Institute Calendar
May 2015
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
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Combinatorics Seminar
On the structure of the spectrum of small sets
Kaave Hosseini,
Mathematics,
UCSD,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climate and Conflict
Mark A. Cane,
G. Unger Vetlesen Professor Of Earth and Climate Sciences,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Materials in 2-dimension and Beyond: 10 Years After Graphene
Philip Kim,
Professor of Physics,
Department of Physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Noncommutative Geometry Seminar
Nonabelian Generalized Lax pairs, Post-Lie Algebras and Related Operadic Structures
Xiang Ni,
Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Biology Seminar
Human eIF3: The Mediator of Translation
Jamie Cate,
Professor of Biochemistry,
Biophysics and Structural Biology and of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, May 21st, 2015
12:00am
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12:00am
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8:00am
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Ongoing
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10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Bubbles, Bubbly Flows and Pseudo-Turbulence
Roberto Zenit,
Professor,
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
New Catalytic Methods for the Preparation of Tryptophans and Pyrroloindolines: Total Synthesis of (+)-Naseseazines A and B and (–)-Aspergilazine A
Madeleine Kieffer,
Graduate Student, Reisman group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Magnetic Field Effects on Charge Transport Through DNA
Theodore Zwang,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Electrophiles
Alan Cherney,
Graduate Student, Reisman group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
"Learning the Sequence Determinants of Exon Definition from Millions of Random Synthetic Sequences"
Georg Seelig,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
The dendritic effect in coordination chemistry: fundamental investigations and applications to sustainable chemistry, engineering and materials (SusChEM)
Mamadou S. Diallo,
Professor, Graduate School of Energy, Environment, Water and Sustainability, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
and Visiting Associate in Environmental Science and Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Cornelis Wiersma Visiting Professor of Neurobiology Lecture
The Serendipitous Path of Discovery: From Protein Folding to Cognition
Peter Walter,
University of California, San Francisco,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Cornelis Wiersma Visiting Professor of Neurobiology Seminar
"The Serendipitous Path of Discovery: From Protein Folding to Cognition"
Peter Walter,
Professor,
Biochemistry and Biophysics,
University of California, San Francisco,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Galaxy in a new light: Gamma-ray astronomy with Cherenkov telescopes
Werner Hofmann,
Director and Scientific Member, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics,
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Heidelberg, Germany,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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UPDATED | Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
A neurocomputational theory of cognitive control over learning
Sang Wan Lee, Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience, Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
The Search for Planets, Habitability, and Life in our Galaxy
Nick Siegler,
Technology Manager,
NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program,
JPL,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, May 22nd, 2015
12:00am
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5/23
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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9:00am
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10:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Structure-Function Studies of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Using Selective Agonists and Positive Allosteric Modulators
Christopher Marotta,
Graduate Student, Dougherty group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
String-Scale SUSY Breaking: Clues for the Low – l CMB ?
Augusto Sagnotti,
CERN, Scuola Normale Superiore, INFN-Pisa,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synergizing Theory and Experiments in Asymmetric Catalysis through Transition State Modeling: Leads for Rational Catalyst Design
Raghavan B. Sunoj,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Advances and challenges in first-principles simulations of materials at extreme conditions
Igor A. Abrikosov,
Professor,
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM),
Linköping University, Sweden,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The Physics of Radiation-Driven Outflows in Active Galactic Nuclei
Daniel Proga,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
UNLV,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Cavity Enhanced Spectroscopies for Applications of Remote Sensing, Chemical Kinetics and Detection of Radical Species
Thinh Bui,
Graduate Student, Okumura group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling
Yonggang Huang,
Joseph Cummings Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering,
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering,
Northwestern University,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
"E-H Bond Activations and Hydrosilylation Catalysis Facilitated by Fe and Co Compounds"
Mark Nesbit,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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4:45pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Engineering Quantum Matter: From Superfluids to Low-Dimensional Electrons
Johannes Pollanen,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar,
Eisenstein Group,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
The Search for Planets, Habitability, and Life in our Galaxy
Nick Siegler,
Technology Manager,
NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program,
JPL,
Saturday, May 23rd, 2015
12:00am
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12:00am
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9:00am
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10:40am
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Family Portrait on Campus: Cash Photography Session
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ballesteros Photography Session
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Karaoghlanian Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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5:20pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Luna/Cousart Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Baddour Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, May 24th, 2015
3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Gedjeyan & Castillo Wedding Photography
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Siraki Wedding
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Monday, May 25th, 2015
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
9:30am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar
Development of an ensemble-based, triggerable single photon source
Kate Ferguson,
Research School of Physics & Engineering, ANU College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences,
Australian National University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IST Lunch Bunch
Security of Logic and Logic of Security: Protecting Content and Devices in the Pervasive Computing Era
Farinaz Koushanfar,
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Rice University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Neuro Lunch Seminar
Shimojo Lab Presenting
Sang Wan Lee,
PhD,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
Califoria Institute of Technology,
Noelle Stiles,
PhD,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Connie Wang,
PhD Candidate,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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5/29
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Dancing to the Beat of a TeraHertz Drum: Molecular Motion from the Interstellar Medium to Pure Liquids
Marco Allodi,
Graduate Student, Blake group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
TBA
Prof. Scott Ransom,
NRAO,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Quantum Dots – Artificial Atoms, Large Molecules or Small Pieces of Bulk? Insights from Time-Domain Ab Initio Studies
Oleg V. Prezhdo,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Science,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Predator Sensing and Evasion in Fish
Matt McHenry,
Associate Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
School of Biological Sciences ,
University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Saturn seismology: complex interactions between the planet, the rings, and the moons
Jim Fuller,
Postdoc,
GPS,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Caltech OSA Student Chapter & the Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
X-ray Lasers: From Star Wars to the Table-Top
Joseph Nilsen,
Physicist, Fellow of the Optical Society and the American Physical Society,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Wednesday, May 27th, 2015
9:30am
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10:30am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Development of Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Coupling of Benzylic Electrophiles
Andrew Wang,
Graduate Student, Hsieh-Wilson group,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:30pm
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Logic Seminar
Menger compacta as projective Fraisse limits with emphasis on dimension one
Slawomir Solecki,
Professor,
Mathematics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Real-World Social Cognition: Context Effects in Face and Threat Processing
Laura Harrison,
CNS graduate student,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Mining Critical Metals and Elements from Seawater-An Overview of Recent Advances
Mamadou Diallo,
Visiting Associate in Environmental Science & Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Cosmological Calorimetry: The nature of the intergalactic medium and the photon underproduction crisis
Juna Kollmeier,
Carnegie,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Combinatorics Seminar
When Algebraic Geometry Meets Graph Theory
Mohamed Omar,
Assistant Professor,
Mathematics,
Harvey Mudd,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A new look at the organic carbon cycle in the global ocean
Ellen Druffel,
Fred Kavli Professor,
Department of Earth System Science,
UC Irvine,