Events
April 2024
Saturday, April 13th, 2024
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Sunday, April 14th, 2024
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Monday, April 15th, 2024
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
From weathering fronts to streams: records of CO2 and O2 consumption across the critical zone
Susan Brantley,
Professor of Geosciences and Evan Pugh University Professor Leiden University,
Department of Geosciences,
Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Flavorful New Physics and Wrinkles in the Froggatt-Nielsen Mechanism
Sam Homiller,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 16th, 2024
10:00am
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11:00am
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Forming the Trappist-1 system in two steps during the recession of the disc inner edge
Gabriele Pichierri,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Thomas Gray as reader and writer of the natural world
Scott Mandelbrote,
Fellow and Director of Studies in History at Peterhouse,
University of Cambridge,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Best Complete Approximations of Preference Relations
Efe Ok,
Professor of Economics,
New York University,
Wednesday, April 17th, 2024
10:00am
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3:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Acceleration-Induced Effects in Stimulated Light-Matter Interactions
Barbara Soda,
Perimeter Institute,
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1:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
The Large Fiber Array Spectroscopic Telescope
Chad Bender,
Associate Astronomer,
Steward Observatory,
University of Arizona,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Dearomative Alkaloid Synthesis
Joel M. Smith,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Florida State University,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Violent Backlash to Political Reform: Evidence from Anti-Jewish Pogroms in the 1905 Russian Revolution
Scott Gehlbach,
Elise and Jack Lipsey Professor,
Department of Political Science, Harris School of Public Policy,
University of Chicago,
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Micro/nanoscale reactive transport toward decarbonization
Wen Song,
Assistant Professor,
Center for Subsurface Energy and the Environment,
University of Texas at Austin,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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► CANCELED: Social Sciences History Seminar
This seminar has been canceled.
Price Fishback,
Thomas R. Brown Professor of Economics,
University of Arizona,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Non-invasive actuation of chemical reactions through mechanochemistry and gas vesicle proteins"
Yuxing Yao,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Shapiro Group,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Single-Cell Imaging & Control of Microbial Functions via Protein Nanowires
Nikhil Malvankar,
Yale University, Protein Nanowire Lab,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Quantum materials on the mesoscale
Philip Moll,
Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter,
Friday, April 19th, 2024
8:00am
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Quantum Advantage in Bayesian Games
Igal Milchtaich,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
Bar-Ilan University,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Generating Near-Infrared Chiral Light, and other Hot Circularly Polarized Luminescence
Gael Ung,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Connecticut,
4:00pm
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6:30pm
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Richard N. Merkin Public Lecture
Puzzles to Unravel the Universe
Cumrun Vafa,
Harvard University,
- Public Event
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, April 20th, 2024
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Monday, April 22nd, 2024
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Visual Culture Program
Scaling Observations
Devin Griffiths,
University of Southern California,
Anna Henchman,
Boston University,
Omar Nasim,
University of Regensburg,
Anne Sullivan,
University of California, Riverside,
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Reconstructing pCO2 from carbon isotope fractionation in marine algae
Pratigya Polissar,
Associate Professor,
Ocean Sciences Department,
University of California Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Detecting Dark Matter Substructures on Small Scales with Fast Radio Bursts
Huangyu Xiao,
Fermilab & KICP,
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
"Exploring the Diversity of Earth-sized Planets in Compact Multi-planet Systems" & "Mapping Callisto's surface properties: ALMA & JWST Perspectives"
Mike McKeon,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Maria Camarca,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Driving the Drivers: Algorithmic Assignment in Ride-Hailing
Yao Luo,
Associate Professor of Economics,
University of Toronto,
Wednesday, April 24th, 2024
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Rindler Fluids from Gravitational Shockwaves
Jerry Zhang,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
The Renaissance of Compact Objects in Binary Systems
Kevin Burdge,
Pappalardo Fellow,
Department of Physics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Optimal Bailouts in Diversified Financial Networks
Rakesh Vohra,
George A. Weiss and Lydia Bravo Weiss University Professor,
Department of Economics and the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering,
University of Pennsylvania,
Thursday, April 25th, 2024
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Vortex Dynamics in Inertial Fusion and Supernovae
Michael Wadas,
Cecil and Sally Drinkward Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Synthetic miRNA circuits for the regulation of gene expression, including in gene therapy applications"
Michael Flynn,
PhD Student,
Elowitz Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Financial Scarring and the Failure of the Freedman's Savings Bank
Vellore Arthi,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics,
UC Irvine,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Frontiers in Biochemistry Seminar
DNA replication: challenges and solutions
David Cortez,
Professor of Biochemistry, Richard N. Armstrong Ph.D. Chair for Innovation in Biochemistry,
Department of Biochemistry,
Vanderbilt School of Medicine,
4:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Dynamic Control of Active and Flowing Matter
Sho Takatori,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Hong Chen
Neurosonics: A new frontier for noninvasive brain interventions with ultrasound
Professor Hong Chen,
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neurosurgery,
Washington University in St. Louis,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Programmable control of indistinguishable particles: from clocks to qubits to many-body physics
Adam Kaufman,
JILA/NIST,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, April 26th, 2024
10:30am
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11:30am
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Caltech Brain Imaging Center Seminar
Online Event
High-density arrays of optically-pumped magnetometers for MEG
Svenja Knappe,
Associate Research Professor,
Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Colorado Boulder,