Contributed Presentations

2016

1. Thermodynamics of catalytic nanoparticle morphology, March American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD (March 2016)

2015

1. Tunable Thermal Switching via DNA-Based Nano Devices, March American Physical Society, San Antonio, TX (March 2015)
2. Crossover behavior of the thermal conductance and Kramers’ transition rate theory, 2015 Annual Meeting of PSROC, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu City, Taiwan (January 2015)

2014

1. Amplification of Information by Photons and the Quantum Chernoff Bound, March American Physical Society, Denver, CO (March 2014)

2013

1. Amplification of Information by Photons and the Quantum Chernoff Bound, Single Photon Workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN (2013)
2. Complementarity of information and the emergence of the classical world, March American Physical Society, Baltimore, MD (2013)

2012

1. The symmetry of information and the emergence of the classical world, 44th Symposium on Mathematical Physics New Developments in the Theory of Open Quantum Systems, Toruń, Poland (2012)

2011

1. Rapid DNA Sequencing via Transverse Electronic Transport, Charge Transfer in Biosystems, Obergurgl, Austria (2011)
2. Redundant imprinting of information in non-ideal environments: Quantum Darwinism via a noisy channel, March American Physical Society, Dallas, TX (2011)

2010

1. Rapid DNA Sequencing via Transverse Electronic Transport, American Vacuum Society Meeting in Albuquerque, NM (2010)
2. Redundant imprinting of information in non-ideal environments: Objective reality via a noisy channel, 42nd Symposium on Mathematical Physics Quantum Channels, Quantum Information – Theory & Applications, Toruń, Poland (2010)
3. Quantized ionic conductance in nanopores, March American Physical Society, Portland, OR (2010)
4. Quantum Darwinism in hazy environments, March American Physical Society, Portland, OR (2010)
5. Quantized ionic conductance in nanopores, Biophysical Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA (2010)

2009

1. Representing quantum environments, March American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, PA (2009)

2008

1. Finite representations of continuum environments, March American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA (2008)

2007

1. Ionic conductance in nanopores, March American Physical Society, Denver, CO (2007)
2. Real-time dynamics of dissipative quantum systems, March American Physical Society, Denver, CO (2007)
3. DNA sequencing via transverse electronic transport, Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD (2007)

2005

1. Transport in one-dimensional open systems, California Section American Physical Society, Sacramento, CA (2005)
2. Simulating Josephson Junction Arrays at Finite Temperature, March American Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA (2005)

2004

1. Mixed-state dynamics in one-dimensional quantum lattice systems: a time-dependent superoperator renormalization algorithm, California Section American Physical Society, Claremont, CA (2004)

2002

1. Acceptor behavior of functionalized fullerenes for photovoltaic applications, March American Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN (2002)
2. Chaotic transport in arrays of quantum wires, March American Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN (2002)
3. Functionalized endohedral metallo-fullerenes for photovoltaic applications, Undergraduate Research Symposium, American Chemical Society student affiliates, Blacksburg, VA (2002)

2000

1. A Model for Organic Opto-electronic Devices, Condensed Matter Seminar at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA (2000)