Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2008 APS March Meeting

Volume 53, Number 2

Monday–Friday, March 10–14, 2008; New Orleans, Louisiana

Chair Index

A1 Spectroscopy of Two-Dimensional Electronic Systems Mar 10 2008 8:00AM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	Aron Pinczuk, Columbia University
A2 New Developments in HTSC I Mar 10 2008 8:00AM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Stephen Kivelson, Stanford University
A3 Frontiers in Computational Materials Mar 10 2008 8:00AM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	Giulia Galli, University of California, Davis
A4 Polymers at Surfaces: Adhesion, Tribology and Patterning Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 206 Morial Convention Center	Steve Granick, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A5 Supersolid 4He: A New State of Matter Mar 10 2008 8:00AM RO1 Morial Convention Center	John Beamish, University of Alberta
A6 Novel Channel Materials for CMOS Technology Mar 10 2008 8:00AM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Matthew Copel, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
A7 Oscillations Without Transcription in Vivo and in Vitro Mar 10 2008 8:00AM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Michal Zochowski, University of Michigan
A8 Colloidal Self-Assembly I Mar 10 2008 8:00AM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Hans Wyss, Harvard University
A9 Focus Session: Fluid Dynamics of Animal Motion Mar 10 2008 8:00AM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Kenny Breuer, Brown University
A10 Tunneling on Cuprate Superconductors Mar 10 2008 8:00AM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Igor Zutic, University at Buffalo
A11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Exotic Behavior in MgB2-like Materials Mar 10 2008 8:00AM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Xiaoxing Xi, Pennsylvania State University
A12 Strongly Correlated 1D Systems Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 203 Morial Convention Center	Gregory Fiete, California Institute of Technology
A13 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions I: Hydrogen Helium, and Planetary Materials Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 204 Morial Convention Center	Burkhard Militzer, University of California, Berkeley
A14 Focus Session: Quantum Simulation of Condensed Matter Systems With Ultracold Atoms Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 205 Morial Convention Center	Ivan Deutsch, University of New Mexico
A15 Focus Session: Theory of Magnetization Dynamics Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 207 Morial Convention Center	Allan MacDonald, University Of Texas, Austin
A16 Dynamics of Nucleic Acids Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 208 Morial Convention Center	Igor Aronson, Argonne National Laboratory
A17 Cold Fusion Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 209 Morial Convention Center	Scott Chubb, Naval Research Laboratory
A18 Focus Session: Multiscale Modeling: Polymers, Nanocomposites, and Biomacromolecules Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 210 Morial Convention Center	John Curro, University of New Mexico
A19 Magnetic and Superconducting Properties Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 211 Morial Convention Center	Wenguang Zhu, University of Tennessee
A20 Focus Session: Quantum Dots and Semiconductor Surface Nanostructures Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 212 Morial Convention Center	Kristen Fichthorn, Pennsylvania State University
A21 Focus Session: Reversibly Associating Polymers: Theory and Experiments Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 213 Morial Convention Center	Ken Shull, Northwestern University
A22 Focus Session: Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterials I: Patterning and Self Assembly Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 214 Morial Convention Center	R Kannan, Wayne State
A23 Focus Session: Manganites I Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 215 Morial Convention Center	J. J. Neumeier, Montana State University
A24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures I: STM and Atomic Control Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 216 Morial Convention Center	Nathan Guisinger, National Institute of Standards and Technology
A25 Block Copolymer Thin Films Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 217 Morial Convention Center	Alamgir Karim, National Institute of Standards and Technology
A26 Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules I Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 218 Morial Convention Center	Andrey Vilesov, University of Southern California
A27 Focus Session: Pyrochlores Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 219 Morial Convention Center	Jason Gardner, National Institute of Standards and Technology
A28 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures I: Carbon Nanotubes Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 220 Morial Convention Center	Riichiro Saito, Tohoku University
A29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials I: Graphene Transport Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 221 Morial Convention Center	Stephen Cronin, University of Southern California
A30 Electronic Properties of Graphene and Related Structures I Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 222 Morial Convention Center	Nicola Bonini, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A31 Focus Session: Oxide Interfaces I Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 223 Morial Convention Center	D. Schlom, Pennsylvania State University
A32 Disordered Magnetic Materials Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 225 Morial Convention Center	Leonard Spinu, University of New Orleans
A33 Focus Session: Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: I Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 224 Morial Convention Center	Nitin Samarth, Pennsylvania State University
A35 Focus Session: Negative Index Materials I Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 227 Morial Convention Center	Shih-Yuan Wang, Hewlett Packard
A36 Focus Session: X-ray and Electron Optics and Microscopy Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 228 Morial Convention Center	Timothy Graber, University of Chicago
A37 Semiconductors I: Growth and Processing Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 229 Morial Convention Center	Max. G. Lagally, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A38 Focus Session: Biocompatibility Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 230 Morial Convention Center	Eric Cochran, Iowa State University
A39 Focus Session: Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 231 Morial Convention Center	Pedro Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A40 Phase Stability and Phase Transitions Mar 10 2008 8:00AM 232 Morial Convention Center	Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
B1 Strongly Correlated Electrons in One Dimension Mar 10 2008 11:15AM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	Gil Refael, California Institute of Technology
B2 Magnetism in Semiconductors: New Frontiers Mar 10 2008 11:15AM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Scott Crooker, Los Alamos National Laboratory
B3 Silicon Photonics Mar 10 2008 11:15AM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	Alex Bratkovsky, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
B4 Self-assembled Macromolecular Structures Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 206 Morial Convention Center	Spiros Anastasiadis, Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas, Keraklion, Greece
B5 Geometry and Elasticity Mar 10 2008 11:15AM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Mark Bowick, Syracuse University
B6 Quantum Simulation and Quantum Information Theory in Cold Atoms Mar 10 2008 11:15AM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Lincoln Carr, Colorado School of Mines
B7 Gene Regulation Mar 10 2008 11:15AM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Sima Setayeshgar, Indiana University
B8 Colloidal Self-Assembly II Mar 10 2008 11:15AM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Eric Weeks, Emory University
B9 Pattern Formation and Nonlinear Dynamics Mar 10 2008 11:15AM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Vladimir Privman, Clarkson University
B10 Gaps, Pseudogaps and Fermi Surfaces in Cuprates Mar 10 2008 11:15AM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Laura Greene, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
B11 Magnetic Properties of Cuprate Superconductors Mar 10 2008 11:15AM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Malcolm Beasly, Stanford University
B12 Organic Conductors and Strongly Correlated 2D Systems Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 203 Morial Convention Center	Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
B13 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions II: Beryllium, Carbon, and Metals Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 204 Morial Convention Center	Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
B14 Casimir Forces, Collisions and Atomic Structure Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 205 Morial Convention Center	Ho Bun Chan, University of Florida
B15 Quantum Entanglement I Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 207 Morial Convention Center	Dagmar Bruss, Heinrich-Heine-Universitae Duesseldorf
B16 Nonlinear Dynamics of Neuronal and Cardiac Systems Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 208 Morial Convention Center	John Beggs, Indiana University
B17 Lipid Bilayers: Structure and Function Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 209 Morial Convention Center	Linda Hirst, Florida State University
B18 Focus Session: Mechanical Properties of Polymers: Fracture and Adhesion Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 210 Morial Convention Center	Theresa Hermel-Davidock, Dow Chemical Company
B19 Novel Surface Instrumentation and Techniques Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 211 Morial Convention Center	John Wendelken, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
B20 Focus Session: Growth, Kinetics and Quantum Effects in Metal Thin Films Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 212 Morial Convention Center	Robert Bartynski, Rutgers University
B21 Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials I Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 213 Morial Convention Center	Shiv Khanna, Virginia Commonwealth University
B22 Focus Session: Organic Electronics: FETs I Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 214 Morial Convention Center	Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley
B23 Focus Session: Perovskite Cobaltites Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 215 Morial Convention Center	Stephan Rosenkranz, Argonne National Laboratory
B24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures II: Strong Correlations Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 216 Morial Convention Center	Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University
B25 Polymer Blends Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 217 Morial Convention Center	Rick Register, Princeton University
B26 Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules II Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 218 Morial Convention Center	Roland Wester, University of Freiburg
B27 Focus Session: Molecular Magnets I Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 219 Morial Convention Center	Stephen Hill, University of Florida
B28 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures II: Graphene, Graphite and Related Materials Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 220 Morial Convention Center	Shigeo Maruyama, University of Tokyo
B29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials II: Graphene Transport Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 221 Morial Convention Center	Shan-Wen Tsai, University of California, Riverside
B30 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials III: Synthesis Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 222 Morial Convention Center	Chun Ning Lau, University of California, Riverside
B31 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I: Electronic and Optical Properties of Nanoclusters Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 223 Morial Convention Center	James R. Chelikowsky, University of Texas at Austin
B32 Focus Session: Nanocontacts and Inhomogeneous Magnetic States Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 225 Morial Convention Center	Andrei Slavin, Oakland University
B33 Focus Session: Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: II Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 224 Morial Convention Center	Mark van Schilfgaarde, Arizona State University
B35 Focus Session: Emerging Materials and Devices I Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 227 Morial Convention Center	Stefan Zollner, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
B36 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy I: Low Temperatures Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 228 Morial Convention Center	Joseph A. Stroscio, National Institute of Standards and Technology
B37 FQHE in Higher Landau Levels Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 229 Morial Convention Center	Chetan Nayak, Microsoft Station Q
B38 Structure, Electronic Properties, Spectroscopy, and Ionic Transport in Insulators Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 230 Morial Convention Center	Sudakar Chandran, Wayne State University
B39 Focus Session: Collective Dynamics of Self-Driven Particles Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 231 Morial Convention Center	Sriram Ramaswamy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
B40 SPS Undergraduate Research and Outreach I Mar 10 2008 11:15AM 232 Morial Convention Center	Gary White, Society of Physics Students/American Institute of Physics
D1 Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory Mar 10 2008 2:30PM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	Neepa Maitra, Hunter College of the City University of New York
D2 New Developments in HTSC II Mar 10 2008 2:30PM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Erica Carlson, Purdue University
D3 Materials Physics in the Fast Lane Mar 10 2008 2:30PM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	Brian Schwartz, City University of New York
D4 Probing Spin and Charge States in Semiconductor Quantum Dots and “Molecules” Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 206 Morial Convention Center	David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara
D5 Circuit QED: Superconducting Qubits Coupled to Cavities Mar 10 2008 2:30PM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Raymond Simmonds, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
D6 Long-Distance Charge Transfer in Biological Systems Mar 10 2008 2:30PM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Nikolai Sergueev, University of Texas at Austin
D7 Locomotion in Complex Fluids Mar 10 2008 2:30PM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Arshad Kudrolli, Clark University
D8 Focus Session: Granular Flows: Vibrated Mar 10 2008 2:30PM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Mark Shattuck, City University of New York
D9 Focus Session: Turbulence Mar 10 2008 2:30PM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Haitao Xu, Gesellschaft fuer wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung mbH Goettingen
D10 Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems I Mar 10 2008 2:30PM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Lance Delong, University of Kentucky
D11 Inhomogeneous Superconductors and Transport Mar 10 2008 2:30PM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Don Gubser, Naval Research Laboratory
D12 Theory of Ferroelectric, Multiferroic, and Other Structural Transitions Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 203 Morial Convention Center	Craig Fennie, Argonne National Laboratory
D13 Computational Methods: Strongly Correlated and Many Body Systems Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 204 Morial Convention Center	Mark Jarrell, University of Cincinnatti
D14 Quantum Information Science in AMO Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 205 Morial Convention Center	J. Y. Vaishnav, National Institute of Standards and Technology
D15 Focus Session: Foundations of Quantum Theory I Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 207 Morial Convention Center	Howard Barnum, Los Alamos National Laboratory and GSCCM Chair
D16 Biological Networks Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 208 Morial Convention Center	Eivind Almaas
D17 Focus Session: Time-Resolved Structural Investigations on Protein Folding and Function Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 209 Morial Convention Center	Aihua Xie, Oklahoma State University
D18 Polymers at Surfaces Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 210 Morial Convention Center	Alfred Crosby, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
D19 Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors I Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 211 Morial Convention Center	Anderson Janotti, University of California, Santa Barbara
D20 Focus Session: Growth and Properties of Novel Semiconductor and Related Nanostructures Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 212 Morial Convention Center	Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland
D21 Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials II Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 213 Morial Convention Center	Ulises Reveles, Virginia Commonwealth University
D22 Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Synthesis and Materials Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 214 Morial Convention Center	Lynn Loo, Princeton University
D23 Focus Session: Triangular Lattice and Spinels Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 215 Morial Convention Center	Art Ramirez, Lucent
D24 Superlattices and Nanostructures: Electronic Properties I Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 216 Morial Convention Center	Alexander Govorov, Ohio University
D25 Theory and Simulations I Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 217 Morial Convention Center	Arthi Jayaraman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
D26 Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules III Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 218 Morial Convention Center	Wolfgang Jaeger, University of Alberta
D27 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanowires and Nanodots I Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 219 Morial Convention Center	Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota
D28 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures III: Single Molecules Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 220 Morial Convention Center	Ward Plummer, University of Tennessee
D29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials IV: Graphene Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 221 Morial Convention Center	Igor Herbut, Simon Fraser University
D30 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials V: Nanotube Transport Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 222 Morial Convention Center	Oleg Prezhdo, University of Washington at Seattle
D31 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience II: Nanowires and Transport Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 223 Morial Convention Center	Serdar Ogut, University of Illinois at Chicago
D32 Focus Session: Spin Transfer Torque I Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 225 Morial Convention Center	Bill Rippard, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder
D33 Focus Session: Spin Dependent Phenomena in Semiconductors: III Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 224 Morial Convention Center	Chris Palmstrom, University of Minesota
D35 Focus Session: Negative Index Materials II Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 227 Morial Convention Center	Anatoly Zayats, Queen's University of Belfast
D36 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage I: Chemical Hydride and Complex Metal Hydride Materials I Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 228 Morial Convention Center	Chris G. Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara
D37 Optical Properties of Semiconductors (mostly nitrides) Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 229 Morial Convention Center	Mark Holtz, Texas Tech University
D38 Metals: Defects and Elastic Properties Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 230 Morial Convention Center	George M. Stocks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
D39 Focus Session: Econophysics and Applications Outside of Physics Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 231 Morial Convention Center	Victor Yakovenko, University of Maryland
D40 SPS Undergraduate Research and Outreach II Mar 10 2008 2:30PM 232 Morial Convention Center	Gary White, Society of Physics Students/ American Institute of Physics
E1 APS Prize and Award Session Mar 10 2008 5:45PM 206 Morial Convention Center	Arthur Bienenstock, APS President, Stanford University
G1 25 Years of Scanning Probe Microscopy Mar 10 2008 8:00PM Carondelet (3rd floor) New Orleans Marriott	Julia Phillips, Sandia National Laboratories
H1 Single-Ion Magnetic Moments in Semiconductors Mar 11 2008 8:00AM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	Michael Flatte, University of Iowa
H2 New Developments in HTSC III Mar 11 2008 8:00AM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
H3 Polymer Physics Prize Mar 11 2008 8:00AM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	Mark Ediger, University of Wisconsin-Madison
H4 Selected Applications Using Materials Science Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 206 Morial Convention Center	Yvan Bruynseraede, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
H5 CeMIn5 (115 ) Heavy Electron Materials: A Rosetta Stone for the Kondo Lattice? Mar 11 2008 8:00AM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Zachary Fisk, University of California, Irvine
H6 Understanding Hurricanes and Severe Storms: Patterns, Prediction and Mitigation Mar 11 2008 8:00AM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Andrew Post-Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
H7 Complex Active Biomaterials: Mechanics and Microrheology Mar 11 2008 8:00AM RO5 Morial Convention Center	John Crocker, University of Pennsylvania
H8 Focus Session: Glassy Dynamics in Colloids Mar 11 2008 8:00AM RO6 Morial Convention Center	David Weitz, Harvard University
H9 Instabilities and Fluid Dynamics Mar 11 2008 8:00AM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Yale University
H10 Josephson Effects Mar 11 2008 8:00AM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Chris Lobb, University of Maryland
H11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Computational Design of Novel Superconductors Mar 11 2008 8:00AM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory
H12 Lattice and Magnetic Properties of Multiferroics Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 203 Morial Convention Center	Andrei Sushkov, University of Maryland
H13 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions III: Classical MD, Potentials, and Energetic Materials Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 204 Morial Convention Center	Carter White, Naval Research Laboratory
H14 Cold Gases: One Dimensional Phenomena Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 205 Morial Convention Center	Robert Cherng, Harvard University
H15 Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits I Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 207 Morial Convention Center	Britton Plourde, Syracuse University
H16 Focus Session: Biochip Physics I Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 208 Morial Convention Center	Peter Kiesel, Palo Alto Research Center
H17 Proteins: Structure and Function Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 209 Morial Convention Center	Andrea Markelz, State University of New York at Buffalo
H18 Block Copolymers in Solution and Blends Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 210 Morial Convention Center	Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
H19 Molecules on Surface: Structure Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 211 Morial Convention Center	Karsten Pohl, University of New Hampshire
H20 Focus Session: Assembly of Nanowires and Related Structures Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 212 Morial Convention Center	Ken Shih, University of Texas at Austin
H21 Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials III Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 213 Morial Convention Center	Roberto Rodrigues, Virginia Commonwealth University
H22 Electrically and Optically Active Polymers Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 214 Morial Convention Center	Wesley Burghardt, Northwestern University
H23 Focus Session: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers I Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 215 Morial Convention Center	Craig Arnold, Princeton University
H24 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures III: Functional Nanowires Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 216 Morial Convention Center	Ramamurthy Ramprasad, University of Connecticut
H25 Adsorption of Organics on Surfaces Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 217 Morial Convention Center	Kookheon Char, Seoul National University
H26 Focus Session: Photophysics of Cold Molecules IV Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 218 Morial Convention Center	Jochen Kuepper, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
H27 Correlated Electrons: Heavy Fermions and Exotic Magnets Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 219 Morial Convention Center	Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland
H28 Photonic Crystals Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 220 Morial Convention Center	Mark Sherwin, University of California, Santa Barbara
H29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials VI: Graphene Transport Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 221 Morial Convention Center	Alessandra Lanzara, University of California, Berkeley
H30 Electronic Properties of Graphene and Related Structures II Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 222 Morial Convention Center	Giovanni Cantele, Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia
H31 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience III: Ferroelectrics, Surfaces, and Water Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 223 Morial Convention Center	Eric Schwegler, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
H32 Focus Session: Magnetic Imaging Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 225 Morial Convention Center	Sergei Urazhdin, West Virgina University
H33 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Magnetic Semiconductors Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 224 Morial Convention Center	Jim Allen, University of California, Santa Barbara
H35 Focus Session: Negative Index Materials III Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 227 Morial Convention Center	Igor Smolyaninov, BAE Systems
H36 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy II: Force Methods Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 228 Morial Convention Center	Andreas Heinrich, IBM
H37 Optical Properties of Semiconductors (mostly oxides) Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 229 Morial Convention Center	Matthias Schubert, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
H39 Student Prize Session followed by Focus Session: Friction Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 231 Morial Convention Center	Cristina Marchetti, University of Syracuse
H40 Focus Session: Earth and Planetary Materials I Mar 11 2008 8:00AM 232 Morial Convention Center	Robert Liebermann, COMPRES
J1 Pake Prize, McGroddy Prizes, Buckley Prize Session Mar 11 2008 11:15AM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	Allen Goldman, University of Minnesota
J2 50th Anniversary of Physical Review Letters Mar 11 2008 11:15AM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Reinhardt Schuhmann
J3 Kondo Screening and Quantum Criticality from the Spatial Limit: From Single Spins to Droplets to Lattices Mar 11 2008 11:15AM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	James Davis, Cornell University
J4 Panel Discussion: Making the Invisible Scientist Visible: Science in Emergent Countries Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 206 Morial Convention Center	Anita Mehta, SN Bose National Centre
J5 Where is the Center of Mass for Family, Career, and Self? Mar 11 2008 11:15AM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Peter Sheldon, Randolph College
J6 Effective Potentials and Force Fields for Simulating Biological Macromolecules Mar 11 2008 11:15AM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Ronald Levy, Rutgers University
J7 Undergraduate Nanotechnology and Materials Physics Education I Mar 11 2008 11:15AM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Lawrence Woolf, General Atomics
J8 Granular Flows Mar 11 2008 11:15AM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland
J9 Fluid Structure and Properties Mar 11 2008 11:15AM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Nikolai Priezjev, Michigan State University
J10 Superconductivity: Vortex I Mar 11 2008 11:15AM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Wai Kwok, Argonne National Laboratory
J11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Novel Non-Boride Superconductors Mar 11 2008 11:15AM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Vladimir Butko, Brookhaven National Laboratory
J12 Experimental Studies of the Heavy Fermion 115 Compounds Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 203 Morial Convention Center	N. Peter Armitage, The Johns Hopkins University
J13 Focus Session: Simulations of Matter at Extreme Conditions IV: Crystalline Solids, Liquids, and Methods Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 204 Morial Convention Center	Ann Mattsson, Sandia National Laboratories
J14 Focus Session: Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Regime and Rotating Quantum Gases Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 205 Morial Convention Center	Hui Zhai, University of California, Berkeley
J15 Quantum Computation Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 207 Morial Convention Center	Gerardo Ortiz, Indiana University
J16 Focus Session: Biochip Physics II Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 208 Morial Convention Center	David Nolte, Purdue University
J17 Focus Session: General Biological Patterns Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 209 Morial Convention Center	Shane Hudson, Vanderbilt University
J18 Frank J. Padden Award Symposium Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 210 Morial Convention Center	Russell Composto, University of Pennsylvania
J19 Focus Session: How to Develop an Education Component for an NSF Proposal Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 211 Morial Convention Center	Greg Topasna, Virginia Military Institute
J20 Focus Session: Electronic and Lattice Properties of Surfaces and Thin Films Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 212 Morial Convention Center	Saw-Wai Hla, Ohio University
J21 Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials IV Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 213 Morial Convention Center	Meichun Qian, Virginia Commonwealth University
J22 Organic Electronics, Photonics and Magnetics: Theory Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 214 Morial Convention Center	Zhiqiang Li, University of California, San Diego
J23 Focus Session: Cuprates and Nickelates Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 215 Morial Convention Center	John Tranquada, Brookhaven National Laboratory
J24 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures IV: Quantum Dots Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 216 Morial Convention Center	Ado Jorio, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
J25 Focus Session: Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions and Networks I Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 217 Morial Convention Center	Paula Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J26 Focus Session: Quantum Control I Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 218 Morial Convention Center	Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
J27 Focus Session: Triangular Lattice Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 219 Morial Convention Center	Andrew Cornelius, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
J28 Focus Session: Thermoelectricity in Semiconductor Nanostructures Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 220 Morial Convention Center	Li Shi, University of Texas, Austin
J29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials VII: Electronic Properties Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 221 Morial Convention Center	Philip Kim, Columbia University
J30 Optical Properties and Experimental Characterization of Graphene and Related Structures Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 222 Morial Convention Center	Marco Fornari, Central Michigan University
J31 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience IV: Nanocrystals Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 223 Morial Convention Center	Igor Vasiliev, New Mexico State University
J32 Focus Session: Damping and Spin Relaxation Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 225 Morial Convention Center	Casey Miller, University of South Florida
J33 Focus Session: Mostly Spins in Group IV Semiconductors and Organics Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 224 Morial Convention Center	Jiwei Lu, University of Virginia
J35 Focus Session: Emerging Materials and Devices II Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 227 Morial Convention Center	Leonid Tsybeskov, New Jersey Institute of Technology
J36 Focus Session: Materials for Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis I Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 228 Morial Convention Center	Matthias Batzill, University of South Florida
J37 QHE: Bilayers and Graphene Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 229 Morial Convention Center	Herb Fertig, Indiana University
J39 Focus Session: Friction and Contact Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 231 Morial Convention Center	Mark Robbins, Johns Hopkins University
J40 Focus Session: Earth and Planetary Materials II Mar 11 2008 11:15AM 232 Morial Convention Center	Boris Kiefer, New Mexico State University
L1 Nobel Prize Session followed by Onsager Prize Session Mar 11 2008 2:30PM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	Arthur Beinenstock, APS President, Stanford University, followed by Ivan Schuller, University of California, San Diego
L2 The Physics of Next Generation Photovoltaics Mar 11 2008 2:30PM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Arthur Nozik, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
L3 The Physics of Climate and Climate Change Mar 11 2008 2:30PM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	John Wettlaufer, Yale University
L4 Bosonic Modes in HTSC Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 206 Morial Convention Center	Mike Norman, Argonne National Laboratory
L5 Phase Transitions in Disordered Magnets Mar 11 2008 2:30PM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Raymond Bishop, University of Manchester
L6 Minorities in Condensed Matter Physics Mar 11 2008 2:30PM RO4 Morial Convention Center	James Dickerson, Vanderbilt University
L7 Multiscale Phenomena in Biological Physics Mar 11 2008 2:30PM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Jianpeng Ma, Rice University/Baylor College of Medicine
L9 Colloidal Self Assembly and Interactions Mar 11 2008 2:30PM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Eric Dufresne
L10 Focus Session: Electronic and Vortex Mechanisms for Higher Performing Superconductors Mar 11 2008 2:30PM RO8 Morial Convention Center	John Sarrao, Los Alamos National Laboratory
L11 Superconductivity: Transport and Fermi Pockets Mar 11 2008 2:30PM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Richard Greene, University of Maryland
L12 Heavy Fermion Theory and Strong Correlations Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 203 Morial Convention Center	Jiangping Hu, Purdue University
L13 Ground State Density Functional Theory: Theory Development Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 204 Morial Convention Center	Andreas Savin, Université Pierre et Marie Curie
L14 Focus Session: Foundations of Quantum Theory II Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 205 Morial Convention Center	Julio Gea-Banacloche, University of Arkansas
L15 Focus Session: Progress toward Scalable Quantum Information Processing Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 207 Morial Convention Center	Dana Berkeland, IARPA
L16 Focus Session: Brownian Motors Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 208 Morial Convention Center	Martin Bier, East Carolina University
L17 Solid Helium Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 209 Morial Convention Center	Tony Clark, Pennsylvania State University
L18 Focus Session: John H. Dillon Medal Symposium Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 210 Morial Convention Center	Gregory McKenna, Texas Tech University
L19 Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors II Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 211 Morial Convention Center	Michael Stavola, Lehigh University
L20 Focus Session: Self-Assembled Organic Overlayers Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 212 Morial Convention Center	Philip Cohen, University of Minnesota
L21 Focus Session: Clusters, Cluster Assemblies, Nanoscale Materials V Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 213 Morial Convention Center	Penee Clayborne, Virginia Commonwealth University
L22 Confinement-Induced Structures in Block Copolymers Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 214 Morial Convention Center	Eric Cochran, Iowa State University
L23 Focus Session: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers II Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 215 Morial Convention Center	Daniel Bubb, Rutgers University, Jagdish Narayan, North Carolina State University
L24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures IV: 2DES, Dots, and QPCs Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 216 Morial Convention Center	Misha Fogler, University of California, San Diego
L25 Semi-crystalline Polymers Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 217 Morial Convention Center	Ben Hsiao, Stony Brook University
L26 Focus Session: Quantum Control II Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 218 Morial Convention Center	Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
L27 Focus Session: Low-dimensional Spin Systems Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 219 Morial Convention Center	Christopher Wiebe, Florida State University
L28 Material Issues for Superconducting Qubits Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 220 Morial Convention Center	John Martinez, University of California, Santa Barbara
L29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials VIII: Electronic Structure of Graphene Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 221 Morial Convention Center	Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
L30 Metallic and Semiconducting Nanotubes Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 222 Morial Convention Center	Alex Efros, Naval Research Laboratory
L31 Graphene: Atomic Structure and Lattice Properties Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 223 Morial Convention Center	Dan Finkenstadt, Naval Research Laboratory
L32 Focus Session: Spin Transfer Torque II Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 225 Morial Convention Center	Jordan Katine, Hitachi
L33 Focus Session: Spins in Quantum Dots Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 224 Morial Convention Center	Alexander Efros, Naval Reseach Laboratory
L35 Optoelectronic Devices and Applications Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 227 Morial Convention Center	Fatima Toor, Princeton University
L36 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage II: Chemical Hydride and Complex Metal Hydride Materials II Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 228 Morial Convention Center	Frederick E. Pinkerton, GM R&D Center
L37 Semiconductors II: Structure and Phase Diagrams Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 229 Morial Convention Center	Alex Zunger, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
L39 Focus Session: Deformation and Fracture Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 231 Morial Convention Center	Christopher Schuh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
L40 High Pressure Mar 11 2008 2:30PM 232 Morial Convention Center	Renata Wentzcovitch, University of Minnesota
M15 GQI Business Meeting Mar 11 2008 5:45PM 207 Morial Convention Center	Lorenza Viola, Dartmouth College
M18 DPOLY Business Meeting Mar 11 2008 5:45PM 210 Morial Convention Center	Mark Ediger, U Wisconsin, Madison
M23 GSCCM Business Meeting Mar 11 2008 5:45PM 215 Morial Convention Center	David Funk, Los Alamos National Laboratory and GSCCM Chair
M27 GMAG Business Meeting Mar 11 2008 5:45PM 219 Morial Convention Center	Daniel Reich, Johns Hopkins University
M37 DCP Business Meeting Mar 11 2008 7:00PM Beauregard Room New Orleans Marriott,	Will Castleman, Pennsylvania State University
M38 DCOMP Business Meeting Mar 11 2008 7:00PM Galvez Room New Orleans Marriott,	Mei-Yin Chou, Georgia Institute of Technology
M39 DMP Business Meeting Mar 11 2008 7:00PM Audubon Room New Orleans Marriott,	Ivan Schuller, University of California, San Diego
M40 DCMP Business Meeting Mar 11 2008 7:00PM Jackson Room New Orleans Marriott,	Allen Goldman, University of Minnesota
P1 Is There Pairing Glue in Cuprate Superconductors? Mar 12 2008 8:00AM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	C.C. Tsuei, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
P2 Controlling Electron Spins: Propagation and Dynamics Mar 12 2008 8:00AM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Joseph Orenstein, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
P3 Simple Views on Bulk Polymers: Symposium Honoring P G de Gennes Mar 12 2008 8:00AM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	Tom Witten, University of Chicago
P4 Fluctuations and Rare Events in Physical, Chemical, and Biological Systems Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 206 Morial Convention Center	Mark Dykman, Michigan State University
P5 Quantum Information Meets Gravitation Mar 12 2008 8:00AM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Matthew Leifer, Institute for Quantum Computing
P6 Fluid Dynamics and Biology Mar 12 2008 8:00AM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Silas Alben, Georgia Institute of Technology
P7 Optical Lattices Mar 12 2008 8:00AM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Charles Clark, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg
P8 Glassy Dynamics Mar 12 2008 8:00AM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Itai Cohen, Cornell University
P9 Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Devices Mar 12 2008 8:00AM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Patrick Tabeling, City of Paris Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution
P10 Superconducting Nanostructures I Mar 12 2008 8:00AM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Michael Bleiweiss, Naval Academy Prep School
P11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Disorder in Novel Superconductors Mar 12 2008 8:00AM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Alex Gurevich, Florida State University
P12 Skutterudites and Other Heavy Fermions Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 203 Morial Convention Center	John Wei, University of Toronto
P13 Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 204 Morial Convention Center	E.K.U. Gross, Freie Universitat Berlin
P14 High-Bandwidth Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 205 Morial Convention Center	Brian Salzberg, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
P15 Focus Session: Superconducting Qubits II Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 207 Morial Convention Center	Frank Wilhelm, University of Waterloo
P16 Focus Session: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Motility I Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 208 Morial Convention Center	Greg Huber, University of Connecticut Health Center
P17 Quantum Fluids and Solids I Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 209 Morial Convention Center	Garry Williams, University of California, Los Angeles
P18 Polymer Nanocomposites I Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 210 Morial Convention Center	Venkat Ganesan, University of Texas at Austin
P20 Focus Session: Engineering Interfaces for New Materials I: Internal Interfaces Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 212 Morial Convention Center	Yue Qi, General Motors R&D
P21 Focus Session: Fundamental Issues in Catalysis I Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 213 Morial Convention Center	Francisco Zaera, University of California, Riverside
P22 Focus Session: Organic Electronics: FETs II Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 214 Morial Convention Center	Michael Chabinyc, Palo Alto Research Center
P23 Focus Session: Multifunctional Oxides: BiFeO3 and Thin Films Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 215 Morial Convention Center	Karin Rabe, Rutgers University
P24 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures V: Plasmonics and Metallic Nanostructures Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 216 Morial Convention Center	Nicholas Fang, University of Illinois
P25 Focus Session: DNA and Protein Analysis with Micro and Nanofluidics Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 217 Morial Convention Center	Ron Larson, University of Michigan
P26 Focus Session: Quantum Control III Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 218 Morial Convention Center	Vlasta Bonacic-Koutecky, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
P27 Focus Session: Low-dimensional Magnetism Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 219 Morial Convention Center	Jian Shen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P28 Superlattices and Nanostructures (Wires, Dots, etc.): Optical Properties I Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 220 Morial Convention Center	Eric Stinaff, Ohio University
P29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials IX: Graphene Electronic Structure Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 221 Morial Convention Center	Eli Rotenberg, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
P30 Electronic Properties of Graphene and Related Structures III Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 222 Morial Convention Center	Antonio Castro Neto, Boston University
P31 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience V: Mechanical Properties and General Methods Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 223 Morial Convention Center	Murilo L. Tiago, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P32 Focus Session: Magnetic Media and Hard Magnetic Materials Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 225 Morial Convention Center	Ping Liu, University of Texas at Arlington
P33 Focus Session: Mostly Spin Injection in Si Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 224 Morial Convention Center	Darrell Schlom, Pennsylvania State University
P35 Focus Session: Materials for Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis II Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 227 Morial Convention Center	Ulrike Diebold, Tulane University
P36 Focus Session: X-ray and Neutron Instrumentation and Science Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 228 Morial Convention Center	George Srajer, Argonne National Laboratory
P37 Semiconductors III: Electronic and Optical Properties I Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 229 Morial Convention Center	Willes H. Weber, The Physical Review
P38 Relaxor Ferroelectrics and Piezoelectrics Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 230 Morial Convention Center	Nicola Spaldin, University of California, Santa Barbara
P39 Applications of Complex Networks Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 231 Morial Convention Center	Narayan Menon, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
P40 Surface Effects, Thermodynamics and Fabrication Mar 12 2008 8:00AM 232 Morial Convention Center	David Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Q1 Ballistic Charge and Spin Transport in Graphene Mar 12 2008 11:15AM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	Shan-Wen Tsai, University of California, Riverside
Q2 The Physics of Self-Assembled Protein Cages Mar 12 2008 11:15AM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Bogdan Dragnea, Indiana University
Q3 Simple Views on Polymer Dynamics: Symposium Honoring P G de Gennes Mar 12 2008 11:15AM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	A. Grosberg, University of Minnesota
Q4 Pairing Fluctuations Near the Superconductor-Insulator Transition Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 206 Morial Convention Center	Subir Sachdev, Harvard University
Q5 Panel Discussion: How Can Industry Best Support the Innovative Research That It Needs? Mar 12 2008 11:15AM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Robert Doering, Texas Instruments
Q6 Artificial and Tunable Realizations of Spin Systems Mar 12 2008 11:15AM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Roderich Moessner, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
Q7 Undergraduate Nanotechnology and Materials Physics Education II Mar 12 2008 11:15AM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Peter Collings, Swarthmore College
Q8 Colloidal Phase Behavior Mar 12 2008 11:15AM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Yale University
Q9 Focus Session: DNA and Biofluid Analysis with Micro and Nanofluidic Devices Mar 12 2008 11:15AM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Dorian Liepmann, University of California, Berkeley
Q10 Superconductivity: Vortex II Mar 12 2008 11:15AM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Milind Kunchur, University of South Carolina
Q11 Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems II Mar 12 2008 11:15AM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Laboratory
Q12 Focus Session: Hidden Order and Heavy Fermions Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 203 Morial Convention Center	Lia Krusin-Elbaum, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Q13 Ground State Density Functional Theory: Applications Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 204 Morial Convention Center	Kieron Burke, University of California, Irvine
Q14 Bosons in Optical Lattices Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 205 Morial Convention Center	Theja De Silva, State University of New York, Binghamton
Q15 Focus Session: Semiconductor Qubit Approaches I Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 207 Morial Convention Center	Mark Eriksson, University of Wisconsin
Q16 Focus Session: Cytoskeletal Dynamics and Cell Motility II Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 208 Morial Convention Center	Jay Tang, Brown University
Q17 Focus Session: Hydrophobic Interactions at Multiple Scales in Biology Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 209 Morial Convention Center	Margaret Cheung, University of Houston
Q18 Polymer Nanocomposites II Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 210 Morial Convention Center	Erik Hobbie, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Q19 Physics Education: In and Out of the Classroom Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 211 Morial Convention Center	Shelly Hynes, Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts
Q20 Focus Session: Engineering Interfaces for New Materials II: Surfaces Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 212 Morial Convention Center	Ted Einstein, University of Maryland
Q21 Focus Session: Fundamental Issues in Catalysis II Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 213 Morial Convention Center	Wilfred Tysoe, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Q22 Focus Session: New Methods in Polymer Physics Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 214 Morial Convention Center	Carson Meredith, Georgia Institute of Technology
Q23 Focus Session: Bilayer Manganites Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 215 Morial Convention Center	Ray Osborn, Argonne National Laboratory
Q24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures V: Optics, Mechanics, and Networks Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 216 Morial Convention Center	Douglas Natelson, Rice University
Q25 Physical Properties of Melts and Solutions Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 217 Morial Convention Center	Mitchell Anthamatten, University of Rochester
Q26 Advances in Spectroscopy Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 218 Morial Convention Center	Kyrill Kuyanov, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Q27 Focus Session: One-dimensional Spin Chains Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 219 Morial Convention Center	Christopher Landee, Clark University
Q28 Focus Session: Thermoelectricity in Bulk Materials Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 220 Morial Convention Center	Joshua Zide, University of Delaware
Q29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials X: p-n Junctions and Mesoscopic Effects in Graphene Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 221 Morial Convention Center	Zhenyu Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Q30 Nanotubes and Nanowires I: Electronic and Transport Properties Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 222 Morial Convention Center	Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
Q31 Computational Nanoscience: Nanotubes and Graphene Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 223 Morial Convention Center	David Prendergast, Molecular Foundary, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Q32 Focus Session: Molecular Magnets II Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 225 Morial Convention Center	Andrew Kent, New York University
Q33 Focus Session: Spin Polarization in Compound Semiconductors Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 224 Morial Convention Center	Stu Wolf, University of Virginia
Q35 Focus Session: Emerging Materials and Devices III Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 227 Morial Convention Center	Jeff Welser, IBM Almaden
Q36 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: Force Methods Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 228 Morial Convention Center	Eric Hudson, IBM
Q37 Magnetotransport in 2DEGs Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 229 Morial Convention Center	Mansour Shayegan, Princeton University
Q38 Focus Session: Ferroelectric Films and Finite Size Effects Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 230 Morial Convention Center	Max Stengel, University of California, Santa Barbara
Q39 Focus Session: Models and Materials Far from Equilibrium Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 231 Morial Convention Center	Michel Pleimling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Q40 Metals: Nanoparticles, Compounds and Thermodynamics Mar 12 2008 11:15AM 232 Morial Convention Center	William H. Butler, University of Alabama
S1 Diamond-based Quantum Information Processing Mar 12 2008 2:30PM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara
S2 Can Power Dissipation in a Switch Be Significantly Lowered? Mar 12 2008 2:30PM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Jeff Welser, SRC Nanoelectronics Research Initiative
S3 Aging, Shear and Rejuvenation: Mechanics of Glasses, Colloids and Granular Matter Mar 12 2008 2:30PM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	Criag Maloney, Carnegie Mellon University
S4 Keithley Award Symposium Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 206 Morial Convention Center	James Matey, Sarnoff Corporation
S5 Theory of Orbital Magnetization and Related Properties Mar 12 2008 2:30PM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Raffaele Resta, University of Trieste
S6 Superfluid Density in Underdoped Cuprates Mar 12 2008 2:30PM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Mohit Randeria, Ohio State University
S7 Panel Discussion: Non-traditional Careers for Physicists Mar 12 2008 2:30PM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Gavi Begtrup, University of California, Berkeley
S8 Colloidal Rheology Mar 12 2008 2:30PM RO6 Morial Convention Center	David Weitz, Harvard University
S9 Optical Properties of Superconductors Mar 12 2008 2:30PM RO7 Morial Convention Center	David Tanner, University of Florida
S10 Superconductors: Synthesis and Physical Properties Mar 12 2008 2:30PM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Carmen Almasan, Kent State University
S11 Theory of Superconductivity in Cuprates I Mar 12 2008 2:30PM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Alexander Balatsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory
S12 Strongly Correlated Quantum Phases Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 203 Morial Convention Center	Shailesh Chandrasekharan, Duke University
S13 Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory I Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 204 Morial Convention Center	Andrew Rappe, University of Pennsylvania
S14 Fermions in Optical Lattices Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 205 Morial Convention Center	Ana Maria Rey, Harvard University
S15 Superconducting Qubits III Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 207 Morial Convention Center	Franco Nori, University of Michigan & RIKEN
S16 Focus Session: General Techniques and Radiation Therapies in Biological Physics Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 208 Morial Convention Center	Paul Gueye, Hampton University
S17 Quantum Fluids and Solids II Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 209 Morial Convention Center	Henry Glyde, University of Delaware
S18 Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Nanomaterials II: Assembly and Fabrication Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 210 Morial Convention Center	Hendrik Heinz, University of Akron
S19 Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors III Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 211 Morial Convention Center	Eugene Haller, University of California, Berkeley
S20 Focus Session: Engineering Interfaces for New Materials III: Heterogeneous Interfaces Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 212 Morial Convention Center	Eduardo Saiz, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory
S21 Focus Session: Fundamental Issues in Catalysis III Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 213 Morial Convention Center	Steve Overbury, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
S22 Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Contacts and Interfaces Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 214 Morial Convention Center	Dave Gundlach, National Institute of Standards and Technology
S23 Focus Session: Nanostructured Oxides and Thin Films Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 215 Morial Convention Center	Grace Lu, University of Southern California
S24 Fullerenes (not nanotubes) Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 216 Morial Convention Center	Dan Finkenstadt, Naval Research Laboratory
S25 Gels and Elastomers Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 217 Morial Convention Center	Hiroshi Watanabe, University of Kyoto
S26 Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science I Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 218 Morial Convention Center	Kevin Wilson, Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory
S27 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanowires and Nanodots II Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 219 Morial Convention Center	Daniel Ralph, Cornell University
S28 Superlattices and Nanostructures (Wires, Dots, etc.): Optical Properties II Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 220 Morial Convention Center	Michael Scheibner, Naval Research Laboratory
S29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XI: Optical Spectroscopy Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 221 Morial Convention Center	James Hone, Columbia University
S30 Nanotubes, Transport, and Other Properties Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 222 Morial Convention Center	Vincent Crespi, Pennsylvania State University
S31 Focus Session: Multiferroics I: 113 and 125 Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 223 Morial Convention Center	Valery Kiryukhin, Rutgers University
S32 Focus Session: Magnetic Tunneling Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 225 Morial Convention Center	Jack Bass, Michigan State University
S33 Focus Session: Mostly III-V Semiconductors Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 224 Morial Convention Center	Steve von Molnar, Florida State University
S35 Focus Session: Nanotechnology I Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 227 Morial Convention Center	Keith Williams, University of Virginia
S36 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage III: Novel Porous and Sorbent Materials Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 228 Morial Convention Center	Hui Wu, NIST Center for Neutron Research
S37 Effect of Strain on Ferroelectrics Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 229 Morial Convention Center	Maitri Warusawithana, Pennsylvania State University
S39 Systems Far From Equilibrium and Other Topics in Statistical Physics Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 231 Morial Convention Center	Robert Ziff, University of Michigan
S40 History of Physics Mar 12 2008 2:30PM 232 Morial Convention Center	George Zimmerman, Boston University
T1 Quarks to Cosmos: Breaking News at the Interface of Particle, Nuclear and Astrophysics Mar 12 2008 7:30PM Carondelet (3rd floor) New Orleans Marriott	Arthur Bienenstock, APS President, Stanford University
T16 Town Hall Meeting: Materials Physics at Gigabar Pressures Mar 12 2008 5:30PM 208 Morial Convention Center	Russell Hemley, Carnegie Institution for Science
U1 Isakson Prize, Adler Award, Nicholson Medal Session Mar 13 2008 8:00AM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	David Pine, New York University
U2 Electron Nematics Mar 13 2008 8:00AM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Jan Zaanen, University of Leiden
U3 Simple Views on Polymers at Surfaces and Interfaces: Symposium Honoring P G de Gennes Mar 13 2008 8:00AM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	E. Raphael
U4 Interferometry in the Quantum Hall Regime Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 206 Morial Convention Center	Steven Simon, Lucent Tech/Bell Labs-Murray
U5 Epitaxial Oxide/Semiconductor Systems Mar 13 2008 8:00AM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Alex Demkov, University of Texas at Austin
U6 Computational and Theoretical Challenges in Predicting Climate Change Mar 13 2008 8:00AM RO4 Morial Convention Center	David Bader, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
U7 Physics Demonstrations and Strategies for Teaching and Public Outreach Mar 13 2008 8:00AM RO5 Morial Convention Center	James McGuire, Tulane University
U8 Colloidal Manipulation Techniques Mar 13 2008 8:00AM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Vinothan Manoharan, Harvard University
U9 Fluctuations, Phase Transitions and the Polar Kerr Effect Mar 13 2008 8:00AM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Jeff Tallon, Industrial Research Ltd., New Zealand
U10 Superconductivity: Magnetic Field Effects Mar 13 2008 8:00AM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Neil Sullivan, University of Florida
U11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Enhancement of Superconducting Properties Mar 13 2008 8:00AM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Alex Koshelev, Argonne National Laboratory
U12 Strongly Correlated Electron Systems: Quantum Phase Transitions Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 203 Morial Convention Center	Andrew Millis, Columbia University
U13 Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory II Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 204 Morial Convention Center	Claudia Ambrosch-Draxl, University of Leoben-Austria
U14 Focus Session: Exotic Phases in Ultracold Fermi Gases Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 205 Morial Convention Center	Mehmet Oktel, Bilkent University
U15 Focus Session: Open Quantum Systems and Decoherence Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 207 Morial Convention Center	Sergio Boixo, University of New Mexico
U16 Focus Session: Medical Physics and Radiation Biology Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 208 Morial Convention Center	Richard Britten, Eastern Virginia Medical School
U17 Proteins in Membranes and the Cytoskeleton Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 209 Morial Convention Center	Robijn Bruinsma, University of California, Los Angeles
U18 Focus Session: Polymer Collapse and Protein Folding Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 210 Morial Convention Center	Tom Truskett, University of Texas at Austin
U19 Computational Methods: Dynamics, Transport, and Plasma Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 211 Morial Convention Center	Michael Zachariah, University of Maryland
U20 Focus Session: Metal Surfaces, Interfaces, and Thin Films Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 212 Morial Convention Center	Mina Yoon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
U21 Surfaces and Interfaces I Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 213 Morial Convention Center	Arthur Reber, Virginia Commonwealth University
U22 Focus Session: Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in Biomolecules Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 214 Morial Convention Center	Christy Landes, University of Houston
U23 Focus Session: Manganite Thin Films Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 215 Morial Convention Center	Amlan Biswas, University of Florida
U24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures VI: Nonequilibrium Phenomena and Noise Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 216 Morial Convention Center	Jeff Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
U25 Theory and Simulation II Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 217 Morial Convention Center	Marina Guenza, University of Oregon
U26 Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science II Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 218 Morial Convention Center	Ruth Signorell, University of British Columbia
U27 Correlated Electrons: Theory, Actinides, and Ising Systems Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 219 Morial Convention Center	Makariy Tanatar, University of Sherbrooke
U28 Focus Session: Semiconductor Qubit Approaches II Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 220 Morial Convention Center	Malcolm Carroll, Sandia National Laboratories
U29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XII: Graphene Transport Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 221 Morial Convention Center	Allan MacDonald, University of Texas
U30 Electronic Properties of Graphene and Related Structures IV Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 222 Morial Convention Center	Mike Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory
U31 Focus Session: Multiferroics II: Theory and LuFe2O4 Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 223 Morial Convention Center	Nicola Spaldin, University of California, Santa Barbara
U32 Focus Session: Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 225 Morial Convention Center	Ilya Krivorotov, University of California, Irvine
U33 Focus Session: Theory and Simulations of Magnetism I Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 224 Morial Convention Center	Xiaoguang Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laborattory
U35 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage IV: Theoretical Predictions Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 227 Morial Convention Center	Karl Johnson, University of Pittsburgh
U36 Nanoinstrumentation for Biological and Other Applications Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 228 Morial Convention Center	Robert Guertin, Tufts University
U37 Transport Properties of Semiconductors: 2-D Systems Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 229 Morial Convention Center	Giti Khodaparast, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
U38 Focus Session: Ferroelectric Oxide Superlattices and Oxide Thermoelectrics Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 230 Morial Convention Center	Jean-Mare Triscone, University of Geneva
U39 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 231 Morial Convention Center	Sidney Redner, Boston University
U40 Biomolecular Computation Mar 13 2008 8:00AM 232 Morial Convention Center	Margaret Cheung, University of Houston
V1 Recent Advances in Soft Complex Materials Using Neutron Scattering Mar 13 2008 11:15AM LaLouisiane AB Morial Convention Center	Alan J. Hurd, Los Alamos National Laboratory
V2 Facilities for Meeting Grand Challenges Mar 13 2008 11:15AM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Gwyn Williams, Thomas Jefferson Laboratory National Accelerator Facility
V3 Industrial Physics History Mar 13 2008 11:15AM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	Gloria B. Lubkin, American Institute of Physics
V4 Electronic Excitations in Organic Molecular Crystals/Fluctuating Fronts: Beyond a Popular Mean-Field Theory Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 206 Morial Convention Center	Vitaly Podzorov, Rutgers University
V5 Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned from Katrina: How to Prepare a Department for Catastrophic Events Mar 13 2008 11:15AM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Andrew Post-Zwicker, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
V7 Oscillations and Segmentation: Dynamical Genetic Regulation in Time and Space Mar 13 2008 11:15AM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Mogens Jensen, Niels Bohr Institute
V8 Liquid Crystals I: Structure and Defects Mar 13 2008 11:15AM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Oleg Lavrentovich, Kent State University
V9 Computational Methods: Multiscale Modeling Mar 13 2008 11:15AM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Kathie Newman, University of Notre Dame
V10 Proximity Effect, Electron-doped Cuprates, STM Mar 13 2008 11:15AM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Thomas Lemberger, Ohio State Universtiy
V11 Quasiparticle Dispersion and Coupling in Cuprates Mar 13 2008 11:15AM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Dan Dessau, University of Colorado at Boulder
V12 Metal Insulator Transition I: Vanadium Oxides and Others Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 203 Morial Convention Center	M. Brian Maple, University of California, San Diego
V13 Focus Session: Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory III Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 204 Morial Convention Center	Wei Ku, Brookhaven National Laboratory
V14 BEC-BCS Crossover Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 205 Morial Convention Center	Meera Parish, Princeton University
V15 Quantum Error Correction and Control Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 207 Morial Convention Center	Lorenza Viola, Dartmouth College
V16 Focus Session: Medical Imaging and Related Technologies Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 208 Morial Convention Center	Christopher Njeh, Tyler Cancer Center
V17 Focus Session: Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics of Small Systems Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 209 Morial Convention Center	Chris Jarzynski, University of Maryland
V18 Focus Session: Properties of Block Copolymers Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 210 Morial Convention Center	Thomas Epps, University of Delaware
V19 New Frontiers for Biological Physics Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 211 Morial Convention Center	Ali Mohazab, University of British Columbia
V20 Phase Transitions: Structural, Electronic, and Magnetic Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 212 Morial Convention Center	Ted Einstein, University of Maryland
V21 Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers I Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 213 Morial Convention Center	Jodie Lutkenhaus, Yale University
V22 Focus Session: Organic Electronics: Molecular Junctions Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 214 Morial Convention Center	James Kushmerick, National Institute of Standards and Technology
V23 Focus Session: Charge/Orbital Ordering in Complex Oxides Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 215 Morial Convention Center	Jeff Lynn, National Institute of Standards and Technology
V24 Focus Session: Transport in Nanostructures VII: Si Interfaces and Carbon Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 216 Morial Convention Center	Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
V25 Focus Session: Interfaces and Adhesion I Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 217 Morial Convention Center	Karl Freed, University of Chicago
V26 Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science III Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 218 Morial Convention Center	Daniel Knopf, State University of New York
V27 Focus Session: Frustrated Theory Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 219 Morial Convention Center	Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University
V28 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures VI: Nanoscale Metamaterials Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 220 Morial Convention Center	Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue University
V29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XIII: Synthesis Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 221 Morial Convention Center	Vasili Perebeinos, IBM
V30 Nanotubes and Nanowires II: Other Properties I Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 222 Morial Convention Center	Tony Heinz, Columbia University
V31 Focus Session: Oxide Interfaces II Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 223 Morial Convention Center	Arunava Gupta, University of Alabama
V32 Focus Session: Magnetic Semiconductors and Novel Magnetic Materials Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 225 Morial Convention Center	Kenneth Burch, Los Alamos National Laboratory
V33 Focus Session: Theory of Spin Phenomena in Semiconductors Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 224 Morial Convention Center	Michael Flatte, University of Iowa
V34 Panel Discussion: International Gender Issues in Physics Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 226 Morial Convention Center	Beverly Hartline
V35 Focus Session: Thermoelectric Phenomena in Nanostructured Materials Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 227 Morial Convention Center	Chris Vineis, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
V36 Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy IV: Optical and High Frequency Methods Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 228 Morial Convention Center	Phillip First, Georgia Institute of Technology
V37 QHE and FQHE Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 229 Morial Convention Center	Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories
V38 Focus Session: Multiferroics and Multiferroic Composites Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 230 Morial Convention Center	Claude Ederer, Trinity College, Ireland
V39 Focus Session: Jamming I: Theory Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 231 Morial Convention Center	Wouter Ellenbroek, University of Pennsylvania
V40 Nucleic Acids: Structure and Function Mar 13 2008 11:15AM 232 Morial Convention Center	Noel Clark, University of Colorado
W2 Electronic Structure, Magnetism and Superconductivity of Sodium Cobaltate Mar 13 2008 2:30PM LaLouisiane C Morial Convention Center	Michelle Johannes, Naval Research Laboratory
W3 Dislocation Patterns and Avalanches Mar 13 2008 2:30PM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	Charles Reichardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory
W4 Dynamics of Polymers Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 206 Morial Convention Center	Ralph Colby, Pennsylvania State University
W5 Sensing Science and Sensors for Industrial Applications Mar 13 2008 2:30PM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Mohsen Yaganeh, Exxon Mobil
W6 Strong Interacting Fermi Gases with Spin Asymmetry Mar 13 2008 2:30PM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Roberto Diener, Ohio State University
W7 Nonlinear Dynamics of Neural Systems: A Statistical Mechanics of the Brain Mar 13 2008 2:30PM RO5 Morial Convention Center	John Beggs, Indiana University
W8 Liquid Crystals II: Dynamics and Topology Mar 13 2008 2:30PM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Robin Selinger, Kent State University
W9 Theoretical Methods and Applications Mar 13 2008 2:30PM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Alexander Tchernatinsky, University of Minnesota
W10 Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems III Mar 13 2008 2:30PM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Ilya Vekhter, Louisiana State University
W11 Theory of Superconductivity in Cuprates II Mar 13 2008 2:30PM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Mohit Randeria, Ohio State University
W12 Metal Insulator Transition II: Theory Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 203 Morial Convention Center	Jim Freericks, Georgetown University
W13 Quantum Monte Carlo Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 204 Morial Convention Center	Matthias Troyer, ETH Zurich
W14 Quantum Optics Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 205 Morial Convention Center	Mark Edwards, Georgia Southern University
W15 Quantum Entanglement II Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 207 Morial Convention Center	Ian Durham, Saint Anselm College
W16 Focus Session: Novel Biomedical Techniques Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 208 Morial Convention Center	Paul Gueye, Hampton University
W17 General Biological Physics Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 209 Morial Convention Center	Dean Astumian, University of Maine
W18 Focus Session: Dynamics of Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 210 Morial Convention Center	Ferenc Horkay, National Institutes of Health
W19 Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors IV Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 211 Morial Convention Center	Matthew McCluskey, Washington State University
W20 Oxide Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 212 Morial Convention Center	Arthur Smith, Ohio University
W21 Surfaces and Interfaces II Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 213 Morial Convention Center	Will Castleman, Pennsylvania State University
W22 Focus Session: Organic Photovoltaics and LEDs Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 214 Morial Convention Center	Chang Ryu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
W23 Focus Session: Manganites II Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 215 Morial Convention Center	Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland
W24 Glassy and Amorphous Systems Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 216 Morial Convention Center	Bruno Uchoa, Boston University
W25 Focus Session: Biopolymers: Molecules, Solutions and Networks II Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 217 Morial Convention Center	Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley
W26 Focus Session: Advances in Atmospheric Aerosol Science IV Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 218 Morial Convention Center	Laura Voss, Bowdoin College
W27 Focus Session: Spin Glasses and SrCu2(BO3)2 Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 219 Morial Convention Center	Matt Stone, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
W28 Superlattices and Nanostructures: Electronic Properties II Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 220 Morial Convention Center	Jong Han, State University of New York at Buffalo
W29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XIV: Theory and Sensing Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 221 Morial Convention Center	Sankar Das Sarma, University of MarylandBob Haddon, University of California, Riverside
W30 Nanotubes and Nanowires III: Other Properties II Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 222 Morial Convention Center	Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
W31 Focus Session: New Materials and Properties of Complex Oxides Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 223 Morial Convention Center	Amos Sharoni, University of California, San Diego
W32 Focus Session: Domain Wall Motion and Itinerant Magnetism Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 225 Morial Convention Center	Rembert Duine, Utrecht University
W33 Focus Session: Spins in Narrow Gap Semiconductors Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 224 Morial Convention Center	Berry Jonker, Naval Research Laboratory
W35 Focus Session: Nanotechnology II Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 227 Morial Convention Center	Curt Richter, National Institute of Standards and Technology
W36 Focus Session: Materials for Photovoltaics and Photocatalysis III Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 228 Morial Convention Center	David Ginley, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
W37 Focus Session: Multiferrocity in BiFeO$_3$-based films Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 229 Morial Convention Center	Craig Fennie, Argonne National Laboratory
W39 Focus Session: Jamming II: Packing and Force Networks Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 231 Morial Convention Center	Gregg Lois, Yale University
W40 Focus Session: Networks, Regulation, and Pathways in Cell Biology Mar 13 2008 2:30PM 232 Morial Convention Center	Rahul Kulkarni, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
X3 Interface Phenomena in Oxides Mar 14 2008 8:00AM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	James Eckstein, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
X4 Approaching Quantum Limits in Optomechanical Systems Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 206 Morial Convention Center	Konrad Lehnert, JILA, NIST/University of Colorado
X5 Superconducting Sources of THz-Radiation Mar 14 2008 8:00AM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Kazuo Kadowaki, University of Tsukuba
X6 Tunnel Magnetoresistance: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Mar 14 2008 8:00AM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Igor Zutic, State University of New York at Buffalo
X7 Understanding Strongly Correlated Materials with Dynamical Mean Field Theory Methods Mar 14 2008 8:00AM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Matthias Troyer, Theoretische Physik, ETH Zurich
X8 Focus Session: Wormlike Micellar Fluids and Vesicles Mar 14 2008 8:00AM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Andrew Belmonte, Pennsylvania State University
X9 Focus Session: Spinor Condensates and Dipolar Gases Mar 14 2008 8:00AM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Chris Greene, University of Colorado
X10 Superconducting Devices and Applications Mar 14 2008 8:00AM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Constantine Vlahacos, University of Maryland
X11 Focus Session: MgB2-like: Properties of Exotic Superconductors Mar 14 2008 8:00AM RO9 Morial Convention Center	Peihong Zhang, University of Buffalo
X12 Charge Density Wave and Charge Order Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 203 Morial Convention Center	Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
X13 Quantum Monte Carlo Methods and Strongly Correlated Systems Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 204 Morial Convention Center	Anders Sandvik, Boston University
X15 Emerging Nano-based Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Approaches to Cancer Treatment Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 207 Morial Convention Center	Larry Nagahara, National Cancer Institute
X18 Focus Session: Dynamics and Structures in Polymer Melts, Gels and Glasses Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 210 Morial Convention Center	Lynden Archer, Cornell University
X22 Organic Magnetics and Bio-Electronics Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 214 Morial Convention Center	Fabio Cicoira, Cornell University
X23 Focus Session: Multiferroics III: Other Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 215 Morial Convention Center	Sam Lofland, Rowan University
X24 Nanotubes: Transport, Synthesis and Growth Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 216 Morial Convention Center	Vincent Crespi, Pennsylvania State University
X25 Block Copolymer Phase Behavior Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 217 Morial Convention Center	Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley
X27 Focus Session: Exchange Bias and Magnetic Interactions Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 219 Morial Convention Center	Christian Binek, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
X28 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures VII: Surface Plasmons and Periodic Arrays Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 220 Morial Convention Center	Ho-Bun Chan, University of Florida
X29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XV: Electronic Structure and Optical Properties Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 221 Morial Convention Center	Eva Andrei, Rutgers University
X30 Composite and Porous Media Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 222 Morial Convention Center	Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
X31 Focus Session: Ruthenates Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 223 Morial Convention Center	Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory
X32 Focus Session: Magnetic Sensors Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 225 Morial Convention Center	Thomas Crawford, University of South Carolina
X33 Focus Session: Magnetic Resonance in Magnetic Semiconductors Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 224 Morial Convention Center	Roland Kawakami, University of California, Riverside
X35 Semiconducting Devices and Applications Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 227 Morial Convention Center	Tom Oder, Youngstown State University
X36 Advances in Instrumentation and Measurements Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 228 Morial Convention Center	Charles Agosta, Clark University
X37 Semiconductors IV: Electronic and Optical Properties II Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 229 Morial Convention Center	Udo Pernisz, Dow Corning Corp.
X39 Miscellaneous Topics in Statistical Physics Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 231 Morial Convention Center	Bill Klein, Boston University
X40 Self Assembled Protein Cages Mar 14 2008 8:00AM 232 Morial Convention Center	William Klug, University of California, Los Angeles
Y3 Novel Physics and Quantum Interference in Weakly Disordered Graphene Devices Mar 14 2008 11:15AM RO2 - RO3 Morial Convention Center	Alberto Morpurgo, Technical Univerisity of Delft
Y4 New Symmetries and Excitations in Multiferroics Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 206 Morial Convention Center	Dennis Drew, University of Maryland
Y5 Charged and Ion-Containing Polymers II Mar 14 2008 11:15AM RO1 Morial Convention Center	Ron Hedden, Pennsylvania State University
Y6 Industrial Advanced Characterizations Mar 14 2008 11:15AM RO4 Morial Convention Center	Mark Disko, Exxon Mobile Research and Engineering Co.
Y7 Control of Light with Bacteriorhodopsin Mar 14 2008 11:15AM RO5 Morial Convention Center	Gopal Rao, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Y8 Hydrodynamics of Surfaces and Films Mar 14 2008 11:15AM RO6 Morial Convention Center	Elizabeth Mann, Kent State University
Y9 BEC/Matter Optics/Atom Interferometry Mar 14 2008 11:15AM RO7 Morial Convention Center	Conjung Wu, University of California, San Diego
Y10 Superconducting Nanostructures II Mar 14 2008 11:15AM RO8 Morial Convention Center	Timir Datta, University of South Carolina
Y11 Oxide Spectroscopy Mar 14 2008 11:15AM RO9 Morial Convention Center	J. Steven Dodge, Simon Fraser University
Y12 General Theory Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 203 Morial Convention Center	Anne Chaka, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Y13 Classical Molecular Dynamics and Fluids Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 204 Morial Convention Center	Brian Good, NASA GRC
Y15 Focus Session: Quantum Metrology and Control: Fundamental Limits and Applications Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 207 Morial Convention Center	Lorenza Viola, Dartmouth College
Y18 Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 210 Morial Convention Center	Peter Green, University of Michigan
Y22 Interfaces and Adhesion II Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 214 Morial Convention Center	Alexei Sokolov, University of Akron
Y23 Focus Session: Electronic Structure of Complex Oxides Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 215 Morial Convention Center	Bill Butler, University of Alabama
Y24 Nanotube Devices and Applications Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 216 Morial Convention Center	Gary Pennington, Army Research Laboratory
Y25 Theory and Simulations III Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 217 Morial Convention Center	Hank Ashbaugh, Tulane University
Y27 Focus Session: Kagome Magnets Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 219 Morial Convention Center	Ying Chen, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Y28 Superlattices and Nanostructures: Electronic Properties III Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 220 Morial Convention Center	Xuedong Hu, University at Buffalo SUNY
Y29 Focus Session: Carbon Nanotubes and Related Materials XVI: Mechanical and Thermal Properties Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 221 Morial Convention Center	David Tomanek, Michigan State University
Y30 Low Dimensional Systems Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 222 Morial Convention Center	Michael Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory
Y31 Focus Session: Sodium Cobaltites Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 223 Morial Convention Center	David Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Y32 Focus Session: Theory and Simulations of Magnetism II Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 225 Morial Convention Center	Peter Dederichs, IFF Research Center Juelich
Y33 Focus Session: Diluted Magnetic Oxides Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 224 Morial Convention Center	Stuf Wolf, University of Virginia
Y36 Focus Session: Artificial Neurons Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 228 Morial Convention Center	Unil Perera, Georgia State University
Y37 Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Semiconductors Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 229 Morial Convention Center	Terry Alford, Arizona State University
Y39 Other Topics in Statistical Physics Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 231 Morial Convention Center	Harvey Gould, Clark University
Y40 Bionanotechnology Mar 14 2008 11:15AM 232 Morial Convention Center	David Nolte, Purdue University

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