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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
1:00 pm
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Investigations on Low-Valent Group 8 and 9 Metalloradicals
Ayumi Takaoka, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Peters group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Friday, January 20, 2012
2:00 pm
151 Crellin

Thesis Seminar

Chemical-Scale Investigations of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
Nyssa Puskar, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Dougherty group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
10:00 am
106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Seminar Room

Thesis Seminar

High-Throughput Strategies for the Scalable Generation of RNA Component Functions
Joe Chih Yao Liang, graduate student, chemical engineering, california institute of technology
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
3:00 pm
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Accelerating the interplay between theory and experiment in protein design
Alex Nisthal, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
4:00 pm
24 Beckman Labs

Thesis Seminar

Interaction of Planning Areas in Cerebral Cortex
R. Chess Stetson, Computation & Neural Systems, California Institute of Technolgoy
Friday, February 17, 2012
1:00 pm
106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Seminar Room

Thesis Seminar

Reshaping Elastomers with Light: First Principles Model of Diffusion-Induced Deformation
Ryan Turner, graduate student, chemical engineering, california institute of technology
Friday, February 17, 2012
3:00 pm
100 Broad Center

Thesis Seminar

Characterization of an unusual collection of olfactory neurons in the nose
Cambrian Yangshao Liu, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
12:00 pm
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Nanostructured Silicon Thermoelectrics
Jen-Kan Yu, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Heath Group, Caltech
Thursday, March 8, 2012
12:00 pm
Beckman Institute auditorium

Thesis Seminar

The Quantum Electron Dynamics of Materials Subjected to Extreme Environments
Patrick Theofanis, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Goddard Group, Caltech
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
4:00 pm
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Aryne Annulation Reactions Toward the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules

Christopher Gilmore, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Monday, March 19, 2012
9:00 am
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

Thesis Seminar

Computational Modeling Studies of Fundamental Aerosol-Cloud Interactions
Zachary J. Lebo, Graduate student , Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech
Monday, March 26, 2012
10:30 am
100 Broad Center

Thesis Seminar

Neural and Behavioral Investigations of Social Reward Processing
Alice Lin
Monday, April 2, 2012
3:00 pm
Beckman Institute auditorium

Thesis Seminar

Studies in Recombination and Dissociation Reactions for Energy Transfer and Electron Transfer of Nanocrystals and Dye Molecules
Zhaoyan Zhu, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Marcus group, Caltech
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
11:00 am
151 Crellin

Thesis Seminar

Electronic Structures and Reactivity Patterns of Dipalladium(II,II) Complexes
Alec Durrell, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Gray Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
10:00 am
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

DNA mechanics and transcriptional regulation in the E. coli lac operon
Stephanie Johnson, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
1:30 pm
24 Beckman Labs

Thesis Seminar

Fighting Dengue in the Mosquito
Kelly Matzen, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech
Monday, May 7, 2012
11:00 am
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

DNA-mediated Charge Transport in a Biological Context: Cooperation Among Metalloproteins to Find Lesions in the Genome
Pamela Sontz, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Barton Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Monday, May 7, 2012
2:00 pm
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

The Design, Synthesis, and Application of Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts for the Preparation of Small Molecules and Polymers
Renee Thomas, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Grubbs group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
1:00 pm
106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Seminar Room

Thesis Seminar

Classification of Sub-10 nm Aerosol: Theory, Instrument Development, and Experiment
Andrew Downard, graduate student, chemical engineering, california institute of technology
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
3:30 pm
Beckman Institute auditorium

Thesis Seminar

Mixed Functionality Semiconductor Surfaces
Leslie O'Leary, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Lewis group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Thursday, May 17, 2012
10:00 am
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

Thesis Seminar

Atmospheric Black Carbon: Measurements in the Los Angeles Atmosphere and Aging by Condensation of Organic Aerosol
Andrew Metcalf, Graduate student , Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech
Thursday, May 17, 2012
11:00 am
070 Moore

Thesis Seminar

Towards Hybrid Human-Machine Vision Systems: Image Annotation using Crowds, Experts and Machines
Peter Welinder, graduate student, Compuation & Neural Systems
Thursday, May 17, 2012
1:00 pm
106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Seminar Room

Thesis Seminar

Targeting tumors and the kidney with siRNA nanoparticles
Jonathan Eric Zuckerman, BMB graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech
Thursday, May 17, 2012
2:00 pm
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Establishing a genetic and exogenous toolbox for studying multiple stages of vertebrate development in vivo
William Dempsey, Bioengineering Option, California Institute of Technology
Friday, May 18, 2012
10:00 am
Beckman Institute auditorium

Thesis Seminar

Mechanistic Insights into Alkane C-H Activation and Functionalization by Metal Oxide Surfaces and Organometallic Complexes
Mu-Jeng Cheng, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Goddard group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Friday, May 18, 2012
11:00 am
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy, Kinetics, and Quantum Chemistry of Atmospherically Relevant Reactions
Matthew Sprague, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Okumura Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Friday, May 18, 2012
1:00 pm
106 Spalding Lab, Hartley Memorial Seminar Room

Thesis Seminar

The Development of RNA-Based Control Systems to Regulate Signaling and Dictate Cell Fate in Model MAPK Pathway
Katie Galloway, graduate student, chemical engineering, california institute of technology
Monday, May 21, 2012
2:00 pm
239 Moore

Thesis Seminar

Neural Patterns Similarity and Visual Perception
Jonathan Harel, Computation & Neural Systems
Friday, June 1, 2012
1:00 pm
080 Moore

Thesis Seminar

Polarization-based Navigation in Drosophila
Peter Weir, Computation & Neural Systems
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
9:30 am
24 Beckman Labs

Thesis Seminar

Optimization of the GluCl/IVM neuronal silencing tool via protein engineering
Shawnalea J. Frazier, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech
Friday, June 8, 2012
2:00 pm
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Chem 82 Senior Thesis Symposium

Wednesday, July 18, 2012
11:00 am
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Ruthenium Catalysts for Z-Selective Olefin Metathesis
Benjamin Keith Keitz, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Grubbs Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Friday, July 27, 2012
2:00 pm
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Steric Effects in the Synthesis and Properties of Polynorbornenes
Christopher Daeffler, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Grubbs Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Thursday, August 2, 2012
1:30 pm
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

Thesis Seminar

Atmospheric trace gases as probes of chemistry and dynamics
King-Fai Li, graduate student, Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech
Friday, September 7, 2012
1:00 pm
Beckman Institute auditorium

Thesis Seminar

Engineering Multi-Step Electron Tunneling Systems in Proteins
Heather Williamson, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Gray group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Thursday, September 20, 2012
10:00 am
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Unified Approach to the Transtaganolide and Basiliolide Natural Products
Hosea Nelson, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Thursday, September 20, 2012
3:00 pm
100 Broad Center

Thesis Seminar

The structure of a transmembrane protein sorting complex
Justin Chartron, graduate student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech
Monday, October 1, 2012
10:30 am
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Robust and Versatile Palladium(II) Dimer Precatalysts for Olefin Transformations
Matthew Winston, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Bercaw group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Monday, October 1, 2012
2:00 pm
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Phototriggering Nitric Oxide Synthase
Gretchen Keller, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Gray group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
1:00 pm
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Si Microwire Photoanodes Under High-Level Injection Conditions
Elizabeth Santori, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Lewis group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
10:00 am
151 Crellin

Thesis Seminar

Sec-Facilitated Protein Translocation and Membrane Integration
Bin Zhang, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Miller group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Friday, October 5, 2012
9:30 am
107 Annenberg

Thesis Seminar

Technology Advances for Radio Astronomy
Damon Russell, Graduate Student, Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technolgoy
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
10:30 am
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Thesis Seminar

Ligan-Gated Ion Channels: Structure-Function Studies & Crosstalk with Other Receptors
Walrati Limapichat, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Dougherty group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Friday, November 9, 2012
1:00 pm
139 Moore

Thesis Seminar

Everything you always wanted to know about Locust Olfaction
Sina Tootoonian, CNS
Thursday, November 15, 2012
1:15 pm
365 S. Mudd, Salvatori Room

Thesis Seminar

Dynamics of Earth's Hadley circulation
Xavier Levine, Graduate Student, Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech
Friday, December 7, 2012
2:00 pm
153 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

PhD Thesis Seminar

Development of a Novel Ring Contraction Strategy and Application to the Total Synthesis of Presilphiperfolanol Natural Products
Allen Hong, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Stoltz Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Monday, December 10, 2012
2:30 pm
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

PhD Thesis Seminar

Resonant Nanocantilever Chemical Vapor Sensors
Heather McCaig, Graudate Student in Chemistry, Lewis Group, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech
Thursday, December 20, 2012
11:00 am
147 Noyes, J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall

Ph.D. Thesis Seminar

DNA-Mediated Charge Transport for Long-Range Sensing and Protein Detection
Natalie B. Muren, Graduate Student in Chemistry, Barton Group, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology