Invited Talks & Lectures (2000-Present)

  1. “2D Materials for a Sustainable Future – when imperfection reigns,” PECASE22, San Sebastian, June 20-23, 2022.
  2. “Theoretical methods to explore the electronic structure of catalytic material and of reactions,” PECASE22, San Sebastian, June 20-23, 2022.
  3. “Quest for Transferable Neural Network Interatomic Potentials: success for Si(100), still looking for h-BN,” Spetses Symposium on Deep Learning in Material Science, June 5-10, 2022
  4. “An Ab initio Tool for Uncovering the Ultrafast Response of Functional Correlated Electron Materials,” ES22 Electronic Structure 22, Columbia University, June 1-3, 2022
  5. “Diversity Matters – a glimpse at two programs that have helped UCF-Physics: APS/IGEN Bridge to PhD and PhysTEC,” April 22, 2022.
  6. 2D Materials for a Sustainable Future – when imperfection reigns, Physics Colloquium, Penn State University, April 21, 2022.
  7. Exploiting defects in 2D Materials for a Sustainable Future – when theory meets experiment,” University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, April 8, 2022.
  8. “Defect-laden 2D Materials for Syn Gas Conversion to Value-added Products,” Argonne National Laboratory, March 23, 2022.
  9. “Syngas molecules as probes of defects in 2D h– BN: their adsorption, vibrations & chemical reactions,” From Surface Science to Catalysis Science Symposium, American Chemical Society, March 20-24, 2022, San Diego, CA.
  10. “Single atom catalyst Pt1/ZnO for methanol partial oxidation: insights into reaction mechanisms from DFT and experiments,” Symposium to honor Miquel Salmeron, American Chemical Society, March 20-24, 2022, San Diego, CA.
  11. “Surviving Graduate Studies – Diversity Matters,” March Meeting, American Physical Society, March 12-16, 2022, Chicago.
  12. “Designing Novel Materials for Energy & Quantum Information,” Salam Day Lecture, Center for Physics Education, Karachi, Pakistan, January 29, 2022 (via ZOOM).
  13. “The role of defects in emergent properties of 2D materials: MoS2 and h-BN,” Surface Science Discussions 2022, January 11-12, 2022, Poznan Poland (Online Edition).
  14. “An Ab initio Tool for Uncovering the Ultrafast Response of Functional Correlated Electron Materials,” MRS Fall Meeting, Boston (mixed mode), Nov 29 –Dec 8, 2021.
  15. “Diversity Matters: APS/IGEN Bridge to PhD,” DOE Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, PI Meeting, October 26, 2021 (via ZOOM).
  16. “Tuning Properties of 2D Materials for a Sustainable Future, ICAPE 2021, September 16-17, 2021, NED College of Engineering, Karachi (via ZOOM).
  17. “2D Materials for a sustainable future: prospects through intertwining theory with experiment,” SUNCAT Summer Workshop, Stanford University, August 16-19, 2021 (via ZOOM).
  18. “Tuning properties 2D materials for a Sustainable Future: from catalysis to single photon emission,” Dhaka University Centennial Celebration, July 10, 2021 (via ZOOM).
  19. “Two-Dimensional Folding of Polypeptides into Molecular Nanostructures,” International Biophysics Workshop, Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS), March 25, 2021 (via ZOOM).
  20. “Science in Confinement: From Surface Science to Nanoscience to 2D Materials,” set of 10 lectures, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Mercator Fellow Lecture Series, March 2 – April 6, 2021 (via ZOOM).
  21. “Polypeptide nanostructures at surfaces,” International Biophysics Workshop, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan, March 25, 2021 (via ZOOM).
  22. “The Self Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo (SLKMC) method augmented with data analytics for adatom-island diffusion on surfaces,” APS March Meeting, March 15-19, 2021 (virtual).
  23. “Defect-laden 2D materials for conversion of syn gas to higher alcohols: insights from theory and experiments,” UCF-CECS Lunch Seminar Series, February 5, 2021 (via ZOOM).
  24. “Navigating scientific careers in the US – perspective from a woman academic,” Pakistani Biophysicist Association, December 12, 2020 (via ZOOM).
  25. “Modeling functional low dimensional materials,” Universität Oldenburg, Germany, November 4, 2020 (via ZOOM).
  26. “Women in Physics – how to make it not so few,” Webinar on Women in Physics in the Developing World, Islamic University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan, October 19, 2020 (via ZOOM).
  27. “Tuning properties 2D materials: from catalysis to single photon emission,” Material Science Research Lecture Series, Caltech, October 14, 2020 (Webinar).
  28. “Preferential CO2 reduction to formic acid or methanol on defect laden single-layer h-BN,” ACS CATL ChemistsLive Event, Sept 25, 2020; invited speaker and panelist (via ZOOM)
  29. “Activating 2D materials for CO2 and CO hydrogenation to higher alcohols: predictive modeling meets experiments,” Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Seminar Series, UCF, September 18, 2020 (via ZOOM)
  30. “Defect-laden 2D materials for syn gas to higher alcohols: insights from theory & experiments,” Catalysis Theory Virtua; Seminar Series, Denmark Technical University, September 3, 2020 (via ZOOM).
  31. “Preferential CO2 reduction to formic acid or methanol on defect laden single-layer h-BN,” ACS Fall 2020 Virtual Meeting and Exposition, August 17-20, 2020 (via ZOOM & video on demand).
  32. “Single-molecule magnet for molecular electronics,” EFRC-M2QM – Thin Film Discussion Group, May 15, 2020 (presented via ZOOM).
  33. “Activating single-layer MoS2 for conversion of syn gas to higher alcohols: insights from theory,” ACS 2020 Spring Annual Meeting, March 21-26, 2020, Philadelphia, (via ZOOM).
  34. “Single-Molecule Magnets on Two Dimensional Materials: insights from ab initio calculations,” MAGNA 2020, St. Simon Island, February 21-24, 2020.
  35. “APS Bridge Site at UCF: background & some highlights,” Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, January 17-19, 2020. (Plenary talk)
  36. “Modelling functional low dimensional materials,” Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, January 17-19, 2020.
  37. “Tuning properties of 2D materials: from catalytic activity to single photon emission,” Computational Material Design Symposium, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 20, 2019.
  38. “Toward Efficient Methods for Generating Transferable Neural-Network Interatomic Potentials,” Computational Material Design Symposium, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 20, 2019.
  39. “Challenges for Young Women Embarking on a Career in Science,” Organization for Women in Science in the Developing World (OWSD), Pakistan National Chapter, Karachi, December 17, 2019.
  40. “Toward efficient methods for generating transferable artificial neural network interatomic potentials,” Materials Research Society 2019 Fall Meeting, Boston, December 1-6, 2019.
  41. “Beyond DFT Methods that Capture the Role of Electron Correlations: Ultrafast Demagnetization of Ni,” 2nd Symposium on MGI and Exascale Computing Challenges, Spetses, Greece, June 16-21, 2019.
  42. “Tuning properties of 2D materials: from catalytic activity to single photon emission,” 9th International Workshop on Surface Physics, Trzebnica, Poland, 24-28 June 2019.
  43. “Tuning properties of 2D materials: from catalytic activity to single photon emission,” Seminar, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Physics, July 17, 2019.
  44. “2D materials for conversion of syn gas to higher alcohols: the role of defects and dopants,” 2019 Gordon Research Conference on Dynamics at Surfaces, Salve Regina University, Newport, Rhode Island, July 28 – August 2, 2019.
  45. “Novel and technologically relevant properties of 2D materials,” Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, March 12, 2019.
  46. “Tuning properties of 2D materials: old dog new tricks,” Mini-Workshop in Computational Material Design, COMSATS University of Technology, Islamabad, March 11, 2019.
  47.  “Modern paradigms in research and education: active learning to interdisciplinary research,” Einstein Symposium, NED College of Engineering, Karachi, March 14, 2019
  48. “Old materials with novel properties: you can teach an old dog new tricks in the flatland,” LIFE Program Plenary Talk, UCF, March 19, 2019.
  49. “Self-Learning KMC for multiscale simulation of nanoscale diffusion,” 258th ACS Annual Meeting, Orlando, March 31, 2019.
  50. “Tuning properties of 2D materials: old dog new tricks,” Physics Seminar, Chalmers University, Gothenburg, April 5, 2019
  51. “Stabilization of SMMs: interplay of ligands and substrates,” M2QM-All Hands Meeting, University of Florida, May 3-5, 2019.
  52. “Surfaces, interfaces, and catalysis: what can machine learning do? 2nd IMPRESS (Interfacing Machine Learning and Experimental Methods for Surface Structures) Workshop, Graz, Austria, July 11-13, 2018.
  53. “Unraveling & manipulating properties of 2D materials: old stuff with new promises,” AMOSS Workshop, University of Milan-Bicocca, November 23, 2018.
  54. “Multiple excitations, excited states, and ultrafast charge dynamics in functional materials: theory meets experiments,” Palestinian Conference VI, Tulkaram, August 5-8, 2018
  55.  “Manipulating properties of 2D materials: old stuff with new promises,” Palestinian Conference VI, Tulkaram, August 5-8, 2018.
  56. “Catalysts, ultrafast spin dynamics, MGI and all else,” Symposium on MGI and Exascale Computing Challenges, Spetses, Greece, June 10-15, 2018.
  57. “Manipulating properties of 2D materials: old stuff with new promises,” Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, University of California, Davis, April 26, 2018.
  58. “Multiple excitations, excited states, and ultrafast charge dynamics of functional materials: insights from TDDFT+DMFT,” Molecular Foundry Seminar, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, April 20, 2018.
  59. “Tuning 2D materials MoS2 and h-BN for hydrogenation reactions,” 255thAnnual ACS Meeting, New Orleans, March 18-22, 2018.
  60. “Supported Au nanoparticles: good for methanol decomposition or formation?” American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, March 5-8, 2018.
  61.  “2D Materials: old stuff, new promises, and my Miller time,” Miller Institute Lunch Talk, University of California Berkeley, February 27, 2018.
  62. “Nanomaterial pursuit 2018: Inclusive or exclusive?” 2018 Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, University of North Florida, January 12-14, 2018
  63. “Towards multi-scale modeling of thin film growth processes,” Fall Meeting of Materials Research Society (MRS), Boston, Nov. 26 – Dec. 1, 2017.
  64. “Tailoring Chemical & Optical Properties of 2D Materials,” Chemical Physics Department Annual Workshop, Fritz Haber Institute, Doellensee, September 25-29, 2017.
  65. “Rational Material Design for Energy Needs: theory and experiment working in tandem,” Karachi University, August 30, 2017
  66. “Rational Material Design for Energy Needs: Follow up Workshop, COMSATS Institute for Information Technology, Islamabad, August 29, 2017
  67.  “Manipulating Chemical Reactivity of MoS2 and other 2D Materials,” Telluride Workshop on Computational Chemistry, August 7-11, 2017, Telluride.
  68. “Pt-Dipyridyl Tetrazine metal-organic network on Au(100): Insights from first principles calculations,” Faraday Society Discussions on Complex Molecular Surfaces and Interfaces, Sheffield, UK,  July 24-26, 2017.
  69. “2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: old materials with new promises,” Gesselschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GdCH) Colloquium, Ruhr University Bochum, July 6, 2017.
  70. “Tailoring optical & chemical properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides,” Summer School on Surfaces & Interfaces, San Sebastian, June 19-23, 2017.
  71.  “2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: old materials with new promises,” Center for Nanoscience, Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, June 16, 2017.
  72. “Rational Design of Functional Nanomaterials : Theory and Experiment working in Tandem,” (2 invited lectures), Workshop on Rational Material Design, COMSTECH, Islamabad, May 22-26, 2017.
  73. “Tuning chemical reactivity of MoS2  and other 2D materials,” Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Seminar, Aalto University, Finland, May15, 2017.
  74. “Rational Designing of Chemical & Optical Properties of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides,” COMP Seminar, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Finland, April 19, 2017
  75. “Computational Design of Metal –Coordination Centers for Catalytic Applications,” 253rd ACS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, April 2-6, 2017.
  76. “Tailoring properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: looking beyond graphene,” TMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, February 26-March 2, 2017.
  77. “Graduate program assessment,” Graduate Education & APS Bridge Program Conference, College Park, Maryland, February 10-12, 2017 (panelist).
  78. “Cultivating relationships with School of Education,” PhysTEC Annual Meeting, Atlanta, February 16-18, 2017 (panelist).
  79.  “Rational design of functional 2D materials,” Donostia International Physics Center, San Sebastian, Spain, January 9-31, 2017 (5 lectures).
  80. “Tailoring chemical and optical properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides,” 2nd NOOR International Symposium on Applied Materials and Devices,” Nilope, Pakistan, November 14-16, 2016.
  81.  “On computational design of functional 2D transition metal dichalcogenides,” Max Planck Institute Workshop (Abteilung Kern), Schloss Ringberg, Taegernsee, October 16-19, 2016.
  82. “Tailoring properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: looking beyond graphene,” IX International Conference on Surface, Materials and Vacuum, Mazatlán, September 26-30, 2016. (plenary talk)
  83. “Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory with Dynamical Mean-Field Theory: towards ab initio tools for strongly correlated system,” IX International Conference on Surface, Materials and Vacuum, Mazatlán, September 26-30, 2016.
  84. “Passion for science,¨ Materials Science Colloquium, University of Milan, Bicocca, Italy, September 22, 2016.
  85. “Tailoring chemical and optical properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides,” International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces (ICSFS18), Chemnitz, August 28-September 2, 2016.
  86.  “Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory with Dynamical Mean-Field Theory: towards ab initio tools for strongly correlated and/or out-of-equilibrium systems,” DOE, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics PIs Meeting, Gaithersburg, August 14-17, 2016.
  87. “Reaction mechanisms: interplay of thermodynamics and kinetics,” 2016 DOE Catalysis Science PIs Meeting, Gaithersburg, June 21-24, 2016.
  88. “Controlling structural, electronic, and energy flow dynamics of catalytic processes through tailored nanostructures,” DOE-EERE 2016 Annual Merit Review Meeting, Washington, DC, June 6-8, 2016 (invited poster).
  89. “Tailoring properties of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: looking beyond graphene,” Physics Colloquium, Oulu University, Finland, June 3, 2016.
  90.  “Tailoring chemical properties of single and bilayer layer transition metal dichalcogenides,” Atomic structure of nanosystems from first-principles simulations and microscopy experiments (AS-SIMEX 2016), Physics Boat Series, Helsinki-Stockholm, May 31 – June 2, 2016.
  91. “Tailoring Characteristics of Nanoparticles: size, shape, composition and environment matters,” Institute of Physics Seminar, Aalto University, May 30, 2016.
  92.  “Can an everyday lubricant be a novel material?” Physics seminar, University of the West Indies, Barbados, May 13, 2016.
  93. “Can an everyday lubricant be a novel material?”  Condensed Matter Physics seminar, Virginia Tech University, May 4, 2016.
  94. “Towards increasing diversity in the UCF Physics Department: course reforms and the APS Bridge Program,” Virginia Tech University, May 4, 2016.
  95. “Active learning strategies for algebra based introductory physics courses UCF,” NSF-AAAS Conference, Envisioning the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education (EnFUSE): Research and Practice, April 27-29, 2016, Washington, DC.
  96. “Tailoring properties of single and bilayer layer transition metal dichalcogenides: looking beyond graphene,” Texas State University Physics seminar, April 12, 2016.
  97. “Tailoring properties of single and bilayer layer transition metal dichalcogenides: looking beyond graphene,” Joint Spring 2016 Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT, and Zone 13 of SPS, March 31 – April 2, 2016, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.
  98. “A glimpse at the workings of PhysTEC Comprehensive Site and APS Bridge Program Site at UCF,” Joint Spring 2016 Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS, AAPT, and Zone 13 of SPS, March 31 – April 2, 2016, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas.
  99. “Working effectively with university administrators,” PhysTEC Annual Meeting, March 11-13, 2016, Baltimore (invited panelist).
  100. “Tailoring properties of single and bilayer layer transition metal dichalcogenides: looking beyond graphene,” U of Virginia Physics Colloquium, February 12, 2016.
  101. “Easing pathway to physics teaching certification with a little help from PhysTEC,” Winter 2016 Conference of the American Association of Physics Teachers, New Orleans, January 9-12, 2016.
  102. “Self-Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo method and its application to adatom-island diffusion and coarsening,” CECAM/Psi-k Growth Simulation Workshop, Marburg, November 8-11, 2015.
  103. “Tailoring properties of single layer MoS2: looking beyond graphene,” 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Materials for Renewable Energy (EMCMRE), Marrakesh, November 2-6, 2015.
  104. “Self-Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo method and its application to adatom-island diffusion and coarsening,” MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, Nov. 30 – Dec. 4, 2015.
  105. “Tailoring characteristics of nanoparticles: size, shape, composition and environment matters,” 250th ACS Meeting, Boston, August 16-20, 2015.
  106. “Tailoring properties of single layer MoS2: looking beyond graphene,” Experimental Physics Seminar, University of Marburg, April 29, 2015
  107. Reactivity of oxide and sulfide supported metal nanoparticles: role of the interface,” From Witches Caldron to Material Science, Goslar, April 29-30, 2015.
  108. “Ultrafast orbital charge dynamics and metallic domain growth in monoclinic VO2,” MURI Workshop of Ultrafast Science, University of Central Florida, November 12-13, 2015.
  109. First International School on Computational Material Design,” set of three invited talks, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, May 25-29, 2015.
  110. “Absorption Spectrum and Ultrafast Response of Monolayer and Bilayer Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides,” Telluride Science Research Center Workshop on Nanomaterials: Computation, Theory, and Experiment, June 29 – July 4, 2015.
  111. “Managing Faculty/Difficult Conversations,” Physics Department Chairs Conference,” American Physical Society, College Park, MD, June 5-7, 2015.
  112. “Nano DMFT + DFTM: development of techniques beyond DFT,” DRC2015 Lake Arrowhead Conference on Materials Defect, June 7-12, 2015.
  113. “Tailoring properties of single layer MoS2: looking beyond graphene,” Seminar, Department of Material Science, University of Texas, Austin, May 21, 2014
  114. “Self-learning kinetic Monte Carlo simulations for heteroepitaxial systems: need lots of help from computer science thinking, IPAM Workshop, Lake Arrowhead, June 6-9, 2014.
  115.  “A Combined DFT+KMC Study of Selective Oxidation of NH3 on rutile RuO2(110) at Ambient Pressures,” DOE Contractors Meeting, Annapolis, July 20-23, 2014 (invited poster).
  116.  “Reactivity of oxide and sulfide supported metal nanoparticles: role of the interface,” 248th ACS Meeting, San Francisco, August 10-14, 2014.
  117. “Single Layer MoS2: Another Wundermaterial with Opportunities for Novel Electronic & Chemical Properties,” The Fourth Palestinian Conference on Modern Trends in Mathematics and Physics (PCMTMP-IV), Al-Quds University – Jerusalem, August 11-13, 2014 (via Skype).
  118. “Tailoring properties of single layer MoS2: looking beyond graphene,” International Materials Research Symposium, Cancun, August 18-21, 2014.
  119. “Reactivity of oxide and sulfide supported metal nanoparticles: role of the interface,” CINVESTA, Merida, Mexico, August 22, 2014.
  120. “Self Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo for epitaxial growth: can pattern recognition help us out?” Professor Vashishta Fest, USC, August 29, 2014.
  121. “Exotic 2D Materials at the Frontiers of Nanoscience, “Science Café, UCF, September 18, 2014.
  122. Should We Tell Our Daughters to Become Scientists? How can we change the climate in a Physics Department?, Seminar at Bochum, RESOLV Initiative, October 2, 2014.
  123.  “Tuning properties of single-layer transition metal dichalcogenides,” IUPAC NMS-X (Novel Materials Synthesis and Characterization Symposium), ZhengZhou, China, October 11-15, 2014.
  124. “Adaptation of Dynamical Mean-Field Theory for Nanoscale Systems,” Computational Condensed Matter Physics Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 2-4, 2014.
  125. “Vibrational dynamics and thermodynamics as measures of nanoparticles structure,” 3rd International Workshop on Phonons, Krakow, Dec. 4-8, 2014.
  126. “Challenges and Frontiers of Physics Research & Education,” COMSTECH Science Advisory Workshop, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 22-24, 2014.
  127. “Tailoring properties of single layer MoS2: looking beyond graphene,” Physics Colloquium, USC, Los Angeles, March 10, 2014.
  128. “Manipulation of electronic and chemical properties of single layer MoS2: insights from first principles calculations”, 247th American Chemical Society, Dallas, March 16-20, 2014.
  129. “Tuning optical properties of arrays of pure and doped metallic nano chains,” 247th American Chemical Society, Dallas, March 16-20, 2014.
  130. “Manipulation of electronic and chemical properties of single layer MoS2: insights from predictive modeling,” European-Mediterranean Conference on Materials for Renewable Energy, Istres, France, June 10-14, 2013.
  131. “Manipulating electronic & chemical properties of single layer MoS2,” Donostia International Center for Physics, San Sebastian, June 19, 2013.
  132. “Electronic and chemical properties of single layer MoS2: insights from ab initio electronic structure calculations, Marseille, June 25, 2013
  133.  “Band gap engineering in transition metal dichalcogenides,” University of Genova, Italy, June 27, 2013.
  134. “Computational design of functional nanomaterials: no longer a fiction,” University of North Florida, Jacksonville, September 26, 2013.
  135. Selectivity and reactivity of oxide-supported nanoparticles: role of the interface, Surface Chemistry Seminar, University of Liverpool, November 15, 2013.
  136. “Role of Interface in the Methanol Oxidation for Oxide Supported Metal Nanoparticles”, 246th American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, September 8 – 12, 2013 (presented by S. Hong).
  137. “A Combined DFT+KMC Study of Selective Oxidation of NH3 on rutile RuO2 (110) at Ambient Pressures,” 246th American Chemical Society, Indianapolis, September 8 – 12, 2013.
  138.  “Electronic and chemical properties of single layer MoS2: insights from ab initio electronic structure calculations,” IUPAC 9th Conference on Novel Materials (NMS-IX), Shanghai, October 17-22, 2013.
  139. “Predictive modeling of materials for energy related needs,” 60th Annual Meeting of American Vacuum Society, October 28 –November 1, 2013, Long Beach.
  140. “The enticing features of oxides and sulfides:  reactivity, selectivity and other matters,” 245th Annual Fall Meeting American Chemical Society, New Orleans, April 7-11, 2013.
  141. “Manipulating Electronic & Chemical Properties of Single Layer MoS2,” EMN Meeting, Orlando, April 9-12, 2013.
  142. “Transforming a Physics Department,” invited panelist at the Spring PhysTEC Meeting, Baltimore, March 15-17, 2013
  143. “Single layer MoS2: a promising material for nanoscience & nanotechnology,” 2nd Symposium on Nanoscience and Nanotehnology, CNyN-UNAM, Ensenada, Baja California, March 4-8, 2013.
  144. “Single layer MoS2: insights from theory into another wunder-material,” 53rd Sanibel Symposium, St. Simons Islands, GA, Feb 18-22, 2013.
  145.  “Computational design of functional nanomaterials: no longer a fiction,” Southeastern Undergraduate Women in Physics Conference, Orlando, Jan 18-20, 2013.
  146.  “Selectivity and reactivity of oxide surfaces: insights from ab initio calculations,” Chemistry Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania, December 6, 2012.
  147. The extended Self Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo Method: now lurking into 3D,” Workshop on Defects in Materials, Institute for pure and Applied Mathematics, UCLA, October 25-30, 2012.
  148. “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: achievements &challenges,” Plenary lecture, QAU-Tech, Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, October 1-5, 2012.
  149. “Computational Material Design,” set of 3 invited talks, QAU-Tech, Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, October 1-5, 2012.
  150. Tuning optical properties of Au chains through transition metal atom doping,” DOE Contractors Meeting, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Rockville, August 19-22, 2012.
  151. “Factors controlling some thermodynamic and chemical properties at the nanoscale: ab initio study of Pt and Pd nanoparticles,” 244th Annual Fall Meeting American Chemical Society, Philadelphia, August 20 – 23, 2012
  152. “Tuning optical properties of transition metal chains and their arrays,” Third Palestinian Conference on Physics and Mathematics, Hebron, July 14 – 17, 2012.
  153. Tuning optical properties of Au chains through transition metal atom doping,” 16th International Conference on Thin Films and Solid Surface, Genova, July 1-6, 2012
  154. “Tuning optical, magnetic and other interesting properties of nanoalloys for energy applications,” NanoMexico12, Puebla, June 11-15, 2012.
  155. “Optical properties of nanoalloys,” Department of Physics, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland, January 16, 2012.
  156. “Selectivity and Reactivity of oxide surfaces: insights from ab initio calculations,” Colloquium Chemical Engineering Department, U of Florida, Gainesville, February 12, 2012.
  157. Factors controlling the selectivity of oxide surfaces: results from DFT and KMC, 243rd ACS Annual Meeting, San Diego, March 25-30, 2012
  158. “Tuning optical and other amazing properties of nanoalloy,” Workshop on Nanoalloys, Brno, Czech Republic, April 2-4, 2012.
  159.  “Density Functional Theory Method and its Applications,” Workshop at National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 28 – January 3, 2011 (set of 8 lectures).
  160. “Selectivity and reactivity of oxide surfaces: insights from ab initio calculations,” XVI Simposio en Ciencia de Materiales 2011,”Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología – UNAM”, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, 23-25 February 2011.
  161. “Dynamical Mean-Field Theory for molecules and nanostructures,” 51st Sanibel Symposium, Thematic Program on Magnetism and the Challenge of Nano-structures” 20-25 February, 2011.
  162. (presented by postdoc Dr. Turkowski).
  163. “Ab initio methods for examination of optical properties of nanomaterials for energy related application,” 3 talks at 36th International Nathiagali Summer College, Pakistan, 1-5 July, 2011.
  164. “Self-Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo Method and its application to adatom island diffusion and coarsening,” ACCGE-18/OMVPE-15 Conference, Monterey, California, August 1-5, 2011.
  165. “Nanoalloys: playing fields of Alchemists revisited and refined,” Physics Colloquium, University of Missouri, Columbia, 12 September, 2011.
  166. The Self Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo Method and its application to adatom island diffusion and coarsening on metal surfaces, Schloss Ringberg, October 16-19, 2011
  167. “Engineering optical properties of nanomaterials for solar cell applications,” US-Morocco Workshop on Nano-Materials & Renewable Energy, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, November 17 – 19, 2011
  168. “Nanomaterials for solar cell applications,” First Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Materials and Renewable Energies (EMCMRE-1)., November 21-25, 2011
  169. “When gold is not gold anymore: size, shape and environment matters,” Physics Colloquium, Florida Institute of Technology, February 20, 2010
  170. “Selectivity and reactivity of oxide surfaces: insights from theory and modeling,” Annual meeting of American Vacuum Society, Florida Chapter, March 8-10, 2010, Orlando.
  171. “Nanoalloys: Playing fields of Alchemists revisited and refined,” Physics Colloquium, University of Florida, April 1, 2010.
  172. “Diffusion of large Molecules on Metal Surfaces: insights from ab initio calculations,” Multiscale Modeling of Chemical Processes (MUMO), Turku, Finland, May 12, 2010.
  173. “Adsorbates on metal surfaces:  Much to learn from surface phonon dispersion curves even after all these years,” D. L. Mills Symposium, University of California, Irvine, May 27-29, 2010.
  174. “Diffusion of adatom clusters on metal surfaces: periphery diffusion or concerted motion?” International Conference on Modern Problems in Physics of Surfaces and nanostructures,” June 8-10, 2010, Yaroslavl, Russia (presented by Dr. Trushin since I had to cancel the trip).
  175. “Self learning Kinetic Monte Carlo technique: application to homo and hetroepitaxial growth on Cu and Ag surfaces,” Telluride Workshop on Searching for Reaction Coordinates and Order Parameters, June 21-25, 2010, Telluride.
  176.  “Nanoscience for mankind,”Salam Memorial lecture, Nathiagali, Pakistan, June 28, 2010.
  177. Three lectures on Computational Material Design at 35th International Nathiagali Summer College, June 28 – July 3, 2010.
  178. “Nanomaterials for mankind: fact or fiction,” International Conference on Nano-Materials and Renewable Energies, Safi, Morocco, July 5-8, 2010.
  179. “Atomistic Studies of Diffusion on Surfaces,” 14th Workshop on Dynamical Phenomena on Surfaces, Schloss Ringberg, July 18-21, 2010.
  180. “Self Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo Method and its application to cluster diffusion and island coarsening,” 27th Max Born Symposium on Multiscale Modeling of Real Materials, Wroclaw, Poland, September 17-20, 2010.
  181. “Nanoalloys: Playing fields of Alchemists revisited and refined,” 2nd Palestinian Conference on Modern Trends in Mathematics and Physics, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine, 2-4 August, 2010.
  182. “Vibrational dynamics and diffusion of CO on metal surfaces: Ab initio atomistic simulation,” 27th European Conference on Surface Science, Rotterdam, Netherlands, August 30 – September 3, 2010 (presented by postdoc M. Alcantara Ortigoza)
  183. “Building functional material atom by atom: computational material design,” XXX Meeting of the Mexican Society of Surfaces, September 27 -30, 2010, Playa Paraiso (plenary talk)
  184. “Application of Density Functional Theory to examine surface reactivity ,” XXX Meeting of the Mexican Society of Surfaces, September 27 -30, 2010, Playa Paraiso (invited talk)
  185. “Nanoalloys: composition and local environment controlling properties,” Bahauddin Zakia University, Multan, Jan 12, 2009.
  186. “Science at the Nanoscale:Building the world atom by atom,“ Islamia University Bahawalpur, Jan 13, 2009
  187. “Nanoscience and Nanopatterning”, Discussion Leader, 2009 Chemical Reactions at Surfaces Gordon Research Conference, February 8 – 13, 2009, Ventura Beach. 
  188. “Nanoalloys: playing fields of Alchemists revisited and refined,”Physics Colloquium,University of South Florida, February 20, 2009
  189. “Diffusion of adatom clusters on metal surfaces: application of off lattice Self Learning KMC,” Surface Kinetics International (SKI) Conference, March 20-22, 2009,  Salt Lake City, Utah
  190. “Nanoalloys: playing fields of Alchemists revisited and refined,”Physics Colloquium,University of West Florida, April 6, 2009
  191. “Policy and Chair Responsibilities,” Leadership Excellence for Academic Diversity (LEAD) Workshop, Fayetteville, Arkansas,  June 21-23, 2009
  192. “Nanopatterning and its theoretical underpinnings,”three lectures given at the 34th International Nathiagali Summer College, Pakistan, June 27 – July 4, 2009.
  193. “Nanoalloys: playing fields of Alchemists revisited and refined,”Seminar,Max Planck Institute fuer Festkorperforschung, Stuttgart, July 22, 2009
  194. Invited Participant at DOE Workshop entitled “Discovery in Basic Energy Sciences: The role of computing at the extreme scale,”August 12-15, 2009, Bethesda, MD.
  195. ”Challenges in academia for women of color” Fifteenth Annual faculty Diversity Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, October 23, Arlington, Virginia
  196. “Ab-initio based kinetic Monte-Carlo simulation of Surface Phenomena,” SFB Colloquium, Collaborative Research Center “Hierarchic Structure Formation and Function of Organic-Inorganic Nanosystems” (SFB 569), Ulm University, Germany, Dec 1, 2009.
  197. “High CO tolerance of Pt/Ru nanocatalyst: Insight from first principles calculations,” Workshop on Surface Science to Fuel cells: understanding microscopic processes, Regensberg Castle, Ulm, Germany, December 2-5, 2009
  198. “High CO tolerance of Pt/Ru nanocatalyst: Insight from first principles calculations,” Chalmers University, Goteborg, Sweden, Dec 14, 2009.
  199.  “Senior Women in Physics: what the numbers tell us, “ADVANCE Workshop on Women in Science and Engineering, Kansas State University, February 16, 2008
  200. “Factors controlling reactivity of surface oxides and other nanostructures,” seminar, Dept. of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark, April 28, 2008
  201. “Factors controlling reactivity of surface oxides and other nanostructures,” seminar, Dept. of Physics, University of Aarhus, Denmark, April 30, 2008
  202. “Some Ways in which Surface Oxides Facilitate or Hinder Reactions,” seminar, Chemistry Department, Brook Haven National Laboratory, NY, March 26, 2008
  203. “On Factors that may facilitate or hinder the Reactivity of Surface Oxides,” Chemical Engineering Colloquium, University of South Florida,  Tampa,  April 20, 2008
  204. “Electronic and geometric structure, dynamics, and thermodynamics of 34-atom Ag-Cu nanoalloy,” 4th  Annual Meeting of Florida Society for Materials Simulation, Tallahassee, May 5-7, 2008.
  205. “Structure, dynamics, and vibrational entropy of bimetallic nanoalloys,” seminar, Institut für Festkorper Physik, Forschungszentrum-Karlsruhe, Germany, June 16, 2008. 
  206. Three lectures on “Computational methods for nanoscale material design,” 33rd International Nathiagali Summer College, Pakistan, June 28 – July 5, 2008.
  207. “Microscopic processes responsible for the diffusion of Cu/Ag adatom islands on Ag(111)/Cu(111): insights from theory,” Nanoscale Spectroscopy and Nanotechnology (NSS5), Athens, Ohio, July 15-19, 2008.
  208. “Nanoalloys: playing fields of our fore-fathers “the Alchemists” revisited and refined,” Physics Colloquium, University of Delaware, October 3, 2008
  209. “Women of Color in Academia: way forward,” 15th Institute on Teaching and Mentoring, Southern Regional Education Board, Tampa, Florida, October 26, 2008.
  210. “Self Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations: application to hetero- and homo-epitaxial growth processes,” 4th International Conference on Multiscale Modeling of Materials, Tallahassee, October 27-31, 2008.
  211. “Nanoalloys: playing fields of Alchemists revisited and refined,” Physics Colloquium, Temple University, Philadelphia, December 1, 2008.
  212. “Fuel Cells: a theoretical perspective,” 32nd International Nathiagali Summer College, Nathiagali, Pakistan, June 25-30, 2007.
  213. “Fuel Cell Reactions: some basics of theoretical calculations,” 32nd International Nathiagali Summer College, Nathiagali, Pakistan, June 25-30, 2007.
  214. “Theoretical Understanding of Reactions in Fuel Cells,” 32nd International Nathiagali Summer College, Nathiagali, Pakistan, June 25-30, 2007
  215. “Factors controlling the rates of chemical reactions on nanostructured surfaces: insights from theory,” 7th International Workshop on Surface Physics, Polanica Zdroj, Poland, September 5-9, 2007.
  216. “Self Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations and its Application to Epitaxial Growth Processes,” ICIAM (International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) 2007 Symposium, Zurich, July 15-20, 2007.
  217. “Electronic and Geometric Structure, and Thermodynamics of Ag-Cu Nanoalloys,” Condensed Matter Physics Seminar, Catholic University, Santiago de Chile, December 4, 2007.
  218. “What can we still learn from the dispersion of surface phonons?” (with Sampyo Hong), 12th International Conference on Vibrations at Surfaces, Erice, Italy, July 21-26, 2007.
  219. “Novel Properties of Alloy Nanoparticles,” Inaugural Symposium, National Center for Physics, Islamabad, Pakistan, March 26-29, 2007.
  220. “Self Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation and its Application to Cu Cluster Diffusion on Cu(111),” Florida Society of Materials Simulators (FSMS) 2007, Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, June 6-8, 2007.
  221. Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, University of Maine, March 2006, “Science at the nanoscale: promising facts or fiction?”
  222. “Computational material design: challenges and prospects,” Physics Colloquium, University of Central Florida, April 1, 2006.
  223. “Science at the Nanoscale: Building Functional Materials Atom by Atom,” Laboratory for Surface Modification and Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture, Rutgers University, Feb 15-16, 2006
  224. Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture “Science at the Nanoscale: Promising Facts or Fiction?” University of Colorado, April 17, 2006.
  225. “Science at the Nanoscale: Building Functional Materials Atom by Atom,” Physics Colloquium, University of New Mexico, April, 2006
  226. “Periphery motion or collective diffusion: the case of adatom islands on metal surfaces,” 232nd ACS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 2006
  227. “Anharmonic effects at metal surfaces,” Workshop on Surface Dynamics, Modena, July 2006.
  228. “Diffusion of two-dimensional adatom clusters on metal surfaces: application of the Self Learning Kinetic Monte Carlo method,” International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces, Prague, July 2006
  229. “Molecular dynamics simulation of surface melting and roughing transitions,” Workshop on Computational Material Science, JNCASR, Bangalore, July 6-10, 2006
  230. Three lectures on computational nanoscience at the International Nathiagali Summer College, July 2006.
  231. “Tracking the motion of adatom clusters on fcc(111) surfaces: results from on-lattice and off-lattice SLKMC,” CMSN-2006 workshop, University of Maryland, October 6-7, 2006.
  232. “Theoretical and Computational Studies of the Initial Stages of Thin Film Growth,” CIIT-ISESCO International School on Surfaces, Thin films, Nanostructures and their applications, Lahore, Pakistan, Oct. 27-Nov. 1, 2006.
  233. 3rd US – Africa MRS Meeting and Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Dec 6-10, 2005, Marrakesh, “Computational Nanoscience: designing materials atom by atom.”
  234. 55th Midwest Solid State Conference, October 8-9, Columbia, Missouri, “Cluster Diffusion and Coalescence on Metal Surfaces using a Self Learning Kinetic Mote Carlo Method.”
  235. Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, University of Vermont, September 22, 2005, “Should we tell our daughters to become scientist?”
  236. Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, Norwich University, Vermont, September 21, 2005, “Science at the nanoscale: promising facts or fiction?”
  237. 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.”
  238. Solid State Physics Seminar, University of Twente, Netherland, July 20, 2005, “Atomistic studies of  cluster diffusion and coalescence on metal surfaces.”
  239. 30th International Nathiagali Summer College, Nathiagali, Pakistan, July 3-9, 2005, set of four lectures on “Theory and modeling of materials at the nanoscale.”
  240. Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, May 9, 2005, “Should we tell our daughters to become scientist?”
  241. Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, May 8, 2005, “When gold is no longer gold: a peek at matters at the nanoscale.”
  242. Speaker at a Symposium on “Women Scientists on Gender, Race, and Nationality,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, April 29-30, 2005.
  243. Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, Texas Christian University, April 22, 2005, “Science at the Nanoscale: promising facts or fiction?
  244. Sigma Xi Annual Distinguished lecture, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, April 21, 2005,“When gold is no longer gold: on tailoring properties of materials”,
  245. Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, April 16, 2005,   “Science at the nanoscale: promising facts or fiction?”
  246. Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, Miami University, March 8, 2005, “Science at the nanoscale: promising facts or fiction?”
  247. Sigma Xi Distinguished lecture, Corning Chapter, March 4, 2005, “Should we tell our daughters to become scientist?”
  248. Colloquium, Corning Glass Industry, March 3, 2005, “Science at the Nanoscale: site selective properties controlling reactivity, morphology, and growth patterns on nanostructures.”
  249. 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.”
  250. Sigma Xi Annual Distinguished Lecture, University of Kansas Medical Center, November 16, 2004, “Can nanotechnology keep us healthier?” 
  251. 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).”
  252. Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture, University of Missouri-Columbia, October 28, 2004,“Promises of Physics at the Nanoscale: fact or fiction?”
  253. Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture, Army Research Laboratory, Maryland, September 30, 2004, “Promises of Physics at the Nanoscale: fact or fiction?”
  254. 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.”
  255. Annual Meeting of SPIE (Society of Optical Engineers), August 2-6, 2004, Denver, “Atomistic Modeling of Thin Film Growth Modes”
  256. CMNRS Seminar, Marseille, July 19, 2004, “Site Selectivity in Chemical Reactions on Stepped Metal Surfaces.”
  257. Electrical Engineering Department Seminar, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland, June 29, 2004, “On theoretical measures of the reactivity of metal surfaces.”
  258. Fysik Laboratory Seminar, Helsinki University of Technology, June 28, 2004, “Diffusion of Two dimensional Cu Clusters on Cu(111).”
  259. Chemical Physics seminar, Fritz Haber Institute, MPG, Berlin, July 21, 2004, “On poisons and promoters: theoretical measures of reactivity of metal surfaces.”
  260. 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.”
  261. Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11-16, 2004, “Physics at the nanoscale: set of 3 lectures.”       
  262. 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.”
  263. 17th 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”
  264. Physics Colloquium, Washington University, St. Louis, March 4, 2004, “Physics at the nanoscale: where is the beef?”
  265. American Chemical Society, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, March 23-27, 2003, “On surfaces and nanostructures: under-coordination controlling the chemistry.”
  266. International Workshop on Surface Physics, Worslaw, Poland, September 12-15, 2003, “Site selectivity in chemisorption on metal surfaces: on poisons and promoters.”
  267. 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).”
  268. University of Toledo, Physics Colloquium, November 20, 2003, “Physics at the Nanoscale: promising fact or fiction?”
  269. 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.”
  270. Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden, May 22, 2003, “Role of undercoordination in determining the chemical reactivity of vicinal surfaces.”     
  271. Laboratory of Physics Seminar, Helsinki University of Technology, June 16, 2003, “Optical Recognition of Steps on Metal Surfaces.”
  272. Department of Physics, Oulu University, Oulu, Finland, June 19, 2003, “On Poisons and Promoters on Stepped Pd Surfaces.”
  273. 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.”
  274. 28th International Nathiagali Summer College, Pakistan, June 24 – July 1, 2003 “Computational Techniques in Nanoscience and their Applications.”
  275. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, December, 2002, “Role of under-coordinated sites in chemisorption and surface stability.”
  276. Department of Physics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, December, 2002, “Are we sacrificing science by jumping on the nano-bandwagon?”
  277. Department of Physics, University of Rochester, Rochester, November, 2002, “Physics at the nanoscale: promising fact or fiction?”
  278. Fritz Haber Institut, Berlin, July, 2002, “Does the corner kick control the game or is it the local coordination?”
  279. Karachi University Colloquium, January, 2002, “Challenges and opportunities in physics education.”
  280. 27th International Nathiagali Summer College
  281. Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, January 19, 2001, “Vibrational Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Surfaces and Nanostructures”.
  282. NSF’s Workshop on Partners in Nanotechnology, January 28-29, 2001, “Evolution of Nanoscale Film Morphology.”
  283. Ioffe Institute for Physics, Leningrad, Russia, April 17, 2001, “Finite Temperature Studies of Surfaces and Nanostructures”.
  284. Institute for Microelectronics, Yaroslavl, Russia, April 19, 2001, “Atomistic Studies of Epitaxial Growth on Metal Surfaces”.
  285. Department of Physics, Chalmers University, Goteborg, Sweden, May 11, 2001, “Self diffusion of Adatoms and Vacancies of Metal Surfaces: Paths, Processes and Diffusion Prefactors”
  286. Physik Institut der Universitaet Zuerich, May 17, 2001, “Vibrational Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Surfaces and Nanostructures”.
  287. Series of 4 lectures on “Theoretical Methods for Calculating Finite Temperature Properties of  Surfaces and Nanostructures”, Fritz Haber Insitute, Berlin, May, 2001.
  288. Annual Meeting of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, June 2001, Berlin, “AvH Fellowship, AvH Forschungspreis, where do we go from here?”
  289. Tenth Workshop on Dynamics at Surfaces, El Escorial, Spain, June 13-16, “Anharmonic Effects at Surfaces: temperature dependence of surface phonon linewidths.”
  290. 26th International Nathiagali Summer School, Nathiagali, Pakistan, June 26-July 5, 2001;
  291.  four lectures on “Microscopic Processes Responsible for Thin Film Growth.”
  292. Workshop on Characteristics of Stepped Cu Surfaces, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, July 22-23, “Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Stepped Cu Surfaces”.
  293. Physik Department T30, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, July 24, 2001, “Novel properties of nanostructures: results of microscopic studies”.
  294. 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.”
  295. 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.”
  296. 25th International Nathiagali Summer School, Nathiagali, Pakistan, June 26-July 5, 2000; three lectures on Nanotribology.
  297. Laboratory of Physics Seminar, Helsinki University of Technology, September 19, 2000, “Thermodynamics of Nanocrystals.”