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Monday, February 9th, 2026
3:00pm 4:30pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Scalable Ab Initio Quantum Many-Body Methods for Crystalline Materials
Junjie Yang, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
Thursday, February 12th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

"Structural and molecular insights into antibody elicitation and transport"
Chengcheng Fan, Postdoctoral Scholar, Björkman Group,
Friday, February 13th, 2026
Tuesday, February 17th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Joint CPS/GPS seminar

Chirality and the electron spin- A miraculous match
Ron Naaman, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Isreal,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemistry Club Seminar

Excited-State Catalysts for Selective Bond Activations
Robert R. Knowles, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University,
  • Internal Event
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ernest H. Swift Lecture Series

Sustainable Production of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds
Christopher (Kit) Cummins, Henry Drefus Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Informal Chemical Physics Seminar

Towards in-vivo acousto-optic imaging of biological tissues
Dr. Maïmouna Bocoum, Researcher, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Institut Langevin ESPCI Paris Université PSL,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Thursday, February 26th, 2026
3:30pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Autonomous learning and design of proteins
Philip Romero, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

ZAK activation at the colliding ribosome
Rachel Green, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University,
Monday, March 2nd, 2026
3:45pm 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

James J. McCusker, Joseph Zichis Endowed Chair and MSU Research Foundation Professor, Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University,
Wednesday, March 4th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Aberrant glycosylation patterns in hyperglycemic diseases: tools and targets
Charlie Fehl, Assistant Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, March 5th, 2026
Friday, March 6th, 2026
3:45pm 5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Jonathan Aalto, Graduate Student (Hadt Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
Monday, March 9th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Operando Infrared Spectroscopy to Probe Electrified Interfaces
Yu Katayama, Associate Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, University of Osaka,
Tuesday, March 10th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Tianyu Zhu, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Yale University,
Thursday, March 12th, 2026
Friday, March 13th, 2026
Tuesday, March 24th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Kendall N. Houk, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles,
Thursday, March 26th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Neil Donahue, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University,
Monday, March 30th, 2026
3:45pm 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Astrid Mueller, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester,
Tuesday, March 31st, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Robert Continetti, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Senior Associate Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego,
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
3:30pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Synthetic Biology for Human Health: RNA Sensors, Protein Circuits, and Machine-Guided Humanization
Xiaojing Gao, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Karen Adelman, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School,
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
3:45pm 5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Chris Totoiu, Graduate Student (Hadt Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Jooonho Lee, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University,
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

James Shorter, Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, April 10th, 2026
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
3:00pm 5:00pm
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Boehringer Ingelheim-Caltech Lecture

3 PM: Rogelio Frutos, Sr Research Fellow, Boehringer Ingelheim,
4 PM: Franziska Schoenebeck​, Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
3:30pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Ankur Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

C. Rose Kennedy, James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
3:30pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Joelle Frechette, Professor and Vice Chair of Graduate Education, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Siegfried Musser, Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Texas A&M,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Christopher Newton, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Georgia,
  • Internal Event
Friday, May 1st, 2026
3:45pm 5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Colin Morrell, Graduate Student (See Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
Monday, May 4th, 2026
3:45pm 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Amy Rosenzweig, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Pengfei Hu, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Westlake University,
  • Internal Event
Thursday, May 7th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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2026 McConnell Lecture

TBA
Lewis E. Kay, Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Chemistry, University of Toronto,