Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2016
Volume 61, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 14–18, 2016; Baltimore, Maryland
Chair Index
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A1   Charge Order and the Pseudogap in the Underdoped Cuprates Mar 14 2016 8:00AM Ballroom I  | 
Tom Devereaux, Stanford University | 
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A2   Frontiers in the Theory of Non-Equilibrium Physics: From Nanosystems to Cold Atoms Mar 14 2016 8:00AM Ballroom II  | 
Marcos Rigol, Pennsylvania State University | 
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A3   Recent Progress on 'Order by Disorder' Phenomena Mar 14 2016 8:00AM Ballroom III  | 
Israel Klich, University of Virginia | 
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A4   Polymer Dynamics: An Honor Session for Sir Sam Edwards Mar 14 2016 8:00AM Ballroom IV  | 
Gary Grest, Sandia National Laboratories | 
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A5   Magnetic Resonance and Spin-Dependent Optical Phenomena in Semiconductors Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 301  | 
Masashi Shiraishi, U. Kyoto | 
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A6   Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 302  | 
Erik Brok, NIST | 
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A7   Undergraduate Research/SPS I Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 303  | 
Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society | 
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A11   Pairing Interaction and Gap Symmetry in Fe-based Superconductors Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 307  | 
Rafael Fernandes, University of Minnesota | 
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A12   Advances in Real-Time Measurement of Structural Transformations Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 308  | 
Roseanne Sension, University of Michigan | 
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A13   Quantum Characterization, Verification and Validation Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 309  | 
Charles Tahan, Laboratory for Physical Sciences | 
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A14   Peer Review: History and Issues Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 310  | 
Robert Crease, Stony Brook University | 
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A15   Graphene: Quantum Hall Effect Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 314  | 
Paul Campbell, Naval Research Laboratory | 
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A16   2D Devices: Sensors and Detectors Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 315  | 
Ke Zou, Yale University | 
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A17   Graphene: Growth and Synthesis Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 316  | 
Joshua Robinson, Pennsylvania State University | 
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A18   Spin-Hall I Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 317  | 
Arne Brataas, Norwegian University | 
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A19   Manganites and Cobaltites Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 318  | 
Junjie Zhang, Argonne National Laboratory | 
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A20   Spin Superfluidity and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 319  | 
Dario Arena, University of Southern Florida | 
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A21   Magnetic Layers Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 320  | 
Mark Meisel, University of Florida | 
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A22   Electrons, Phonons, and Electron-Phonon Scattering I Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 321  | 
David Singh, University of Missouri | 
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A23   Novel Plasmonic Effects and Devices Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 322  | 
Natalia Litchinitser, State University of New York, Buffalo | 
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A24   Electronic Transport through Individual Nanostructures Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 323  | 
Pierre Darancet, Argonne National Laboratory | 
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A25   Superconductivity: Odd Parity Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 324  | 
Daniel Agterberg, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee | 
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A26   Experimental Advances in Strongly Spin-orbit Coupled Oxides Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 325  | 
Kyle Shen, Cornell | 
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A27   Carbon Nanotube & Related Materials: Growth, Separation, and Assembly Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 326  | 
Zhihong Chen, Purdue University | 
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A28   Topological Phases Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 327  | 
Yong Chen, Purdue University | 
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A29   Dirac Semimetal Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 328  | 
Jeffrey Teo, University of Virginia | 
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A30   Ferroelectric Heterostructures Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 329  | 
Marty Gregg | 
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A31   Advances in Density Functional Theory I Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 331  | 
Donald Truhlar, University of Minnesot | 
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A33   Charged & Ion-Containing Polymers Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 336  | 
Lisa Hall, Ohio State University | 
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A34   Active Matter I Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 337  | 
Joern Dunkel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 
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A35   Active Matter: Collective Phenomena in Living Systems I Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 338  | 
Karsten Kruse, Saarland University, Germany | 
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A36   Colloids: Interactions, Structure, Statistics Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 339  | 
Xiang Cheng, University of Minnesota | 
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A37   Phase Transitions and Self-Assembly in Biological Systems I Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 340  | 
Jens Glaser, University of Michigan | 
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A38   Polymer Nanocomposites, Active Particles and Applications Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 341  | 
Michael Hore, Case Western Reserve University | 
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A39   Physics of Proteins: Bio Meets Quantum Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 342  | 
Mark Tuominen, University of Massachusetts Amherst | 
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A40   Systems Far From Equilibrium Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 343  | 
Michel Pleimling, Virginia Tech University | 
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A41   Cellular Biophysics Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 344  | 
Bo Sun, Oregon State University | 
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A42   Polymer Thin Films: Patterning and Flow Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 345  | 
Justin Pye, Emory University | 
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A43   Avalanches in Granular and Other Particle-based Materials I Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 346  | 
Corey O'Hern, Yale University | 
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A44   Quantum Information with Majorana Fermions & Parafermions Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 347  | 
David Aasen, California Institute of Technology | 
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A45   Semiconductor Qubits: Si/SiGe Quantum Dots Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 348  | 
Jason Petta, Princeton University | 
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A46   Advances in Scanning Probe Microscopy I: Novel Approaches and Ultrasensitive Detection Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 311  | 
Hongwoo Baek, National Magnet Laboratory | 
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A47   Surface and Thin Film Phase Transitions and Electronic Properties Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 312  | 
Daniel Dougherty, North Carolina State University | 
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A48   Quantum Computing and Quantum Simulations with Superconducting Circuits Mar 14 2016 8:00AM 349  | 
David Schuster, University of Chicago | 
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A51   Nanomanufacturing and Optical/Laser/High Frequency Devices Mar 14 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Nicholas Charipar, Naval Research Lab | 
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A54   Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures I Mar 14 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 5 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Yong Zhang, UNC - Charlotte | 
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A55   Quantitative Immunology Mar 14 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Anton Zilman, University of Toronto | 
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A56   Keynote Address: Secretary Moniz Mar 14 2016 9:30AM Key Ballroom 5-8 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Homer Neal, University of Michigan & APS President | 
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B1   Condensed Matter Physics at NSF/DMR and DOE/BES: Challenges and Opportunties Mar 14 2016 11:15AM Ballroom I  | 
Tomasz Durakiewicz, Jim Horwitz, NSF/DMR , DOE/BES | 
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B2   The Edwards Statistical Mechanics Mar 14 2016 11:15AM Ballroom II  | 
Fyl Pincus, University of California, Santa Barbara | 
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B3   Symmetry Breaking in Unconventional Superconductors Mar 14 2016 11:15AM Ballroom III  | 
Sauls James, Northwestern University | 
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B4   Macromolecular Assemblies: Structure and Dynamics Mar 14 2016 11:15AM Ballroom IV  | 
Nitash Balsara, Univ of California - Berkelev | 
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B5   Frustrated Magnetism: Low Dimensional Magnets I Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 301  | 
Oleg Starykh, University of Utah | 
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B6   Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 302  | 
Emilie Jue, NIST | 
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B7   Undergraduate Research/SPS II Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 303  | 
Daniel Golombek, Society of Physics Students | 
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B11   Superconductivity in Monolayer FeSe/SrTiO3 Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 307  | 
Douglas Scalapino, UCSB | 
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B12   Large Scale Neuroscience Projects Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 308  | 
Maria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technology | 
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B13   Adiabatic Quantum Computation and Quantum Annealing Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 309  | 
Tameem Albash, Univ of Southern California | 
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B14   The History of Electrical Science Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 310  | 
Amy Fisher, University of Puget Sound | 
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B15   Graphene: Magnetotransport Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 314  | 
Aubrey Hanbicki, Naval Research Laboratory | 
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B16   2D Devices: Plasmonics and Optoelectronics Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 315  | 
Paola Barbara, Georgetown University | 
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B17   Graphene: Synthesis, Properties, and Defects Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 316  | 
Saptarshi Das, Pennsylvania State University | 
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B18   Spin-orbit and Superconductivity: Majorana Modes Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 317  | 
Alex Matos-Abiague, University at Buffalo | 
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B19   Magnetic Devices and Production Level Scaling Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 318  | 
Joe Davies | 
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B20   Electronic Structure Methods I Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 319  | 
Oliver Albertini, Georgetown University | 
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B21   Single Molecule Magnets Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 320  | 
Janathan Friedman, Amherst College | 
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B22   Theory and Simulation of Excited-State Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructures I Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 321  | 
Andre Schleife, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 
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B23   Computational Materials Discovery and Design - Electronic Structure Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 322  | 
Sahar Sharifzadeh, Boston University | 
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B24   Optical Effects Near Metallic Nanostructures Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 323  | 
Latha Venkataraman, Columbia University | 
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B25   Superconducting Materials: Growth, Structure, and Properties Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 324  | 
Joseph Prestigiacomo, Naval Research Laboratory | 
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B26   Graphene and Graphene/hexagonal Bonron Nitride Superlattices Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 325  | 
Jianhao Chen, ICQM, Peking University | 
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B27   Strongly Correlated Physics in d-electron Systems Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 326  | 
Christianne Beekman, Florida State University | 
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B28   Topological Kondo Insulators Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 327  | 
Natalia Drichko, The Johns Hopkins University | 
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B29   Quantum Spin Hall Effect Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 328  | 
Dong-Ling Deng, University of Maryland | 
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B30   Ferroelectric Walls, Heterostructures and Superlattices Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 329  | 
Rossitza Pentcheva, University of Duisburg-Essen | 
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B31   Advances in Density Functional Theory II Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 331  | 
John Perdew, Temple University | 
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B32   Emerging Nanomaterials for Solar Energy Conversion I Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 332  | 
Gordana Dukovic, University of Colorado | 
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B33   Polymers in Batteries Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 336  | 
Brad Frieberg, NIST | 
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B34   Where Simulation, Theory, and Experiment Meet Across Length Scales I Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 337  | 
Robert Riggleman, University of Pennsylvania | 
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B35   The Physics of Cellular Organization Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 338  | 
Michael Gramlich, Ali Tabei, Washington University, University of Northern Iowa | 
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B36   Active Matter II Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 339  | 
Robin Selinger, Kent University | 
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B37   Phase Transitions and Self-Assembly in Biological Systems II Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 340  | 
Michael Hagan, Brandeis University | 
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B38   Nanocomposites from Nano to Meso Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 341  | 
Jian Yang, Dow Chemical Company | 
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B39   Physics of Cancer and Development I Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 342  | 
Arpita Upadhyaya, University of Maryland | 
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B40   Fluids and Elasticity Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 343  | 
Doug Holmes, Boston University | 
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B41   Systems Biology Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 344  | 
Josh Shaevitz, Princeton University | 
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B42   Physics of Copolymers I Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 345  | 
Chaitanya Ullal, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 
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B43   Avalanches in Granular and Other Particle-based Materials II Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 346  | 
Bob Behringer, Duke University | 
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B44   Quantum Characterization, Verification and Validation I Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 347  | 
Elham Kashefi, University of Edinburgh | 
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B45   Semiconductor Qubits: Multidot Qubits and Dynamical Control Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 348  | 
Vanita Srinivasa, Laboratory for Physical Sciences/University of Maryland, College Park, MD | 
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B46   Instumentation I: Detectors,Sensors, Signal Processing & Analysis Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 311  | 
James Matey, NIST | 
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B48   Quantum Optics with Superconducting Circuits Mar 14 2016 11:15AM 349  | 
Irfan Siddiqi, University of California, Berkeley | 
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B50   Driven and Dissipative Atomic Systems Mar 14 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Ryan Wilson, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland | 
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B51   Materials: Synthesis, Growth, and Processing Mar 14 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Seunghun Lee, University of Maryland | 
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B52   Optomechanics and Hybrid Systems I: Novel Systems Mar 14 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 3 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Tom Purdy, NIST | 
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B53   Drops, Bubbles and Interfacial Fluid Mechanics Mar 14 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 4 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Siddhartha Das, University of Maryland-College Park | 
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B54   Optical Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures II Mar 14 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 5 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Alexander Efros, Naval Research Lab | 
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B55   Complex Microbial Communities Mar 14 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Jeff Gore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 
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C1   New Developments in Iron Chalcogenide Superconductors Mar 14 2016 2:30PM Ballroom I  | 
Ming Yi, University of California Berkeley | 
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C2   Novel Electronic Phenomena in Graphene Mar 14 2016 2:30PM Ballroom II  | 
Nikolai Zhitenev, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, NIST, MD | 
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C3   Antiferromagnetic Spintronics Mar 14 2016 2:30PM Ballroom III  | 
Axel Hoffmann, Argonne Natl Lab | 
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C4   Bridging Time and Length Scales: From Nano Assemblies to Bio-Polymers Mar 14 2016 2:30PM Ballroom IV  | 
Dvora Perahia, Clemson University | 
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C5   Frustrated Magnetism: Theory Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 301  | 
Gang Chen, Fudan University | 
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C6   Magnetic Characterization and Imaging Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 302  | 
Vojtech Uhlir, UCSD | 
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C7   Undergraduate Research/SPS III Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 303  | 
Crystal Bailey, American Physical Society | 
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C12   Intrinsic Localized Modes: Recent Developments and Future Perspectives Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 308  | 
David Campbell, Boston University | 
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C13   DMP Prize Session Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 309  | 
Michael E. Flatté, University of Iowa | 
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C14   The Author in Dialogue: Steven Weinberg's 'To Explain the World' Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 310  | 
Joseph D. Martin, Michigan State University | 
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C15   Graphene: Adatoms, Doping, and Magnetism Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 314  | 
Olaf van 't Erve, Naval Research Laboratory | 
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C16   Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy of Graphene Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 315  | 
Michael Lodge, University of Central Florida | 
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C17   Charge Density Waves: Low Dimensional and Organic Conductors Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 316  | 
Eva Andrei, Rutgers University | 
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C18   Iridates I Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 317  | 
Deepak Singh, Universityof Missouri | 
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C19   Epitaxial Engineering of Magnetic Oxide Thin Films Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 318  | 
Mark Huijben, University of Twente | 
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C20   Electronic Structure Methods II Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 319  | 
Lucas Wagner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 
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C21   Magnetic Chains and Kondo Effects Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 320  | 
Christopher Landee, Clark University | 
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C22   Electrons, Phonons, and Electron-Phonon Scattering II Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 321  | 
David Broido, Boston College | 
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C23   Acoustic, Thermal, and Photonic Metamaterial Concepts Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 322  | 
Matthew Sheldon, Texas A&M University | 
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C24   Time-resolved Energy Transfer and Exciton Transport in Nanostructures Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 323  | 
Maxim Sukharev, Arizona State University | 
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C25   Optical Spectroscopy of Superconductors Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 324  | 
Peter Armitage, Johns Hopkins University | 
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C26   2D Devices: Low-dimensional Properties and Contacts Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 325  | 
Doug Strachan, University of Kentucky | 
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C27   Heavy Fermion Compounds: Experiment and Theory Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 326  | 
Sheng Ran, University of California, San Diego | 
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C28   Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect I Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 327  | 
Nikesh Koirala, Rutgers University | 
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C29   Bi-based Topological Insulators Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 328  | 
Seongshik Oh, Rutgurs University | 
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C30   Novel Ferroic Systems Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 329  | 
R Ramesh, UCBerkeley | 
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C31   Journal of Chemical Physics Editor's Choice Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 331  | 
David Nesbitt, JILA, University of Colorado | 
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C32   Device Characterization of Nanostructured Devices and Heterostructures Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 332  | 
Matt Law, UC-Irvine | 
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C33   Polymers in Batteries and Electrochemical Capacitors Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 336  | 
David Hallinan, Florida State University | 
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C34   The Physics of Confined Structured Fluids I Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 337  | 
Jaroslaw Majewski, LANL | 
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C35   Active Matter: Collective Phenomena in Living Systems II Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 338  | 
Yuhai Tu, IBM Research | 
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C36   Soft Colloids: From Single Particle Properties to Bulk Phase Behavior and Dynamics Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 339  | 
Alberto Fernandez-Nieves, Georgia Institute of Technology | 
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C37   Physics of Bioinspired Materials I Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 340  | 
Qiming Wang, University of Southern California | 
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C38   Assembly of Soft Nanoparticles and Colloids in Solution Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 341  | 
Du Yeol Ryu, Yonsei University | 
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C39   Physics of Cancer and Development II Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 342  | 
Kandice Tanner, National Institute of Health | 
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C40   Extra Mechanics: Fracking, Growing, Buckling, Defects, Stat Mech, and Bio Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 343  | 
Dominic Vella, Oxford University | 
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C41   Biopolymers in Confinement: I Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 344  | 
Kevin Dorfman, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis | 
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C42   Physics of Copolymers II: Bulk and Thin Films Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 345  | 
Steve Hudson, NIST | 
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C43   Sediment Transport, Geological Flows, and Avalanches Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 346  | 
Mark Shattuck, CCNY | 
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C45   Adiabatic Quantum Computation and Quantum Annealing: Tunneling, Speedup and Noise Effects Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 348  | 
Davide Venturelli, NASA Ames Research Center | 
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C46   Instrumentation II: Spectroscopy Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 311  | 
Angela Hight-Walker, NIST | 
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C48   Multimode Circuit QED and Strong Coupling Mar 14 2016 2:30PM 349  | 
Benjamin Palmer, Laboratory of Physical Sciences, College Park | 
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C50   Many-Body Localization in Atomic Systems I Mar 14 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Bela Bauer, Microsoft Station Q | 
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C51   Applications Semiconductors & Dielectrics Mar 14 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Ichiro Takeuchi, University of Maryland | 
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C52   Vortices, Rotation and Nonlinear Effects in BECs Mar 14 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 3 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Stephen Eckel, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland | 
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C53   Massively Parallel Simulations of Chemical, Materials and Biological Systems Mar 14 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 4 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Priya Vashisthta, University of Southern California | 
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C54   Ballistic Transport in Semiconductor Devices Mar 14 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 5 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Ernesto Marinero, Purdue University | 
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C55   The Physics of Epidemics Mar 14 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Walter Beyerler, Sandia National Labs | 
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E1   Recent Developments in Hybrid Semiconductor-Superconductor Junctions Mar 15 2016 8:00AM Ballroom I  | 
Yong Chen, Purdue University | 
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E2   Computational Methods for Improved Transparent Conducting Oxides Mar 15 2016 8:00AM Ballroom II  | 
Giulia Galli, Univ of Chicago | 
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E3   A New Approach to the Kitaev Quantum Spin Liquid Mar 15 2016 8:00AM Ballroom III  | 
Young-June Kim, Univ of Toronto | 
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E4   Polymer Physics Prize Mar 15 2016 8:00AM Ballroom IV  | 
Stephen Cheng, University of Akron | 
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E5   Magnetic Thin Films and Multilayers Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 301  | 
Madhukar Reddy, Lam Research Corporation | 
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E6   Spin Excitations in Ultrathin Films, Nanostructures and Domain Walls Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 302  | 
Behrouz Khodadadi, University of Alabama | 
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E7   Undergraduate Research/SPS IV Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 303  | 
Cortney Bougher, American Physical Society | 
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E8   Superconductivity: Transport Properties Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 304  | 
Philip Adams, Louisiana State University | 
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E11   Electronic Structure and Magnetism in Fe-based Superconductors I Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 307  | 
Qimiao Si, Rice University | 
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E12   Mechanisms for Long Carrier Lifetimes and High Detectivities from Novel Ga-free Narrow Gap III-V Semiconductor Superlattices Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 308  | 
Michael Flatte, Univ of Iowa | 
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E14   Understand and Improve the Status of Women in Physics Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 310  | 
Cha-Mei Tang, Creatv MicroTech. Inc. | 
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E15   2D Devices: Mobility and Energy Relaxation Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 314  | 
Wenjuan Zhu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 
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E16   Graphene and Graphene Nanoribbons Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 315  | 
Jing Kong, MIT | 
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E17   Strained Graphene Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 316  | 
Masahiro Ishigami, University of Central Florida | 
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E18   Spin-Hall II Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 317  | 
Se Kwon Kim, UC Los Angeles | 
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E19   Magnetic Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures: Novel Interfacial Phenomena Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 318  | 
Ho Nyung Lee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 
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E20   II-VI Magnetic Semiconductors Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 319  | 
Denis Kochan, U. Regensburg | 
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E21   Experimental Techniques and Results: Static and Dynamic High-Pressure Physics Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 320  | 
Audrey Grockowiak, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory | 
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E22   Predicting and Classifying Materials via High-Throughput Databases and Machine Learning I Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 321  | 
Gus Hart, Brigham Young University | 
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E23   Metamaterial Devices and Applications Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 322  | 
Jeremy Munday, University of Maryland | 
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E24   Many-Body Perturbation Theory for Electronic Excitations: Computational Advances Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 323  | 
Volker Blum, Duke University | 
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E25   Superconductivity: Vortex matter Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 324  | 
Valentin Taufour, Ames Laboratory | 
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E27   Heavy Fermion Superconductors Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 326  | 
Paula Giraldo Gallow, Florida State University | 
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E28   Topological Superconductivity Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 327  | 
Abhay Pasupathy, Columbia University | 
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E29   Majorana Fermions Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 328  | 
Sergey Frolovy, University of Pittsburgh | 
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E30   Topological and Correlation Effects in Oxide Heterostructures Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 329  | 
James Rondinelli, Northwestern University | 
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E31   Advances in Density Functional Theory III Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 331  | 
Neepa Maitra, Hunter College-CUNY | 
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E32   Emerging Nanomaterials for Solar Energy Conversion II Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 332  | 
Arthur Nozik, NREL | 
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E33   Polymer Glass Formation and Stability Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 336  | 
Connie Roth, Emory University | 
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E34   Continuum Descriptions of Discrete Materials I Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 337  | 
Ken Kamrin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 
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E35   Population and Evolutionary Dynamics I Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 338  | 
Michael Pleimling, Virginia Tech | 
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E36   Colloids: Assembly, Mechanics and Techniques Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 339  | 
Daniel Blair, Georgetown University | 
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E37   Self and Directed Assembly (Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium) Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 340  | 
Kazem Edmond, Oxford University | 
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E38   Active Matter III Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 341  | 
Cynthia J. Reichardt, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
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E39   Cell Motility: From Single Cell to Collective Dynamics I Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 342  | 
Sima Setayeshgar | 
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E40   Leo Kadanoff Session I Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 343  | 
Sidney Nagel, University of Chicago | 
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E41   Physics of Neural Systems Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 344  | 
Marc Howard, Boston University | 
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E42   Bi-Component Systems: Composites and Blends Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 345  | 
Debra Audus, NIST | 
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E43   Jamming and the Glass Transition I Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 346  | 
Ray Orbach | 
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E44   Quantum Characterization, Verification and Validation II Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 347  | 
Barry Sanders, University of Calgary | 
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E45   Hybrid Quantum Systems I Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 348  | 
Mark Dykman, Michigan State University | 
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E46   Advances in Scanning Probe Microscopy II: High Frequencies and Optical Techniques Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 311  | 
Fabian Natterer, IBM Almaden Research Center | 
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E48   Quantum Error Correction in Superconducting Qubits Mar 15 2016 8:00AM 349  | 
Austin Fowler, Google, Inc. | 
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E51   Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Theory Mar 15 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Adam Gali, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Budapest University of Technology and Economics | 
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E53   The Future of Physics: Crossing Disciplines and Collaborating Mar 15 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 4 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Krista Freeman, Carnegie Mellon University | 
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E54   Microwave and Optical Properties of Semiconductors Mar 15 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 5 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Todd Brintlinger, Naval Research Lab | 
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E55   Delbruck Prize Session Mar 15 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Steven D. Schwartz, University of Arizona | 
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F1   Pattern Formation Mar 15 2016 11:15AM Ballroom I  | 
Sidney Nagel, University of Chicago | 
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F2   Topology and Localization in Floquet Systems Mar 15 2016 11:15AM Ballroom II  | 
Shivaji Sondhi, Princeton | 
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F3   Superconducting Spintronics Mar 15 2016 11:15AM Ballroom III  | 
Hans Nembach, National Institute of Standards and Technology | 
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F4   Polymer Architecture Effects on Structure Dynamics Mar 15 2016 11:15AM Ballroom IV  | 
Michael Rubinstein, Univ of NC - Chapel Hill | 
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F5   Spin Transport in Semiconductors Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 301  | 
Pengke Li, University of Maryland, College Park | 
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F6   Iridates II Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 302  | 
Ilija Zeljkovic, Boston College | 
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F7   Undergraduate Research/SPS V Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 303  | 
Sean Bentley, Adelphi University | 
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F11   Nematicity in Fe-based Superconductors Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 307  | 
Anna Boehmer, Ames Laboratory | 
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F12   Climate Science Frontier: Cloud and Precipitation Physics Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 308  | 
Juan Restrepo, Oregon State Univ | 
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F13   New Developments in the Study of Inhomogeneous Strongly Correlated Quantum Systems Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 309  | 
Mark Jarrell, Louisiana State University | 
| 
F14   Integration of Research and Teaching Excellence: Cottrell Scholars Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 310  | 
Richard Wiener, Research Corp | 
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F16   Exciton Dynamics in 2D Semiconductors Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 315  | 
Xiaobo Yin, University of Colorado, Boulder | 
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F17   2D Devices: Superconductors, Charge Density Waves, Phase Transitions Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 316  | 
Vincent Meunier, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 
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F18   Frustrated Magnetism: Pyrochlore and Spin Ice Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 317  | 
Kate Ross, Colorado State University | 
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F19   Kondo Physics, Heavy Fermions, and Quantum Criticality Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 318  | 
Ivelisse Cabrera, NIST | 
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F20   Materials in Extremes: High-pressure Synthesis of New Materials Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 319  | 
Jennifer Ciezak-Jenkins, Army Research Laboratory | 
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F21   Molecular Nanomagnets Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 320  | 
Andrew Kent, New York University | 
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F22   Theory and Simulation of Excited-State Phenomena in Semiconductors and Nanostructures II Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 321  | 
Emmanouil Kioupakis, University of Michigan | 
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F23   Synthesis, Fabrication and Characterization of Nanostructures Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 322  | 
Koray Aydin, Northwestern University | 
| 
F25   Superconductivity: Mesoscopic and Nanometer Scale Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 324  | 
Timir Datta, University of South Carolina | 
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F26   Weyl Semimetal - Theory Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 325  | 
Catalin Martin, Ramapo College of New Jersey | 
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F27   Carbon Nanotube & Related Materials: Optical & Other Properties Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 326  | 
Shu-Jen Han, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center | 
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F28   Topological Insulator Thin Films Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 327  | 
Matthew Brahlek, Pennsylvania State University | 
| 
F29   Novel Topological Phases: Theory Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 328  | 
Bitan Roy, University of Maryland | 
| 
F30   Orbital and Electronic Transitions in Oxide Heterostructures Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 329  | 
Hyowon Park, University of Illinois, Chicago | 
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F33   The Physics of Confined Structural Fluids II Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 336  | 
Erik Watkins, UC - Davis | 
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F34   Active Matter IV Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 337  | 
Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University | 
| 
F35   Population and Evolutionary Dynamics II Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 338  | 
Uwe Tauber, Virginia Tech | 
| 
F36   Physics of Bioinspired Materials II Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 339  | 
Sung Hoong Kang, Johns Hopkins University | 
| 
F37   Clustering and Gelation with Competing Interactions I Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 340  | 
Emanuela Del Gado, Georgetown University | 
| 
F38   Padden Award Symposium Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 341  | 
Wesley Burghardt, Northwestern University | 
| 
F39   Cell Motility: From Single Cell to Collective Dynamics II Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 342  | 
Jay Tang, Brown University | 
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F40   Leo Kadanoff Session II / GSNP Student Awards Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 343  | 
Susan Coppersmith, Bulbul Chakraborty, University of Wisconsin, Brandeis University | 
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F41   Maximum Entropy Models: A Promising Link Between Statistical Physics, Inference, and Biology Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 344  | 
Gasper Tkacik, IST Austria | 
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F42   Polymer Assembly I Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 345  | 
Sangwoo Lee, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 
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F43   Jamming and the Glass Transition II Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 346  | 
Paolo Sibani | 
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F44   Gravity and Quantum Information Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 347  | 
Caslav Brukner, IQOQI, Austrian Academy of Sciences; Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna | 
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F45   Adiabatic Quantum Computation and Quantum Annealing: Energy Landscapes, Speedup and Embedding Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 348  | 
Daniel Lidar, Univ. of Southern California | 
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F46   Instrumentation III: Scattering, Diffraction, Imaging Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 311  | 
Dennis Mills, Argonne National Laboratory | 
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F47   Sexual and Gender Diversity Issues in Physics – C-LGBT Ad Hoc Committee Report Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 312  | 
Monica Plisch, APS | 
| 
F48   Quantum Gates in Superconducting Circuits Mar 15 2016 11:15AM 349  | 
Jerry Chow, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center | 
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F50   Non-Equilibrium Physics with Cold Atoms Mar 15 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Joe Britton, NIST | 
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F51   2DEG and Quantum Hall Effect Mar 15 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Mansour Shayegan, Princeton University | 
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F53   DCP Plyler and Jankunis Prize Session Mar 15 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 4 Hilton Baltimore  | 
David Nesbitt, University of Colorado, Boulder | 
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F54   Materials for Sustainable Development Mar 15 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 5 Hilton Inner Harbor  | 
Talat Rahman, University of Central Florida | 
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F55   Brain Morphology and Mechanics: From Cortex Folding to Neuronal Growth to Compression Stiffening Mar 15 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Jennifer Schwartz, Syracuse University | 
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G2   Graduate School Fair Recpeption Mar 15 2016 1:00PM Graduate School Fair Space/Exhibit Hall EF  | 
Crystal Bailey, APS | 
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H1   Hidden Order in URu2Si2 Revealed by Advanced Spectroscopies Mar 15 2016 2:30PM Ballroom I  | 
John Mydosh, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium and Instituut-Lorentz Universit | 
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H2   Emergent Topological Phenomena in Pyrochlore Iridates II Mar 15 2016 2:30PM Ballroom II  | 
Zhi-Xun Shen, Stanford Univ | 
| 
H3   Charge Noise Mitigation in Multiple Quantum Dot Qubits Mar 15 2016 2:30PM Ballroom III  | 
Thaddeus Ladd, Hrl Laboratories | 
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H4   Dillon Medal Symposium Mar 15 2016 2:30PM Ballroom IV  | 
Darrin Pochan, University of Delaware | 
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H5   Frustrated Magnetism: Spin Liquids in 2D Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 301  | 
Arun Paramekanti, University of Tornoto | 
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H6   Perpendicular Anisotropy Multi-layers and Hard Magnets Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 302  | 
Mazin Almaqablah, Western Digital Corporation | 
| 
H7   Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Spin Related Transport Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 303  | 
Lourdes Salamanca-Riba, University of Maryland | 
| 
H11   Correlations and Superconductivity in Fe Chalcogenides I Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 307  | 
Amalia Coldea, Oxford University | 
| 
H12   Beyond STT-MRAM: Future Perspective for Spintronics Devices Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 308  | 
Ernesto E. Marinero, Supriyo Datta, Purdue University | 
| 
H13   Rahman Prize Lecture and Computational Design of New Topological Materials Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 309  | 
Bluegel Stefan, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH | 
| 
H14   Reichert Award Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 310  | 
Tim Stelzer, Univ of Illinois - Urbana | 
| 
H16   2D Devices: Electronics and Optoelectronics Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 315  | 
Jonathan Bird, University at Buffalo | 
| 
H17   Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Defects and Degradation Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 316  | 
Chongwu Zhou, University of Southern California | 
| 
H18   Spins in Reduced Dimensional Semiconductors Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 317  | 
Scott Crooker, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
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H19   Spin-Order and Half-Metallicity of Magnetic Thin Films Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 318  | 
Chiara Ciccarelli, University of Cambridge | 
| 
H20   Materials in Extremes: Novel Energetic Materials Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 319  | 
Elissaios Stavrou, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 
| 
H21   1D Gapped Antiferromagnets Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 320  | 
Vivien Zapf, NHMFL-LANL | 
| 
H22   Theory and Simulations of Novel Superconductors Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 321  | 
Barry Klein, University of California, Davis | 
| 
H23   Computational Materials Discovery and Design - Materials for Catalysis Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 322  | 
David Strubbe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 
| 
H24   Many-Body Perturbation Theory for Electronic Excitations: Excitonic Phenomena Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 323  | 
Serdar Ogut, University of Illinois at Chicago | 
| 
H25   Josephson Tunneling: SQUIDS and Superconductor-ferromagnetic Interactions Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 324  | 
Steven Anlage, University of Maryland | 
| 
H26   Graphene: Plasmons and Fluorescence Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 325  | 
Abdel El Fatimy, Georgetown University | 
| 
H28   Topological Crystalline Insulators and Quantum Hall Effects. Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 327  | 
Vidya Madhavan, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign | 
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H29   Two-dimensional Topological Insulators: InAs/GaSb Quantum Wells and Beyond Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 328  | 
Xiao Li, University of Maryland | 
| 
H30   Novel Behavior at Oxide Interfaces Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 329  | 
Beatriz Noheda, University of Groningen | 
| 
H31   Advances in Density Functional Theory IV Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 331  | 
Adam Wasserman, Purdue University | 
| 
H32   Theoretical Modeling of Materials for Solar Energy Conversion Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 332  | 
Giulia Galli, University of Chicago | 
| 
H33   Where Simulation, Theory, and Experiment Meet Across Time Scales Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 336  | 
K. Michael Salerno, Sandia National Laboratory | 
| 
H34   Active Matter V Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 337  | 
Erik Luijten, Northwestern University | 
| 
H35   Population and Evolutionary Dynamics III Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 338  | 
Robert Austin, Princeton University | 
| 
H36   Soft Matter at Interfaces (Surfactants) Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 339  | 
Jonathan Whitmer, Notre Dame | 
| 
H37   Clustering and Gelation with Competing Interactions II Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 340  | 
Yun Liu, NIST | 
| 
H38   Polymer Nanocomposites: Dynamics Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 341  | 
Laura Clarke, NC State University | 
| 
H39   Cell Motility: From Single Cell to Collective Dynamics III Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 342  | 
Thomas Gregor, Princeton University | 
| 
H40   Mechanical Metamaterials and Origami I Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 343  | 
Chris Santangelo, University of Massachusetts Amherst | 
| 
H41   Biopolymers in Confinement II Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 344  | 
Kevin Dorfman, University of Minnesota - Minneapolis | 
| 
H42   Polymer Assembly II Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 345  | 
Boualem Hammouda, NIST | 
| 
H43   Aging in the Jammed State Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 346  | 
Stefan Boettcher, Emory University | 
| 
H44   Quantum Algorithms Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 347  | 
Kenneth Rudinger, Sandia National Labs | 
| 
H45   Quantum Information with Ions, Photons and Spins Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 348  | 
Philipp Schindler, Innsbruck University | 
| 
H46   Metals I Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 311  | 
Duane Johnson, Ames Laboratory | 
| 
H47   Chemical Physics of Graphene and Carbon Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 312  | 
Masuro Kuno, University of Notre Dame | 
| 
H48   Entanglement in Superconducting Circuits Mar 15 2016 2:30PM 349  | 
Konrad Lehnert, JILA, University of Colorado, NIST-Boulder | 
| 
H51   Climate as a Non-equilibrium and Stochastic System Mar 15 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Juan Restrepo, Oregon State University | 
| 
H52   Optomechanics and Hybrid Systems II: Metrology and Other Topics Mar 15 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 3 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Mukund Vengalatorre, Cornell University | 
| 
H53   Explore the Expertise and Facilities at the DOE Nanocenters: Come Work With Us! Mar 15 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 4 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Fernando Camino, Brookhaven National Laboratory | 
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H54   Materials for Energy Storage Devices I Mar 15 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 5 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Marina Leite, Univ. of Maryland - College Park | 
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H55   Theoretical Physics and Networks of Real Neurons Mar 15 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
William Bialek, Princeton University | 
| 
J2   Student Reception & Awards Ceremony Mar 15 2016 5:30PM Exhibit Hall C  | 
Crystal Bailey, APS | 
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K1   Visualization of Vorticity in Quantum Fluids Mar 16 2016 8:00AM Ballroom I  | 
Katepalli Sreenivasan, New York Univ | 
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K2   Kitaev Spin Liquid Physics in Honeycomb and Related Lattice Materials Mar 16 2016 8:00AM Ballroom II  | 
Stephen Nagler, Oak Ridge National Lab | 
| 
K3   Weyl Topological Semimetals: Theory and Experiment Mar 16 2016 8:00AM Ballroom III  | 
Arun Bansil, Northeastern University | 
| 
K4   From Nano to Meso: Assembly, Structure and Dynamics of Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposite Thin Films I - Industry Day Mar 16 2016 8:00AM Ballroom IV  | 
Sanat Kumar, Columbia Univ | 
| 
K5   Frustrated Magnetism: Spinels Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 301  | 
Daniel Khomskii, University of Cologne | 
| 
K6   Ruthenates Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 302  | 
Songxue Chi, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 
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K7   Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Nitrides Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 303  | 
Christopher Van de Walle, UCSB | 
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K9   Superlattices & Nanostructures (Wires, Dots, etc): Optical Phenomenona Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 305  | 
Andrey Kiselev, HRL Laboratories, LLC | 
| 
K11   Electronic Structure and Magnetism in Fe-based Superconductors II Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 307  | 
Emilia Morosan, Rice University | 
| 
K13   Application of Monte Carlo Techniques to Cold Atom Systems Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 309  | 
Barry Schneider, NIST/NSF | 
| 
K14   Extreme Mechanics: Topology in Mechanics Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 310  | 
Pedro Reis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 
| 
K15   Transport in Graphene and 1D Structures Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 314  | 
Kurt Gaskill, Naval Research Laboratory | 
| 
K16   2D Devices: Black Phosphorous Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 315  | 
Marija Drndic, University of Pennsylvania | 
| 
K17   Many-body Interactions in Graphene Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 316  | 
Vikram Deshpande, University of utah | 
| 
K18   Spin-Hall III Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 317  | 
Benjamin Jungfleisch, Argonne National Laboratory | 
| 
K19   III-V Magnetic Semiconductors Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 318  | 
Paul Crowell, University of Minnesota | 
| 
K20   Quantum Many-Body Systems and Methods I Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 319  | 
Nicola Lanata, Rutgers University | 
| 
K21   Geophysics and Planetary Science Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 320  | 
Arianna Gleason, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
| 
K22   Predicting and Classifying Materials via High-Throughput Databases and Machine Learning II Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 321  | 
Dimitrios Papaconstantopoulos, George Mason University | 
| 
K23   Focus Topic: Computational Materials Discovery and Design - Structure Prediction and Phase Diagrams Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 322  | 
Stephan Lany, National Renewable Energy Laboratory | 
| 
K24   Many-Body Perturbation Theory for Electronic Excitations: Theoretical Spectroscopy Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 323  | 
Claudia Draxl, Humboldt University | 
| 
K25   Superconductivity: Theory I Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 324  | 
Harald Jeschke, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt | 
| 
K26   Insulator: Growth, Structure, Properties, and Defects Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 325  | 
Bharat Jalan, University of Minnesota | 
| 
K27   Carbon Nanotubes: Electronic, Transport & Sensing Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 326  | 
Yan Li, Peiking University | 
| 
K28   Quantum Anomalous Hall Effect II Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 327  | 
Anthony Richardella, Pennsylvania State University | 
| 
K29   Topological Insulators: Theory I Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 328  | 
Siddharth Parameswaran, Univesrity of California, Irvine | 
| 
K30   Complexity in Ferroic Systems Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 329  | 
Manuel Bibes, CNRS Thales | 
| 
K31   Advances in Density Functional Theory V Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 331  | 
Michele Pavanello, Rutgers University | 
| 
K32   Plasmonics and Beyond I: Resonant Coupling Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 332  | 
David Nesbitt, JILA, University of Colorado | 
| 
K33   Polymers for Solar Energy Conversion Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 336  | 
Miriam Rafailovich, State University of New York, Stony Brook | 
| 
K34   Rheology and Flow Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 337  | 
Paolo Arratia, University of Pennsylvania | 
| 
K35   Physics of Sensorimotor Neural Circuits I Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 338  | 
Tatyana Sharpee, Salk Institute | 
| 
K36   Coarse-graining, Advanced Sampling and Multiscale Methods in Soft Matter Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 339  | 
Gopinath Subramanian, University of Southern Mississippi | 
| 
K37   Soft Matter at Interfaces (Particles) Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 340  | 
Michael Rubenstein, Univ. North Carolina | 
| 
K38   Glasses Altered by Interfaces I Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 341  | 
Andrew Croll, North Dakota State University | 
| 
K39   Evolutionary Design Principles of Bio-networks Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 342  | 
Gabor Balazsi, Oleg Igoshin, Stony Brook University, Rice University | 
| 
K40   Mechanical Metamaterials and Origami II Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 343  | 
Katia Bertoldi, Harvard University | 
| 
K41   Physics of Proteins: Protein-Protein Interactions Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 344  | 
Wei Wang, Nanjing University | 
| 
K42   Polymer Dynamics - Insight from In-Situ Scattering Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 345  | 
Lilin He, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 
| 
K43   Complex Networks and their Applications I Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 346  | 
Flaviano Morone, City College of New York | 
| 
K44   Quantum Error Correction, Control & Simulation Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 347  | 
Todd Brun, University of Southern California | 
| 
K45   Hybrid Quantum Systems II Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 348  | 
Mark Friesen, University of Wisconsin - Madison | 
| 
K46   Advances in Scanning Probe Microscopy III: Scanning Probe Spectroscopic Techniques Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 311  | 
Jeonghoon Ha, National Magnet Laboratory | 
| 
K47   Bulk Water: Experiment and Theory Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 312  | 
David Chandler, Sandia National Laboratory | 
| 
K48   Novel Superconducting Qubits & Architectures Mar 16 2016 8:00AM 349  | 
John Martinis, Google, Inc. | 
| 
K50   Spin-Orbit Coupling and Artificial Gauge Fields Mar 16 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Lauren Aycock, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland | 
| 
K51   Fractional QHE: Topological, Non-Abelian, and 5/2 States Mar 16 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
John Cumings, University of Maryland | 
| 
K55   Physics of Cancer Metastasis Mar 16 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Michael Espey, National Institute of Health | 
| 
L1   Design and Control of the Superconducting Order Parameter in Low Dimensions Mar 16 2016 11:15AM Ballroom I  | 
Trivedi Nandini, Ohio State University | 
| 
L2   Physics of Interacting Particles in Two Dimensional Electron Systems at Half-Filling Mar 16 2016 11:15AM Ballroom II  | 
Mansour Shayegan, Princeton University | 
| 
L3   Buckley, Lilienfeld and Onsager Prize Session Mar 16 2016 11:15AM Ballroom III  | 
Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan | 
| 
L4   Physics for Everyone Mar 16 2016 11:15AM Ballroom IV  | 
Daniel Dessau, University of Colorado, Boulder | 
| 
L5   Frustrated Magnetism: Artificial Spin Ice Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 301  | 
Jayasimha Atulasimha, Virginia Commonwealth University | 
| 
L6   Spin-Transport Phenomena: Oscillators and Spin-Injections I Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 302  | 
Lihui Bai, University of Manitoba | 
| 
L7   Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Novel experimental techniques Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 303  | 
James Speck, University of California, Santa Barbara | 
| 
L8   Electron Transport in Nanowires Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 304  | 
Jonathan Baugh, University of Waterloo | 
| 
L11   Novel Physics of Fe-Pnictide Superconductors Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 307  | 
Ming Yi, UC Berkeley | 
| 
L12   From Nano to Meso: Assembly Structure and Dynamics of Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposite Thin Films II - Industry Day Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 308  | 
Neal Brant, Miliken, Inc. | 
| 
L13   New Phenomena in 2D Fermi Gases Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 309  | 
Cheng Chin, University of Chicago | 
| 
L14   Impacts and Experiences with Hybrid and Online Courses Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 310  | 
Michael Schatz, Georgia Institute of Technolgy | 
| 
L15   Phenomena in Dirac Systems Mar 16 2016 11:03AM 314  | 
Adam Friedman, Naval Research Laboratory | 
| 
L16   Black Phosphorus Device Physics Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 315  | 
Yuanbo Zhang, Fudan University, China | 
| 
L17   2D Devices: Charge, Spin, and Valley Control Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 316  | 
Kin Fai Mak, Penn State University | 
| 
L18   Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 317  | 
Emrah Turgut, Cornell University | 
| 
L19   Emergent Magnetic and Electronic States in Oxide Heterostructures Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 318  | 
Gervasi Herranz, ICMAB-CSIC | 
| 
L20   Quantum Many-Body Systems and Methods II Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 319  | 
Eric Andrade, TU Dresden, Germany | 
| 
L21   Materials in Extremes: Energetic Materials Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 320  | 
Tariq Aslam, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
| 
L22   Theory and Simulations of Strongly Correlated Systems with Disorder Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 321  | 
Richard Scalettar, University of California, Davis | 
| 
L23   Computational Materials Discovery and Design - Graphene and 2D Materials Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 322  | 
Mahesh Neupane, Army Research Lab | 
| 
L24   Mesoscopic Materials and Devices I Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 323  | 
Nitin Samarth, Pennsylvania State Unversity | 
| 
L25   Superconductivity: Theory II Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 324  | 
Alexander Balatsky, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
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L26   Electronic and Transport Properties of Insulators Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 325  | 
L. Andrew Wray, New York University | 
| 
L27   Quantum Criticality: Theory Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 326  | 
Lucile Savary, Massachusetts Institute of Techology | 
| 
L28   Topological Crystalline Insulators Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 327  | 
Liang Fu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 
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L29   Two-Dimensional Topological Insulators: Heterostructures and Beyond Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 328  | 
Fan Zhang, University of Texas, Dallas | 
| 
L30   Functional Defects in Oxide Heterostructures Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 329  | 
Hanghui Chen, Columbia University | 
| 
L31   Advances in Density Functional Theory VI Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 331  | 
Marivi Fernandez Serra, SUNY-Stony Brook | 
| 
L32   Dynamic Interactions Between Nanostructures Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 332  | 
Todd Krauss, University of Rochester | 
| 
L33   Kitaev Physics in Honeycomb Iridates Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 336  | 
George Jackeli, University of Stuttgart | 
| 
L34   Forum on Outreach and Engaging the Public Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 337  | 
Yvan Bruynseraede, University of Leuven | 
| 
L35   Thermoelectrics Low Dimensional Materials Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 338  | 
Jeff Urban, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 
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L40   Geometry and Dynamics of Slender Structures Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 343  | 
James Hanna, Virginia Tech | 
| 
L42   Industry Day Plenary Session Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 345  | 
Jeffrey Hunt, Boeing, Inc. | 
| 
L43   Complex Networks and their Applications II Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 346  | 
Mason Porter, Oxford University | 
| 
L44   Quantum Information Theory and Quantum Foundations Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 347  | 
Bei Zeng, University of Guelph | 
| 
L45   Semiconductor Qubits: Quantum Dot Entanglement and Control Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 348  | 
Matthew Rakher, HRL Laboratories | 
| 
L46   Metals II Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 311  | 
David Singh, University of Missouri | 
| 
L47   Chemical Physics of Condensed Phase Dynamics Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 312  | 
David Nesbitt, JILA, University of Colorado | 
| 
L48   Decoherence in Superconducting Qubits: Materials and TLSs Mar 16 2016 11:15AM 349  | 
David Pappas, NIST-Boulder | 
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L50   Cold Atomic Gases: Precision Measurement and Few-Body Physics Mar 16 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Shina Tan, Georgia Institute of Technology | 
| 
L51   Fractional QHE: Bilayer, & Many-Body Effects Mar 16 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
John Cumings, University of Maryland | 
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L54   Supersolids and Band Structure in Strongly Correlated Systems Mar 16 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 5 Hilton Baltimore  | 
William Cannon, Texas A&M University | 
| 
L55   20 Years of Quantum Error Correction Mar 16 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Steve Flammia, University of Sydney | 
| 
P1   The Fred Kavli Special Symposium on Physics Frontiers Mar 16 2016 2:30PM Exhibit Hall C  | 
Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan | 
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P5   Spins in Two Dimensions: Graphene, 2DEGs and Quantum Wells Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 301  | 
Hanan Dery, University of Rochester | 
| 
P6   Magnetic Complex Oxides I Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 302  | 
Gian Guzman-Verri, University of Costa Rica / Argonne National Lab | 
| 
P7   Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Oxides Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 303  | 
Michael Stavola, Lehigh University | 
| 
P11   Correlations and Superconductivity in Fe chalcogenides II Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 307  | 
Makariy Tanatar, Ames Laboratory | 
| 
P12   Bridging Time and Length Scales in Polymers and Soft Materials: Computational Pathways to Accelerate the Lab to Fab Transition - Industry Day Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 308  | 
Mark Stevens, Sandia National Laboratories | 
| 
P14   International Cooperative Efforts for Electronic Structure Methods Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 310  | 
Aldo Romero, West Virginia University | 
| 
P15   2D Materials: Preparation and Characterization Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 314  | 
Huili Xing, Cornell University | 
| 
P16   2D Devices: Black Phosphorous, III-IV, and IV-VI Materials Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 315  | 
Jewook Park, ORNL | 
| 
P17   2D Materials: Assembly and Characterization Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 316  | 
Ching-Tzu Chen, IBM | 
| 
P18   Spin-Dynamics in Patterned Films and Devices Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 317  | 
Volker Sluka, New York University | 
| 
P19   Magnetic Materials Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 318  | 
Daniel Gopman, NIST | 
| 
P20   Quantum Many-Body Systems and Methods III Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 319  | 
Herbert Fotso | 
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P21   Materials in Extremes: Energetic Materials and Reactive Chemistry Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 320  | 
Igor Schweigert, Naval Research Laboratory | 
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P22   General Theory/Computational Physics Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 321  | 
Daniel Finkenstadt | 
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P23   Computational Materials Discovery and Design - Defects and Interfaces Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 322  | 
Vladan Stevanovic, Colorado School of Mines | 
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P24   Many-Body Perturbation Theory for Electronic Excitations: Electronic Structure Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 323  | 
Noa Marom, Tulane University | 
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P25   Superconducting Tunneling: Josephson Effect and THz Emission Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 324  | 
Richard Klemm, University of Central Florida | 
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P26   Insulators: Ferroelectrics and Applications Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 325  | 
Mina Yoon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 
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P27   VO2: Experiment and Theory Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 326  | 
Mengkun Liu, State University of New York, Stonybrook | 
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P28   Advances in Topological Materials I Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 327  | 
Anton Burkov, University of Waterloo | 
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P29   Optical Spectroscopy on 3D Topological Insulators Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 328  | 
Dennis Drew, University of Maryland | 
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P30   Advances in Complex Oxide Film Growth Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 329  | 
Steven May, Drexel University | 
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P31   Water at Interfaces: From Spectroscopy Techniques to Computer Simulations Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 331  | 
Songi Han | 
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P32   Quantum Thermoelectric Systems Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 332  | 
Jeff Urban, Molecular Foundry, UC Berkeley | 
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P33   Organic Electronics and Photonics - Structure-Property Relationships Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 336  | 
Diru Ratnaweera, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka | 
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P34   Biopolymers and Biohybrid Polymers - Assembly and Thermodynamics Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 337  | 
Muzhou Wang, NIST | 
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P35   Physics of Sensorimotor Neural Circuits II Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 338  | 
Alex Koulakov, Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory | 
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P36   Frontiers of Liquid Crystals: From Colloids to Chiral Liquid Crystals Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 339  | 
Randy Kamien, University of Pennsylvania | 
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P37   Soft Matter Interfaces: BIo-, Dielectrics, Transport and Other Phenomena Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 340  | 
Silvina Matysiak, University of Maryland, College Park | 
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P38   Glasses Altered by Interfaces II Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 341  | 
Mesfin Tsige, University of Akron | 
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P39   Information Processing in Cellular Signaling and Gene Regulation Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 342  | 
Andrew J. Mugler, Purdue University | 
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P40   More Geometry and Dynamics: Wrinkling, Folding, Snapping, etc. Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 343  | 
Dominic Vella, Oxford University | 
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P41   Physics of Proteins: Structure and Dynamics I Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 344  | 
Corey O'Hearn, Yale University | 
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P42   Small Molecule Transport in Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites I - Industry Day Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 345  | 
Praveen Agarwal, Dow Chemical Company | 
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P43   Granular Materials Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 346  | 
Eric DeGiuli, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | 
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P44   Quantum Error Correction Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 347  | 
Jacob Taylor, University of Maryland / NIST | 
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P45   Semiconductor Qubits: Quantum Dot / Donor Devices and Readout Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 348  | 
John Gamble, Sandia National Laboratory | 
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P46   Metals III Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 311  | 
Michael Mehl, NRL | 
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P48   Quantum Control in Superconducting Circuits Mar 16 2016 2:30PM 349  | 
Alexander Korotkov, University of California, Riverside | 
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P50   Quenched Atomic Systems and Thermalization Mar 16 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Mohammad Maghrebi, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland | 
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P51   Fractional QHE: Level Mixing & Transitions Mar 16 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
John Cumings, University of Maryland | 
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P52   Optomechanics and Hybrid Systems III: Fundamental Methods and Applications Mar 16 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 3 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Chen-lung Hung, Purdue University | 
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P55   Active Fluids in Living Matter: Collective Cell Motility Mar 16 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Yuhai Tu, IBM, Inc. | 
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Q51   Outreach Happy Hour and FOEP Business Meeting Mar 16 2016 6:00PM Restaurant Pratt Street Ale House  | 
Rebecca Thompson, APS | 
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R1   3D Dirac Materials Mar 17 2016 8:00AM Ballroom I  | 
Ady Stern, Weizmann Institute of Science | 
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R2   Advances in Collective Effects in Organic Semiconductors Mar 17 2016 8:00AM Ballroom II  | 
Michael Flatte, University of Iowa | 
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R3   Glass and Jamming Transitions Mar 17 2016 8:00AM Ballroom III  | 
Sydney Nagel, University of Chicago | 
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R4   Where Electrostatics Counts: Assembly and Dynamics of Ionic Polymers Mar 17 2016 8:00AM Ballroom IV  | 
Svetlana Sukhishvili, Stevens Institute of Technology | 
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R5   Disorder and Substitution Studies in Fe-based Superconductors Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 301  | 
Johnpierre Paglione, University of Maryland | 
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R6   Frustrated Magnetism: Triangular Lattice Magnets Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 302  | 
Collin Broholm, Johns Hopkins University | 
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R7   Physics Education Student Retention Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 303  | 
Michael Falk, Johns Hopkins University | 
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R8   Hybrid Organic Inorganic Perovskite Photovoltaics Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 304  | 
Dali Sun, University of Utah | 
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R11   Spin-Hall IV Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 307  | 
Igor Barsukov, UC Irvine | 
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R12   Recent Computational Advances in the Understanding of Complex Oxides Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 308  | 
James Rondinelli, Northwestern University | 
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R13   Atomtronics Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 309  | 
Mark Edwards, Georgia Southern University | 
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R14   Geometry and Mechanics of Folded Filaments, Writhing Ribbons and Braided Bundles Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 310  | 
Gregory Grason, Univeristy of Massachusetts-Amherst | 
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R15   2D Materials: Superconductivity and Correlations I Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 314  | 
Jie Shan, Penn State University | 
| 
R17   2D Semiconductor Physics I Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 316  | 
John Schaibley, University of Washington | 
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R18   Spintransport Phenomena II Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 317  | 
See-Hun Yang, IBM Almaden | 
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R19   Magnetic Bulk Materials Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 318  | 
James Lee, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | 
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R21   Materials at Extremes: Dynamic Compression Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 320  | 
Jon Belof, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 
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R22   URu2Si2 and Other Related Heavy Fermions Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 321  | 
Adam Dioguardi, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
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R23   Thermoelectrics-Nanostructures Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 322  | 
Matthew Grayson, Northwestern University | 
| 
R24   Superfluid Helium Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 323  | 
Wei Guo, Maglab, Florida State University | 
| 
R25   Superconductivity: Less Common Materials I Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 324  | 
Harald Jeschke, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt | 
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R26   Complex Structured Materials - Computational Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 325  | 
Arunima Singh, NIST | 
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R27   Non-Fermi-liquids Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 326  | 
Arkady Shekhter, Maglab, Florida State University | 
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R28   Semiconductor Films, Defects, and Topological Materials Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 327  | 
Kenjiro Gomes, University of Notre Dame | 
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R29   Disordered and Floquet Topological Phases Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 328  | 
Andrew Potter, University of California, Berkeley | 
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R30   Properties of Multiferroic Materials Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 329  | 
Sergey Artyukhin, Rutgers University | 
| 
R32   Plasmonics and Beyond II: Ultrafast Dynamics Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 332  | 
Teri Odom, Northwestern University | 
| 
R33   Organic Electronics and Photonics - Organic Photovoltaics Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 336  | 
Daniel Sinkovits, University of Wisconsin, Stout | 
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R34   Polymer Glasses Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 337  | 
Rob Hoy, University of South Florida | 
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R35   Active Matter: Collective Phenomena in Living Systems III Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 338  | 
Carl Franck, Cornell University | 
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R36   Continuum Descriptions of Discrete Materials II Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 339  | 
Paul Umbanhowar, Northwestern University | 
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R37   Liquid Crystals: Dimers and Liquid Crystal Applications Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 340  | 
Antal Jakil, Kent State University | 
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R38   Biopolymers and Biohybrid Polymers: Networks and Hydrogels Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 341  | 
Bradley Olsen, MIT | 
| 
R39   Physics of Genome Organization: from DNA to Chromatin I Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 342  | 
John Marko, Northwestern University | 
| 
R40   Systems with Large Fluctuations and Strong Correlations I Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 343  | 
Michel Pleimling, Virginia Tech | 
| 
R41   Neural Control of Behavior Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 344  | 
Gordon Berman, Emory University | 
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R42   Small Molecule Transport in Polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites II Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 345  | 
William Phillip, Unviersity of Notre Dame | 
| 
R43   Nonlinear Dynamics in Networks I Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 346  | 
Adilson Motter, Northwestern University | 
| 
R44   Quantum Information and Thermodynamics Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 347  | 
Mohammad Ansari, Delft University of Technology | 
| 
R45   Hybrid Quantum Systems III Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 348  | 
Guido Burkard, University of Konstanz, Germany | 
| 
R46   Optical Spectroscopic Measurements of 2D Materials Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 311  | 
Erin Wood, NIST | 
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R48   Decoherence in Superconducting Qubits: Junctions and Fluxonium Mar 17 2016 8:00AM 349  | 
Britton Plourde, Syracuse University | 
| 
R50   Quantum Gases in Reduced Dimension, Ladders, and other Novel Geometries Mar 17 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
M. Rigol, Pennsylvania State University | 
| 
R53   Building New Pathways in Physics Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Mar 17 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 4 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Job Ganem, Loyola University Maryland | 
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R55   The War on Cancer: Physics Enters the Fray Mar 17 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Arian Pregenzer, Sandia National Laboratories | 
| 
S1   Topological Mysteries in Kondo Insulating SmB6 Mar 17 2016 11:15AM Ballroom I  | 
Lu Li, University of Michigan | 
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S2   Rheology of Dense Particulate Media Mar 17 2016 11:15AM Ballroom II  | 
Ted Brzinski, North Carolina State University | 
| 
S3   Towards Design of Correlated Electron Materials Mar 17 2016 11:15AM Ballroom III  | 
Laura H. Greene, Florida State University, NHMFL | 
| 
S4   Quantum Dot-Cavity Hybrid Systems Mar 17 2016 11:15AM Ballroom IV  | 
Guido Burkard, University of Konstanz | 
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S5   New Fe-based Superconductors and Related Materials I Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 301  | 
Fazel Tafti, Princeton University | 
| 
S6   Magneto-Optic/Electric and Strain/Shape Induced Magnetism Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 302  | 
Anirudh Sharma, Flinders University | 
| 
S7   Physics Education Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 303  | 
Robin Selinger, Kent State University | 
| 
S8   Electrical Transport and Photoexcitations in Organic/Inorganic Perovskites Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 304  | 
Jisong Huang, University of Nebraska Lincoln | 
| 
S11   Thin Film Skyrmions Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 307  | 
Wanjun Jiang, Argonne National Laboratory | 
| 
S12   Prospects and Challenges in Medical Physics and Imaging Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 308  | 
Larry Nagahara, Johns Hopkins University | 
| 
S13   2D Materials: Semimetals Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 309  | 
Xuan Gao, Case Western Reserve University | 
| 
S14   The Iran Nuclear Deal: Physics, Physicists and the Historic Agreement Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 310  | 
Micah Lowenthal, National Academy of Science | 
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S15   2D Materials: Superconductivity and Correlations II Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 314  | 
James Eckstein, UIUC | 
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S16   2D Devices: Mechanical metamaterials Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 315  | 
Charlie Johnson, University of Pennsylvania | 
| 
S17   2D Semiconductor Physics II Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 316  | 
Jeanie Lau, University of California, Riverside | 
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S18   Magnetic Thin Films Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 317  | 
Burm Baek, NIST | 
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S19   Cooperative Phenomena: Spin-Orbit Coupling and Antiferromagnetism Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 318  | 
Ian Gilbert, NIST | 
| 
S20   Quantum Many-Body Systems and Methods I Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 319  | 
Brian Moritz, SLAC | 
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S21   Materials at Extremes: Kinetics of Phase Transitions Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 320  | 
Ricky Chau, LLNL | 
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S22   Revealing New Physics With Petascale and Beyond Computational Resources Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 321  | 
Bogdan Mihalia, National Science Foundation | 
| 
S23   Thermoelectrics Theory I Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 322  | 
Joseph Feser, University of Delaware | 
| 
S24   Mesoscopic Materials and Devices II Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 323  | 
David Lederman, West Virginia University | 
| 
S25   Superconductivity: Less Common Materials II Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 324  | 
Roser Valenti, Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main | 
| 
S26   2D Materials Beyond Graphene Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 325  | 
Chris Hinkle, University of Texas at Dallas | 
| 
S27   Carbon Nanotube & Related Materials: Thermal, Mechanical & other Properties Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 326  | 
Michael Schroeter, Technical University Dresden | 
| 
S28   Advances in Topological Materials II Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 327  | 
Liang Wu, University of California, Berkeley | 
| 
S29   Two-dimensional Topological Insulators: Growth, Structure and Electronic Properties Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 328  | 
Hua Chen, University of Texas, Austin | 
| 
S30   Theory of Ferroic Systems Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 329  | 
Steve Johnson, ETHZ | 
| 
S31   Ice Nucleation, Amorphous Ices and the Role of Interfaces Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 331  | 
Nicolas Giovambattista | 
| 
S32   Chemical Physics of Extreme Environments I Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 332  | 
Arthur Suits, University of Missouri | 
| 
S33   Ion Containing Polymer Membranes Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 336  | 
Phil Griffin, University of Pennsylvania | 
| 
S34   Small Molecule Glasses Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 337  | 
Kate Jensen, Yale University | 
| 
S35   Active Matter: Collective Phenomena in Living Systems IV Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 338  | 
Steve Presse, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis | 
| 
S36   Soft Matter at Interfaces: Wetting and Thin Films Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 339  | 
Justin Burton, Emory University | 
| 
S37   Liquid Crystals, Membranes, Micelles and Vesicles Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 340  | 
L J Martinez-Miranda, University of Maryland, College Park | 
| 
S38   Mechanics of Biopolymers: Networks and Assemblies Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 341  | 
Louis Foucard, UCLA | 
| 
S39   Physics of Genome Organization: from DNA to Chromatin II Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 342  | 
Leonid Mirny, MIT | 
| 
S40   Systems with Large Fluctuations and Strong Correlations II Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 343  | 
Uwe Tauber, Virginia Tech | 
| 
S41   Physics of Proteins: Protein Structure and Interactions Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 344  | 
Aihua Xie, Oaklahoma State University | 
| 
S42   Assembly of Nanoparticles Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 345  | 
Chang Ryu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 
| 
S43   Nonlinear Dynamics in Networks II Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 346  | 
Adilson Motter, Northwestern University | 
| 
S44   Quantum Architectures and Control Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 347  | 
Ryan Babbush, Google | 
| 
S45   Atomic, Molecular and Optical Quantum Information and Metrology Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 348  | 
Jonathan Home, ETH | 
| 
S47   Chemical Physics of Surfaces, Interfaces and Colloids Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 312  | 
Jeff Owrutsky, Naval Research Laboratory | 
| 
S48   Superconducting Circuits: Amplifiers Mar 17 2016 11:15AM 349  | 
Michel Devoret, Yale Univesity | 
| 
S50   Strongly Interacting Bose and Fermi Gases Mar 17 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Johannes Hofmann, Cavendish Laboratory | 
| 
S51   Thermodynamic & Transport Properties of Semiconductors Mar 17 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Neil Zimmerman, NIST | 
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S52   Photonic Topological Materials Mar 17 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 3 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Xiaopeng Li, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland | 
| 
S53   Keithley Award Session Mar 17 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 4 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Francis Hellman, University of California, Berkeley | 
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S55   Inference in Biophysics Mar 17 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Steve Presse, Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 
| 
V1   Non-Equilibrium Aspects of Electron-Boson Coupling in High Temperature Superconductors Mar 17 2016 2:30PM Ballroom I  | 
Zhi-Xun Shen, Stanford University | 
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V2   Liquid Droplets: From Surface Topology to Active Motion Mar 17 2016 2:30PM Ballroom II  | 
Paul Chakin, New York University | 
| 
V3   Complex Network Dynamics Mar 17 2016 2:30PM Ballroom III  | 
Adilson Motter, Northwestern University | 
| 
V4   Where Morphology Meets Functionality: Light and Electron Transporting Polymeric Complexes Mar 17 2016 2:30PM Ballroom IV  | 
Enrique Gomez, Pennsylvania State University | 
| 
V5   Frustrated Magnetism: Low Dimensional Magnets II Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 301  | 
Alexander Chernyshev, University of California, Irvine | 
| 
V6   Bulk Multiferroics Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 302  | 
Srinivasa Singamaneni, North Carolina State University | 
| 
V7   Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Silicon and Germanium Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 303  | 
Leonard Feldman, Rutgers University | 
| 
V11   Thermoelectrics: McGroddy Prize and Novel Materials Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 307  | 
Eric Toberer, Colorado School of Mines | 
| 
V12   FIAP Prize Session Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 308  | 
Barbara Jones, IBM | 
| 
V13   Heat Current Effects on Magnetization Dynamics Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 309  | 
Jean-Philippe Ansermet, Ecole Poylytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland | 
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V14   TA Professional Development: Excellent TA's Making Excellent Researchers Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 310  | 
Michael Schatz, Georgia Institute of Technology | 
| 
V15   2D Materials: Charge Density Waves Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 314  | 
Ken Burch, Boston College | 
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V17   2D Devices: Spin Transport, Spin Orbit Coupling Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 316  | 
Xia Hong, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 
| 
V18   Skyrmion Dynamics and Motion Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 317  | 
Vincent Cros, Unite Mixte de Physique CNRS/Thales | 
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V19   Magnetic Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures: Spin Seebeck Effects Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 318  | 
Jobu Matsuno, RIKEN | 
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V20   Explicitly Correlated Methods and Quantum Few-Body Systems Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 319  | 
Sergiy Bubin, Nazarbayev University | 
| 
V21   Materials at Extremes: Warm Dense Matter Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 320  | 
Arianna Gleason, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
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V22   Classical Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 321  | 
Paul Kent, Oak Ridge National Laboratory | 
| 
V24   Electron Transport at Nanoscale Interfaces Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 323  | 
Giacomo Lovat, Columbia University | 
| 
V25   Superconductivity: Superconductor-Insulator Transitions Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 324  | 
Eleanor Clements, University of South Florida | 
| 
V26   Surface Studies of Beyond Graphene Materials (STM/ARPES) Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 325  | 
Vinod Sangwan, Northwestern University | 
| 
V27   Mixed Valence and Kondo Physics Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 326  | 
Priscilla Rosa, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
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V29   Weyl Semimetals: Theory and Experiments Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 328  | 
Rudro Biswas, Purdue University | 
| 
V30   Charge Transfer and Electron Gases at Oxide Interfaces Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 329  | 
Uli Aschauer, ETH Zurich | 
| 
V31   Plasmonics and Beyond III: Materials and Structures Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 331  | 
F. Javier Garcia de Abajo, Barcelona Institute of Science | 
| 
V32   Chemical Physics of Extreme Environments II Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 332  | 
Timothy Zwier, Purdue University | 
| 
V33   Block Copolymer Thin Films: Directed Self-Assembly Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 336  | 
Gila Stein, University of Houston | 
| 
V34   Where Simulation, Theory, and Experiments Meet Across Length Scales II Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 337  | 
David Simmons, University of Akron | 
| 
V35   Active Matter: Collective Phenomena in Living Systems V Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 338  | 
Thierry Mora, ENS and CNRS | 
| 
V36   Disordered and Glassy Systems (Non-Polymeric) Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 339  | 
Colm Kelleher, New York University | 
| 
V37   Soft Mechanics in Biological Systems Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 340  | 
Itai Cohen, Cornell University | 
| 
V38   Mechanics of Biopolymers: Single Polymer Dynamics Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 341  | 
Alex Levine, UCLA | 
| 
V39   Inference in Biophysics Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 342  | 
David Schwab, Northwestern University | 
| 
V40   Robophysics: Physics Meets Robotics I Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 343  | 
Chen Li, Johns Hopkins University | 
| 
V41   Physics of Proteins: Mechanics and Forces Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 344  | 
Tom Chou, University of California, Los Angeles | 
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V42   Polymer Architecture, Control of Structure and Dynamics in Polyolefins Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 345  | 
Lin Wang, The Dow Chemical Company | 
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V43   Wave Chaos: Theory and Applications Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 346  | 
Gabriele Gradoni, University of Nottingham | 
| 
V44   Quantum Information and Communication Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 347  | 
Mark Wilde, Louisiana State University | 
| 
V45   Semiconductor Qubits: Optical and Microwave Control Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 348  | 
Jake Taylor, NIST/JQI/QuICS | 
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V46   Instrumentation IV Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 311  | 
Chuck Mielke, LANL | 
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V47   Dynamics of Surfaces, Adlayers, and Films Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 312  | 
Brad Conrad, Appalachian State University | 
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V48   Readout and Trajectories in Superconducting Circuits Mar 17 2016 2:30PM 349  | 
Kater Murch, Washington University, St. Louis | 
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V50   Quantum Gases in Optical Lattices Mar 17 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
B. Svistunov, University of Massachusetts Amherst | 
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V51   Semiconductors (Theory) Mar 17 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Gerhard Klimeck, Purdue University | 
| 
V55   DNA Physics and Chromatin Organization Mar 17 2016 2:30PM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Alexandre V. Morozov, Rutgers University | 
| 
X1   Complex Oxide Interaces at the Nanoscale: Electronic, Magnetic and Superconducting Properties Mar 18 2016 8:00AM Ballroom I  | 
Chang-Beom Eom, University of Wisconsin-Madison | 
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X2   Recent Advances in Many Body Localization Mar 18 2016 8:00AM Ballroom II  | 
Christopher Laumann, University of Washington | 
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X3   Design, Characterization and Assembly of Hyperuniform Materials Mar 18 2016 8:00AM Ballroom III  | 
Dreyfus Remi, CNRS | 
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X4   From Polymer Topology to Performance Materials Mar 18 2016 8:00AM Ballroom IV  | 
Chinedum Osuji, Yale University | 
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X5   Frustrated Magnetism: Kagome Lattice Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 301  | 
Oleg Tchernyshyov, Johns Hopkins University | 
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X6   Nanoparticles, Nanowires, and Clusters Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 302  | 
Deepak Singh, Univ. of Missouri | 
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X7   Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors: Compound Semiconductors Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 303  | 
Christophe Boehme, University of Utah | 
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X8   Organic Inorganic Perovskite Spintronics Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 304  | 
Oana Jurchescu, Wake Forest University | 
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X11   New Fe-based Superconductors and Related Materials II Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 307  | 
Xianhui Chen, University of Science and Technology of China | 
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X13   Hall-Bar Structure for the Detection of Spin/Valley Hall Effect Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 309  | 
Wei Han, Peking University | 
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X14   Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Growth and Synthesis Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 310  | 
Manish Chhowalla, Rutgers University | 
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X15   Unconventional Two Dimensional Materials. Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 314  | 
Luis Jauregui, Harvard University | 
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X16   Two-Dimensional Material Heterostructures Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 315  | 
Masa Ishigami, University of Central Florida | 
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X17   2D Semiconductor Physics III Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 316  | 
Yu Ye, University of California, Berkeley | 
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X18   Bulk and Artificial Skyrmions Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 317  | 
Gong Chen, Berkeley National Laboratory | 
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X19   Magnetic Oxide Thin Films and Heterostructures: Electrostatic, Ionic, and Magnetoelectric Coupling Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 318  | 
Philip Ryan, Argonne National Laboratory | 
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X20   Van der Waals Bonding in Advanced Materials: Carbon Allotropes and Boron Nitride Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 319  | 
John Singleton, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
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X21   Materials in Extremes: Metals at High Strain Rates Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 320  | 
Tim Germann, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
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X23   Thermoelectrics Theory II Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 322  | 
Heiner Linke, Lund University | 
| 
X24   Nicholas Metropolis Award: Materials in Extremes Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 323  | 
Marivi Fernandez-Serra, Stony Brook University | 
| 
X25   Superconductivity: Pseudogap and Related Phenomena Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 324  | 
Lex Kemper, North Carolina State University | 
| 
X27   New Methods for Strongly Correlated Systems Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 326  | 
Gia-Wei Chern, University of Virginia | 
| 
X28   Topological Semimetals: Theory Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 327  | 
Sumanta Tewari, Clemson University. | 
| 
X29   Topological Insulator - Bi-based Materials Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 328  | 
Rolandes Valdes, Ohio State University | 
| 
X30   Structural and Functional Imaging of Oxide Interfaces Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 329  | 
Ying-Hao Chu, National Chaio Tung University | 
| 
X31   Nanoconfined and Interfacial Water Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 331  | 
Nicolas Giovambattista, CUNY | 
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X32   Plasmonics and Beyond IV: Single particle dynamics Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 332  | 
Hrvje Petek, University of Pittsburgh | 
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X33   Organic Electronics and Photonics - Organic Electronic Devices Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 336  | 
Lei Zhu, Case Western University | 
| 
X34   Emulsions, Foams, Gels, and Complex Fluids Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 337  | 
Carlos Orellana, Emory University | 
| 
X35   Critical Transitions in Biological Systems Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 338  | 
Chen Zeng, GWU | 
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X36   Metallic Glasses and Quasicrystals Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 339  | 
Fei Wang, Missouri State University | 
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X37   Liquid Crystals: Defects, Theory and Simulations Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 340  | 
Chenhui Zhu, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | 
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X38   Block Copolymer Thin Films: Directed Assembly Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 341  | 
Ryan Hayward, U Mass Amherst | 
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X39   Method in Molecular Biophysics: DBIO Doctoral Thesis Award Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 342  | 
Henrik Flyvbjerg, Danish Technical University | 
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X40   General Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 343  | 
Flavio Fenton | 
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X41   Physics of Proteins: Structure and Dynamics II Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 344  | 
Yi Cao, Nanjing University | 
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X42   Semicrystalline Polymers Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 345  | 
Ahmed Ismail, University of West Virginia | 
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X43   Statistical Mechanics of Social Systems Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 346  | 
Eli Ben Naim, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
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X44   Measurement, Characterization, and Emulation Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 347  | 
Ken Brown, Georgia Institute of Techology | 
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X48   Scalable Hardware for Superconducting Qubits Mar 18 2016 8:00AM 349  | 
William Oliver, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory | 
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X50   Quantum Information with Cold Atoms and Ions Mar 18 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Zhexuan Gong, Joint Quantum Institute, University of Maryland | 
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X51   Fractional QHE: Measurement Methodologies Mar 18 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 2 Hilton Baltimore  | 
John Cumings, University of Maryland | 
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X53   Electricity and Hydrogen Production, Storage and Delivery Mar 18 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 4 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Ernesto Marinero, Purdue University | 
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X55   Principles of Cell to Cell Communication Mar 18 2016 8:00AM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Ned S. Wingreen, Princeton University | 
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Y1   Orbital Angular Momentum of Light and Matter Mar 18 2016 11:15AM Ballroom I  | 
Charles Clark, NIST | 
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Y2   Spin and Valley Pseudo-Spin Transport in Strongly Spin-Orbit Coupled Systems Mar 18 2016 11:15AM Ballroom II  | 
Kin Fai Mak, Pennsylvania State University | 
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Y3   Skyrmions in Chiral Magnets Mar 18 2016 11:15AM Ballroom III  | 
Nandini Trivedi, Ohio State University | 
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Y4   Physics and Physicists in Cuba Mar 18 2016 11:15AM Ballroom IV  | 
Mria Spiropulu, California Institute of Technolgy | 
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Y5   Semiconductor Spin Qubits Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 301  | 
Igor Zutic, University at Buffalo | 
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Y6   Magnetic Complex Oxides II Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 302  | 
Antia Botana, Argonne National Laboratory | 
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Y7   Superconductivity: Devices, Vortex Dynamics, and Conductors Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 303  | 
Lei Wang, University of South Carolina | 
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Y11   Tunneling in Superconductors: Spectroscopy, Andreev Reflection, and Nanowires Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 307  | 
Igor Fridman, Quasar, Inc. | 
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Y12   Inference in Complex Networks Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 308  | 
Adilson Motter, Northwestern Unviersity | 
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Y13   Beyond Darwin: Evolution in Single Cells Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 309  | 
Robert Austin, Princeton University | 
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Y14   Progress Towards a Solution of the Hubbard Model Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 310  | 
Emanuel Gull, University of Michigan | 
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Y15   2D Materials: Superconductivity and Correlations III Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 314  | 
Walter Lambrecht, Case Western Reserve University | 
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Y16   Silicene, Germanene, and Beyond Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 315  | 
Sufei Shi, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 
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Y17   2D Semiconductor Physics IV Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 316  | 
Liping Yu, Temple University | 
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Y18   Frustrated Magnetism: Pyrochlore and Kagome Lattices Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 317  | 
Lucile Savary, MIT | 
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Y19   Correlated Electron Magnetism Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 318  | 
Steven Disseler, NIST | 
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Y20   Correlations and Superconductivity in Fe-chalcogenides III Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 319  | 
Robert Moore, SLAC | 
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Y21   Materials in Extremes: Metals at High Strain Rates II Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 320  | 
Ramon Ravelo, University of Texas, El Paso | 
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Y22   Van der Waals Bonding in Advanced Materials: Methods Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 321  | 
John Singleton, Los Alamos National Laboratory | 
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Y23   Thermoelectrics, Low Dimensional Materials Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 322  | 
Zhiting Tian, Virginia Tech | 
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Y25   Superconductivity: Theory III Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 324  | 
Khadijeh Najafi, Georgetown | 
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Y26   Electron-phonon Interactions in 2D Materials (Raman/ ARPES) Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 325  | 
Jyoti Katoch, The Ohio State University | 
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Y27   Low Dimensional Correlated Systems Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 326  | 
Ben Ueland, Ames National Laboratory | 
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Y28   Weyl Semimetals: Theory and New Materials Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 327  | 
Siddharth Parameswaran, University of California, Irvine | 
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Y29   Topological Insulators: Theory II Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 328  | 
Jay Sau, University of Maryland | 
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Y30   Ionically Controlled Transport and Electrooptical Functionalities at Oxide Interfaces Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 329  | 
Juan Carlos Idrobo | 
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Y31   Water at Biological Interfaces Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 331  | 
Douglas Tobias | 
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Y32   Chemical Physics of Extreme Environments III Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 332  | 
Marsha Lester, University of Pennsylvania | 
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Y33   Organic Electronics and Photonics - Spin Transport and Photophysics Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 336  | 
Bryan Boudouris, Purdue University | 
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Y35   Principles of Cell-to-Cell Communication Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 338  | 
Ned Wingreen, Princeton University | 
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Y36   Soft Mechanics in Biological Systems Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 339  | 
Moumita Das, Rochester Institute of Technology | 
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Y37   Fracture, Friction, and Deformation Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 340  | 
Mark Robbins, John Hopkins University | 
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Y38   Polymeric Elastomers and Gels Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 341  | 
Jan Genzer, North Carolina State University | 
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Y39   Methods in Biological Physics Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 342  | 
Tatsiana Mironava, State Unviersity of New York, Stonybrook | 
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Y40   Robophysics: Physics Meets Robotics II Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 343  | 
Daniel Goldman, Georgia Tech | 
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Y41   Multi-cellular Systems Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 344  | 
Simon Sponberg, Georgia Institute of Technology | 
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Y42   Renewable and Sustainable Polymers Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 345  | 
Megan Robertson, University of Houston | 
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Y43   Statistical Mechanics of Frustrated Systems, Including Constraint Satisfaction, Satisfiability and NP-Complete Problems Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 346  | 
Jonathsan Machta, University of Massachusetts, Amherst | 
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Y48   Decoherence in Superconducting Qubits: Noise Mar 18 2016 11:15AM 349  | 
Frederick Wellstood, University of Maryland | 
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Y50   Fluctuation-Induced Forces Mar 18 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 1 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Jeremy Munday, University of Maryland | 
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Y52   Atomic Physics: New Frontiers II Mar 18 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 3 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Seth Aubin, College of William and Mary | 
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Y55   Physics of Proteins: Pushing the Envelope on Understanding and Designing Function Mar 18 2016 11:15AM Holiday Ballroom 6 Hilton Baltimore  | 
Wouter Hoff, Oklahoma State University | 
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