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May 2014

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Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
3:00pm 4:00pm
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IQI Weekly Seminar

Symmetry-Protected Topological Entanglement
Iman Marvian, USC,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
HSTPROMO: Local Group Dynamics from HST Proper Motions
Dr. Roeland van der Marel, STScI,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Exploration: The Globe and Beyond

Becoming Earthlings: Citizen-Observers in Nineteenth-Century Geoscience
Deborah Coen, Associate Professor of History, Barnard College, Columbia University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science

Tracking Planet Footprints in Dusty Disks
Catherine Espaillat, Assistant Professor, Astronomy, Boston University,
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
12:00pm 1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Investigations of Our Cosmic Origins
Brett McGuire, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Blake group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Computational Design of Self-assembling Proteins and Protein-DNA Nanowires
Yun Mou, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Mayo group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Logic Seminar

The Pinned Cardinal of Analytic Equivalence Relations
William Chan, Grad Student, Mathematics, Caltech,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar

The structure of nature's water splitting catalyst prior to O-­‐O bond formation: Water binding and water splitting in photosynthesis
Nick Cox, Staff Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Rest-frame Optical Spectra: A Window into Galaxy Formation at z~2
Alice Shapley, UCLA,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop

Ostracism
S. Nageeb Ali, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Earth system response to massive carbon release: Atmospheric CO2, climate sensitivity, and ocean chemistry through time
Richard Zeebe, Professor of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Department of Oceanography, University of Hawai'i at Manoa,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Small Molecule Probes of APOBEC3 DNA Cytosine Deaminases
Daniel A. Harki, Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Minnesota,
6:00pm 7:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program

Public Experiments
Steve Kurtz, Professor and Chair of the Department of Visual Studies, University of Buffalo,
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

A Fast Pressure-Correction Method for Simulating Two-Fluid Flows and DNS of Droplet-Laden Isotropic Turbulence
Antonino Ferrante, Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington,
11:30am 1:30pm
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3:00pm 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

A Morse-Bott approach to Pin(2)-monopole Floer homology
Francesco Lin, Grad Student, Mathematics, MIT,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar

Affective Dynamics: Motivations, Goals, and Trajectories
Wil Cunningham, University of Toronto,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Spherical Nucleic Acid (SNA) Nanostructures: Establishing a New Paradigm in Molecular Diagnostics and Intracellular Gene Regulation
Chad Mirkin, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Multiscale patient-specific systems biology
Scott Diamond, Arthur E. Humphrey Professor and Department Chair, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

TBA
David Geraghty, Mathematics, Boston College,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Patching and the p-adic local Langlands Correspondence
David Geraghty, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Boston College,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference

Ocean Worlds of the Outer Solar System
Kevin Hand, Deputy Chief Scientist, Solar System Exploration, JPL,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Wiersma Lecture

From understanding to curing: the long road to neuroprotective therapies for neurodegenerative diseases
Marie-Francoise Chesselet, Professor, Neurology & Neurobiology, UCLA,
7:00pm 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Putting the 'P' in 'JPL'--The Past, Present, and Future of Propulsion at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Todd Barber, Cassini Propulsion Lead Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Friday, May 23rd, 2014
9:30am 10:30am
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Design, Synthesis, and Biological Activity of Rhodium Metalloinsertors
Alexis Komor, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Barton group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Bootstrapping Conformal Field Theories
David Simmons-Duffin, Institute for Advanced Study,
11:00am 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Role of Conformational Changes in G Protein-Coupled Receptor Activation
Caitlin Scott, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Goddard group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Linde Institute/Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar

Underbidding and Experience and USFS Timber Auctions
Benjamin Gillen, Assistant Professor of Economics, Caltech,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

New Diagnostics of MHD Turbulence in the Multiphase ISM
Blakesley Burkhart, Graduate Student, Department of Astronomy, UW-Madison,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Resolving the Mesoscale Response of Heterogeneous Materials Under Extreme Dynamic Loading Conditions
John Borg, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Marquette University,
3:00pm 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Plane Floer Homology and the Knot Concordance Group
Aliakbar Daemi, Grad Student, Mathematics, Harvard University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Molybdenum para-Terphenyl Diphosphine Complexes: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalysis
Joshua Alan Buss, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:30pm 5:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Transfer-matrix treatment of surface disorder in topological insulator
Kun Woo Kim, Graduate Student, Condensed Matter Theory - Refael Group, Caltech,
5:30pm 6:30pm
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Engagement Photography on Campus: Bailey Engagement Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm 8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture

Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Putting the 'P' in 'JPL'--The Past, Present, and Future of Propulsion at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Todd Barber, Cassini Propulsion Lead Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Saturday, May 24th, 2014
12:00pm 5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Quintans Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm 5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Nazari Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, May 25th, 2014
12:00pm 3:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Krikorian Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:00pm 4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Doctorian Wedding Party

Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, May 26th, 2014
9:00am 4:00pm
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
9:30am 10:30am
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Fire Extinguisher Training

See event detail for location
10:00am 11:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Magnetic Alignment of High-Aspect Ratio Microwires into Vertical Arrays
Joseph Beardslee, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Lewis group, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
10:00am 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Crystals that Count! Physical Principles and Experimental Investigations of DNA Tile Self-Assembly
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information (IQI) Weekly Seminar

Rapid Mixing of Quantum Local Dissipative Systems
Angelo Lucia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Algebraic Geometry Seminar

A positive proportion of plane cubics fail the Hasse principle
Manjul Bhargava, Professor, Mathematics, Princeton University visiting Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium

Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBA
Prof. Joe Silk, Johns Hopkins Univ.,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Exploring the Bio-Nano Interface: Integrating Live Cells with Nanosensors
Bianxiao Cui, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar

Light Sleep
Gero Miesenboeck, Professor, Centre for Nerual Circuits and Behavior, University of Oxford,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science

Meteorites found on Other Worlds as Planetary Research Tools with Special Applications for Martian Climate Studies
James Ashley, Postdoctoral Scholar, JPL,
4:15pm 5:15pm
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Applied Mathematics Colloquium **SPECIAL DAY/TIME**

Resiliency of the Power Grid
Ali Pinar, Sandia National Laboratories,
4:15pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

IZI: Inferring Metallicities and Ionization Parameters with Bayesian Statistics
Guillermo Blanc, Carnegie,
5:00pm 6:00pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies - Open Lecture

The Long Space Age: An Economic History of American Space Exploration
Alexander MacDonald, Executive Staff Specialist, Civil and Commercial Space Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,