the Workshop on University/Science Center Collaborations
Sponsor: FEd FPS Chair: Philip Hammer, Franklin Institute Room: 407
Invited Speakers: David Statman, Leo Kadanoff, Eric Marshall, Daniele Finotello
Session P8 Centenary of Lev Landau
Sponsor: FHP Chair: Gloria Lubkin, American Institute of Physics Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Pierre Hohenberg, Lev Pitaevskii, Valery Pokrovsky, Igor Dzyaloshinskii, Roald Sagdeev
Session P9 Jamming: Theory and Experiment I Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Daniel Blair, Georgetown University Room: 303
Session P10 Focus Session: Multiferroics II
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Serge Nakhmanson, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 304
Invited Speakers: D. Lebeugle
Session P11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures IV: Correlation Effects
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Harold Baranger, Duke University Room: 305
Invited Speakers: Kristian Thygesen
Session P12 Focus Session: Characterization and Modeling of Complex Surfaces and Interfaces
Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Yue Qi, General Motors Room: 308
Invited Speakers: Wayne Kaplan, Tahir Cagin
Session P13 Focus Session: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure I: Chemistry
Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM Chair: Michelle Weinberger, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington Room: 309
Invited Speakers: Choong-Shik Yoo
Session P14 Emulsions and Foams Sponsor: DFD Chair: Douglas Durian, University of Pennsylvania Room: 315
Session P15 Biologically Inspired Physics: Swimming, Propulsion, Bio-fluids Sponsor: DFD Chair: Silas Alben, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: 316
Session P16 Solid Helium: Theory Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Henry Glyde, University of Delaware Room: 317
Session P17 Semiconducting Qubits I Sponsor: GQI Chair: Christie Simmons, University of Wisconsin Room: 318
Session P18 Bulk Block Copolymers II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Bradley Olsen, California Institute of Technology Room: 319
Session P19 The Physics of Polymer Nanocomposites: Properties Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Jan Obrzut, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 320
Session P20 Melts and Solutions Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Chang Ryu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Room: 321
Session P21 Computational Study of Semiconductor Band Structures Sponsor: FIAP DCMP Chair: Chris Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: 323
Session P22 Focus Session: Spin Hall and other Spin-Orbit Effects in Semiconductors
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Jairo Sinova, Texas A and M University Room: 324
Invited Speakers: Michel I. Dyakonov
Session P23 Lattice and Mechanical Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Daniel Finkenstadt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: 325
Session P24 Focus Session: Electron Transport in Nanotubes
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, North Carolina State University Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Paul McEuen
Session P25 Focus Session: Graphene VII: Electronic Properties
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Andre Geim, Manchester University Room: 327
Invited Speakers: Fredrik Schedin
Session P26 Focus Session: Graphene VIII: Electronic Properties Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland Room: 328
Session P27 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: High Frequency and Optical Techniques
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Chris Hammel, Ohio State University Room: 329
Invited Speakers: Lukas Novotny
Session P28 Focus Session: Thermoelectricity in Si-containing Materials
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Udo Pernisz, Dow Corning Corporation Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Davide Donadio
Session P29 Focus Session: Manganites
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Gang Cao, University of Kentucky Room: 333
Invited Speakers: Shuai Dong
Session P30 Focus Session: Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Jian Shen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 334
Invited Speakers: Warren Pickett
Session P31 Focus Session: Spin Ice
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Xianglin Ke
Session P32 Focus Session: Spin Dependent Physics in Organic Materials
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Frank Tsui, University of North Carolina Room: 336
Invited Speakers: Arthur Epstein
Session P33 Superconductivity: Electronic Structure II Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Goran Karapetrov, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 403
Session P34 Superconductivity: STM Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Maria Iavarone Iavarone, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 404
Session P35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors IX: Mostly Transport
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Sergey Budko, Ames Laboratory Room: 405
Invited Speakers: F. Balakirev
Session P36 Tutorial for Authors and Referees of Physical Review; followed by Physics Journal Question and Answer Room: 408
Session P37 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Hrvoje Petek, University of Pittsburgh Room: 409
Invited Speakers: M. Wolf, Bernd Winter, David Beratan
Session P38 Focus Session: Nanomaterials for Energy Applications I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Nathaniel Rosi, University of Pittsburgh Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Stanislaus Wong, Bellave Shivaram
Session P39 Self-Organization in Biological Cells and Tissues I Sponsor: DBP Chair: Andras Czirok, University of Kansas Medical Center Room: 411
Session P40 Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Sponsor: DBP Chair: Sonya Bahar, University of Missouri--St. Louis Room: 412
Session P41 Models of Strongly Correlated Electrons Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Paul Fendley, University of Virginia Room: 413
Mar 18 2009 11:15AM, Wednesday
Session Q1 Memory and Focusing in Catastrophic Deformations
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Brenner, Harvard University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Michael Berry, Wendy Zhang, Tom Mullin, Hepeng Zhang
Session Q2 New Insights into Hidden Order in URu2Si2
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: John Mydosh, Leiden University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC
Invited Speakers: Premala Chandra, J. Denlinger, Christopher Wiebe, Elena Hassinger
Session Q3 Physics and Culture
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Charles Falco, University of Arizona Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: James Z. Wang, Jennifer Ouellette, Sidney Perkowitz, J. Murray Gibson, Ivan Schuller
Session Q4 Polymer Surface Instabilities
Sponsor: DPOLY GSNP Chair: Alfred Crosby, University of Massachusetts Amherst Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Alan Gent, Ryan Hayward, Pedro Reis, Animangsu Ghatak, Pascal Damman
Session Q5 Plasmonics in Future Electronics
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Boris Luk`yanchuk, Agency for Science, Technology and Research Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Daniel S. Pickard, Mark I. Stockman, Sergey Bozhevolnyi, Zengbo Wang
Session Q6 Physics Demonstrations and Strategies for Teaching and Public Outreach
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Ernie Malamud, University of Nevada, Reno Room: 406
Invited Speakers: John G. Radzilowicz, John Pollock, Samuel Franklin, Mike Hennessy
Session Q7 Physics of the Immune System
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Aaron Dinner, University of Chicago Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Michael Deem, Michal Or-Guil, Stephen Quake, Aaron Dinner
Session Q8 Quantum Spin Dynamics and Relaxation in Molecular Magnets
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Andrew Kent, New York University Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Susumu Takahashi, Enrique del Barco, Gregoire de Loubens, Irinel Chiorescu, S. Nellutla
Session Q9 Focus Session: Dynamics of Glassy Systems
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: David Grier, New York University Room: 303
Invited Speakers: Matthieu Wyart
Session Q10 Focus Session: Multiferroics III and Dielectrics
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Delphine Lebuegle, University of Paris-Sud 11 Room: 304
Invited Speakers: Pradeep Sharma
Session Q11 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures IV: Optical Antennas and Plasmonics
Sponsor: DMP Chair: P. James Schuck, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: 305
Invited Speakers:
Session Q12 Structure, Dynamics, and Diffusion at Surfaces Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Kristen Fichthorn, Penn State University Room: 308
Session Q13 Focus Session: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure II: Phase Transitions Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM Chair: Amy Lazicki, Geophysical Laboratory Room: 309
Session Q14 Granular Fluctuations Sponsor: DFD Chair: Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland Room: 315
Session Q15 General Topics in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Applications to Social Systems Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Sid Redner, Boston University Room: 316
Session Q16 Focus Session: Dipolar Gases and Ultra-Cold Molecules
Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Dan Stamper-Kurn, University of California, Berkeley Room: 317
Invited Speakers: H. Pu, Kai Dieckmann
Session Q17 Superconducting Qubits: Coherence and New Implementations Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Matthias Steffen, IBM Room: 318
Session Q18 Theory and Simulation I Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: August Bosse, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 319
Session Q19 The Physics of Polymer Nanocomposites: Rheology and Mechanical Properties Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Francis Starr, Wesleyan University Room: 320
Session Q20 Thin Films and Adhesion I Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Chris Stafford, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 321
Session Q21 Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors III
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Stavola, Lehigh University Room: 323
Invited Speakers: Gunter Luepke
Session Q22 Focus Session: Spins in Quantum Dots and Mn in Arsenides
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Xinyu Liu, University of Notre Dame Room: 324
Invited Speakers: G. Kioseoglou
Session Q23 Quantum Hall Effect: Tunneling, High-Frequency Sponsor: FIAP DCMP Chair: Ramesh Mani, Georgia State University Room: 325
Session Q24 Focus Session: Optical Response of Nanotubes
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Achim Hartschuh, University of Munich Room: 326
Invited Speakers: A. Hartschuh
Session Q25 Focus Session: Graphene IX: Structure and Strain
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Antonio Castro Neto, Boston University Room: 327
Invited Speakers: Vitor Pereira
Session Q26 Focus Session: Graphene X: Theory Sponsor: DMP Chair: Tobias Stauber, University of Minho, Portugal Room: 328
Session Q27 Focus Session: X-ray and Neutron Instruments and Sciences II Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Dennis Mills, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 329
Session Q28 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage/Nanomaterials for Energy
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Jason Graetz, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Jeffrey R. Long
Session Q29 Focus Session: Ordering in Complex Oxides
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 333
Invited Speakers: Daniel Khomskii
Session Q30 Focus Session: Oxide Superlattices
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Maria Varela, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 334
Invited Speakers: J. Chakhalian
Session Q31 Focus Session: Spinels, Pyrochlores and General
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Gavin Lawes, Wayne State University Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Leon Balents
Session Q32 Magnetic Domains and Domain Walls Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Kristen Buchanan, Colorado State University Room: 336
Session Q33 Superconductivity: Response to Electromagnetic Fields and Proximity Effect Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Art Hebard, University of Florida Room: 403
Session Q34 Focus Session: Superconductivity: Magnetic Properties
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Carmen Almasan, Kent State University Room: 404
Invited Speakers:
Session Q35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors X: Spectroscopy
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michelle Johannes, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 405
Invited Speakers: Kenji Ishida
Session Q36 Carbon Nanotubes and Other Nanostructured Materials: Sensing, Transport, and Optical Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Zhigang Jiang, Georgia Tech Room: 408
Session Q37 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Jin Zhao, University of Pittsburgh Room: 409
Invited Speakers: Mark Johnson, Anders Nilsson, Mischa Bonn
Session Q38 Focus Session: Nanomaterials for Energy Applications II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Geoff Hutchison, University of Pittsburgh Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Omar Yaghi, Raymond Schaak
Session Q39 Physical Mechanisms of Membrane Remodeling
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Markus Deserno, Carnegie Mellon Room: 411
Invited Speakers: Patricia Bassereau, Lukas Tamm
Session Q40 Neural Computation Sponsor: DBP Chair: John Beggs, Indiana University Room: 412
Session Q41 Strongly Correlated Electron Theory Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Andrey Chubukov, University of Wisconsin Room: 413
Mar 18 2009 1:00PM, Wednesday
Session S1 Poster Session III (1-4:00pm): Polymer Physics II; Phase Transitions; General Theory; Insulators and Dieletrics; Semiconductors; Supplementary Abstracts; Post-Deadline Abstracts Room: Exhibit Hall A
Mar 18 2009 2:30PM, Wednesday
Session T1 Probes of Nanoscale Magnetism
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Chris Hammel, Ohio State University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom A
Invited Speakers: Matthias Bode, Daniel Rugar, D. Pelekhov, Jean-Yves Bigot, Peter Fischer
Session T2 Electron, Exciton and Phonon Interactions in Nanoparticles
Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Phillippe Guyot-Sionnest, University of Chicago Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom BC
Invited Speakers: Min Ouyang, Victor Klimov, Harry Atwater, Alexander Govorov
Session T3 Keithley Award Session (GIMS)
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: James Matey, US Naval Academy Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Robert Schoelkopf, J. Clarke, Konrad Lehnert, Daniel Prober, I. Siddiqi
Session T4 Polariton Condensates
Sponsor: DCMP DAMOP Chair: Jacqueline Bloch, CNRS Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Peter Littlewood, Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Daniele Sanvitto, Alexey Kavokin
Session T5 Industrial Biophysics
Sponsor: FIAP DBP Chair: Philip Wyatt Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Vladimer Razinkov, Michael Larkin, Diego Olego, Stephen Laderman, Malcolm Skolnick, Steven Trainoff
Session T6 Panel Discussion: Preparation of Graduate Students for Careers in a Globalized World
Sponsor: FIP FGSA Chair: John W. Clark, Washington University in St. Louis Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Sabine O'Hara, Amy Flatten, T. Venkatesan, Daniel Cox
Session T7 Patterns on Thin Elastic Sheets
Sponsor: GSNP DPOLY Chair: Benny Davidovitch, University of Massachusetts Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Haiyi Liang, Eran Sharon, Narayanan Menon, Ka Yee Lee, Rui Huang
Session T8 Onsager Prize, Nicholson Medal, Apker Award, Davisson-Germer Prize
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Warren Pickett, University of California, Davis Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Katepalli Sreenivasan, Sriram Shastry, Sujit Datta, Yves Chabal, Krishnan Raghavachari
Session T9 Focus Session: Stochastic Processes in Biological Systems I
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Uwe C. Tauber, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: 303
Invited Speakers: Tom Chou
Session T10 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures V: Plasmonics and Metamaterials
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Markus Raschke, University of Washington Room: 304
Invited Speakers: Vladimir Shalaev
Session T11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures V: Wires and Films Sponsor: DMP Chair: Mark Hybertsen, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: 305
Session T12 Reaction Kinetics at Surfaces Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: John Kitchin, Carnegie Mellon University Room: 308
Session T13 Electronic Structure Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: David Vanderbilt, Rutgers University Room: 309
Session T14 Disordered Systems, Glassy Dynamics, and Jamming I Sponsor: DFD GSNP Chair: David Pine, New York University Room: 315
Session T15 Fluidic Devices: Micro and Nano Sponsor: DFD Chair: Thomas Cubaud, Stony Brook University Room: 316
Session T16 Fermions in Optical Lattices I Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Henning Moritz, ETH Zurich Room: 317
Session T17 Focus Session: Materials in Superconducting Qubits
Sponsor: GQI Chair: David Pappas, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 318
Invited Speakers: R. McDermott, Benjamin Palmer
Session T18 Focus Session: Organic Photovoltaics and Other Photonic Devices
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Jeff Urban, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: 319
Invited Speakers: P. Peumans
Session T19 Theory and Simulation II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Amalie Frischknecht, Sandia National Laboratories Room: 320
Session T20 Focus Session: Magnetic Properties of Organic Semiconductors/ Surface Characterization of Organic Materials
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: C.D. Frisbie, University of Minnesota Room: 321
Invited Speakers: Markus Wohlgenannt, Jung Woo Yoo, Norbert Koch
Session T21 Semiconductors: Mechanical and Dynamic Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Ben Larson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 323
Session T22 Focus Session: GaMnAs
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Nitin Samarth, Penn State University Room: 324
Invited Speakers: Hideo Ohno
Session T23 Quantum Hall Effect: Coherent Phenomena Sponsor: DCMP FIAP Chair: Vladimir Goldman, SUNY at Stony Brook Room: 325
Session T24 Focus Session: Excitonic Effects in Nanotubes
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Oleg Prezhdo, University of Washington Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Oleg Prezhdo, Laurent Cognet
Session T25 Focus Session: Graphene XI: Scanning Probes I Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eva Andrei, Rutgers University Room: 327
Session T26 Focus Session: Graphene XII: Synthesis and Growth Sponsor: DMP Chair: Taisuke Ohta, Sandia National Laboratories Room: 328
Session T27 Focus Session: Pulsed Laser Deposition of Electronic and Photonic Thin Films and Nanostructures
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: R. D. Vispute, University of Maryland, College Park Room: 329
Invited Speakers: Solomon Kolagani, David Norton
Session T28 Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Nanostructures
Sponsor: FIAP DMP Chair: Donald Morelli, Michigan State University Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Gang Chen
Session T29 Focus Session: NSF's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: Overview and Perspectives
Sponsor: FEd Chair: Catherine Mader, Hope College Room: 333
Invited Speakers: Mario Affatigato
Session T30 Focus Session: Excitations in Multiferroics
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Dimitri Argyriou, Helmholtz Center-Berlin Room: 334
Invited Speakers: Rolando Valdes Aguilar
Session T31 Focus Session: Magnetic, Electric, and Photo-Induced Magnetization Reversal
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Axel Enders, University of Nebraska Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Yves Acremann
Session T32 Focus Session: Gilbert Damping and Non-local Spin Injection
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Gerrit E. W. Bauer, Technical University Delft Room: 336
Invited Speakers: Ion Garate
Session T33 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XI: Penetration Depth and Magnetic Anisotropy Sponsor: DMP Chair: Myron Salomon, University of Texas at Dallas Room: 403
Session T34 Superconductivity: Vortex Statics and Dynamics Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Wai Kwok, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 404
Session T35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XII: Phonons and Miscellaneous Experiment Sponsor: DMP Chair: Pengcheng Dai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 405
Session T36 Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory Sponsor: DCP DCOMP Chair: Brian Landry, Harvard University Room: 408
Session T37 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water III
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Kenneth Jordan, University of Pittsburgh Room: 409
Invited Speakers: Junseok Lee, Angel Rubio
Session T38 Focus Session: The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and Astrophysics I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Greg Ezra, Cornell University Room: 410
Invited Speakers: George Haller, R. Stephen Berry, Turgay Uzer
Session T39 Focus Session: Physical Virology
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Alex Evilevitch, Lund University Room: 411
Invited Speakers: Russell Schwartz, James Conway
Session T40 Focus Session: Knots and Loops in Biomolecules
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Joanna Sulkowska, University of California, San Diego Room: 412
Invited Speakers: Joanna Sulkowska , Peter Virnau
Session T41 Ferroelectricity and Structural Phase Transitions Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Craig Fennie, Cornell University Room: 413
Mar 18 2009 5:45PM, Wednesday
Session T45 Funding Opportunities at NSF
Room: 316
Invited Speakers: Zakya H. Kafafi
Mar 18 2009 6:15PM, Wednesday
Session T46 Funding Opportunities at DOE
Room: 315
Invited Speakers: Harriet Kung
Mar 18 2009 7:30PM, Wednesday
Session U1 Windows on Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Observational Cosmology
Chair: Andrew Zentner, University of Pittsburgh Room: Westin Hotel Allegheny Ballroom
Invited Speakers: John Ruhl, Sandy Faber, David Weinberg
Mar 19 2009 8:00AM, Thursday
Session V1 Noise in Biological Systems
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Yin Yeh, University of California, Davis Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Wouter-Jan Rappel, Martin Falcke, Xiao-Lun Wu, Sui Huang, Vladislav Volman
Session V2 Constrained Polymers
Sponsor: DCMP DPOLY Chair: Xaio Lun Wu, University of Pittsburgh Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC
Invited Speakers: Omar A. Saleh, Mahn Kim, Dmitri Chklovskii, Roy Bar-Ziv, D. Thirumalai
Session V3 Correlated Phases in Fermi Gases of Ultracold Atoms
Sponsor: DCMP DAMOP Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Henning Moritz, Wolfgang Ketterle, Meera Parish, Selim Jochim
Session V4 Microgels: Colloidal Properties of Gels
Sponsor: DPOLY DCMP Chair: Weitz David, Harvard University Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Arjun Yodh, Jin-Woong Kim, A.D. Dinsmore, Alberto Fernandez-Nieves
Session V5 Computational Design of Hydrogen Storage Materials
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Chris Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Christopher Wolverton, Donald Siegel, Shengbai Zhang, Tim Mueller, Hakan Gunaydin
Session V6 Recent Advances in Biomolecular Simulations
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Jerry Bernholc, North Carolina State University Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Michele Parrinello, Miroslav Hodak, B.J. Berne, Gregory A. Voth
Session V7 Applications of Magnetic Thin Films with Tilted Anisotropy
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Johan Åkerman, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Kai-Zhong Gao, Jian-Ping Wang, Manfred Albrecht, Chaolin Zha
Session V8 The Physics of Imaging and Radiotherapy
Sponsor: FPS DBP Chair: Barry Berman, George Washington University Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: John Boone, Xiaochuan Pan, Cedric Yu, David Jaffray, Barry Berman
Session V9 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Room: 303
Invited Speakers: Zoltan Toroczkai
Session V10 Artificially Structured Materials for Optical Manipulation Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Ian Sellers, Sharp Room: 304
Session V11 Transport Phenomena and Electronic Properties of Nanostructures Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Luis da Silva, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 305
Session V12 Semiconductor Growth and Etching Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Melissa Hines, Cornell University Room: 308
Session V13 Physics Education and History Sponsor: FEd FHP Chair: Michael Pettersen, Washington and Jefferson College Room: 309
Session V14 Disordered Systems, Glassy Dynamics, and Jamming II Sponsor: DFD GSNP Chair: Peter Schall, University of Amsterdam Room: 315
Session V15 Liquid Crystals I Sponsor: DFD Chair: Jonathan Selinger, Kent State University Room: 316
Session V16 Solid Helium: Experiment Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Haruo Kojima, Rutgers University Room: 317
Session V17 Superconducting Transmons and Circuit QED Sponsor: GQI Chair: Ben Palmer, Laboratory for Physical Sciences, University of Maryland Room: 318
Session V18 Focus Session: Physics of Green Polymers and of Biocompatibility
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: John Torkelson, Northwestern University Room: 319
Invited Speakers: Shaw Ling Hsu, Younan Xia
Session V19 Focus Session: Hierarchically Ordered Systems
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Albertu Striolo, University of Oklahoma Room: 320
Invited Speakers: Ting Xu
Session V20 Thin Films and Adhesion II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Connie Roth, Emory University Room: 321
Session V21 Semiconductor Growth and Material Processing Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Nelson Tansu, Lehigh University Room: 323
Session V22 Focus Session: Dilute Magnetic Oxide Semiconductors Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Berend Jonker, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 324
Session V23 Focus Session: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure III: Electronic Transitions and Mixtures
Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM Chair: Stephane Mazevet, French Atomic Energy Commission Room: 325
Invited Speakers: Lee A. Collins
Session V24 Focus Session: Nanotube Related Hybrid Structures
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Daniel Finkelstadt, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Slava Rotkin
Session V25 Focus Session: Graphene XIII: Spectroscopic and Transport Properties
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Shaffique Adam, University of Maryland Room: 327
Invited Speakers: Marek Potemski, Tobias Stauber
Session V26 Focus Session: Graphene XIV: Magnetism and Bilayers Sponsor: DMP Chair: Bruno Uchoa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: 328
Session V27 Focus Session: Emerging Scanning Probe Microscopy Methods for Biological Applications
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Igor Sokolov, Clarkson University, Sergei Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Room: 329
Invited Speakers: Boris Akhremitchev, Bryan Huey
Session V28 Focus Session: Graphene Device and Applications III
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Phaedon Avouiris, IBM Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Kenneth Shepard
Session V29 Correlated Electrons Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Meigan Aronson, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: 333
Session V30 Focus Session: Multiferroic Properties of Oxide Films
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Jacabo Santamaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Room: 334
Invited Speakers: Mikel Holcomb
Session V31 Focus Session: Frustration Theory and Modeling
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Taner Yildirim, NIST Center for Neutron Research Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Oleg Starykh
Session V32 Focus Session: Vortex and Domain Wall Dynamics Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Ilya Krivorotov, Univerisity of California Irvine Room: 336
Session V33 Superconductivity: Complex Order Parameter Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Suk Bum Chung, Stanford University Room: 403
Session V34 Superconductivity: Spectroscopy Sponsor: DCMP Chair: David Tanner, University of Florida Room: 404
Session V35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XIII: Pairing Symmetry, Theory and Experiment Sponsor: DMP Chair: Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 405
Session V37 Chemical Dynamics and Molecular Spectroscopy Sponsor: DCP Chair: Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Harvard University Room: 409
Session V38 Focus Session: The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and Astrophysics II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: K. Srihari, Indian Institute of Technology Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Holger Waalkens, Thomas Bartsch, Tamiki Komatsuzaki, Tomohiro Yanao
Session V39 Biological Networks and Systems Biology Sponsor: DBP Chair: Ilya Nemenman, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 411
Session V40 Mechanics of Biomolecular Systems II Sponsor: DBP Chair: Andrew Rutenberg, Dalhousie University Room: 412
Mar 19 2009 11:15AM, Thursday
Session W1 Supersolids
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Moses Chan, Pennsylvania State University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Lode Pollet, John Beamish, Joshua West, Jan Nyeki
Session W2 Progress in Understanding the Nature of the 5/2 Fractional Quantum Hall State
Sponsor: DCMP GQI Chair: Steven Simon, Alcatel-Lucent Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC
Invited Speakers: Michael Peterson, Csaba Toke, Adrian Feiguin, Guillaume Gervais, Aron Pinczuk
Session W3 Physics of Circulating Tumor Cells and Metastasis
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Jerry Lee, National Cancer Institute Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Denis Wirtz, Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Hsian-Rong Tseng, Ram H. Datar, Richard Bruce
Session W4 Recent Progress in Spin-Spiral Ferroelectricity
Sponsor: DCMP GMAG Chair: Sang-Wook Cheong, Rutgers University Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Tsuyoshi Kimura, Maxim Mostovoy, Yoshinori Onose, Elbio Dagotto
Session W5 Physics Meets Art
Sponsor: FPS Chair: Philip Taylor, Case Western Reserve University Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Peter Lu, Katherine Jones-Smith, Charles Falco
Session W6 Progress on Quantum Optics with Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics
Sponsor: GQI Chair: Steve Girwin, Yale University Room: 406
Invited Speakers: A. Wallraff, Jens Koch, M. Hofheinz, E. Solano, Gerd Schoen
Session W7 Information Theory in Biology
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Ned Wingreen, Princeton University Room: 407
Invited Speakers: William Bialek, Chris Wiggins, Tatyana Sharpee, Pankaj Mehta
Session W8 Forefront Detectors for Synchrotron Radiation
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Timothy Graber, University of Chicago Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Peter Siddons, Heinz Graafsma, Sol Gruner, Christian Broennimann
Session W9 Systems Far from Equilibrium III Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Narayanan Menon, University of Massachusetts Room: 303
Session W10 Insulators and Dielectrics: Electronic Structure and Optical Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Dillon Fong, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 304
Session W11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures VI: Kondo Phenomena Sponsor: DMP Chair: Aditi Mitra, New York University Room: 305
Session W12 Steps, Islands and Nanostructures Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland Room: 308
Session W13 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XIV: ARPES Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Norman Mannella, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Room: 309
Session W14 Granular Flow Sponsor: DFD Chair: Arshad Kudrolli, Clark University Room: 315
Session W15 Biologically Inspired Physics: Self-Assembly, Filaments, Membranes Sponsor: DFD Chair: Norm Wagner, University of Delaware Room: 316
Session W16 Bosons in Optical Lattices I Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Selim Jochim, Max Planck Institute-Heidelberg Room: 317
Session W17 Quantum Algorithms, Simulation, and Error Correction Sponsor: GQI Chair: Yaakov Weinstein, Mitre Corporation Room: 318
Session W18 Focus Session: Mechanical Force Spectroscopy and Device Applications of Polymeric and Biological Materials Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Denis Pristinski, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 319
Session W19 The Physics of Polymer Nanocomposites: Grafting and Dispersion Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Arthi Jayaraman, University of Colorado, Boulder Room: 320
Session W20 Theory and Simulation III Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Jack Douglas, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 321
Session W21 Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors IV Sponsor: DMP Chair: Anderson Janotti, University of California Santa Barbara Room: 323
Session W22 Focus Session: Dilute Magnetic Nitride Semiconductors
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Roland Kawakami, University of California Riverside Room: 324
Invited Speakers: Alberta Bonanni
Session W23 Focus Session: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure IV: Equations of State and Dynamics Sponsor: DCOMP GSCCM Chair: Kyle Caspersen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: 325
Session W24 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience V: Transport
Sponsor: DMP DCOMP Chair: Hyoung Joon Choi, Yonsei University, Korea Room: 326
Invited Speakers: A. Devrim Guclu
Session W25 Focus Session: Graphene XV: Scanning Probes II and Hall Effect
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: 327
Invited Speakers: Yuanbo Zhang
Session W26 Focus Session: Graphene XVI: Functionalization and Growth I Sponsor: DMP Chair: Xiaosong Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology Room: 328
Session W27 Hydrogen Storage: Sorbents Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Channing Ahn, California Institute of Technology Room: 329
Session W28 Focus Session: Device Applications of Multiferroic Structures
Sponsor: FIAP DMP Chair: Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Leonid Rokhinson
Session W29 Focus Session: Current-Induced Oscillations
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Chun-Yeol You, Inha University Room: 333
Invited Speakers: Li Gao
Session W30 Focus Session: Ruthenates
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Zhiqiang Mao, Tulane University Room: 334
Invited Speakers: Gang Cao
Session W31 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanoparticles and Nanowires Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Amanda Petford-Long, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 335
Session W32 Focus Session: Theory and Simulation of Spin-Dependent Effects and Properties II
Sponsor: GMAG DCOMP DMP Chair: Aldo Romero, Cinvestav Querétaro Room: 336
Invited Speakers: Gino Hrkac
Session W33 Superconductor-Insulator Transitions Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Osofsky, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 403
Session W34 Superconducting Nanowires Sponsor: DMP Chair: Zhili Xiao, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 404
Session W35 Superconducting Theory II Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Norman, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 405
Session W36 Nanoscale Complex Structures Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories Room: 408
Session W37 Theoretical Methods and Algorithms Sponsor: DCP Chair: Mohammad Sahrapour, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: 409
Session W38 Focus Session: Ion Channel Physics and Chemical Physics I
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Rob Coalson, University of Pittsburgh Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Mary H. Cheng, Thomas Beck, Lawrence Pratt, Vasanthi Jayaraman
Session W39 Quantitative Biology Sponsor: DBP Chair: Michael Deem, Rice University Room: 411
Session W40 Single Molecule Biophysics Sponsor: DBP Chair: David Lederman, University of West Virginia Room: 412
Session W41 Kondo Physics; Dynamical Mean-Field Theory Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Chris Marianetti, Columbia University Room: 413
Mar 19 2009 2:30PM, Thursday
Session X1 Persistent Currents in Normal Metals
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Karyn LeHur, Yale University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Ania Bleszynski-Jayich, Hendrik Bluhm, Ora Entin-Wohlman, Xavier Waintal
Session X2 Vortex Dynamics and Josephson Lasers in Superconductors
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alexander Gurevich, Florida State University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC
Invited Speakers: Haim Beidenkopf, Kathryn Moler, Alexei Koshelev, K. Kadowaki
Session X3 Spin Hall and Quantum Spin Hall Effects
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: N.P. Stern, Shoucheng Zhang, Laurens Molenkamp, Liang Fu, M.Z. Hasan
Session X4 Responsive Gels at Surfaces and in the Bulk
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Anna Balazs, Ryan Toomey, Richard A. Vaia, Jason Shear
Session X5 Active Soft Matter: From Granular Rods to Flocks to Living Cells
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Arshad Kudrolli, Irene Giardina, Aparna Baskaran, Gijsje Koenderink, Samuel Safran
Session X6 Rahman Prize Lecture and Theory of Multiferroics
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Craig Fennie, Cornell University Room: 406
Invited Speakers: A. Peter Young, Kris Delaney, Jorge Iniguez, Andrei Malashevich, Mike Whangbo
Session X7 DNA Loop Formation, Nucleosome Positioning and Transcriptional Regulation
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Phil Nelson, University of Pennsylvania Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Alexandre Morozov, Laura Finzi, Jason Kahn, Jens-Christian Meiners
Session X8 50 Years of Anderson Localization
Sponsor: FHP Chair: David Thouless, University of Washington Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: David Thouless, Robert Dynes, Mordechai Segev, Igor Lerner, Alain Aspect
Session X9 Focus Session: Jamming: Theory and Experiment II
Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Bulbul Chakraborty, Brandeis University Room: 303
Invited Speakers: Brian Utter
Session X10 Insulators and Dielectrics: Defects, Structure, and Mechanical and Dynamical Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Tim Fister, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 304
Session X11 Fermions in Optical Lattices II Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Conjung Wu, University of California, San Diego Room: 305
Session X12 Structure and Morphology of Oxide Surfaces and Thin Films Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Shao-Chun Li, Tulane University Room: 308
Session X13 Density Functional Methods: Applications Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Samuel Trickey, University of Florida Room: 309
Session X14 Micro and Nano Fluid Mechanics Sponsor: DFD Chair: Boyd Edwards, West Virginia University Room: 315
Session X15 Liquid Crystals II Sponsor: DFD Chair: Peter Collings, Swarthmore College Room: 316
Session X16 Liquid Helium Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Norbert Mulders, University of Delaware Room: 317
Session X17 Semiconducting Qubits II Sponsor: GQI Chair: Xuedong Hu, University of Buffalo Room: 318
Session X18 Elastomers and Gels I Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Alfred Crosby, University of Massachusetts Room: 319
Session X19 Charged and Ion-containing Polymers Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Jodie Lutkenhaus, Yale University Room: 320
Session X20 Long Range Order in Polymer Structures and Morphologies
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Sam Gido, University of Massachusetts Room: 321
Invited Speakers: Caroline Ross
Session X21 Spectroscopic Studies of Semiconductor Structure and Their Growth Sponsor: FIAP DCMP Chair: Yia-Chung Chang, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica Room: 323
Session X22 Focus Session: Magnetism in II-VI and IV Semiconductors Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Igor Zutic, SUNY Buffalo Room: 324
Session X23 Quantum Hall Effect: Quantum Computation Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Steven Simon, Oxford University Room: 325
Session X24 Hydrogen Storage: Complex Hydrides
Sponsor: DMP Chair: John Vajo, HRL Laboratories Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Eric Majzoub
Session X25 Focus Session: Graphene XVII: p-n Junctions, Nanoribbons, and Quantum Dots
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Michael Fogler, University of California, San Diego Room: 327
Invited Speakers: Lingfeng Matthew Zhang
Session X26 Nanowire & Nanotube Synthesis and Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Michael Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 328
Session X27 Optoelectronic Devices and Applications Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Nelson Tansu, Lehigh University Room: 329
Session X28 Focus Session: Magnetoelectric Coupling in Multiferroic Systems
Sponsor: FIAP DMP Chair: Gopalan Srinivasan, Oakland University Room: 330
Invited Speakers: Kee Hoon Kim, Peng Zhao
Session X29 Focus Session: Current Induced Dynamics in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions and Spin Waves
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Ioan Tudosa, University of California, San Diego Room: 333
Invited Speakers: Mairbek Chshiev
Session X30 Focus Session: Cobaltites
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Igor Zaliznyak, Brookhaven National Laboratory Room: 334
Invited Speakers: C. Leighton
Session X31 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanostructures: Domain Walls, Reversal, Oscillators
Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Valnetyn Novosad, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Justin Shaw, Johan Akerman
Session X32 Cooperative Phenomena (incl. Spin Structures, Spin Waves, Phase Transitions) II Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Stephan Rosenkranz, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 336
Session X33 MgB2 and Multigap Superconductivity Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Mike Sumption, Ohio State University Room: 403
Session X34 Superconductivity: Magnetic Field Effects Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Milind Kunchur, University of South Carolina Room: 404
Session X35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XV: Electronic Structure and Magnetism
Sponsor: DMP Chair: David Parker, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 405
Invited Speakers: David Singh
Session X36 Glassy, Amorphous, and Quasicrystalline Materials Sponsor: DCMP Room: 408
Session X37 Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Single Molecules and Nanoparticles Sponsor: DCP Chair: Will Castleman, Pennsylvania State University Room: 409
Session X38 Focus Session: Ion Channel Physics and Chemical Physics II
Sponsor: DCP Chair: Thomas Beck, University of Cincinnati Room: 410
Invited Speakers: Diego Krapf, Sergei Sukharev, Maria Kurnikova
Session X39 Focus Session: Crystal Growth of and Moderated by Proteins
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Raymond Friddle, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: 411
Invited Speakers: Yin Yeh
Session X40 Proteins in Membranes Sponsor: DBP Chair: Sunil Saxena, University of Pittsburgh Room: 412
Session X41 Strongly Correlated Electrons Sponsor: DMP DCMP Chair: Valery Kiryukhin, Rutgers University Room: 413
Mar 20 2009 8:00AM, Friday
Session Y1 Superconductivity and Quantum Transport in Nanowires
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Alexei Berzryadi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A
Invited Speakers: Andrey Rogachev, Nayana Shah, Subir Sachdev, Dmitry Golubev
Session Y2 Advances in Optical Microscopy
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: David Weitz, Harvard University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC
Invited Speakers: Mats G.L. Gustafsson, David Grier, Cathie Ventalon, Suliana Manley
Session Y3 Multi-valley Electron Systems in the Quantum Limit
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Lu Li, Fauque Benoit, Yakov Kopelevich, Mansour Shayegan, Robert N. McFarland
Session Y4 New insight into Exchange Bias from Advanced Scattering Techniques
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Julie Borchers, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Sunil Sinha, Thomas Hauet, Mikhail Feygenson, S.A. Majetich
Session Y5 Self-Organization in Biological Cells and Tissues II
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Ray Goldstein, University of Cambridge Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Toshiyuki Nakagaki, Eberhard Bodenschatz, Alain Karma, Raymond Goldstein, Kyoung Jin Lee
Session Y6 Novel Orbital Quantum Phases in Cold Atom Optical Lattices
Sponsor: DCMP DAMOP Chair: Steve Girvin, Yale University Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Torben Mueller, Trey Porto, W. Vincent Liu, Congjun Wu, Vito Scarola
Session Y7 The Statistical Properties of Forces in Jammed Granular Matter
Sponsor: GSNP DCMP Chair: Wim van Saarloos, Leiden University Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Silke Henkes, Eric I. Corwin, Brian Tighe, Matthias Schroeter
Session Y8 Pushing the Limits of Mechanical Detection
Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Dan Rugar, IBM Almaden Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Markus Aspelmeyer, Matthew LaHaye, H.J. Mamin, Aharon Kapitulnik, Nergis Mavalvala
Session Y9 Stochastic Processes in Biological Systems II Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Leah Shaw, The College of William and Mary Room: 303
Session Y10 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures VI: Artificially Structured Materials
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Stefano Cabrini, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Room: 304
Invited Speakers: M.L. Tiago
Session Y11 Superlattices and Nanostructures - Electronic Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Stefan Badescu, Naval Research Laboratory Room: 305
Session Y12 Electronic and Lattice Properties, Including Quantum Size Effects Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Tai Chiang, University of Illlinois, Champaign-Urbana Room: 308
Session Y13 General Theoretical and Computational Methods Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Christine Wu, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Room: 309
Session Y14 Nonequilibrium and Templated Assembly Sponsor: DFD Chair: Jack Douglas, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 315
Session Y15 Liquid Crystals III Sponsor: DFD Chair: Luz Martinez-Miranda, University of Maryland Room: 316
Session Y16 Elastomers and Gels II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts Room: 317
Session Y17 Focus Session: Quantum Metrology and Nanomechanics
Sponsor: GQI Chair: David DiVincenzo, IBM Room: 318
Invited Speakers:
Session Y18 Focus Session: Surface Instabilities and Adsorbed or Grafted Layers
Sponsor: DPOLY Room: 319
Invited Speakers: Zhiqun Lin
Session Y19 Surfaces and Adsorption I Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Zhiqun Lin, Iowa State University Room: 320
Session Y20 Biological-Synthetic Hybrid Materials
Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Ali Dhinojwala, University of Akron Room: 321
Invited Speakers: D. Pochan
Session Y22 Focus Session: Spin Resonance in Semiconductors
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Stephen Lyon, Princeton University Room: 324
Invited Speakers: Chandrasekhar Ramanathan
Session Y24 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage: Atomic and Molecular Motions
Sponsor: DMP Chair: Eric Majzoub, University of Missouri--St. Louis Room: 326
Invited Speakers: Mark Conradi
Session Y25 Focus Session: Graphene XVIII: Functionalization and Growth II Sponsor: DMP Chair: Yong-Jie Wang, NHMFL, Florida State University Room: 327
Session Y26 Glassy and Amorphous Systems Sponsor: DCMP Room: 328
Session Y27 Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials Sponsor: DCMP Chair: John Sullivan, Sandia National Laboratories Room: 329
Session Y28 Nanotechnology I Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Jason Benkoski, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University Room: 330
Session Y29 Focus Session: Spin Liquids
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Tsuyoshi Kimura, Osaka University Room: 333
Invited Speakers: Maiko Kofu
Session Y30 Focus Session: LAO/STO Interfaces
Sponsor: GMAG DMP Chair: Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 334
Invited Speakers: Gervasi Herranz
Session Y31 Focus Session: Neutron Scattering
Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Jason Lashley, Los Alamos National Laboratory Room: 335
Invited Speakers: Jacob Ruff, Maxim Khodas
Session Y32 Focus Session: Current-Induced Magnetic Switching
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Yi Ji, University of Delaware Room: 336
Invited Speakers: Patrick Braganca
Session Y33 Nanowires and Quantum Dots Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Milind Kunchur, University of South Carolina Room: 403
Session Y34 Superconducting Devices and Applications Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Galen O'Neil and Robert Horansky, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 404
Session Y35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XVI: Hc2 and Vortex Dynamics Sponsor: DMP Chair: Ruslan Prozorov, Ames Laboratory Room: 405
Session Y36 Organic and Hybrid Surfaces and Interfaces Sponsor: DMP DPOLY Chair: V. Podzorov, Rutgers University Room: 408
Session Y37 Mesoscopic Systems, Clusters, and Nanoscale Systems I Sponsor: DCP Chair: Julius Jellinek, Argonne National Laboratory Room: 409
Session Y38 Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids I Sponsor: DCP Chair: Sunil Sainis, Rowland Institute, Harvard University Room: 410
Session Y39 Techniques in Biophysics Sponsor: DBP Chair: Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania Room: 411
Session Y40 Physiological and Medical Physics Sponsor: DBP Chair: Krastan Blagoev, National Science Foundation Room: 412
Mar 20 2009 11:15AM, Friday
Session Z1 Quasiparticles and non-Abelian Statistics in the 5/2 State
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Gregory Fiete, California Institute of Technology Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom A
Invited Speakers: M. Heiblum, Iuliana P. Radu, Robert Willett, Chetan Nayak
Session Z2 Detection of Non-Gaussian Noise in Mesoscopic Systems
Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Norman Birge, Michigan State University Room: Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom BC
Invited Speakers: Jukka Pekola, Hugues Pothier, Mark Dykman, Andrew Jordan, Hermann Grabert
Session Z3 Non-viral Based Gene Delivery Systems: Opportunities, Obstacles and Challenges
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: Yongmei Wang, Memphis Room: 301/302
Invited Speakers: Leaf Huang, Ram Mahato, Dexi Liu, Chi Wu, Alexander Kabanov
Session Z4 Biological Polyelectrolytes
Sponsor: DPOLY DBP Chair: Garegin Papoian, University of North Carolina Room: 306/307
Invited Speakers: Kerry Bloom, Andrey Dobrynin, G.C.L. Wong, Tamar Schlick, Boris Shklovskii
Session Z5 Physics in the Aerospace Industry
Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Jeffrey Hunt, Boeing Room: 401/402
Invited Speakers: Andrew Hammond, Gregory Glaros, Richard Holmes, L. Cuellar, D. Sandler, B. Spivey, Isaac Shpantzer, Michael Mellon
Session Z6 Impact of NSF's TeraGrid on Physics Research
Sponsor: DCOMP Chair: Michael Levine, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Room: 406
Invited Speakers: Ralph Roskies, Axel Kohlmeyer, Tiziana Di Matteo, Steven G. Johnson, Aleksei Aksimentiev
Session Z7 Nanoprobes of Molecules and Cells
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Adam Cohen, Harvard University Room: 407
Invited Speakers: Amit Meller, Derek Stein, Michael Roukes, Jan Liphardt
Session Z8 Statistical Physics in Biology
Sponsor: DBP Chair: Marek Cieplak, Johns Hopkins University Room: 414/415
Invited Speakers: Jayanth Banavar, Marek Cieplak, Jorge Jose, Andrea Liu, Daniel Rokhsar
Session Z9 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaotic Systems Sponsor: GSNP Chair: Robert Behringer, Duke University, Room: 303
Session Z10 Insulators and Dielectrics: Dielectric, Thermal, and Transport Properties Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Jivtesh Garg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: 304
Session Z12 Phase Transitions at Surfaces Sponsor: DCMP DMP Chair: Robert Bartynski, Rutgers University Room: 308
Session Z14 Equilibrium Self-Assembly Sponsor: DFD Chair: James Gilchrist, Lehigh University Room: 315
Session Z16 Bosons in Optical Lattices II Sponsor: DAMOP Chair: Trey Porto, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg Room: 317
Session Z17 Spin Qubit Coherence and Control Sponsor: GQI Chair: Paola Cappellaro, Harvard University Room: 318
Session Z18 Surfaces and Adsorption II Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Elaine Zhu, University of Notre Dame Room: 319
Session Z19 Semi-Crystalline Polymers Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Steve Hudson, National Institute of Standards and Technology Room: 320
Session Z20 Polymer Blends Sponsor: DPOLY Chair: Mark Foster Room: 321
Session Z22 Focus Session: Quantum Spin Hall Effect
Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Ron Jansen, University of Twente Room: 324
Invited Speakers: Wang Yao
Session Z24 Hydrogen Storage: Dopants and Catalysts Sponsor: DMP Chair: Fred Pinkerton, GM Research Room: 326
Session Z25 Focus Session: Graphene XIX: Electronic Properties Sponsor: DMP Chair: Silvia Viola, Boston University Room: 327
Session Z26 Composite and Porous Media Sponsor: DCMP Room: 328
Session Z27 Advances in Instrumentation and Measurement II Sponsor: GIMS Chair: Charles Agosta, Clark University Room: 329
Session Z28 Nanotechnology II Sponsor: FIAP Chair: Keith Williams, University of Virginia, Room: 330
Session Z29 Magnetostructural Effects and General Magnetism Sponsor: GMAG Chair: Sara Majetich, Carnegie Mellon University Room: 333
Session Z30 Focus Session: Iron-based Multiferroics Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Sang-Wook Cheong, Rutgers University Room: 334
Session Z31 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites: Characterization Sponsor: DMP GMAG Chair: Manh-Huong Phan, University of South Florida Room: 335
Session Z32 Focus Session: Magnetoresistance and Spin-dependent Transport Sponsor: GMAG DMP FIAP Chair: Kiran Thadani, Cornell University Room: 336
Session Z33 Fluctuation Phenomena Sponsor: DCMP Chair: Ruslan Prozorov, Ames Laboratory Room: 403
Session Z35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XVII: Similar Materials: Selenides and Tellurides Sponsor: DMP Chair: Jiangping Hu, Purdue University Room: 405
Session Z37 Mesoscopic Systems, Clusters, and Nanoscale Systems II Sponsor: DCP Chair: Shiv Khanna, Virginia Commonwealth University Room: 409
Session Z38 Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids II Sponsor: DCP Chair: Sunil Sainis, Rowland Institute, Harvard University Room: 410