Events
October 2022
Saturday, October 1st, 2022
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Betsamo Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Monday, October 3rd, 2022
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Epitaxial Electrodeposition of Ordered Inorganic Materials: from Transparent Hole Conductors to MOFs
Professor Jay A. Switzer,
Chancellor's Professor; University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Center,
Missouri University of Science and Technology,
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Epitaxial Electrodeposition of Ordered Inorganic Materials: from Transparent Hole Conductors to MOFs
Jay A. Switzer,
Chancellor"s Professor; University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Senior Investigator, Materials Research Center,
Department of Chemistry,
Missouri University of Science and Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Online and In-Person Event
The Transient Universe: Compact Objects Near and Far
Brendan O'Connor,
The George Washington University / University of Maryland College Park,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Dark sector visible signals in neutron star mergers
Gustavo Marques Tavares,
University of Maryland,
Tuesday, October 4th, 2022
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
A Deep Dive into Hot-Jupiter Atmospheres: What High-Resolution Spectroscopy Can Teach Us About Their Formation and Evolution
Aurora Kesseli,
Research scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at IPAC/Caltech,
IPAC,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Reputation and Capture: Limits of the Administrative Presidency
Lindsey Gailmard,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
10:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Engineering and rapid prototyping with biology in extreme conditions
Joseph Meyerowitz,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Seminar
A Unified Approach to M Dwarf Ages
Rocio Kiman,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets
Bruce Macintosh,
Professor of Physics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Estimating Social Network Models with Missing Links
Arthur Lewbel,
Barbara A. and Patrick E. Roche Professor of Economics,
Boston College,
Thursday, October 6th, 2022
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Thermo-Mechanics of Granular Materials: Experiments and Simulations
Alessandro Rotta Loria,
Assistant Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Recovering "Phantom Melts" with Cumulative Inversion Using Melts Thermodynamic Modelling and Machine Learning & The Potential of Pyrite as a (U-Th)/He Thermochronometer
Ben Thyer,
Graduate student,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Towards a theory of strange quantum metals
Senthil Todadri,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, October 7th, 2022
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The black hole interior from non-isometric codes and complexity
Chris Akers,
MIT,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The development and evolution of CO2 capture solvents: Learnings from theory and experiment, and application to Direct Air Capture
Roger Rousseau,
Physical Sciences Directorate,
Chemical Sciences Division,
Oakridge National Laboratory,
Vassiliki-Alexandra Glezakou,
Distinguished Scientist,
Computational Sciences and Mathematics Division,
Oakridge National Laboratory,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Words to describe a black hole
Ying-Hsuan Lin,
Harvard University,
Saturday, October 8th, 2022
1:00am
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5:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Zargarian Wedding Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00am
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10:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Fram Wedding Photo Shoot(Athenaeum Guests)
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, October 10th, 2022
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Kara Bren,
Richard Eisenberg Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Department of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Online and In-Person Event
The COMAP Pathfinder: Early Results and Implications for High-redshift CO
Dongwoo Chung,
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Multi-Disciplinary Evidence for a Large, Previously Unrecognized Caldera in the Islands of Four Mountains, Aleutian Arc, Alaska
Diana Roman,
H.O. Wood Chair of Seismology,
Earth and Planets Laboratory,
Carnegie Institution for Science,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Direct detection of dark matter far from the weak scale
Benjamin Lehmann,
UC Santa Cruz,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Smith/ Kuwabara Family Portrait Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Tuesday, October 11th, 2022
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Noncanonical amino acid synthesis by evolved tryptophan synthases
Patrick Almhjell,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
From the Glactic to Atomic Scale: Understanding Planet Formation and Evolution
Akash Gupta,
Graduate Student,
Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Making policies matter: Voter responses to campaign promises
Cesi Cruz,
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, UCLA; Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia,
Wednesday, October 12th, 2022
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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IPAC Astronomy Seminar
Mapping the Interstellar Medium
Mahdi Qezlou,
Physics and Astronomy,
UC Riverside,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Defense
Towards Ab Initio Simulations of High-Temperature Superconductivity
Zhihao Cui,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
How to Form a Habitable Planet
Meredith Ann MacGregor,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences,
University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Diverse Minds Seminar Series: Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin
Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin,
Herbert and Florence Irving Assistant Professor of Cell Research, Departments of Psychology & Neuroscience at Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Understanding Human Genetic Variation with Precision Genome Editing Tools
Alexis Komor,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California - San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Distributions of Posterior Quantiles and Economic Applications
Kai Hao Yang,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Yale School of Management.,
5:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:45pm
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Watson Lecture: The Brain Hates Losing (and Other News from Neuroeconomics)
Online and In-Person Event
Colin Camerer,
Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioral Economics; Director, T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
- Public Event
Thursday, October 13th, 2022
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Fragmentation in Turbulent Multiphase Flows
Rui Ni,
Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Characterization of a Novel Mitochondrial Outer Membrane Protein Insertase in Human Cells "
Taylor Stevens,
Voorhees Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Laboratory experiments to improve hydraulic transport in deep geothermal reservoirs
Mateo Acosta,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Geology,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, October 14th, 2022
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Infrared finite scattering in QFT & quantum gravity
Kartik Prabhu,
UC Santa Barbara,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Diffusion of new products on networks
Gadi Fibich,
Professor of Applied Mathematics,
School of Mathematical Sciences,
Tel Aviv University,
Saturday, October 15th, 2022
7:00am
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7:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Houston Family Portrait Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00am
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7:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Ochoa Family Portrait Photo Shoot
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, October 17th, 2022
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar
Development and Evaluation of a Quantitative Sequencing Method for Absolute Quantification of Fungal Communities
Reid Akana,
Graduate Student, Ismagilov Lab,
12:00pm
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1:15pm
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Visual Culture Seminar
My Electric Genealogy
Sarah Kanouse,
Artist and Associate Professor at Northeastern University,
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Charge Transfer Processes at Biological Interfaces and Across Biopolymers
Nadav Amdursky,
Associate Professor,
Schulich Faculty of Chemistry,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Online and In-Person Event
The evolution of color gradients within galaxies and its effect on galaxy morphology
Tim Miller,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
What determines surface evaporation? local to global perspectives
Dani Or,
Professor Emeritus at the Department of Environmental Systems Science,
Soil and Terrestrial Environmental Physics,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETHZ),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Gauge Invariance from On-Shell Massive Amplitudes and Tree-level Unitarity
Da Liu,
UC Davis,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:30pm
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Neurobiology and Computation & Neural Systems seminar.
"Neural structure, function, and dynamics in C. elegans "
Andrew Leifer,
Assistant Professor,
Physics & Neuroscience,
Princeton University,