RECENT INVITED TALKS (PAST FIVE YEARS)

1.        3^rd US – Africa MRS Meeting and Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Dec 6-10, 2005, Marrakesh, “Computational Nanoscience: designing materials atom by atom.”

2.        55^th Midwest Solid State Conference, October 8-9, Columbia, Missouri, “Cluster Diffusion and Coalescence on Metal Surfaces using a Self Learning Kinetic Mote Carlo Method.”

3.        Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, University of Vermont, September 22, 2005, “Should we tell our daughters to become scientist?”

4.        Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, Norwich University, Vermont, September 21, 2005, “Science at the nanoscale: promising facts or fiction?”

5.        International Workshop on Surface Physics (Advanced and Bio-Materials), Polanica Zdrój, Poland, 10-13 September 2005, “Atomistic studies of adatom- and vacancy-cluster diffusion and coalescence on Cu(111) using a self-learning kinetic Monte-Carlo method.”

6.        Solid State Physics Seminar, University of Twente, Netherland, July 20, 2005, “Atomistic studies

       of cluster diffusion and coalescence on metal surfaces.”

7.        30^th International Nathiagali Summer College, Nathiagali, Pakistan, July 3-9, 2005, set of four                  lectures on “Theory and modeling of materials at the nanoscale.”

8.        Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, May 9, 2005, “Should we

              tell  our daughters to become scientist?”

9.        Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, May 8, 2005,“When gold is

           no  longer gold: a peek at matters at the nanoscale.”

10.     Speaker at a Symposium on “Women Scientists on Gender, Race, and Nationality,”

          Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, April 29-30, 2005.

11.     Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, Texas Christian University, April 22, 2005, “Science at the                       Nanoscale: promising facts or fiction?

12.     Sigma Xi Annual Distinguished lecture, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, April 21, 2005,                   “When gold is no longer gold: on tailoring properties of materials”,

13.     Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, April 16, 2005,                     “Science at the nanoscale: promising facts or fiction?”

14.     Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, Miami University, March 8, 2005, “Science at the nanoscale:                    promising facts or fiction?”

15.     Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, Corning Chapter, March 4, 2005, “Should we tell our daughters to            become scientist?”

16.     Colloquium, Corning Glass Industry, March 3, 2005, “Science at the Nanoscale: site selective                   properties controlling reactivity, morphology, and growth patterns on nanostructures.”

17.     Annual Meeting of Materials Research Society, Boston, Nov 29 – Dec. 2, 2004, “Cluster Diffusion            and Coalescence on Metal Surfaces: Applications of a Self-Learning Kinetic Monte-Carlo Method.”

18.     Sigma Xi Annual Distinguished Lecture, University of Kansas Medical Center, November 16, 2004,         “Can nanotechnology keep us healthier?” 

19.     CECAM Workshop on In situ atomic scale characterization of surfaces under high pressures: recent          advances in experiment and theory, Lyon, November 4-6 2004, “A comparative ab initio study of the        reactivity of CO and NO on RuO₂ (110).”

20.     Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture, University of Missouri-Columbia, October 28, 2004,“Promises of           Physics at the Nanoscale: fact or fiction?”

21.     Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture, Army Research Laboratory, Maryland, September 30, 2004,                    “Promises of Physics at the Nanoscale: fact or fiction?”

22.     Workshop on Nanomagnetism and the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory,             Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Aug. 29- Sept 1, 2004, “Single Molecule Magnets: some prospects, some           challenges.”

23.     Annual Meeting of SPIE (Society of Optical Engineers), August 2-6, 2004, Denver, “Atomistic                 Modeling of Thin Film Growth Modes”

24.     CMNRS Seminar, Marseille, July 19, 2004, “Site Selectivity in Chemical Reactions on Stepped                Metal Surfaces.”

25.     Electrical Engineering Department Seminar, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, June          29, 2004, “On theoretical measures of the reactivity of metal surfaces.”

26.     Fysik Laboratory Seminar, Helsinki University of Technology, June 28, 2004, “Diffusion of Two              dimensional Cu Clusters on Cu(111).”

27.     Chemical Physics seminar, Fritz Haber Institute, MPG, Berlin, July 21, 2004, “On poisons and                  promoters: theoretical measures of reactivity of metal surfaces.”

28.     Annual Meeting of the European Material Research Society (E-MRS), May 25-28, 2004, Strasbourg,       “Cluster Diffusion and Step Fluctuations on Metal Surfaces: applications of a Self-learning Kinetic            Monte-Carlo method.”

29.     Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11-16, 2004, “Physics at        the nanoscale: set of 3 lectures.”      

30.     Collective Aspects of Stochastic Non-equilibrium Phenomena at Surfaces and Interfaces, Lorentz             Center, Leiden University, 14-25 June 2004, “Adventures in Surface Diffusion with a Self-Learning         Kinetic Monte Carlo Technique.”

31.     17^th Workshop in Recent Developments in Computer Simulational Studies, University of Georgia,            Athens, Feb. 16-20, 2004, “Towards a self teaching approach to the kinetic Monte Carlo method”

32.     Physics Colloquium, Washington University, St. Louis, March 4, 2004, “Physics at the nanoscale:            where is the beef?”

33.     American Chemical Society, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, March 23-27, 2003, “On surfaces and            nanostructures: under-coordination controlling the chemistry.”

34.     International Workshop on Surface Physics, Worslaw, Poland, September 12-15, 2003, “Site                     selectivity in chemisorption on metal surfaces: on poisons and promoters.”

35.     International Workshop on Fundamental Aspects of Surface Diffusion, Trest, Czech Republic, Sept           14-17, 2003, “Insights from the diffusion of two dimensional Cu clusters on Cu(111).”

36.     University of Toledo, Physics Colloquium, November 20, 2003, “Physics at the Nanoscale:promising        fact or fiction?”

37.     Workshop on Fundamental Issues in Nonequilibrium Interface Dynamics, University of Maryland,           October 20-24, 2003, “Towards a Realistic Approach in Atomistic Studies of Diffusion and                       Fluctuations on Metal Surfaces.”

38.     Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden, May 22,             2003, “Role of undercoordination in determining the chemical reactivity of vicinal surfaces.”     

39.     Laboratory of Physics Seminar, Helsinki University of Technology, June 16, 2003, “Optical                       Recognition of Steps on Metal Surfaces.”

40.     Department of Physics, Oulu University, Oulu, Finland, June 19, 2003, “On Poisons and Promoters           on Stepped Pd Surfaces.”

41.     Second International Conference on Physics Education in Developing Countries, Karachi, Pakistan,          February 7-10, 2003 “Concepts in physics: some simple class room demonstrations that get the point         across.”

42.     28^th International Nathiagali Summer College, Pakistan, June 24 – July 1 “Computational Techniques        in Nanoscience and their Applications.”

43.     Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, December, 2002, “Role of under-                coordinated sites in chemisorption and surface stability.”

44.     Department of Physics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, December, 2002, “Are we sacrificing                  science by jumping on the nano-bandwagon?”

45.     Department of Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester, November, 2002, “Physics at the                     nanoscale: promising fact or fiction?”

46.     Fritz Haber Institut, Berlin, July, 2002, “Does the corner kick control the game or is it the local                  coordination?”

47.     Karachi University Colloquium, January, 2002, “Challenges and opportunities in physics education.”

48.     Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, January 19, 2001, “Vibrational Dynamics         and Thermodynamics of Surfaces and Nanostructures”.

49.     NSF’s Workshop on Partners in Nanotechnology, January 28-29, 2001, “Evolution of Nanoscale               Film Morphology.”

50.     Ioffe Institute for Physics, Leningrad, Russia, April 17, 2001, “Finite Temperature Studies of                     Surfaces and Nanostructures”.

51.     Institute for Microelectronics, Yaroslavl, Russia, April 19, 2001, “Atomistic Studies of Epitaxial               Growth on Metal Surfaces”.

52.     Department of Physics, Chalmers University, Goteborg, Sweden, May 11, 2001, “Self diffusion of            Adatoms and Vacancies of Metal Surfaces: Paths, Processes and Diffusion Prefactors”

53.     Physik Institut der Universitaet Zuerich, May 17, 2001, “Vibrational Dynamics and Thermodynamics        of Surfaces and Nanostructures”.

54.     Series of 4 lectures on “Theoretical Methods for Calculating Finite Temperature Properties of                    Surfaces and Nanostructures”, Fritz Haber Insitute, Berlin, May, 2001.

55.     Annual Meeting of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, June 2001, Berlin, “AvH Fellowship, AvH         Forschungspreis, where do we go from here?”

56.     Tenth Workshop on Dynamics at Surfaces, El Escorial, Spain, June 13-16, “Anharmonic Effects at            Surfaces: temperature dependence of surface phonon linewidths.”

57.     26th International Nathiagali Summer School, Nathiagali, Pakistan, June 26-July 5, 2001;

 four lectures on “Microscopic Processes Responsible for Thin Film Growth.”

58.     Workshop on Characteristics of Stepped Cu Surfaces, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, July 22-23,        “Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Stepped Cu Surfaces”.

59.     Physik Department T30, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, July 24, 2001, “Novel properties of               nanostructures: results of microscopic studies”.

60.     NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Collective Diffusion and Nonequilibrium Phenomena at             Surfaces, Prague, Czech Republic, October 2-6, 2000; "Paths, barriers and pre-exponential factors            for self-diffusion on metal surfaces."

61.     Seventh International Summer School, "Nicolas Cabrera" on "Imaging and Manipulation of Matter at        the Nanometer Scale," Madrid, Spain, September 11-15, 2000:  "Tip Induced Manipulation of Atoms        on Surfaces."

62.     25^th  International Nathiagali Summer School, Nathiagali, Pakistan, June 26-July 5, 2000; three                  lectures on Nanotribology.

63.     Laboratory of Physics Seminar, Helsinki University of Technology, September 19, 2000,                           "Thermodynamics of Nanocrystals."