APS meeting preview
DOI: 10.1063/1.3086103
More than 7000 scientists are expected to attend the American Physical Society’s March Meeting in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The main scientific program is scheduled for Monday–Friday, 16–20 March, but several pre-meeting tutorials and workshops will be held Saturday–Sunday, 14–15 March. Some 90 invited sessions and 550 contributed sessions will take place, and approximately 7000 papers will be presented.
The David L. Lawrence Convention Center, in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh, will host the scientific sessions. The nontechnical meetings will take place at the Westin Convention Center Hotel, which is connected by a sky-walk to the convention center. With the latest physics-related products, computer software, and scientific publications, the Exhibit Hall, also in the convention center, will be open Monday–Wednesday.
The weekend kickoff, a two-day Division of Polymer Physics short course, will highlight the physics of polymer nanocomposites. Five pre-meeting workshops on Sunday will cover professional skills development, energy research opportunities, learning strategies for physics teachers, opportunities in biological physics, and incorporating simulations and computer modeling into upper-level physics courses. Also on Sunday will be eight tutorials—four in the morning and four in the afternoon—on Bose–Einstein condensation, graphene, plasmonics, terahertz spectroscopy, spintronics, emergent phenomena in complex oxides, nanomagnetism, and Josephson qubits.
Monday evening features the annual awards program honoring those who have made outstanding contributions to physics. The program will be held from 5:30 to 6:30pm in the convention center, with a welcome reception following from 6:30 to 8:00pm.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, several APS journal-related events will take place. On Tuesday, from 2:00 to 3:30pm in the convention center, an editors’ panel discussion, “APS Publishing, Present and Future,” will feature short presentations that deal with issues concerning APS journals, followed by questions and comments from the audience. After the discussion, the “Meet the Editors of AIP and APS Reception” from 3:30 to 5:30pm provides an opportunity for meeting participants to voice both compliments and criticism about the American Institute of Physics and APS journals and enjoy some light refreshments. Wednesday morning, from 8:30 to 10:00am in the convention center, the “Tutorial for Authors and Referees” features editors from Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, who will provide information and tips for submitting and reviewing for APS journals, such as how to write good manuscripts, the similarities and differences in writing referee reports for PR and PRL, and productive ways in which authors, referees, and editors can work together. The “ Physics Journal Q&A” will follow, 10:00–11:30am, during which APS’s latest publication, Physics , will be discussed. Physics highlights exceptional papers from the Physical Review journals.
On Wednesday evening, from 7:30 to 9:30pm, a special symposium, “Windows on Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Observational Cosmology,” is planned for the Westin Hotel. The three speakers are Sandra Faber of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and LICK Observatory; David Weinberg of the Ohio State University; and John Ruhl of Case Western Reserve University.
At the companions’ welcome breakfast on Monday, 8:30–10:00am, in the Westin Hotel, companions and families of participants can socialize and learn about Pittsburgh’s many attractions. On Tuesday, the Committee on the Status of Women in Physics and the Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics are sponsoring a networking breakfast from 7:30 to 9:30am in the hotel. Both men and women are welcome to attend an informal talk presented by Lidija Sekaric of the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. And on Wednesday, from 1:00 to 2:30pm in the convention center, graduate students are invited to enjoy a complimentary box lunch and take part in an informal discussion with an expert on one of several topics.
The APS Job Fair will be held Monday–Tuesday, 16–17 March, in the convention center. The fair brings together organizations looking to hire highly trained people in the sciences and physicists looking to advance in their profession.
For the most up-to-date information on the March Meeting, go to http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/index.cfm .
Sessions with invited speakers
Monday, 16 March
Morning
DCMP: Graphene—Spectroscopies. Basov, Li, Lanzara, Castro Neto
DCMP: Transport in Oxide Interfaces. Mannhart, Levy, Hellberg, Suzuki, Hwang
DCMP: Iron-Based Superconductors: Pairing Symmetry. Chien, Ding, Buechner, Lee, Eremin
DPOLY: Polymers and Energy Applications. Wang, Schmidt-Rohr, Loo, Nishide, Kumar
FIAP: Nanostructuring with Ions. van Kan, Lezec, Wieck, Ming, Melngailis
FED/DCOMP: Computational Physics in Research and Teaching: GRC Topics and Themes. Boghosian, Ambrose, Rapaport, Cox, Frank
DBP: Systems Biology of Natural and Synthetic Circuits. Skotheim, Ramamathan, Wingreen, Hwa, Buchler
GQI: Quantum Information Meets Many-Particle Physics. Poulin, Ortiz, Gu, Eisert, Caves
DMP: Ferroelectrics I. Junquera
DMP/DCMP: Directed Organization of Nanostructured Films. Palmstrom, Hull
DCOMP: Metropolis Thesis Prize and Multiscale Modeling. Cao
GQI: Photons and Quantum Dots. Fuchs
DPOLY: The Physics of Polymer Nanocomposites: Polymer Nanoparticle Interactions. Glotzer
DPOLY: Spatially Confined Polymer Materials. Fredrickson
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Spins in Group III–V and II–VI Semiconductors. Bhattacharya, Chantis
DMP: Nanotube Synthesis. Curtarolo
DMP: Graphene I: Electronic Properties. Flynn
DMP/DCOMP: Computational Nanoscience I: Inorganic Nanostructures and Interfaces. Stengel, Kanai
GIMS: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy I: Low Temperatures. Hudson
GMAG/DMP: Molecular Nanomagnets. Wernsdorfer
DCP: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory I. Yang, Burke
DCP: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically Inspired Solar Energy Harvesting I. Calhoun, Baldo, Silbey
Midday
DCMP: New Experimental Developments in Graphene. Ong, Abanin, MacDonald
DCMP: High-Temperature Superconductors: Fermi Pockets and Quantum Oscillations. Chakravarty, Sebastian, Johnson, Shibauchi, Taillefer
FED: 10 000 Undergraduate Physics Majors: Progress on Doubling. Hodapp, Johnson, Murnane, Marder, Bauer
DPOLY: Polymer Translocation. Slater, de Pablo, Bhattacharya, Barkema
FIAP: Heterogeneous Integration on Silicon. Kwong, Milne, Assefa, Palacios, Schlom
FIP: Panel Discussion: Physics in Africa. Animalu, Mangaliso, Boye-Faye, M’Passi-Mabiala
DBP: Bacterial Growth Laws and Systems Biology. Dennis, Scott, Klumpp, Tadmor, Narang
DAMOP: Spectroscopy of Strongly Interacting Fermi Gases. Zwierlein, Jin, Strinati, Levin, Bruun
DMP: Ferroelectrics II. Gruverman, Grigoriev
DMP: Transport Properties of Nanostructures I: Surface Assemblies and Films. Liljeroth
DMP/DCMP: Structure and Dynamics of Metal Thin Films. Shim
DFD: Colloids I: Physical Behavior and Mechanisms. Cohen
GQI: Progress Towards Scalable Quantum Information Processing. Kerman
DPOLY: Templated Assembly of Polymers. Miller
DPOLY: Polymers and Ionic Liquids. Lodge
DPOLY: Polymers and Energy: Photovoltaics, Fuel Cells, Batteries I. Singh
DMP: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors I. Janotti
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Theory of Spin-Based Semiconductor Devices. Barnes
DMP: Nanotube Characterization. Sauvajol, Doorn
DMP: Graphene II: Electronic Properties and Quantum Hall Effect. Park
DMP/DCOMP: Computational Nanoscience II: Mechanics, Dynamics, and Assembly. Sankey
FIAP: Graphene II: Synthesis and Characterization. Hannon, Seyller, Hong
GMAG/DMP: Manganite Superlattices. Bhattacharya
GMAG: Dimers and Other Frustrated Structures. Samulon
DMP: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors III: General Theory. Chubukov
DCP: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory II. Maitra, Ullrich
DCP: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically Inspired Solar Energy Harvesting II. Mukamel, Scholes
Afternoon
DCMP: Phase Transitions and Transport in Quantum Hall Superfluids. Champagne, Simon, Pellegrini, Fertig, Muraki
DCMP: High-Temperature Superconductors: New Developments. Greven, Aji, Leridon, Kaminski, Gomes
FIAP/DMP: Pake, McGroddy, and Industrial Application of Physics Prizes, Adler Award. Bishop, Wyatt, Johnson, Inoue, Torquato
GQI/DCMP: Spin Qubits in Quantum Dots. Barthel, Nowack, Coish, Warburton, Petta
FHP: Origins of Silicon Valley. Gillmor, Leeson, Riordan, Gibbons
DCOMP: Predictive Materials Design for Alternative Energy Storage. Chou, Kim, Jena, Guo, Yoon
GSNP: Rare Events in Physics and Population Dynamics. Stein, Tauber, Schwartz, Stone, Buks
GMAG: Unconventional Spin Torques. Bauer, Manchon, Haney, Tsoi, Urazhdin
DAMOP: BEC–BCS Crossover. Sa de Melo
GQI: Foundations of Quantum Theory. Drury, Griffiths
DPOLY: Transport and Optical Properties of Conjugated Polymers and Other Solution-Processable Semiconductors. Blom
DPOLY: Grazing Incidence Scattering and New Imaging Techniques. Wang, Jinnai
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Spins in Group IV Semiconductors. Koiller
DMP: Nanotube Manipulation and Processing. Krupke
DMP: Graphene III: Growth and Structure. Kong
DMP/DCOMP: Computational Nanoscience III: Defects, Doping, and Structure. Zhang
DMP/FIAP: Thermoelectric Materials: Oxides and Complex Crystals. Mukerjee
FED: The Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshops I. Krane
DMP/GMAG: Cobaltite and Manganite Films. Ward
GMAG: Quantum Magnets. Tchernyshyov
GMAG/DMP: Spin-Dependent Physics in Organic Materials and Graphene. Yazyev
DMP: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors IV: General Experiment. Hosono, Wen
DCP: Fundamental Developments in Density Functional Theory III. Capelle, Becke, Langreth
DCP: The Chemical Physics of Biological and Biologically Inspired Solar Energy Harvesting III. Valkunas, Aspuru-Guzik
DBP/GSNP: Noise and Fluctuations in Biochemical Networks. Pedraza, Tanase-Nicola
Evening
APS: Energy and the Environment. Trenberth, Crabtree
Tuesday, 17 March
Morning
DCMP: Electronic Structure of Disordered Graphene. Martin, Stroscio, Goldhaber-Gordon, Polini, Rossi
DPOLY: Polymer Physics Prize Symposium Honoring Steve Granick. Granick, DeSimone, Russell, Douglas, Kumar
DBP: New Frontiers in Biomolecular Physics. Dunn, Grosberg, Matouschek, Plotkin
DCMP: New Developments in Heavy Electron Superconductivity. Park, Aoki, Dzero, Nakatsuji
FIAP/FGSA: Physicists as Entrepreneurs. Wu, Vispute, Economou, Chang-Hasnain, Chen
DCMP/DAMOP: Quench Dynamics and Thermalization in Quantum Systems. Olshanii, Barankov, Silva, Cardy, Schollwoeck
DBP: Cellular Imaging at the Nanometer Scale. Moerner, Hell, Lippincott-Schwartz, Jensen, Shaevitz
FPS: The Greening of the City of Pittsburgh: The History, Science, and Examples. Tarr, Davidson, Traugott, Leahy
DCMP: Optical Properties of Nanostructures I: Quantum Dots. Steel, Bawendi
DMP: Transport Properties of Nanostructures II: Molecular Junctions I. Schonenberger, Natelson
DMP/DCMP: Directed Organization of Molecular Semiconducting Films. Kern, Pohl
GQI: Semiconducting Qubit Approaches. Morton
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Optical Generation and Detection of Spins in Semiconductors. Ganichev
DCMP: Chemical Modification of Nanotubes. Strano
DMP: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers I. Fotakis, Zhang
DMP: Graphene IV: Electronic and Structural Properties. Ruoff
DCMP: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy II: Force Methods. Custance
DMP/FIAP: Thermoelectric Materials: Transport Physics. Datta, Majumdar
DMP/GMAG: Superconducting and Magnetic Oxide Superlattices and Films. te Velthuis, Bernhard
DMP/GMAG: Vanadate Thin Films. Sharoni
GMAG/DCOMP/DMP: Theory and Simulation of Spin-Dependent Effects and Properties I: First-Principles Calculations. Ruban
DCMP: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors V: Tunneling, PCAR, Josephson. Gonnelli
DCP: Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function I. Warncke, Anfinrud, Kohler
DCP: Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules I. Reimers, Dunietz
Midday
DCMP: Ballistic-Diffusive Crossover in Graphene Electron Transport. Bolotin, Adam, Folger, Mucciolo, Chamon
DCMP: Dynamical Layer Decoupling and Stripe-Order High-T c Superconductors. Schafgans, Berg, Hinkov, Norman, Kim
DCMP: SQUID Amplifiers: At the Quantum Limit. Devoret, Castellanos-Beltran, Yamamoto, Kinion, Spietz
CSWP/FIP: Panel Discussion: Around the World in 180 Minutes: Differences and Similarities Among Women Physicists. Lessner, Franz, Zastavker, El Sayed, Kim, Tanner, Spencer
DPOLY: Polymer Nanoparticle Interactions. Smith, Krishnamoorti, Spontak, Li, Starr
DCOMP: Computational Modeling of Crystallization and Nucleation Phenomena. Kelton, Sanz, Molinero, Li, Colombo
GSNP/DBP: Complex Cellular Biological Networks. Maslov, Reed, Motter, Hawoong, Albert
FED/FIAP: Preparing Physics Students for Careers in Industry. Czujko, Zollner, Kalelkar, Cohen, Van Keuren
GSNP: Elasticity and Geometry of Thin Objects II. Brenner
DMP: Optical Properties of Nanostructures II: Quantum-Dot-Coupled Systems. Awschalom
DAMOP: Disorder in Ultracold Gases. DeMarco
GQI: Superconducting Phase Qubits. Lucero
DMP/DPOLY: Charge Transport and Optical Properties of Organic Semiconductors. Iwasa, Bredas
DMP: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors II. Shahedipour-Sandvik
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Optical Control and Electron-Nuclear Effects in Quantum Dots. Kim
DMP: Nanotube Applications. Bachtold
DMP: Graphene V: Structure and Raman Spectroscopy. Ferrari
DMP/DCOMP: Computational Nanoscience IV: Carbon- and Silicon-Based Nanostructures. Liu
GIMS: X-Ray and Neutron Instruments and Sciences I. Wang
FIAP: Graphene Device and Applications I. Lin, Zheng, Chen
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Spin Currents in Metals—New and Miscellaneous Topics. Moriyama
DMP/GMAG: Multiferroic Manganites. Harris
DMP/GMAG: Magnetic Multilayers. Thiele, Liu
DCMP: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VII: Pressure Effects and Thermal Expansion. Canfield
DMP: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors VIII: Magnetism (Experiment). Christianson
DCP: Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function II. Tycko, Ge, Miller
DCP: Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules II. Ratner, Stokbro
DBP: Biological Physics II. Newman, Crocker
Afternoon
DPOLY: John H. Dillon Medal Symposium in Honor of Venkat Ganesan. Ganesan
DCMP: Buckley and Lilienfeld Prize. Miyazaki, Meservey, Moodera, Tedrow, Shankar
DCMP: Iron-Based Superconductors: Competing Orders. Wang, Dai, Yildirim, Carrington, Chen
COM: The Dynamics of Diversity in Astrophysics. Gladney, Masood, Carruthers, Daly, Oluseyi
DCMP: Competing Ground States and Novel Excitations in Strongly Correlated Metals. Paschen, Aronson, Yamamoto, Julian, Woelfle
DFD: Earth and Space Magneto-Fluid Dynamics. Bellan, Hawley, Olson, Müller, Zank
DBP: Mechanics of Biomolecular Systems. Nelson, Parthasarathy, Schultan, Tkachenko, Wang
DCMP/GSNP: Jamming at Nonzero Temperature and Stress. Xu, Teitel, Dauchot, Durian, Maloney
GSNP/DBP: Systems Far from Equilibrium II. ben-Avraham
DMP: Transport Properties of Nanostructures III: Molecular Junctions II. Tao, de Boer
DMP/DCMP: Photocatalysis and Photovoltaic: Excitation, Trapping, and Transport of Charge Carriers at Surfaces and Interfaces. Frei, Kanan
DBP: Advanced Techniques in Acceleration and Coherent Radiation. Kim, Zholents, Shvets, Bisognano, Corkum
DMP/DPOLY: Ionically Gated and Conventional OFETs and Related Devices. Frisbie
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Spin-Orbit Effects in Semiconductors. Grifoni
DMP: Electronic Properties of Nanotubes. Bockrath
DMP: Probing and Modifying Materials with Lasers II. Garrison
DMP: Graphene VI: Phonons and Raman Spectroscopy. Malard
FIAP: Graphene Device and Applications II. Robinson, Enoki
DMP/FIAP: Thermoelectric Materials: Tellurides. Heremans
FED/DCOMP: Incorporating Computational Physics into Teaching. Gottlieb
DMP/GMAG: Multiferroics I. Choi, Kenzelmann
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Spin Transport and Exchange Bias in Nanostructures. Casanova
DMP/GMAG: Hybrid Magnetic Superconducting Systems. Villegas
DCP: Spectroscopic Probes of Biomolecular Structure and Function III. Asher, Gloaguen
DCP: Theory of Electron Transport Through Molecules III. Kosov, Thoss
DBP: Theories and Simulations for Biomolecular Dynamics in Cell-like Environments. Grason
Wednesday, 18 March
Morning
DCMP: Optoelectronic Manipulation and Control of Charges and Spins in Quantum Dots. Bayer, Gammon, Kalliakos, Das Sarma, Mikkelsen
DCMP: Critical Spin Liquids in Strongly Correlated Systems. Kato, Takagi, Motrunich, Kim, Sheng
DCMP: Iron-Based Superconductors: Correlation Effects. Lu, Qazilbash, Si, Hu
DPOLY: Physics of Polymer Membranes for Water Purification. Cahill, Hsiao, Mallouk, Bakajin, Reneker
DFD/DCOMP: Fluid Dynamics and Computational Science. Padoan, Karniadakis, Chen, Zhang, Elghobashi
DAMOP: Ultracold Gases with Dipolar Interactions. Ospelkaus, Demler, Stamper-Kurn, Griesmaier, Zoller
FED/FPS: Forging Effective Partnerships with Your Local Science Center: Outcomes from the Workshop on University/Science Center Collaborations. Statman, Kadanoff, Marshall, Finotello
FHP: Centenary of Lev Landau. Hohenberg, Pitaevskii, Pokrovsky, Dzyaloshinskii, Sagdeev
FIAP: Multiferroics II. Lebeugle
DCMP: Transport Properties of Nanostructures IV: Correlation Effects. Thygesen
DMP/DCMP: Characterization and Modeling of Complex Surfaces and Interfaces. Kaplan, Cagin
DCOMP/GSCCM: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure I: Chemistry. Yoo
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Spin Hall and Other Spin-Orbit Effects in Semiconductors. Dyakonov
DMP: Electron Transport in Nanotubes. McEuen
DMP: Graphene VII: Electronic Properties. Schedin, Katsnelson
GIMS: Advances in Scanned Probe Microscopy III: High Frequency and Optical Techniques. Novotny
FIAP: Thermoelectricity in Silicon-Containing Materials. Donadio
DMP/GMAG: Manganites. Dong
DMP/GMAG: Oxide Surfaces and Interfaces. Pickett
GMAG: Spin Ice. Ke
GMAG/DMP: Spin-Dependent Physics in Organic Materials. Epstein
DCMP: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors IX: Mostly Transport. Balakirev
DCP: Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water I. Wolf, Winter, Beratan
DCP: Nanomaterials for Energy Applications I. Wong, Shivaram
Midday
DCMP: Memory and Focusing in Catastrophic Deformations. Berry, Zhang, Mullin, Zhang
DCMP: New Insights into Hidden Order in URu2Si2. Chandra, Denlinger, Wiebe, Hassinger
DMP: Physics and Culture. Wang, Ouellette, Perkowitz, Gibson, Schuller
DPOLY/GSNP: Polymer Surface Instabilities. Gent, Hayward, Reis, Chaudhury, Damman
FIAP: Plasmonics in Future Electronics. Pickard, Stockman, Zia, Bozhevolnyi, Wang
FED: Physics Demonstrations and Strategies for Teaching and Public Outreach. Radzilowicz, Zentner, Pollock, Franklin, Hennessy
DBP: Physics of the Immune System. Chakraborty, Deem, Or-Guil, Quake, Dinner
GMAG: Quantum Spin Dynamics and Relaxation in Molecular Magnets. Takahashi, del Barco, de Loubens, Chiorescu, Nellutla
GSNP: Dynamics of Glassy Systems. Wyart
FIAP: Multiferroics III and Dielectrics. Sharma
DMP: Optical Properties of Nanostructures IV: Optical Antennas and Plasmonics. Schuller
DAMOP: Dipolar Gases and Ultracold Molecules. Pu, Dieckmann
DMP: Dopants and Defects in Semiconductors III. Luepke
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Spins in Quantum Dots and Manganese in Arsenides. Kioseoglou
DMP: Optical Response of Nanotubes. Hartschuh
DMP: Graphene IX: Structure and Strain. Pereira
DMP: Hydrogen Storage/Nanomaterials for Energy. Long
DMP/GMAG: Ordering in Complex Oxides. Khomskii
DMP/GMAG: Oxide Superlattices. Andersen, Chakhalian
GMAG: Spinels, Pyrochlores and General. Balents
DMP/GMAG: Superconductivity: Magnetic Properties. Karapetrov
DCMP: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors X: Spectroscopy. Ishida
DCP: Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water II. Johnson, Nilsson, Bonn
DCP: Nanomaterials for Energy Applications II. Zhong, Yaghi, Schaak
DBP: Physical Mechanisms of Membrane Remodeling. Bassereau, Tamm
Afternoon
DCMP: Probes of Nanoscale Magnetism. Bode, Rugar, Pelekhov, Bigot, Fischer
DCMP/DMP: Electron, Exciton, and Phonon Interactions in Nanoparticles. Stephan, Ouyang, Klimov, Atwater, Govorov
GIMS: Keithley Award Session. Schoelkopf, Clarke, Lehnert, Prober, Siddiqi
DCMP/DAMOP: Polariton Condensates. Littlewood, Snoke, Yamamoto, Sanvitto, Kavokin
FIAP/DBP: Industrial Biophysics. Razinkov, Larkin, Olego, Laderman, Skolnick, Trainoff
FIP/FGSA: Panel Discussion: Preparation of Graduate Students for Careers in a Globalized World. O’Hara, Flatten, Benmokhtar, Venkatesan, Cox
GSNP/DPOLY: Patterns on Thin Elastic Sheets. Liang, Sharon, Menon, Lee, Huang
DCMP: Onsager Prize, Nicholson Medal, Apker Award, Davisson-Germer Prize. Sreenivasan, Shastry, Datta, Chabal, Raghavachari
GSNP: Stochastic Processes in Biological Systems I. Chou
DMP: Optical Properties of Nanostructures V: Plasmonics and Metamaterials. Shalaev
GQI: Materials in Superconducting Qubits. McDermott, Palmer
DPOLY: Organic Photovoltaics and Other Photonic Devices. Peumans
DPOLY: Magnetic Properties of Organic Semiconductors/Surface Characterization of Organic Materials. Wohlgenannt, Epstein, Koch
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Gallium Manganese Arsenide. Ohno
DMP: Excitonic Effects in Nanotubes. Prezhdo, Cognet
DMP: Graphene XI: Scanning Probes I. Liljeroth
FIAP: Pulsed Laser Deposition of Electronic and Photonic Thin Films and Nanostructures. Kolagani, Norton
FIAP/DMP: Thermoelectric Materials: Nanostructures. Chen
FED: NSF’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program: Overview and Perspectives. Affatigato
DMP/GMAG: Excitations in Multiferroics. Furukawa, Valdes Aguilar
DMP/GMAG: Magnetic, Electric, and Photo-Induced Magnetization Reversal. Acremann
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Gilbert Damping and Nonlocal Spin Injection. Garate
DCP: Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Water III. Lee, Rubio
DCP: The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and Astrophysics I. Haller, Berry, Uzer
DBP: Physical Virology. Schwartz, Conway
DBP: Knots and Loops in Biomolecules. Sulkowska, Virnau
Evening
APS: Windows on Our Universe: Breakthroughs in Observational Cosmology. Ruhl, Faber, Weinberg
Thursday, 19 March
Morning
DBP: Noise in Biological Systems. Rappel, Falcke, Wu, Huang, Volman
DCMP/DPOLY: Constrained Polymers. Saleh, Kim, Chklovskii, Bar-Ziv, Thirumalai
DCMP/DAMOP: Correlated Phases in Fermi Gases of Ultracold Atoms. Moritz, Ketterle, Kollath, Parish, Jochim
DPOLY/DCMP: Microgels: Colloidal Properties of Gels. Yodh, Trappe, Kim, Dinsmore, Fernandez-Nieves
FIAP: Computational Design of Hydrogen Storage Materials. Wolverton, Siegel, Zhang, Mueller, Gunaydin
DCOMP: Recent Advances in Biomolecular Simulations. Parrinello, Hodak, Berne, Voth, Clementi
GMAG: Applications of Magnetic Thin Films with Tilted Anisotropy. Gao, Wang, Albrecht, Zha
FPS/DBP: The Physics of Imaging and Radiotherapy. Boone, Pan, Yu, Jaffray, Berman
GSNP: Structure and Dynamics of Complex Networks. Toroczkai
DPOLY/DBP: Physics of Green Polymers and of Biocompatibility. Hsu, Xia
DPOLY: Hierarchically Ordered Systems. Xu
DCOMP/GSCCM: Extreme Conditions and High Pressure III: Electronic Transitions and Mixtures. Collins
DMP: Nanotube-Related Hybrid Structures. Rotkin
DMP: Graphene XIII: Spectroscopic and Transport Properties. Potemski, Stauber
GIMS: Emerging Scanning Probe Microscopy Methods for Biological Applications. Akhremitchev, Huey
FIAP: Graphene Device and Applications III. Shepard, Coleman
DMP/GMAG: Multiferroic Properties of Oxide Films. Holcomb
GMAG: Frustration Theory and Modeling. Starykh
DCP: The Transition State in Physics, Chemistry, and Astrophysics II. Waalkens, Bartsch, Komatsuzaki, Yanao
Midday
DCMP: Supersolids. Pollet, Beamish, West, Mulders, Nyeki
DCMP/GQI: Progress in Understanding the Nature of the 5/2 Fractional Quantum Hall State. Peterson, Toke, Feiguin, Gervais, Pinczuk
DBP: Physics of Circulating Tumor Cells and Metastasis. Wirtz, Grzybowski, Tseng, Datar, Bruce
DCMP/GMAG: Recent Progress in Spin-Spiral Ferroelectricity. Kimura, Mostovoy, Onose, Kiryukhin, Dagotto
FPS: Physics Meets Art. Lu, Jones-Smith, Falco, Weaire
GQI: Progress on Quantum Optics with Circuit Quantum Electrodynamics. Wallraff, Koch, Hofheinz, Solano, SchöUn
DBP: Information Theory in Biology. Bialek, Wiggins, Sharpee, Mehta, Shraiman
GIMS: Forefront Detectors for Synchrotron Radiation. Siddons, Graafsma, Gruner, Broennimann
DPOLY: Mechanical Force Spectroscopy and Device Applications of Polymeric and Biological Materials. Ortiz
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Dilute Magnetic Nitride Semiconductors. Bonanni
DMP/DCOMP: Computational Nanoscience V: Transport. Güçlü
DMP: Graphene XV: Scanning Probes II and Hall Effect. Zhang
FIAP/DMP: Device Applications of Multiferroic Structures. Srinivasan, Rokhinson
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Current-Induced Oscillations. Gao
DMP/GMAG: Ruthenates. Cao
GMAG/DCOMP/DMP: Theory and Simulation of Spin-Dependent Effects and Properties II. Hrkac
DCP: Ion Channel Physics and Chemical Physics I. Cheng, Beck, Pratt, Jayaraman
Afternoon
DCMP: Persistent Currents in Normal Metals. Buttiker, Bleszynski-Jayich, Bluhm, Entin-Wohlman, Waintal
DCMP: Vortex Dynamics and Josephson Lasers in Superconductors. Beidenkopf, Moler, Koshelev, Kadowaki
DCMP: Spin Hall and Quantum Spin Hall Effects. Stern, Zhang, Molenkamp, Fu, Hasan
DPOLY: Responsive Gels at Surfaces and in the Bulk. Balazs, Toomey, Craig, Vaia, Shear
GSNP: Active Soft Matter: From Granular Rods to Flocks to Living Cells. Kudrolli, Giardina, Baskaran, Koenderink, Safran
DCOMP: Rahman Prize Lecture and Theory of Multiferroics. Young, Delaney, Iñiguez, Malashevich, Whangbo
DBP: DNA Loop Formation, Nucleosome Positioning, and Transcriptional Regulation. Morozov, Finzi, Guthold, Kahn, Meiners
FHP: 50 Years of Anderson Localization. Thouless, Dynes, Segev, Lerner, Aspect
GSNP: Jamming: Theory and Experiment II. Utter
DPOLY: Long-Range Order in Polymer Structures and Morphologies. Ross
DMP: Hydrogen Storage: Complex Hydrides. Majzoub
DMP: Graphene XVII: p-n Junctions, Nanoribbons, and Quantum Dots. Zhang
FIAP/DMP: Magnetoelectric Coupling in Multiferroic Systems. Kim, Zhao
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Current-Induced Dynamics in Magnetic Tunnel Junctions and Spin Waves. Chshiev
DMP/GMAG: Cobaltites. Leighton
DMP/GMAG: Magnetic Nanostructures: Domain Walls, Reversal, Oscillators. Shaw, Akerman
DMP: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors XV: Electronic Structure and Magnetism. Singh
DCP: Ion Channel Physics and Chemical Physics II. Krapf, Sukharev, Kurnikova
DBP: Crystal Growth of and Moderated by Proteins. De Yoreo, Yeh
Friday, 20 March
Morning
DCMP: Superconductivity and Quantum Transport in Nanowires. Rogachev, Shah, Sachdev, Khlebnikov, Kouwenhoven
DCMP: Advances in Optical Microscopy. Gustafsson, Cerbino, Grier, Ventalon, Manley
DCMP: Multi-Valley Electron Systems in the Quantum Limit. Li, Benoit, Kopelevich, Shayegan, McFarland
GMAG: New Insight into Exchange Bias from Advanced Scattering Techniques. Sinha, Hauet, Feygenson, Batlle, Majetich
DBP: Self-Organization in Biological Cells and Tissues II. Nakagaki, Bodenschatz, Karma, Goldstein, Lee
DCMP/DAMOP: Novel Orbital Quantum Phases in Cold Atom Optical Lattices. Mueller, Porto, Liu, Wu, Scarola
GSNP/DCMP: The Statistical Properties of Forces in Jammed Granular Matter. Behringer, Henkes, Corwin, Tighe, SchröUter
GIMS: Pushing the Limits of Mechanical Detection. Aspelmeyer, LaHaye, Mamin, Kapitulnik, Mavalvala
DMP: Optical Properties of Nanostructures VI: Artificially Structured Materials. Tiago
GQI: Quantum Metrology and Nanomechanics. Cappellaro
DPOLY: Surface Instabilities and Adsorbed or Grafted Layers. Lin
DPOLY: Biological-Synthetic Hybrid Materials. Pochan
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Spin Resonance in Semiconductors. Ramanathan
DMP: Hydrogen Storage: Atomic and Molecular Motions. Conradi
GMAG: Spin Liquids. Kofu
GMAG/DMP: LAO/STO Interfaces. Herranz
GMAG: Neutron Scattering. Ruff, Khodas
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Current-Induced Magnetic Switching. Braganca
Midday
DCMP: Quasiparticles and Non-Abelian Statistics in the 5/2 State. Halperin, Heiblum, Radu, Willett, Nayak
DCMP: Detection of Non-Gaussian Noise in Mesoscopic Systems. Pekola, Pothier, Dykman, Sukhorukov, Grabert
DPOLY/DBP: Non-viral-based Gene Delivery Systems: Opportunities, Obstacles, and Challenges. Huang, Mahato, Liu, Wu, Kabanov
DPOLY/DBP: Biological Polyelectrolytes. Bloom, Dobrynin, Wong, Schlick, Shklovskii
FIAP: Physics in the Aerospace Industry. Hammond, Glaros, Holmes, Shpantzer, Mellon
DCOMP: Impact of NSF’s TeraGrid on Physics Research. Roskies, Kohlmeyer, Di Matteo, Johnson, Aksimentiev
DBP: Nanoprobes of Molecules and Cells. Meller, Stein, Roukes, Liphardt, Cohen
DBP: Statistical Physics in Biology. Banavar, Cieplak, Jose, Liu, Rokhsar
GMAG/DMP/FIAP: Quantum Spin Hall Effect. Yao
Abbreviations preceding each entry denote the sponsoring committee (c), division (d), forum (f), or topical group (g):
COM: Minorities in Physics (c)
CSWP: Status of Women in Physics (c)
DAMOP: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (d)
DBP: Biological Physics (d)
DCMP: Condensed-Matter Physics (d)
DCOMP: Computational Physics (d)
DCP: Chemical Physics (d)
DFD: Fluid Dynamics (d)
DMP: Materials Physics (d)
DPOLY: Polymer Physics (d)
FED: Education (f)
FGSA: Graduate Student Afairs (f)
FHP: History of Physics (f)
FIAP: Industrial and Applied Physics (f)
FIP: International Physics (f)
FPS: Physics and Society (f)
GIMS: Instrument and Measurement Science (g)
GMAG: Magnetism and Its Applications (g)
GQI: Quantum Information (g)
GSCCM: Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (g)
GSNP: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (g)
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