Institute Calendar
Week of May 5, 2024
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
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Monday, May 6th, 2024
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Conversations about Math Teaching
Conversations about Math Teaching
Matthew Gherman & Juan Pablo Vigneaux,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The role of dark matter in supermassive black hole mergers
Gonzalo Alonso Alvarez,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
One is the Loneliest Number: Multielectron and Multivalent Chemistries for Next-Generation Batteries
Kimberly A. See,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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The James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lectureship in Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
New Measurements and Theory of Mass Independent Isotope Effects And Relation to Archean, Atmosphere and Solar System Origin Using Seven Isotopes
Mark H. Thiemens,
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry John Dove Isaacs Endowed Chair in Natural Philosophy for Physical Sciences Founding Dean Division of Physical Sciences,
University of California San Diego,
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
1:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense
Towards a Synthetic Nucleus: Separating Transcription and Translation in Cell-Free Protein Expression Systems
Zoila E. Jurado Quiroga,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Deep learning-enabled integrated measurements of immune signaling in primary human macrophages
Emily Laubscher,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Sarah King,
Neubaruer Family Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
The University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
"Enceladus Spills its Guts: A Relationship Between Strike-Slip Motion and Jet Activity over the Tiger Stripes" & "Chemical Weathering Conditions in Nili Fossae as Indicated by Aluminum Phyllosilicates and Associated Mineralogy"
Alexander Berne,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Samantha Baker,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Buying from a Group
Elliot Lipnowski,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Columbia University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech-Tsinghua Joint Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
A Purity Result for Semi-Stable Local Systems
Heng Du,
Yau Mathematical Sciences Center,
Tsinghua University,
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense
Machine Learning and Inference Methods for Surrogate Modeling and Inexpensive Characterization of Elastodynamic Systems
Alexander C. Ogren,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Fractional graph theory in the Borel setting
Anton Bernshteyn,
School of Mathematics,
Georgia Institute of Technology.,
1:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Strong Lensing of Gravitational Waves: A New Probe Cosmology and Nature of Dark Matter
Souvik Jana,
- Internal Event
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Transformations of Alkenes using Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Nickel-Hydride Catalysts
Amanda K. Cook,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Oregon,
- Internal Event
3:00pm
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Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Dispersive decay for the energy-critical nonlinear Schrödinger equation
Matt Kowalski,
Mathematics Department,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM (Biard Lecture)
Planet Formation Under the Microscope
Karin Oberg,
Professor of Natural Sciences,
Department of Astronomy,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Alice in Fluxland: Down the rabbit hole of surface-atmosphere exchange and reactive organic carbon.
Delphine Farmer,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar
Complete constraints on hyperbolic surface spectra from the conformal bootstrap
Anshul Adve,
Department of Mathematics,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Solid-State Ionics for Energy Applications: Materials Development Through the Lens of Defect Chemistry
4:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
On the Origin of Biological Homochirality (General Lecture)
Donna G. Blackmond,
The John C. Martin Endowed Chair in Chemistry, Chemistry Department Chair,
Scripps Research,
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
All Day
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Mobile sand dunes - silent travelers of the desert
Michel Louge,
Emeritus Professor,
Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Cornell University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Evolutionary Science EVOxZANKOU Seminar
"The evolution of bacterial CO2 concentrating mechanisms" and "The cellular substrate of evolutionary novelty"
Avi Flamholz,
Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship Trainee,
BBE,
Caltech,
Joe Parker,
Assistant Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering; Chen Scholar,
BBE,
Caltech,
- Internal Event
12:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Some equations involving the Gamma function
Adele Padgett,
Department of Mathematics & Statistics,
McMaster University,
3:00pm
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Finance Seminar
Green Capital Requirements
Marcus Opp,
Professor of Finance,
Stockholm School of Economics,
4:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Multiplicative Relations Among Differences of Singular Moduli
Sebastian Eterovic,
School of Mathematics,
University of Leeds,
4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Critical Metals and the fermion sign problem
Erez Berg,
Weizmann Institute,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Symmetries as Isomorphisms
Lu Chen,
Assistant Professor of Philosophy,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
A Novel Paradigm for Asymmetric Organocatalysis (Technical Lecture)
Donna G. Blackmond,
The John C. Martin Endowed Chair in Chemistry, Chemistry Department Chair,
Scripps Research,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
A reading from Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe
Dr. Aomawa Shields,
Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
UC Irvine,
- Public Event
Friday, May 10th, 2024
8:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The Callan Rubakov Effect
Daniel Brennan,
UC San Diego,
11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Tools for Noninvasive Imaging and Control of Engineered Bacteria In Vivo
Marjorie Buss,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Chemical biology in the executive branch: an introduction to NIH intramural research
Jordan Meier,
Senior Investigator,
Chemical Biology Laboratory,
National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Coupling & Collisions: The Dynamic Lives of Galactic Atmospheres
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Burn-resistant materials for high-performance reusable rocket engines
Zack Cordero,
Edgerton Career Development Assistant Professor,
Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Knots in circle bundles
Andrew Yarmola,
Department of Mathematics,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Photoinduced Copper-Catalyzed Asymmetric C-N and C-X Coupling
Feng Zhong,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Fu Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Saturday, May 11th, 2024
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