Events
May 2024
Monday, May 13th, 2024
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Orbital Architecture of Planetary Systems formed by Gravitational Scattering and Collisions
Eiichiro Kokubo,
Professor,
Division of Science, Center for Computational Astrophysics,
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Heavy quark transverse momentum-dependent fragmentation
Zhiquan Sun,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Freeze-Cast Porous Ceramics: Tailoring Chemistry and Porosity to Applications
Laura Quinn,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Special Seminar in Applied Mathematics
A theoretical framework for fault-slip styles from aseismic creep to regular earthquakes
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Understanding the Tropospheric Impacts of Isoprene-Derived Carbonyl Oxide Criegee Intermediates: Direct Studies of an Elusive Class of Reactive Intermediates.
Rebecca Caravan,
Assistant Chemist,
Argonne National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Choose Your Moments: Peer Review And Scientific Risk Taking
Josh Graff Zivin,
Professor; Pacific Economic Cooperation Chair in International Economic Relations; Director, Cowhey Center on Global Transformation; UC San Diego,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Novel Reactivity and Applications of Transition Metal-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions
Xiaoyu Dan Tong,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Search for Kerr from Multipole Moments on the Worldline
Trevor Scheopner,
UCLA,
12:15pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Lunch Seminar
Mapping the Expansion History with DESI Y1 Data
Nikhil Padmanabhan,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
The More the Merrier - Stellar Physics in the Era of Stellar, Transient, and Gravitational Wave
Selma de Mink,
Scientific Director,
Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Deciphering the chemical crosstalk of host-gut microbiota interactions
Pamela V. Chang,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Cornell University,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Risk Aversion and Insurance Propensity
Fabio Maccheroni,
Full Professor,
Department of Decision Sciences,
Università Bocconi,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, May 16th, 2024
8:00am
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5/19
2:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
How "to see a world in a grain of sand"?
Rouslan Krechetnikov,
Professor,
Mathematical & Statistical Sciences,
University of Alberta,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
The Model T
Joshua Hausman,
Associate Professor of Public Policy,
University of Michigan,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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► CANCELED: Visual Culture Seminar
This seminar has been canceled.
John Brewer,
Faculty Associate,
History Department,
Harvard University and Eli and Edythe Broad Emeritus Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
- Public Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
AMPK: energy sensor and central guardian of mitochondrial homeostasis
Reuben Shaw,
Professor,
Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory,
Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Bio-inspired Systems for Sustainability and Environmental Remediation
Ariel Furst,
Paul M. Cook Career Development Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering,
MIT,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Chen-Huang Sustainability Series Lecture
Clean Electricity and the Path to Net Zero: Methods and Insights
Jesse D. Jenkins,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Andlinger Center for Energy & Environment,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
The Magic of Moiré Quantum Matter
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero,
MIT,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Friday, May 17th, 2024
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Impact of Interfacial Chemistry on Corrosion, Sensing, and Catalytic Properties of Materials
John Evans,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Multipartite Edge Modes and Tensor Networks
Ronak Soni,
University of Cambridge,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Games under the Tiered Deferred Acceptance Mechanism
Jiarui Xie,
Visiting Student,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Enantioselective Intramolecular Reactions of Palladium Enolates.
Christian Strong,
Graduate Student (Stoltz Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Saturday, May 18th, 2024
7:00am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Sunday, May 19th, 2024
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Monday, May 20th, 2024
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Manipulating Phase Transitions and Porosity: From Solid Refrigerants to Microporous Water.
Jarad Mason,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Harvard University,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Leveraging the ΦX174 Lysis Protein to Study MraY Structure, Function, and Regulation
Karen Orta,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Novel perspectives on the water cycle and critical zone from the late Quaternary through the present
Tyler Huth,
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences,
Washington University in St. Louis,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
10:00am
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2:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Towards predictive protein separations: Imaging protein dynamics at nanoscale interfaces
Christy Landes,
Jerry A. Walker Endowed Chair in Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign,
4:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
"Thermophysical modeling of (15) Eunomia with ALMA data" & "From spectra to mineralogy: a remote sensing approach to Earth's desert dust sources"
Yu Yu Phua,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Abigail Keebler,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Wiersma Visiting Professor Lecture: Dr. Kathleen Rockland
Axons and Brain Architecture
Dr. Kathleen Rockland,
Research Professor,
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology,
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
8:00am
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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
A Celestial Dual for MHV Amplitudes
Walker Melton,
Harvard University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech/IPAC Special Lunch Seminar
The SDSS-V Open Fiber Call and Data Access for Caltech Scientists
Thomas Prince,
Caltech,
Zachary Vanderbosch,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Model Based Revealed Preference
Peter P. Caradonna,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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1:30pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Exploring Nature's Fingerprints with Isotopic Distributions
Timothy Csernica,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
Stellar Processes Around Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Centers
Re'em Sari,
Professor,
Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science,
Racah Institute of Physics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:30pm
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
8:00am
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Ongoing
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