Institute Calendar
Spring 2018-2019
Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
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IST Lunch Bunch
Volumetric Imaging of Nature: from the microscopic to the grand outdoors
Aviad Levis,
Doctoral Student in the Technion’s Electrical Engineering Department,
Technion,
12:15pm
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12:45pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Seminar
The Revolution of Silicon Photonics
Michal Lipson,
Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering,
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Columbia University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
"Modeling of the Multi-Epoch Direct Detection Technique Applied to the Hot Jupiter HD187123b" and "Kronoseismology and the Dark Side of Saturn's Gravity"
Camillus Buzard,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
Stephen Markham,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Lecture
Applying Inorganic Chemistry to Challenges in Physics
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
"Creation of Natural and Synthetic Microbial Assemblages for Understanding and Application"
Adam Arkin,
Professor,
Bioengineering,
University of Califronia Berkeley,
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019
10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Kinetic and Spectroscopic Studies of Chlorinated Intermediates in the Upper and Lower Atmosphere
Matthew Smarte,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Simulations of Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational Wave Sources
Andrew MacFadyen,
Associate Professor,
Department of Physics,
New York University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED | Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
This seminar has been cancelled.
Erik Eyster,
Alec P. Alexander Chair of Economics and Professor of Economics,
Department of Economics,
UC Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Highly Multiplexed Imaging of E. coli Chromosome
Yandong Zhang,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6/6
12:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, May 30th, 2019
9:30am
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10:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Understanding Remote Metal Effects on Fe/Mn-OHx Motifs Relevant to Water Oxidation
Christopher Reed,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
10:00am
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2:00pm
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11:00am
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
Bubbles as Leaky Pistons: Particle Separation by Size from Suspensions
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Decoding sterol recognition in Hedgehog autoprocessing
Rahul Purohit,
PostDoc, Ondrus Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar
Spinors and Dirac operators
Todd Norton,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Theory of Computing Seminar
Distributed goodness-of-fit: when you can't talk much and have little in common
Clement Canonne,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Computer Science,
Stanford University,
12:15pm
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12:45pm
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1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Charge-Transfer Heptamethine Dyes for Singlet Oxygen Generation
Bryce Jarman,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Interfacial Behavior of 2D Materials in Devices for Solar Fuels and Sensing Applications
Annelise Thompson,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Functional Evaluation and Development of Novel Agonists and Modulators of Neuronal Ion Channels
Antoinette Blom,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Finance Seminar
Expectations Uncertainty and Household Economic Behavior
Camelia M. Kuhnen,
Professor of Finance,
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Mineral Diagenesis on Mars: Orbital Evidence for Crustal Fluids and Extended Aqueous Activity
Vivian Sun,
Researcher and Systems Engineer,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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John D. Roberts Lecture
Nature of the Metal-Ligand Bond
Harry B. Gray,
Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry,
Division of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Exploring the Dark Sector: Surprising Opportunities at Familiar Mass Scales
Natalia Toro,
Associate Professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics,
SLAC,
6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Caltech Associates Event: Dinner with the Provost
with David Tirrell, the Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the holder of the Carl and Shirley Larson Provostial Chair
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Friday, May 31st, 2019
8:00am
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9:00am
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9:30am
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10:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Mechanistic Investigations of Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Gating
Richard Mosesso,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Matter Chern-Simons Theories in a Background Magnetic Field
Indranil Halder,
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Ab initio electronic T1 spin relaxation times in silicon and diamond & Computing charge transport in materials from first principles
Jinsoo Park,
Graduate Student, Bernardi group,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Jin-Jian Zhou,
Postdoctoral Scholar, Bernardi group,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Seminar
Coordinate-wise Median: Not Bad, Not Bad, Pretty Good
Wade D. Hann-Caruthers,
Graduate Student,
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Arithmetic Geometry Learning Seminar
Work of Ichino-Prasanna on the Jacquet-Langlands Correspondence (3/3)
Zavosh Amir Khosravi,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Structure, symmetry and charge as drivers for non-statistical processes on the femtosecond timescale
Theis Solling,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Coppenhagen,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Defense
Engineering Acoustic Protein Nanostructures for Non-Invasive Molecular Imaging using Ultrasound
Anupama Lakshmanan,
PhD Candidate in Bioengineering,
Bioengineering,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Dynamics of flat plates in a fluid environment: Inverted flags and flapping propellers
Cecilia Huertas Cerdeira,
PhD Candidate,
GALCIT,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Student/Postdoc Seminar Series
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Student/Postdoc Seminar Series
Vahe Galstyan,
Graduate Student, Philips Lab,
Caltech,
Shyam Saladi,
Graduate Student, Clemons Lab,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
The Effect of Solvent on the Sulfur Reduction Processes in a Mg-S Battery
Sarah Bevilacqua,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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5:20pm
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6:20pm
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5:30pm
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Saturday, June 1st, 2019
8:00am
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6/4
5:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Friedrich Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Nazarian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:30pm
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6:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Yepez(Barajas) Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Sunday, June 2nd, 2019
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Artinian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm
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4:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lotfi Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, June 3rd, 2019
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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William Bennet Munro History Seminar
Does Privacy Still Matter? The Complexity of Data Privacy Regulations
Rona Yu,
Undergraduate Student (junior),
Computer Science,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Dynamics, Mechanics and Stability of Physical Gels
Ahmad Omar,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Total Syntheses of the C19 Diterpenoid Alkaloid Natural Products (–)-Liljestrandisine and (–)-Liljestrandinine
Alice Wong,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,