Institute Calendar
August 2021
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Multifunctional Volumetric Metaoptics
Conner Ballew,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Open-circuit stability and integration of silicon electrodes for solar fuels devices
Harold Fu,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Wednesday, August 4th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Probing Strong Gravity with Black Hole Ringdowns
Maximiliano Isi,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, August 5th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, August 6th, 2021
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Monday, August 9th, 2021
9:30am
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10:30am
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INQNET Seminar
Online Event
Quantum Key Distribution using Weak Coherent Laser Sources: Recent Progress and the Route to Practical QKD Systems
Robert Woodward,
Toshiba Europe,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2021
10:30am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:45pm
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6:00pm
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CMA presents "You've Been Hacked (& Other Cybersecurity Secrets)"
Online Event
Kymie Tan,
Principal Technologist and Chief Cybersecurity Engineer,
JPL,
Wednesday, August 11th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Single-shot error correction and computation with the 3D subsystem toric code
Aleksander Kubica,
AWS Center for Quantum Computing,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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GSC Summer Seminar Series
Online Event
Harnessing unusual proteins for cellular imaging and remote control
Mikhail Shapiro,
Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Thursday, August 12th, 2021
8:30am
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11:00am
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10:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Studies in Physical Biology: Exploring Allosteric Regulation, Enzymatic Error Correction and Cytoskeletal Self-Organization using Theory and Modeling
Vahe Galstyan,
Graduate Student,
BMB,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, August 13th, 2021
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, August 14th, 2021
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, August 16th, 2021
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
The Modular Synthesis and Functionalization of Cyclic Compounds using Modern Methods
Caitlin Lacker,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, August 17th, 2021
8:00am
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12:45pm
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Symposium on Frontiers in Chemical Physics
Online Event
Kang-Kuen Ni,
Morris Kahn Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Physics,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Physics,
Harvard University,
Theodore Goodson, III,
Richard Barry Bernstein Professor of Chemisry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Michigan,
Wei Xiong,
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of California, San Diego,
Kevin Wilson,
CSD Division Deputy; Science; Senior Staff Scientist; Condensed Phase and Interfacial Molecular Science Program Leader,
Chemical Science Division,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
10:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Instabilities in the Flow Over a Spinning Disk at Angle of Attack
Marcus Lee,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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2:00pm
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11:45am
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1:15pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Modeling and Programming Shape-Morphing Structured Media
Connor McMahan,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Physical Biology of Cellular Information Processing
Manuel Razo,
Graduate Student,
BMB,
Caltech,
Wednesday, August 18th, 2021
11:45am
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1:15pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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GSC Summer Seminar Series
Online Event
Neuroplasticity and the Sweet Chemistry of Cell Signaling
Linda Hsieh-Wilson,
Milton and Rosalind Chang Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Thursday, August 19th, 2021
8:00am
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12:45pm
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Symposium on Frontiers in Chemical Physics
Online Event
Hongkun Park,
Mark Hyman Jr Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Harvard University,
James Chin-Wen Chou,
Physicist,
NIST,
Nozomi Ando,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Cornell University,
9:00am
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11:00am
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10:00am
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5:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Monday, August 23rd, 2021
9:30am
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10:30am
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INQNET Seminar
Online Event
Realization of a multi-node quantum network of remote solid-state qubits
Prof. Ronald Hanson,
QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience,
Delft University of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:45am
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12:00pm
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2021
10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wednesday, August 25th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Defect-Driven Reactivity of Layered Materials Examined through Atomic Layer Deposition
Michael F. Mazza,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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