Institute Calendar
April 2025
Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
All Day
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9:00am
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4/30
5:00pm
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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
Quantizing the Area: Geometry from Conditional Probability
Marc Klinger,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
11:30am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Davidson Lecture - Jonathan Kipnis
Anatomy of brain-immune interactions
Jonathan Kipnis,
Professor,
Pathology and Immunology,
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Simplicial complexes, stellar moves, projective amalgamation, and set theory
Sławomir Solecki,
Department of Mathematics,
Cornell University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar
Two years of Earthquake Insights
Kyle Bradley,
Prinicipal Investigator Nanyang Technical University/Lecturer Asian School of the Environment,
Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore and Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:30pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:15pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
SPHEREx First Light
Jamie Bock,
Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Physics, Caltech; Senior Research Scientist, JPL,
California Institute of Technology; Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Leveraging the unique (photo)reactivity of aromatic cations for chemical biology
Michael Taylor,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Arizona,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
(Mis-)Understanding Quotas
Maria Kogelnik,
Postdoctoral Associate at the Economic Growth Center and the Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics,
Yale University,
Thursday, April 10th, 2025
11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Efficient wave-appropriate numerical methods for high-speed compressible flow simulations
Sainadh Chamarthi,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate,
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:15pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:45pm
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3:45pm
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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Counting Maps to Hypersurfaces in Grassmannians
Shubham Sinha,
Department of Mathematics,
ICTP,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra and Geometry Seminar
A moduli theoretic approach to heights on stacks
Dori Bejleri,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Distinguished Speaker - Paul Siqueira
Paul Siqueira,
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Functional robustness of the soil microbiome to environmental perturbations
Kiseok Lee,
Graduate Student Researcher,
Department of Ecology and Evolution,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Interplay of Vertex and Edge Dynamics for Dense Random Graphs
Frank den Hollander,
Department of Mathematics,
Leiden University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Murmurations from functional equations
Alex Cowan,
Pure Mathematics,
University of Waterloo,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Probing Photonic Quantum Matter with Cats
Jonathan Simon,
Stanford University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Random cluster models on random graphs
Remco van der Hofstad,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Eindhoven University of Technology,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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LA Probability Forum
Large deviations for the giant in spatial random graphs
Joost Jorritsma,
Department of Statistics,
Magdalen College, University of Oxford,
Friday, April 11th, 2025
9:00am
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6:00pm
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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
Decoherence near Black Holes: Causality, Fluctuation and Dissipation
Sam Gralla,
University of Arizona,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:30pm
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4:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Quantum Matter Seminar
Quantum circuit and novel quantum state preparation from spacetime duality
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Three-Dimensional Long-Term CCSN Simulations: New Insights and Challenges
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Arthur Klein Lecture in Aerospace
Arthur Klein Lecture in Aerospace
John W. Hutchinson,
Abbott and James Lawrence Professor of Engineering Emeritus,
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Harvard University,
- Public Event
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Bordered algebras and the wrapped Fukaya category
Isabella Khan,
Forbes College,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development and Mechanism of Transition Metal Catalyzed Ring Formation Reactions & Arene Hydrogenation at Room Temperature under 1 atm Hydrogen Gas
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Fluid-driven shear ruptures: theoretical models and their applications to fluid-induced seismicity
Alexis Saez Uribe,
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate,
Department of Geology,
California Institute of Technology,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, April 12th, 2025
7:00am
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7:00pm
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Monday, April 14th, 2025
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense
Buoyancy-Driven Fluid Dynamics for Enhanced Ocular Drug Delivery
Stephanie O'Gara,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Photochemistry at Mars, Venus, & Exoplanets Through Time
Danica Adams,
NASA NHFP Postdoctoral Fellow,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Gravothermal Collapse of Dark Matter Halos: Observational Insights
Haibo Yu,
UC Riverside,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2025
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Scientific Careers and Priorities at the DoD
Alessandra Zito,
Innovation Fellow,
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
Matthew Glasscott,
Program Manager,
Electrochemistry Army Research Office,
Ana Alvarez,
Research Materials Engineer,
Army Research Laboratory,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Hongkui Zeng
Dynamic changes of brain cell types in development and aging
Hongkui Zeng,
Executive Vice President /Director,
Allen Institute for Brain Science,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
This seminar has been postponed.
Claudio Ferraz,
Professor,
Vancouver School of Economics,
University of British Columbia,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Mapping and controlling excited state potential energy surfaces with ultrafast Raman spectroscopies
Renee Frontiera,
Northrop Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2025
10:00am
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3:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Alexander Aulehla
Cycles upon cycles - collective rhythms during embryonic development
Alexander Aulehla,
Head/Group Leader,
Developmental Biology Unit,
EMBL,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Graphings of Arithmetical Equivalence Relations
Tyler Arant,
Department of Mathematics,
UCLA,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM
Fast Radio Bursts
Vikram Ravi,
Assistant Professor of Astronomy,
California Institute of Technology,
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climate Feedback from Plant Physiological Responses to Increasing Atmospheric CO2 in Earth System Models
Yue Li,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Stabilizing a complex but promising dual phase cathode material: making lithium-rich, manganese-rich cathode materials useful
Jay Whitacre,
Professor,
Engineering and Public Policy, Materials Science and Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon Universiry,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Optimal In-Kind Redistribution
Zi Yang Kang,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
University of Toronto,
Thursday, April 17th, 2025
9:00am
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10:00am
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Election Science Office Hours, a webinar series presented by the Caltech 2024 Election Integrity Project
Online Event
Unpacking the Implications of President Trump's Election Executive Orders
Justin Levitt,
Professor of Law and Gerald T. McLaughlin Fellow,
Loyola Law School,
Loyola Marymount University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Smart Geomechanics
Ioannis Stefanou,
Professor of Mechanics,
UME,
ENSTA, IP Paris,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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Understanding Your Loan and Withdrawal Options in Regards to Federally Declared Disasters
Online and In-Person Event