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          Please note the seminar below. </span><span
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            style="color:black">The speaker is Director of the Institute
            of Theoretical Atomic, Molecular, Optical Physics at Harvard
            and Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.</span><br>
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          Rob<br>
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              Monday 12th of May, 1pm:<o:p></o:p></span>
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                                        in large carbon-rich structures:
                                        how the first carbon molecules
                                        may have synthesized
                                        in&nbsp;interstellar space</span></b><span
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                                    style="background:white"><i><span
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                                        R. Sadeghpour, ITAMP - Harvard
                                        University, Cambridge, MA 02138</span></i><span
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:#222222">Carbon
                                      is the 4th most abundant element
                                      in the Universe. It is the
                                      building block of
                                      life.&nbsp;Hydrocarbons, alcohols,
                                      acids, aldehydes, amines, and
                                      sugar have been detected in
                                      interstellar&nbsp;medium (ISM). There's
                                      substantial evidence pointing to
                                      the existence of polycyclic
                                      aromatic&nbsp;hydrocarbons (PAHs) in
                                      space. Vibrational lines of
                                      fullerenes have&nbsp;been detected in
                                      the microwave in nebulae. The mere
                                      fact that such atomistically
                                      pristine molecules&nbsp;are now known
                                      to exist in the dust of the ISM,
                                      while their natural terrestrial
                                      abundance is low,
                                      raises&nbsp;fascinating challenges.
                                      Where do they come from? How are
                                      they synthesized? What are
                                      the&nbsp;dynamics leading to
                                      self-assembly and what are the
                                      rates for such reactions? In this
                                      presentation, I&nbsp;will attempt at
                                      addressing some of these
                                      questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                                    Monday 12th of May, 1-2pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            Lecture Theatre 100 (LT100), School of
                            Chemistry, Joseph Black Building, King's
                            Buildings Campus, University of Edinburgh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            information: Contact Adam Kirrander (<a
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                              href="mailto:Adam.Kirrander@ed.ac.uk">Adam.Kirrander@ed.ac.uk</a>
                            or
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                              href="mailto:adam.kirrander@gmail.com">adam.kirrander@gmail.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            will be served afterwards in the 'Museum'.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;color:black">Dr.
                          Hossein R. Sadeghpour (Harvard, Director of
                          ITAMP,&nbsp;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                            href="http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itamp/">http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/itamp/</a>)
                          is a theoretician with a wide range of
                          interests across ultracold chemistry,
                          nanodevices, and astrochemistry. He has
                          &gt;120 publications, including papers in
                          Science and Nature.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  schedule a short meeting with Dr Sadeghpour, please
                  make an appointment on Doodle (</span><span
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                    or send an email to Adam Kirrander.</span></span><span
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                              Adam Kirrander<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            of Edinburgh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            Black Building, West Mains Road<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            Scotland EH9 3JJ, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                            +44-(0)131-6504716<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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