Bulletin of the American Physical Society

2009 APS March Meeting

Volume 54, Number 1

Monday–Friday, March 16–20, 2009; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Chair Index

A1 Graphene - Spectroscopies Mar 16 2009 8:00AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Amir Yacoby, Harvard University.
A2 Transport in Oxide Interfaces Mar 16 2009 8:00AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC	Darrell Schlom, Cornell University
A3 Fe-based Superconductors: Pairing Symmetry Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 301/302	Fu-Chun Zhang, University of Hong Kong
A4 Polymers and Energy Applications Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 306/307	Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley
A5 Nanostructuring with Ions Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 401/402	John Melngailis, University of Maryland
A6 Computational Physics in Research and Teaching: GRC Topics and Themes Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 406	Wolfgang Christian, Davidson College
A7 Systems Biology of Natural and Synthetic Circuits Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 407	Jan Skotheim, Standford University
A8 Quantum Information meets Many-Particle Physics Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 414/415	David DiVincenzo, IBM Watson
A9 Systems Far from Equilibrium I Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 303	Royce Zia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
A10 Focus Session: Ferroelectrics I Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 304	Matthew Dawber, Stonybrook University
A11 Superlattices, Nanostructures, Materials: Synthesis, Growth and Characterization Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 305	Joe Tischler, Naval Research Laboratory
A12 Directed Organization of Nanostructured Films Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 308	Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland
A13 Focus Session: Metropolis Thesis Prize and Multiscale Modeling Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 309	Jorge Jose, SUNY Buffalo
A14 Instabilities, Turbulence and Nonlinear Flows Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 315	Guenter Ahlers, University of California, Santa Barbara
A15 Soft Matter, Fluid Structure and Properties Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 316	Wendy Zhang, University of Chicago
A16 Quantum Fermi Gases and Feshbach Resonances Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 317	Martin Zwierlein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A17 Focus Session: Photons and Quantum Dots Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 318	Thaddeus Ladd, Stanford University
A18 Bulk Block Copolymers I Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 319	Thomas Epps, University of Delaware
A19 The Physics of Polymer Nanocomposites: Polymer Nanoparticle Interactions Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 320	Amalie Frischknecht, Sandia National Laboratories
A20 Spatially Confined Polymer Materials Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 321	Joanne Budzien, Sandia National Laboratories
A21 Semiconductors: 2D Electrons and Transport Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 323	Michael Zudov, University of Minnesota
A22 Focus Session: Spins in Group III-V and II-VI Semiconductors Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 324	Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota
A23 Plasmons and Optical Absorption Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 325	David Singh, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A24 Focus Session: Nanotube Synthesis Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 326	Avetik Harutyunyan, Honda Research
A25 Focus Session: Graphene I: Electronic Properties Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 327	Jules Carbotte, McMaster University
A26 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience I: Inorganic Nanostructures and Interfaces Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 328	Peihong Zhang, SUNY Buffalo
A27 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy I: Low Temperatures Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 329	Cyrus Hirjibehedin, London Centre for Nanotechnology
A28 Bionanotechnology Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 330	Xinsheng (Sean) Ling, Brown University
A29 Spin Glasses and Disordered Magnetic Materials Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 333	Ben Ueland, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Center for Neutron Research
A30 Focus Session: Vanadates, Iridates and Other Oxides Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 334	Stephen Nagler, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
A31 Focus Session: Molecular Nanomagnets Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 335	Michael Pechan, Miami University
A32 Magnetization and Spin Dynamics Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 336	Ion Garate, University of Texas at Austin
A33 Superconductivity: ARPES Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 403	Barrett Wells, University of Connecticut
A34 Superconductivity: Spin Properties Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 404	John Tranquada, Brookhaven National Laboratory
A35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors I: Synthesis and New Materials Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 405	David Larbelestier, Florida State University
A36 Carbon Nanotubes: Electrical Transport and Noise Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 408	Hui Tang, Yale University,
A37 Focus Session: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory I Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 409	Adam Wasserman, Purdue University
A38 Focus Session: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically-inspired Solar Energy Harvesting I Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 410	Greg Scholes, University of Toronto
A39 Cellular Biomechanics I Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 411	Jennifer Schwarz, Syracuse University
A40 Proteins: Structure and Functions I Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 412	Ching-Hwa Kiang, Rice University
A41 Heavy Fermions Mar 16 2009 8:00AM 413	Rena Zieve, University of California, Davis
B1 New Experimental Developments in Graphene Mar 16 2009 11:15AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Eva Andrei, Rutgers University
B2 HTSC: Fermi Pockets and Quantum Oscillations Mar 16 2009 11:15AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC	Robert Laughlin, Stanford University
B3 10,000 Undergraduate Physics Majors: Progress on Doubling Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 301/302	Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas
B4 Polymer Translocation Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 306/307	Murugappan Muthukumar, University of Massachusetts
B5 Heterogeneous Integration on Silicon Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 401/402	Ganesh Samudra, National University of Singapore
B6 Panel Discussion: Physics in Africa Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 406	Abebe Kebede, North Carolina A&T University
B7 Bacterial Growth Laws and Systems Biology Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 407	Terence Hwa, University of California, San Diego
B8 Spectroscopy of Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 414/415	Erich Mueller, Cornell University
B9 GSNP Student Speaker Award Session and Applications of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics in the Life Sciences Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 303	Harvey Gould, Clark University
B10 Focus Session: Ferroelectrics II Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 304	Javier Junquera, Universidad de Cantabria
B11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures I: Surface Assemblies and Films Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 305	Douglas Natelson, Rice University
B12 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Metal Thin Films Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 308	Theodore Einstein, University of Maryland
B13 SPS Undergraduate Research I Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 309	Gary White, American Institute of Physics
B14 Focus Session: Colloids I: Physical Behavior and Mechanisms Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 315	Eric Weeks, Emory University
B15 Current Fluid Mechanics Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 316	Shelley Anna, Carnegie Mellon University
B16 Cold Fusion Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 317	Scott Chubb, Naval Research Laboratory
B17 Focus Session: Progress towards Scalable Quantum Information Processing Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 318	Mark Dykman, Michigan State University
B18 Focus Session: Templated Assembly of Polymers Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 319	Alamgir Karim, University of Akron
B19 Focus Session: Polymers and Ionic Liquids Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 320	Peggy Cebe, Tufts University
B20 Focus Session: Polymers and Energy: Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Batteries I Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 321	Bumjoon Kim, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
B21 Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors I Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 323	Eugene Haller, University of California, Berkeley
B22 Focus Session: Theory of Spin-based Semiconductor Devices Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 324	Lukasz Cywinski, University of Maryland
B23 Alloy Theory Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 325	Benjamin Burton, National Institute of Standards and Technology
B24 Focus Session: Nanotube Characterization Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 326	Cary Yang, Santa Clara University
B25 Graphene II: Electronic Properties and QHE Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 327	Ziqiang Wang, Boston College
B26 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience II: Mechanics, Dynamics, and Assembly Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 328	Dennis Rapaport,, Bar-Ilan University
B27 Plasmonics and Metamaterials Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 329	Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology, Chris Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara
B28 Focus Session: Graphene II: Synthesis and Characterization Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 330	Yu-Ming Lin, IBM
B29 Spin-Dependent Transport Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 333	Sergei Urazhdin, West Virginia University
B30 Focus Session: Manganite Superlattices Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 334	Satoshi Okamoto, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
B31 Focus Session: Dimers and Other Frustrated Structures Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 335	Chris Wiebe, Florida State University
B32 Cooperative Phenomena (incl. Spin Structures, Spin Waves, Phase Transitions) I Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 336	Paul Haney, National Institute of Standards and Technology
B33 Superconductivity: Mostly Cuprates Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 403	Timir Datta, University of South Carolina
B34 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors II: Quantum Oscillations, Electronic Structure and Magnetism Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 404	Vladimir Antropov, Ames Laboratory
B35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors III: General Theory Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 405	Alex Koshelev, Argonne National Laboratory
B36 Carbon Nanotubes: Devices and Applications Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 408	Masa Ishigami, University of Central Florida
B37 Focus Session: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory II Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 409	Paula Mori-Sanchez, Duke University
B38 Focus Session: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically-inspired Solar Energy Harvesting II Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 410	Bern Kohler, Ohio State University
B39 Cellular Biomechanics II Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 411	Arpita Upadhyaya, University of Maryland
B40 Proteins: Structure and Function II Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 412	Paul Janmey, University of Pennsylvania
B41 Heavy Fermion 115 Superconductors Mar 16 2009 11:15AM 413	Carlos Bolech, Rice University
D1 Phase Transitions and Transport in Quantum Hall Superfluids Mar 16 2009 2:30PM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Allan MacDonald, University of Texas at Austin
D2 HTSC: New Developments Mar 16 2009 2:30PM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC	Chandra Varma, University of California, Riverdside
D3 Pake, McGroddy, and Industrial Application of Physics Prizes, Adler Award Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 301/302	Mark Lee, Sandia National Laboratories
D4 Spin Qubits in Quantum Dots Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 306/307	Jason Petta, Princeton University
D5 Origins of Silicon Valley Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 401/402	Gloria Lubkin, American Institute of Physics
D6 Predictive Materials Design for Alternative Energy Storage Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 406	Zhenyu Zhang, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
D7 Rare Events in Physics and Population Dynamics Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 407	Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
D8 Unconventional Spin Torques Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 414/415	Shufeng Zhang, University of Missouri
D9 Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects I Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 303	Dominic Vella, DAMTP, Cambridge and LPS ENS, Paris
D10 Focus Session: Ferroelectrics III and Piezoelectrics Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 304	Alexei Grigoriev, University of Tulsa
D11 Optical Properties of Dots, Wires and Superlattices Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 305	Michael Scheibner, Naval Research Laboratory
D12 Novel Instrumentation and Techniques in Surface Science Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 308	MIchael Dreyer, University of Maryland
D13 SPS Undergraduate Research II Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 309	Gary White, American Institute of Physics
D14 Colloids II: Structure and Rheology Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 315	David Pine, New York University
D15 Monolayers, Membranes and Microemulsions Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 316	Erik Luijten, Northwestern University
D16 Focus Session: BEC-BCS Crossover Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 317	Kathy Levin, University of Chicago
D17 Focus Session: Foundations of Quantum Theory Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 318	Ian Durham, Saint Anselm College
D18 Focus Session: Transport and Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers and other Solution Processable Semiconductors Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 319	Anvar Zakhidov, University of Texas at Dallas
D19 Focus Session: Grazing Incidence Scattering and New Imaging Techniques Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 320	Marcus Cicerone, National Institute of Standards and Technology
D20 Polymers and Energy: Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Batteries II Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 321	Azar Alizadeh, General Electric
D21 Semiconductors: Transport Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 323	Sergey Vitkalov, City University of New York
D22 Focus Session: Spins in Group IV Semiconductors Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 324	Bruce Kane, LPS, University of Maryland
D23 Diffusion and Transport Properties Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 325	Duane Johnston, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
D24 Focus Session: Nanotube manipulation and processing Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 326	Michael Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory
D25 Focus Session: Graphene III: Growth and Structure Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 327	Alessandra Lanzara, University of California, Berkeley
D26 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience III: Defects, Doping, and Structure Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 328	Paul Kent, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
D27 Advances in Instrumentation and Measurement I Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 329	Larry Rubin, MIT
D28 Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Oxides and Complex Crystals Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 330	Ali Shakouri, University of California, Santa Cruz
D29 Focus Session: The Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshops I Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 333	Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas
D30 Focus Session: Cobaltite and Manganite films Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 334	Chris Leighton, University of Minnesota
D31 Focus Session: Quantum Magnets Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 335	Ray Osborn, Argonne National Laboratory
D32 Focus Session: Spin Dependent Physics in Organic Materials and Graphene Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 336	Tiffany Santos, Argonne National Laboratory
D33 Superconducting Theory I Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 403	Dennis Newnes, IBM
D34 Superconductivity: Josephson Effects Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 404	Ulrich Welp, Argonne National Laboratory
D35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors IV: General Experiment Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 405	Rick Greene, University of Maryland
D36 Carbon Nanotubes: Low Temperature Electronic Properties Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 408	Xia Hong, Pennsylvania State University
D37 Focus Session: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory III Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 409	Alberto Castro, Free University of Berlin
D38 Focus Session: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically-inspired Solar Energy Harvesting III Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 410	Martin Plenio, Imperial College
D39 Focus Session: Noise and Fluctuations in Biochemical Networks Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 411	Jayajit Das, Ohio State University
D40 Nucleic Acids: Packaging, Ejection and Translocation Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 412	Xiangyun Qiu, National Institutes of Health
D41 Hidden Order and Quantum Criticality in Heavy Fermions Mar 16 2009 2:30PM 413	Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland
E1 APS Prizes and Awards Ceremonial Session Mar 16 2009 5:45PM 301/302	Cherry Murray, APS President, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
G1 Energy and the Environment Mar 16 2009 8:00PM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Allen Goldman, University of Minnesota
H1 Electronic Structure of Disordered Graphene Mar 17 2009 8:00AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Allan MacDonald, University of Texas at Austin
H2 Polymer Physics Prize Symposium Honoring Steve Granick Mar 17 2009 8:00AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC	MIchael Rubinstein, University of North Carolina
H3 New Frontiers in Biomolecular Physics Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 301/302	Dean Astumian, University of Maine
H4 New Developments in Heavy Electron Superconductivity Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 306/307	Joe Thompson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
H5 Physicists as Entreprenuers Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 401/402	Venky Venkatesan, Neocera
H6 Quench Dynamics and Thermalization in Quantum Systems Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 406	Vladimir Gritsev, Harvard University
H7 Cellular Imaging at the Nanometer Scale Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 407	K.C. Huang, Stanford University
H8 The Greening of the City of Pittsburgh: The History, Science and Examples Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 414/415	Brian Schwartz, City University of New York
H9 Complex Networks and Their Applications Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 303	Ira Schwartz, Naval Research Laboratory
H10 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures I: Quantum Dots Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 304	Jie Shan, Case Western Reserve University
H11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures II: Molecular Junctions I Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 305	Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University
H12 Focus Session: Directed Organization of Molecular Semiconducting Films Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 308	Daniel Dougherty, North Carolina State University
H13 Numerical Methods for Strongly Correlated System: Heisenberg and Density Matrix Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 309	James Chelikowsky, University of Texas at Austin
H14 Colloids III: Formation and Control Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 315	Itai Cohen, Cornell University
H15 Low Dimensional Magnetism (including molecules and surfaces) Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 316	William Ratcliff,, National Institute of Standards and Technology
H16 Matter waves and Quantum Optics Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 317	Dan Goldbaum, Arizona
H17 Focus Session: Semiconducting Qubit Approaches Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 318	Jeremy Levy, University of Pittsburgh
H18 Block Copolymer Thin Films I Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 319	Kevin Yager, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Polymers
H19 Solid Amorphous Polymers Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 320	Sergei Nazarenko, University of Southern Mississippi
H20 Electrically and Optically Active Polymers Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 321	Lynn Loo, Princeton University
H21 Spectroscopic Studies of Semiconductors Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 323	Norman Tolk, Vanderbilt University
H22 Focus Session: Optical Generation and Detection of Spins in Semiconductors Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 324	Jay Kikkawa, University of Pennsylvania
H23 Optical and Spectroscopic Properties and Nano Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 325	Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
H24 Focus Session: Chemical Modification of Nanotubes Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 326	Traian Dumitrica, University of Minnesota
H25 Focus Session: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers I Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 327	Michael Kelley, College of William and Mary
H26 Focus Session: Graphene IV: Electronic and Structural Properties Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 328	Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
H27 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy II: Force Methods Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 329	Young Kuk, Seoul National University
H28 Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Transport Physics Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 330	David Cahill, University of Illinois
H29 The Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshops II Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 333	Robert Hilborn, University of Texas at Dallas
H30 Focus Session: Superconducting and Magnetic Oxide Superlattices and Films Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 334	Jak Chakhalian, University of Arkansas
H31 Focus Session: Vanadate Thin Films Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 335	Dmitri Basov, University of California San Diego
H32 Focus Session: Theory and Simulation of Spin-Dependent Effects and Properties I: (First-Principles Calculations) Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 336	Andre Petukhov, South Dakota School of Mines
H33 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors V: Tunneling, PCAR, Josephson Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 403	Laura Greene, University of Illinois
H34 Superconductivity: Transport Properties Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 404	J.R. Thompson, University of Tennessee
H35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VI: Model Hamiltonians Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 405	Zlatko Tesanovic, Johns Hopkins
H36 Carbon Nanotubes: Electrothermal Transport and Raman Spectroscopy Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 408	Stephen Cronin, University of Southern California
H37 Focus Session: Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function I Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 409	Sunil Saxena, University of Pittsburgh
H38 Focus Session: Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules I Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 410	Matthias Ernzerhof, Université de Montréal
H39 Lipid Bilayers: Structure and Function I Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 411	Alex Levine, University of California, Los Angeles
H40 Biological Physics I Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 412	David Weitz, Harvard University
H41 CDW, SDW and Charge Order in Organic Conductors Mar 17 2009 8:00AM 413	Claude Bourbonnais, Universite de Sherbrooke
J1 Ballistic-Diffusive Crossover in Graphene Electron Transport Mar 17 2009 11:15AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland
J2 Dynamical Layer Decoupling and Stripe Order High Tc Superconductors Mar 17 2009 11:15AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC	Eduardo Fradkin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
J3 SQUID Amplifiers: at the Quantum Limit Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 301/302	John Clarke, University of California, Berkeley
J4 Panel Discussion: Around the World in 180 Minutes: Differences and Similarities among Women Physicists Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 306/307	Eliane Lessner, CSWP, and Cherrill Spencer, FIP
J5 Polymer Nanoparticle Interactions Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 401/402	Thomas Russell, University of Massachusetts
J6 Computational Modeling of Crystallization and Nucleation Phenomena Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 406	Jim Belak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
J7 Complex Cellular Biological Networks Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 407	Takashi Nishikawa, Clarkson University
J8 Preparing Physics Students for Careers in Industry Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 414/415	Lawrence Woolf, General Atomics
J9 Focus Session: Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects II Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 303	Pedro Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
J10 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures II: Quantum-Dot-Coupled Systems Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 304	Feng Wang, University of California, Berkeley
J11 Quantum Dots and Quantum Point Contacts Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 305	Sergio Ulloa, Ohio University
J12 Organic Electronic Thin Films Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 308	Renee Diehl, Penn State University
J13 Numerical Methods for Strongly Correlated Systems: Hubbard and Quasi-Particle Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 309	James Davenport, Brookhaven National Laboratory
J14 Jammed Particles Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 315	Corey O'Hern, Yale University
J15 Quantum Entanglement Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 316	Christopher Fuchs, Perimeter Institute
J16 Focus Session: Disorder in Ultra-Cold Gases Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 317	Maxim Olshanyi, University of Massachusetts, Boston
J17 Focus Session: Superconducting Phase Qubits Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 318	Rob McDermott, University of Wisconsin
J18 Charge Transport and Optical Properties of Organic Semiconductors Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 319	Markus Wohlgenannt, University of Iowa
J19 Block Copolymer Thin Films II Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 320	Kevin Cavicchi, University of Akron
J20 Frank J. Padden Jr. Award Symposium Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 321	Glenn Fredrickson, University of California, Santa Barbara
J21 Focus Sessions: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors II Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 323	Matthew McCluskey, Washington State University
J22 Focus Session: Optical Control and Electron-nuclear Effects in Quantum Dots Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 324	Roberto Myers, Ohio State University
J23 Spectroscopic Studies of 2D Electron Gas and Other Low Dimensional Semiconductor Structures Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 325	Aron Pinczuk, Columbia University
J24 Focus Session: Nanotube Applications Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 326	Stefano Curtarolo, Duke University
J25 Focus Session: Graphene V: Structure and Raman Spectroscopy Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 327	Marcos Pimenta, UFMG, Brasil
J26 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience IV: Carbon- and Silicon-based Nanostructures Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 328	Sohrab Ismail-Beigi, Yale University
J27 Focus Session: X-ray and Neutron Instruments and Sciences I Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 329	Albert Macrander, Argonne National Laboratory
J28 Focus Session: Graphene Device and Applications I Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 330	James Hannon, IBM
J29 Focus Session: Spin Currents in Metals - New and Miscellaneous Topics Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 333	Samir Garzon, University of South Carolina
J30 Focus Session: Multiferroic Manganites Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 334	Despina Louca, University of Virginia
J31 Focus Session: Magnetic Multilayers Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 335	Kathryn Krycka, National Institute of Standards and Technology
J32 Artificial Structured or Self-Assembled Magnetic Materials Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 336	Brian Maranville, National Institute of Standards and Technology
J33 Superconductivity: Novel Materials Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 403	Elena Cimpoiasu, United States Naval Academy
J34 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VII: Pressure Effects and Thermal Expansion Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 404	Neil Sullivan, University of Florida
J35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VIII: Magnetism (Experiment) Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 405	Jeff Lynn, National Institute of Standards and Technology
J36 Si and Ge Nanowires: Electrical Transport and Simulation Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 408	Jonathan Pelz, Ohio State University
J37 Focus Session: Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function II Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 409	Angela Gronenborn, University of Pittsburgh
J38 Focus Session: Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules II Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 410	Weitao Yang, Duke University
J39 Lipid Bilayers: Structure and Function II Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 411	Wouter Ellenbroek, University of Pennsylvania
J40 Biological Physics II Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 412	Joshua Socolar, Duke University
J41 Hubbard Model Mar 17 2009 11:15AM 413	Philip Phillips, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
L1 John H. Dillon Medal Symposium in Honor of Venkat Ganesan Mar 17 2009 2:30PM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom A	Glenn Fredrickson, University of California, Santa Barbara
L2 Buckley and Lilienfeld Prize Mar 17 2009 2:30PM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom BC	Warren Pickett, University of California, Davis
L3 Fe-based Superconductors: Competing Orders Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 301/302	Hong Ding, Institute of Physics, CAS
L4 The Dynamics of Diversity in Astrophysics Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 306/307	Donna Stokes, University of Houston
L5 Competing Ground-States and Novel Excitations in Strongly Correlated Metals Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 401/402	Andrea Bianchi, Université de Montréal
L6 Earth and Space Magneto-Fluid Dynamics Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 406	John Hawley, University of Virginia
L7 Mechanics of Biomolecular Systems I Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 407	Jens-Christian Meiners, University of Michigan
L8 Jamming at Nonzero Temperature and Stress Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 414/415	Vincenzo Vitelli, University of Pennsylvania
L9 Focus Session: Systems Far from Equilibrium II Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 303	Michel Pleimling, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
L10 Optical Properties of Nanostructures III: Quantum Dots, Nanowires, and Related Materials Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 304	John McGuire, Los Alamos National Laboratory
L11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures III: Molecular Junctions II Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 305	Dan Ralph, Cornell University
L12 Focus Session: Photocatalysis and photovoltaic: Excitation, Trapping, and Transport of Charge Carriers at Surfaces and Interfaces Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 308	Wladyslaw Walukiewicz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
L13 Computational Methods: Quantum Monte Carlo Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 309	Jeff Grossman, University of California, Berkeley
L14 Colloids IV: Colloids and Interfaces Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 315	David Weitz, Harvard University
L15 Pattern Formation and Nonlinear Dynamics Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 316	Tom Solomon, Bucknell University
L16 Cold Gases: Spin, Rotation, and Reduced Dimension Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 317	Ludwig Mathey, National Institute of Standards and Technology
L17 Superconducting Flux Qubits and Qubit Amplifiers and Readouts Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 318	Joe Aumentado, National Institute of Standards and Technology
L19 Focus Session: Ionically Gated and Conventional OFETs and Related Devices Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 320	Jun Takeya, Osaka University
L20 Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Anisotropic Particles Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 321	Lei Zhu, University of Connecticut
L21 Semiconductors: Atomic Structure and Lattices Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 323	David Snoke, University of Pittsburgh
L22 Focus Session: Spin-Orbit Effects in Semiconductors Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 324	Roland Winkler, Northern Illinois University
L23 Fractional Quantum Hall Effect, Bilayers Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 325	Raymond Ashoori, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
L24 Focus Session: Electronic Properties of Nanotubes Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 326	Sergei Tretiak, Los Alamos National Laboratory
L25 Focus Session: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers II Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 327	Craig Arnold, Princeton University
L26 Focus Session: Graphene VI: Phonons and Raman Spectroscopy Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 328	Kostya Novoselov, Manchester University
L27 Focus Session: Graphene Device and Applications II Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 329	Marcus Freitag, IBM
L28 Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Tellurides Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 330	Stefan Zollner, IBM
L29 Focus Session: Incorporating Computational Physics into Teaching Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 333	James Belak, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
L30 Focus Session: Multiferroics I Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 334	Craig Fennie, Cornell University
L31 Focus Session: Spin Transport and Exchange Bias in Nanostructures Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 335	Samir Lounis, Forschungszentrum Jülich
L32 Focus Session: Nanostructured Manganites, Thin Films and Others Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 336	Hariharan Srikanth, University of South Florida
L33 Superconductivity: Electronic Structure I Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 403	Mike Bleiweiss, Naval Academy Preparatory School
L34 Focus Session: Hybrid Magnetic-Superconducting Systems Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 404	Yvan Bruynseraede, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
L35 Density Functional Theory: Methods Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 405	Steven Louie, University of California, Berkeley
L37 Focus Session: Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function III Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 409	David Pratt, University of Pittsburgh
L38 Focus Session: Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules III Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 410	Kieron Burke, University of California, Irvine
L39 Focus Session: Theories and Simulations for Biomolecular Dynamics in Cell-like Environments Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 411	Margaret Cheung, University of Houston
L40 Nucleic Acids: Structure, Function and Dynamics Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 412	Michael Poirier, Ohio State University
L41 Atom-Photon Interactions Mar 17 2009 2:30PM 413	Pierre Meystre, University of Arizona
P1 Optoelectronic Manipulation and Control of Charges and Spins in Quantum Dots Mar 18 2009 8:00AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom A	Alexander Efros, Naval Research Laboratory
P2 Critical Spin Liquids in Strongly Correlated Systems Mar 18 2009 8:00AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom BC	T. Senthil, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
P3 Fe-based Superconductors: Correlation Effects Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 301/302	Steve Kivelson, Stanford University
P4 Physics of Polymer Membranes for Water Purification Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 306/307	Alamgir Karim, National Institute of Standards and Technology
P5 Fluid Dynamics and Computational Science Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 401/402	Pui-Kuen Yeung, Georgia Institute of Technology
P6 Ultracold Gases with Dipolar Interactions Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 406	Han Pu, Rice University
P7 Forging Effective Partnerships with Your Local Science Center: Outcomes from the Workshop on University/Science Center Collaborations Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 407	Philip Hammer, Franklin Institute
P8 Centenary of Lev Landau Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 414/415	Gloria Lubkin, American Institute of Physics
P9 Jamming: Theory and Experiment I Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 303	Daniel Blair, Georgetown University
P10 Focus Session: Multiferroics II Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 304	Serge Nakhmanson, Argonne National Laboratory
P11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures IV: Correlation Effects Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 305	Harold Baranger, Duke University
P12 Focus Session: Characterization and Modeling of Complex Surfaces and Interfaces Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 308	Yue Qi, General Motors
P13 Focus Session: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure I: Chemistry Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 309	Michelle Weinberger, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
P14 Emulsions and Foams Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 315	Douglas Durian, University of Pennsylvania
P15 Biologically Inspired Physics: Swimming, Propulsion, Bio-fluids Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 316	Silas Alben, Georgia Institute of Technology
P16 Solid Helium: Theory Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 317	Henry Glyde, University of Delaware
P17 Semiconducting Qubits I Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 318	Christie Simmons, University of Wisconsin
P18 Bulk Block Copolymers II Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 319	Bradley Olsen, California Institute of Technology
P19 The Physics of Polymer Nanocomposites: Properties Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 320	Jan Obrzut, National Institute of Standards and Technology
P20 Melts and Solutions Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 321	Chang Ryu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
P21 Computational Study of Semiconductor Band Structures Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 323	Chris Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara
P22 Focus Session: Spin Hall and other Spin-Orbit Effects in Semiconductors Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 324	Jairo Sinova, Texas A and M University
P23 Lattice and Mechanical Properties Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 325	Daniel Finkenstadt, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
P24 Focus Session: Electron Transport in Nanotubes Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 326	Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, North Carolina State University
P25 Focus Session: Graphene VII: Electronic Properties Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 327	Andre Geim, Manchester University
P26 Focus Session: Graphene VIII: Electronic Properties Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 328	Michael Fuhrer, University of Maryland
P27 Focus Session: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: High Frequency and Optical Techniques Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 329	Chris Hammel, Ohio State University
P28 Focus Session: Thermoelectricity in Si-containing Materials Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 330	Udo Pernisz, Dow Corning Corporation
P29 Focus Session: Manganites Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 333	Gang Cao, University of Kentucky
P30 Focus Session: Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 334	Jian Shen, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
P31 Focus Session: Spin Ice Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 335	Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University
P32 Focus Session: Spin Dependent Physics in Organic Materials Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 336	Frank Tsui, University of North Carolina
P33 Superconductivity: Electronic Structure II Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 403	Goran Karapetrov, Argonne National Laboratory
P34 Superconductivity: STM Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 404	Maria Iavarone Iavarone, Argonne National Laboratory
P35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors IX: Mostly Transport Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 405	Sergey Budko, Ames Laboratory
P37 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water I Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 409	Hrvoje Petek, University of Pittsburgh
P38 Focus Session: Nanomaterials for Energy Applications I Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 410	Nathaniel Rosi, University of Pittsburgh
P39 Self-Organization in Biological Cells and Tissues I Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 411	Andras Czirok, University of Kansas Medical Center
P40 Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 412	Sonya Bahar, University of Missouri--St. Louis
P41 Models of Strongly Correlated Electrons Mar 18 2009 8:00AM 413	Paul Fendley, University of Virginia
Q1 Memory and Focusing in Catastrophic Deformations Mar 18 2009 11:15AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Michael Brenner, Harvard University
Q2 New Insights into Hidden Order in URu2Si2 Mar 18 2009 11:15AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC	John Mydosh, Leiden University
Q3 Physics and Culture Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 301/302	Charles Falco, University of Arizona
Q4 Polymer Surface Instabilities Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 306/307	Alfred Crosby, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Q5 Plasmonics in Future Electronics Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 401/402	Boris Luk`yanchuk, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Q6 Physics Demonstrations and Strategies for Teaching and Public Outreach Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 406	Ernie Malamud, University of Nevada, Reno
Q7 Physics of the Immune System Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 407	Aaron Dinner, University of Chicago
Q8 Quantum Spin Dynamics and Relaxation in Molecular Magnets Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 414/415	Andrew Kent, New York University
Q9 Focus Session: Dynamics of Glassy Systems Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 303	David Grier, New York University
Q10 Focus Session: Multiferroics III and Dielectrics Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 304	Delphine Lebuegle, University of Paris-Sud 11
Q11 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures IV: Optical Antennas and Plasmonics Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 305	P. James Schuck, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Q12 Structure, Dynamics, and Diffusion at Surfaces Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 308	Kristen Fichthorn, Penn State University
Q13 Focus Session: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure II: Phase Transitions Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 309	Amy Lazicki, Geophysical Laboratory
Q14 Granular Fluctuations Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 315	Wolfgang Losert, University of Maryland
Q15 General Topics in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics and Applications to Social Systems Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 316	Sid Redner, Boston University
Q16 Focus Session: Dipolar Gases and Ultra-Cold Molecules Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 317	Dan Stamper-Kurn, University of California, Berkeley
Q17 Superconducting Qubits: Coherence and New Implementations Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 318	Matthias Steffen, IBM
Q18 Theory and Simulation I Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 319	August Bosse, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Q19 The Physics of Polymer Nanocomposites: Rheology and Mechanical Properties Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 320	Francis Starr, Wesleyan University
Q20 Thin Films and Adhesion I Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 321	Chris Stafford, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Q21 Focus Session: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors III Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 323	Michael Stavola, Lehigh University
Q22 Focus Session: Spins in Quantum Dots and Mn in Arsenides Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 324	Xinyu Liu, University of Notre Dame
Q23 Quantum Hall Effect: Tunneling, High-Frequency Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 325	Ramesh Mani, Georgia State University
Q24 Focus Session: Optical Response of Nanotubes Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 326	Achim Hartschuh, University of Munich
Q25 Focus Session: Graphene IX: Structure and Strain Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 327	Antonio Castro Neto, Boston University
Q26 Focus Session: Graphene X: Theory Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 328	Tobias Stauber, University of Minho, Portugal
Q27 Focus Session: X-ray and Neutron Instruments and Sciences II Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 329	Dennis Mills, Argonne National Laboratory
Q28 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage/Nanomaterials for Energy Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 330	Jason Graetz, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Q29 Focus Session: Ordering in Complex Oxides Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 333	Jaime Fernandez-Baca, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Q30 Focus Session: Oxide Superlattices Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 334	Maria Varela, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Q31 Focus Session: Spinels, Pyrochlores and General Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 335	Gavin Lawes, Wayne State University
Q32 Magnetic Domains and Domain Walls Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 336	Kristen Buchanan, Colorado State University
Q33 Superconductivity: Response to Electromagnetic Fields and Proximity Effect Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 403	Art Hebard, University of Florida
Q34 Focus Session: Superconductivity: Magnetic Properties Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 404	Carmen Almasan, Kent State University
Q35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors X: Spectroscopy Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 405	Michelle Johannes, Naval Research Laboratory
Q36 Carbon Nanotubes and Other Nanostructured Materials: Sensing, Transport, and Optical Properties Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 408	Zhigang Jiang, Georgia Tech
Q37 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water II Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 409	Jin Zhao, University of Pittsburgh
Q38 Focus Session: Nanomaterials for Energy Applications II Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 410	Geoff Hutchison, University of Pittsburgh
Q39 Physical Mechanisms of Membrane Remodeling Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 411	Markus Deserno, Carnegie Mellon
Q40 Neural Computation Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 412	John Beggs, Indiana University
Q41 Strongly Correlated Electron Theory Mar 18 2009 11:15AM 413	Andrey Chubukov, University of Wisconsin
T1 Probes of Nanoscale Magnetism Mar 18 2009 2:30PM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom A	Chris Hammel, Ohio State University
T2 Electron, Exciton and Phonon Interactions in Nanoparticles Mar 18 2009 2:30PM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom BC	Phillippe Guyot-Sionnest, University of Chicago
T3 Keithley Award Session (GIMS) Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 301/302	James Matey, US Naval Academy
T4 Polariton Condensates Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 306/307	Jacqueline Bloch, CNRS
T5 Industrial Biophysics Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 401/402	Philip Wyatt
T6 Panel Discussion: Preparation of Graduate Students for Careers in a Globalized World Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 406	John W. Clark, Washington University in St. Louis
T7 Patterns on Thin Elastic Sheets Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 407	Benny Davidovitch, University of Massachusetts
T8 Onsager Prize, Nicholson Medal, Apker Award, Davisson-Germer Prize Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 414/415	Warren Pickett, University of California, Davis
T9 Focus Session: Stochastic Processes in Biological Systems I Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 303	Uwe C. Tauber, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
T10 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures V: Plasmonics and Metamaterials Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 304	Markus Raschke, University of Washington
T11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures V: Wires and Films Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 305	Mark Hybertsen, Brookhaven National Laboratory
T12 Reaction Kinetics at Surfaces Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 308	John Kitchin, Carnegie Mellon University
T13 Electronic Structure Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 309	David Vanderbilt, Rutgers University
T14 Disordered Systems, Glassy Dynamics, and Jamming I Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 315	David Pine, New York University
T15 Fluidic Devices: Micro and Nano Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 316	Thomas Cubaud, Stony Brook University
T16 Fermions in Optical Lattices I Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 317	Henning Moritz, ETH Zurich
T17 Focus Session: Materials in Superconducting Qubits Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 318	David Pappas, National Institute of Standards and Technology
T18 Focus Session: Organic Photovoltaics and Other Photonic Devices Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 319	Jeff Urban, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
T19 Theory and Simulation II Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 320	Amalie Frischknecht, Sandia National Laboratories
T20 Focus Session: Magnetic Properties of Organic Semiconductors/ Surface Characterization of Organic Materials Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 321	C.D. Frisbie, University of Minnesota
T21 Semiconductors: Mechanical and Dynamic Properties Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 323	Ben Larson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
T22 Focus Session: GaMnAs Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 324	Nitin Samarth, Penn State University
T23 Quantum Hall Effect: Coherent Phenomena Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 325	Vladimir Goldman, SUNY at Stony Brook
T24 Focus Session: Excitonic Effects in Nanotubes Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 326	Oleg Prezhdo, University of Washington
T25 Focus Session: Graphene XI: Scanning Probes I Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 327	Eva Andrei, Rutgers University
T26 Focus Session: Graphene XII: Synthesis and Growth Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 328	Taisuke Ohta, Sandia National Laboratories
T27 Focus Session: Pulsed Laser Deposition of Electronic and Photonic Thin Films and Nanostructures Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 329	R. D. Vispute, University of Maryland, College Park
T28 Focus Session: Thermoelectric Materials: Nanostructures Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 330	Donald Morelli, Michigan State University
T29 Focus Session: NSF's Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: Overview and Perspectives Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 333	Catherine Mader, Hope College
T30 Focus Session: Excitations in Multiferroics Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 334	Dimitri Argyriou, Helmholtz Center-Berlin
T31 Focus Session: Magnetic, Electric, and Photo-Induced Magnetization Reversal Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 335	Axel Enders, University of Nebraska
T32 Focus Session: Gilbert Damping and Non-local Spin Injection Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 336	Gerrit E. W. Bauer, Technical University Delft
T33 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XI: Penetration Depth and Magnetic Anisotropy Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 403	Myron Salomon, University of Texas at Dallas
T34 Superconductivity: Vortex Statics and Dynamics Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 404	Wai Kwok, Argonne National Laboratory
T35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XII: Phonons and Miscellaneous Experiment Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 405	Pengcheng Dai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
T36 Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 408	Brian Landry, Harvard University
T37 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water III Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 409	Kenneth Jordan, University of Pittsburgh
T38 Focus Session: The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and Astrophysics I Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 410	Greg Ezra, Cornell University
T39 Focus Session: Physical Virology Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 411	Alex Evilevitch, Lund University
T40 Focus Session: Knots and Loops in Biomolecules Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 412	Joanna Sulkowska, University of California, San Diego
T41 Ferroelectricity and Structural Phase Transitions Mar 18 2009 2:30PM 413	Craig Fennie, Cornell University
U1 Windows on Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Observational Cosmology Mar 18 2009 7:30PM Allegheny Ballroom Westin Hotel	Andrew Zentner, University of Pittsburgh
V1 Noise in Biological Systems Mar 19 2009 8:00AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Yin Yeh, University of California, Davis
V2 Constrained Polymers Mar 19 2009 8:00AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC	Xaio Lun Wu, University of Pittsburgh
V4 Microgels: Colloidal Properties of Gels Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 306/307	Weitz David, Harvard University
V5 Computational Design of Hydrogen Storage Materials Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 401/402	Chris Van de Walle, University of California, Santa Barbara
V6 Recent Advances in Biomolecular Simulations Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 406	Jerry Bernholc, North Carolina State University
V7 Applications of Magnetic Thin Films with Tilted Anisotropy Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 407	Johan Åkerman, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
V8 The Physics of Imaging and Radiotherapy Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 414/415	Barry Berman, George Washington University
V9 Focus Session: Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 303	Beate Schmittmann, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
V10 Artificially Structured Materials for Optical Manipulation Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 304	Ian Sellers, Sharp
V11 Transport Phenomena and Electronic Properties of Nanostructures Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 305	Luis da Silva, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
V12 Semiconductor Growth and Etching Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 308	Melissa Hines, Cornell University
V13 Physics Education and History Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 309	Michael Pettersen, Washington and Jefferson College
V14 Disordered Systems, Glassy Dynamics, and Jamming II Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 315	Peter Schall, University of Amsterdam
V15 Liquid Crystals I Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 316	Jonathan Selinger, Kent State University
V16 Solid Helium: Experiment Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 317	Haruo Kojima, Rutgers University
V17 Superconducting Transmons and Circuit QED Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 318	Ben Palmer, Laboratory for Physical Sciences, University of Maryland
V18 Focus Session: Physics of Green Polymers and of Biocompatibility Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 319	John Torkelson, Northwestern University
V19 Focus Session: Hierarchically Ordered Systems Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 320	Albertu Striolo, University of Oklahoma
V20 Thin Films and Adhesion II Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 321	Connie Roth, Emory University
V21 Semiconductor Growth and Material Processing Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 323	Nelson Tansu, Lehigh University
V22 Focus Session: Dilute Magnetic Oxide Semiconductors Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 324	Berend Jonker, Naval Research Laboratory
V23 Focus Session: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure III: Electronic Transitions and Mixtures Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 325	Stephane Mazevet, French Atomic Energy Commission
V24 Focus Session: Nanotube Related Hybrid Structures Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 326	Daniel Finkelstadt, Naval Research Laboratory
V25 Focus Session: Graphene XIII: Spectroscopic and Transport Properties Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 327	Shaffique Adam, University of Maryland
V26 Focus Session: Graphene XIV: Magnetism and Bilayers Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 328	Bruno Uchoa, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
V27 Focus Session: Emerging Scanning Probe Microscopy Methods for Biological Applications Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 329	Igor Sokolov, Clarkson University, Sergei Kalinin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
V28 Focus Session: Graphene Device and Applications III Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 330	Phaedon Avouiris, IBM
V29 Correlated Electrons Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 333	Meigan Aronson, Brookhaven National Laboratory
V30 Focus Session: Multiferroic Properties of Oxide Films Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 334	Jacabo Santamaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
V31 Focus Session: Frustration Theory and Modeling Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 335	Taner Yildirim, NIST Center for Neutron Research
V32 Focus Session: Vortex and Domain Wall Dynamics Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 336	Ilya Krivorotov, Univerisity of California Irvine
V33 Superconductivity: Complex Order Parameter Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 403	Suk Bum Chung, Stanford University
V34 Superconductivity: Spectroscopy Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 404	David Tanner, University of Florida
V35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XIII: Pairing Symmetry, Theory and Experiment Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 405	Igor Mazin, Naval Research Laboratory
V37 Chemical Dynamics and Molecular Spectroscopy Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 409	Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Harvard University
V38 Focus Session: The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and Astrophysics II Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 410	K. Srihari, Indian Institute of Technology
V39 Biological Networks and Systems Biology Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 411	Ilya Nemenman, Los Alamos National Laboratory
V40 Mechanics of Biomolecular Systems II Mar 19 2009 8:00AM 412	Andrew Rutenberg, Dalhousie University
W1 Supersolids Mar 19 2009 11:15AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Moses Chan, Pennsylvania State University
W2 Progress in Understanding the Nature of the 5/2 Fractional Quantum Hall State Mar 19 2009 11:15AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC	Steven Simon, Alcatel-Lucent
W3 Physics of Circulating Tumor Cells and Metastasis Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 301/302	Jerry Lee, National Cancer Institute
W4 Recent Progress in Spin-Spiral Ferroelectricity Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 306/307	Sang-Wook Cheong, Rutgers University
W5 Physics Meets Art Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 401/402	Philip Taylor, Case Western Reserve University
W6 Progress on Quantum Optics with Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 406	Steve Girwin, Yale University
W7 Information Theory in Biology Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 407	Ned Wingreen, Princeton University
W8 Forefront Detectors for Synchrotron Radiation Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 414/415	Timothy Graber, University of Chicago
W9 Systems Far from Equilibrium III Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 303	Narayanan Menon, University of Massachusetts
W10 Insulators and Dielectrics: Electronic Structure and Optical Properties Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 304	Dillon Fong, Argonne National Laboratory
W11 Focus Session: Transport Properties of Nanostructures VI: Kondo Phenomena Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 305	Aditi Mitra, New York University
W12 Steps, Islands and Nanostructures Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 308	Ray Phaneuf, University of Maryland
W13 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XIV: ARPES Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 309	Norman Mannella, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
W14 Granular Flow Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 315	Arshad Kudrolli, Clark University
W15 Biologically Inspired Physics: Self-Assembly, Filaments, Membranes Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 316	Norm Wagner, University of Delaware
W16 Bosons in Optical Lattices I Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 317	Selim Jochim, Max Planck Institute-Heidelberg
W17 Quantum Algorithms, Simulation, and Error Correction Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 318	Yaakov Weinstein, Mitre Corporation
W18 Focus Session: Mechanical Force Spectroscopy and Device Applications of Polymeric and Biological Materials Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 319	Denis Pristinski, National Institute of Standards and Technology
W19 The Physics of Polymer Nanocomposites: Grafting and Dispersion Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 320	Arthi Jayaraman, University of Colorado, Boulder
W20 Theory and Simulation III Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 321	Jack Douglas, National Institute of Standards and Technology
W21 Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors IV Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 323	Anderson Janotti, University of California Santa Barbara
W22 Focus Session: Dilute Magnetic Nitride Semiconductors Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 324	Roland Kawakami, University of California Riverside
W23 Focus Session: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure IV: Equations of State and Dynamics Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 325	Kyle Caspersen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
W24 Focus Session: Computational Nanoscience V: Transport Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 326	Hyoung Joon Choi, Yonsei University, Korea
W25 Focus Session: Graphene XV: Scanning Probes II and Hall Effect Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 327	Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
W26 Focus Session: Graphene XVI: Functionalization and Growth I Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 328	Xiaosong Wu, Georgia Institute of Technology
W27 Hydrogen Storage: Sorbents Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 329	Channing Ahn, California Institute of Technology
W28 Focus Session: Device Applications of Multiferroic Structures Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 330	Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland
W29 Focus Session: Current-Induced Oscillations Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 333	Chun-Yeol You, Inha University
W30 Focus Session: Ruthenates Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 334	Zhiqiang Mao, Tulane University
W31 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanoparticles and Nanowires Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 335	Amanda Petford-Long, Argonne National Laboratory
W32 Focus Session: Theory and Simulation of Spin-Dependent Effects and Properties II Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 336	Aldo Romero, Cinvestav Querétaro
W33 Superconductor-Insulator Transitions Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 403	Michael Osofsky, Naval Research Laboratory
W34 Superconducting Nanowires Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 404	Zhili Xiao, Argonne National Laboratory
W35 Superconducting Theory II Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 405	Michael Norman, Argonne National Laboratory
W36 Nanoscale Complex Structures Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 408	Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories
W37 Theoretical Methods and Algorithms Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 409	Mohammad Sahrapour, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
W38 Focus Session: Ion Channel Physics and Chemical Physics I Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 410	Rob Coalson, University of Pittsburgh
W39 Quantitative Biology Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 411	Michael Deem, Rice University
W40 Single Molecule Biophysics Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 412	David Lederman, University of West Virginia
W41 Kondo Physics; Dynamical Mean-Field Theory Mar 19 2009 11:15AM 413	Chris Marianetti, Columbia University
X1 Persistent Currents in Normal Metals Mar 19 2009 2:30PM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Karyn LeHur, Yale University
X2 Vortex Dynamics and Josephson Lasers in Superconductors Mar 19 2009 2:30PM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC	Alexander Gurevich, Florida State University
X3 Spin Hall and Quantum Spin Hall Effects Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 301/302	David Awschalom, University of California, Santa Barbara
X4 Responsive Gels at Surfaces and in the Bulk Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 306/307	Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts
X5 Active Soft Matter: From Granular Rods to Flocks to Living Cells Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 401/402	Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University
X6 Rahman Prize Lecture and Theory of Multiferroics Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 406	Craig Fennie, Cornell University
X7 DNA Loop Formation, Nucleosome Positioning and Transcriptional Regulation Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 407	Phil Nelson, University of Pennsylvania
X8 50 Years of Anderson Localization Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 414/415	David Thouless, University of Washington
X9 Focus Session: Jamming: Theory and Experiment II Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 303	Bulbul Chakraborty, Brandeis University
X10 Insulators and Dielectrics: Defects, Structure, and Mechanical and Dynamical Properties Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 304	Tim Fister, Argonne National Laboratory
X11 Fermions in Optical Lattices II Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 305	Conjung Wu, University of California, San Diego
X12 Structure and Morphology of Oxide Surfaces and Thin Films Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 308	Shao-Chun Li, Tulane University
X13 Density Functional Methods: Applications Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 309	Samuel Trickey, University of Florida
X14 Micro and Nano Fluid Mechanics Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 315	Boyd Edwards, West Virginia University
X15 Liquid Crystals II Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 316	Peter Collings, Swarthmore College
X16 Liquid Helium Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 317	Norbert Mulders, University of Delaware
X17 Semiconducting Qubits II Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 318	Xuedong Hu, University of Buffalo
X18 Elastomers and Gels I Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 319	Alfred Crosby, University of Massachusetts
X19 Charged and Ion-containing Polymers Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 320	Jodie Lutkenhaus, Yale University
X20 Long Range Order in Polymer Structures and Morphologies Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 321	Sam Gido, University of Massachusetts
X21 Spectroscopic Studies of Semiconductor Structure and Their Growth Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 323	Yia-Chung Chang, Research Center for Applied Sciences, Academia Sinica
X22 Focus Session: Magnetism in II-VI and IV Semiconductors Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 324	Igor Zutic, SUNY Buffalo
X23 Quantum Hall Effect: Quantum Computation Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 325	Steven Simon, Oxford University
X24 Hydrogen Storage: Complex Hydrides Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 326	John Vajo, HRL Laboratories
X25 Focus Session: Graphene XVII: p-n Junctions, Nanoribbons, and Quantum Dots Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 327	Michael Fogler, University of California, San Diego
X26 Nanowire & Nanotube Synthesis and Properties Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 328	Michael Mehl, Naval Research Laboratory
X27 Optoelectronic Devices and Applications Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 329	Nelson Tansu, Lehigh University
X28 Focus Session: Magnetoelectric Coupling in Multiferroic Systems Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 330	Gopalan Srinivasan, Oakland University
X29 Focus Session: Current Induced Dynamics in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions and Spin Waves Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 333	Ioan Tudosa, University of California, San Diego
X30 Focus Session: Cobaltites Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 334	Igor Zaliznyak, Brookhaven National Laboratory
X31 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanostructures: Domain Walls, Reversal, Oscillators Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 335	Valnetyn Novosad, Argonne National Laboratory
X32 Cooperative Phenomena (incl. Spin Structures, Spin Waves, Phase Transitions) II Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 336	Stephan Rosenkranz, Argonne National Laboratory
X33 MgB2 and Multigap Superconductivity Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 403	Mike Sumption, Ohio State University
X34 Superconductivity: Magnetic Field Effects Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 404	Milind Kunchur, University of South Carolina
X35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XV: Electronic Structure and Magnetism Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 405	David Parker, Naval Research Laboratory
X37 Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Single Molecules and Nanoparticles Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 409	Will Castleman, Pennsylvania State University
X38 Focus Session: Ion Channel Physics and Chemical Physics II Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 410	Thomas Beck, University of Cincinnati
X39 Focus Session: Crystal Growth of and Moderated by Proteins Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 411	Raymond Friddle, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
X40 Proteins in Membranes Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 412	Sunil Saxena, University of Pittsburgh
X41 Strongly Correlated Electrons Mar 19 2009 2:30PM 413	Valery Kiryukhin, Rutgers University
Y1 Superconductivity and Quantum Transport in Nanowires Mar 20 2009 8:00AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom A	Alexei Berzryadi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Y2 Advances in Optical Microscopy Mar 20 2009 8:00AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballroom BC	David Weitz, Harvard University
Y3 Multi-valley Electron Systems in the Quantum Limit Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 301/302	Wei Pan, Sandia National Laboratories
Y4 New insight into Exchange Bias from Advanced Scattering Techniques Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 306/307	Julie Borchers, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Y5 Self-Organization in Biological Cells and Tissues II Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 401/402	Ray Goldstein, University of Cambridge
Y6 Novel Orbital Quantum Phases in Cold Atom Optical Lattices Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 406	Steve Girvin, Yale University
Y7 The Statistical Properties of Forces in Jammed Granular Matter Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 407	Wim van Saarloos, Leiden University
Y8 Pushing the Limits of Mechanical Detection Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 414/415	Dan Rugar, IBM Almaden
Y9 Stochastic Processes in Biological Systems II Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 303	Leah Shaw, The College of William and Mary
Y10 Focus Session: Optical Properties of Nanostructures VI: Artificially Structured Materials Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 304	Stefano Cabrini, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Y11 Superlattices and Nanostructures - Electronic Properties Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 305	Stefan Badescu, Naval Research Laboratory
Y12 Electronic and Lattice Properties, Including Quantum Size Effects Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 308	Tai Chiang, University of Illlinois, Champaign-Urbana
Y13 General Theoretical and Computational Methods Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 309	Christine Wu, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Y14 Nonequilibrium and Templated Assembly Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 315	Jack Douglas, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Y15 Liquid Crystals III Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 316	Luz Martinez-Miranda, University of Maryland
Y16 Elastomers and Gels II Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 317	Ryan Hayward, University of Massachusetts
Y17 Focus Session: Quantum Metrology and Nanomechanics Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 318	David DiVincenzo, IBM
Y19 Surfaces and Adsorption I Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 320	Zhiqun Lin, Iowa State University
Y20 Biological-Synthetic Hybrid Materials Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 321	Ali Dhinojwala, University of Akron
Y22 Focus Session: Spin Resonance in Semiconductors Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 324	Stephen Lyon, Princeton University
Y24 Focus Session: Hydrogen Storage: Atomic and Molecular Motions Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 326	Eric Majzoub, University of Missouri--St. Louis
Y25 Focus Session: Graphene XVIII: Functionalization and Growth II Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 327	Yong-Jie Wang, NHMFL, Florida State University
Y27 Mechanical Properties of Nanomaterials Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 329	John Sullivan, Sandia National Laboratories
Y28 Nanotechnology I Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 330	Jason Benkoski, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Y29 Focus Session: Spin Liquids Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 333	Tsuyoshi Kimura, Osaka University
Y30 Focus Session: LAO/STO Interfaces Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 334	Anand Bhattacharya, Argonne National Laboratory
Y31 Focus Session: Neutron Scattering Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 335	Jason Lashley, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Y32 Focus Session: Current-Induced Magnetic Switching Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 336	Yi Ji, University of Delaware
Y33 Nanowires and Quantum Dots Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 403	Milind Kunchur, University of South Carolina
Y34 Superconducting Devices and Applications Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 404	Galen O'Neil and Robert Horansky, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Y35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XVI: Hc2 and Vortex Dynamics Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 405	Ruslan Prozorov, Ames Laboratory
Y36 Organic and Hybrid Surfaces and Interfaces Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 408	V. Podzorov, Rutgers University
Y37 Mesoscopic Systems, Clusters, and Nanoscale Systems I Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 409	Julius Jellinek, Argonne National Laboratory
Y38 Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids I Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 410	Sunil Sainis, Rowland Institute, Harvard University
Y39 Techniques in Biophysics Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 411	Andrea Liu, University of Pennsylvania
Y40 Physiological and Medical Physics Mar 20 2009 8:00AM 412	Krastan Blagoev, National Science Foundation
Z1 Quasiparticles and non-Abelian Statistics in the 5/2 State Mar 20 2009 11:15AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom A	Gregory Fiete, California Institute of Technology
Z2 Detection of Non-Gaussian Noise in Mesoscopic Systems Mar 20 2009 11:15AM Spirit of Pittsburgh Ballrom BC	Norman Birge, Michigan State University
Z3 Non-viral Based Gene Delivery Systems: Opportunities, Obstacles and Challenges Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 301/302	Yongmei Wang, Memphis
Z4 Biological Polyelectrolytes Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 306/307	Garegin Papoian, University of North Carolina
Z5 Physics in the Aerospace Industry Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 401/402	Jeffrey Hunt, Boeing
Z6 Impact of NSF's TeraGrid on Physics Research Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 406	Michael Levine, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Z7 Nanoprobes of Molecules and Cells Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 407	Adam Cohen, Harvard University
Z8 Statistical Physics in Biology Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 414/415	Marek Cieplak, Johns Hopkins University
Z9 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaotic Systems Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 303	Robert Behringer, Duke University,
Z10 Insulators and Dielectrics: Dielectric, Thermal, and Transport Properties Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 304	Jivtesh Garg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Z12 Phase Transitions at Surfaces Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 308	Robert Bartynski, Rutgers University
Z14 Equilibrium Self-Assembly Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 315	James Gilchrist, Lehigh University
Z16 Bosons in Optical Lattices II Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 317	Trey Porto, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg
Z17 Spin Qubit Coherence and Control Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 318	Paola Cappellaro, Harvard University
Z18 Surfaces and Adsorption II Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 319	Elaine Zhu, University of Notre Dame
Z19 Semi-Crystalline Polymers Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 320	Steve Hudson, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Z20 Polymer Blends Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 321	Mark Foster
Z22 Focus Session: Quantum Spin Hall Effect Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 324	Ron Jansen, University of Twente
Z24 Hydrogen Storage: Dopants and Catalysts Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 326	Fred Pinkerton, GM Research
Z25 Focus Session: Graphene XIX: Electronic Properties Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 327	Silvia Viola, Boston University
Z27 Advances in Instrumentation and Measurement II Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 329	Charles Agosta, Clark University
Z28 Nanotechnology II Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 330	Keith Williams, University of Virginia,
Z29 Magnetostructural Effects and General Magnetism Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 333	Sara Majetich, Carnegie Mellon University
Z30 Focus Session: Iron-based Multiferroics Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 334	Sang-Wook Cheong, Rutgers University
Z31 Focus Session: Magnetic Nanoparticles and Nanocomposites: Characterization Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 335	Manh-Huong Phan, University of South Florida
Z32 Focus Session: Magnetoresistance and Spin-dependent Transport Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 336	Kiran Thadani, Cornell University
Z33 Fluctuation Phenomena Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 403	Ruslan Prozorov, Ames Laboratory
Z35 Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XVII: Similar Materials: Selenides and Tellurides Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 405	Jiangping Hu, Purdue University
Z37 Mesoscopic Systems, Clusters, and Nanoscale Systems II Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 409	Shiv Khanna, Virginia Commonwealth University
Z38 Surfaces, Interfaces, and Colloids II Mar 20 2009 11:15AM 410	Sunil Sainis, Rowland Institute, Harvard University

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