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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Coherent Nonlinear Magnonics: Energy Transfer and Wave Mixing Between Collective Spin Excitations
Edoardo Baldini, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Topic to be announced
Ignacio Esponda, Department Vice Chair and Professor of Economics, UC Santa Barabara,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Oxidation Products as Diagnostics of Emissions and Photochemistry Across East and Southeast Asia
Katherine Ball, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

TBD
Michael Keller, Distinguished Visiting Scientist at JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Total Synthesis of Quinone-related Natural Products: Chemistry of Redox Reaction of Quinones
Yoshio Ando, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science Tokyo,
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Katie Bouman: Illuminating the Hidden Universe with Physics and AI

Katie Bouman, associate professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,
Thursday, November 5th, 2026
10:00am – 11:00am
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series, Frank Sun

Nature Sensors: Connecting the Global Sensing Community
Dr. Frank Sun, Associate Editor, Nature Sensors,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Reasoning Models for Physical AI
Marco Pavone, Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Decoding the 3-OS Writers of the Heparan Sulfate Sulfation Code
John Chapman, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Hsieh-Wilson Lab), Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra, Geometry, & Number Theory Seminar

Title: TBD
Taehyeong Kim, Instructor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Brandeis University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

"Ab initio-driven machine-learning models for aqueous systems and molten salts'
Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar, Jina A. Ko

4D Profiling: Capturing Cellular Dynamics in Space and Time
Jina A. Ko, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Search for dark matter particle interactions in an extended nuclear recoil energy window with the LZ experiment
Hugh Lippincott, Vice Chair for Research, Infrastructure & Facilities, Associate Professor, Physics, UCSB,
Friday, November 6th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

Dr. Gregor Steinbrügge, Research Scientist, Planetary Science, JPL,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Dang Pham, McCray Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder,
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noninvasive Acoustic Control of Cellular Functions in Deep Tissue
Hao Shen, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Shapiro Lab), Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar

Title: TBD
Beibei Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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HSS 60th Anniversary Celebration | Keynote Conversation

Leviathan Unchained: Rethinking the Framers on Executive Power
John Ferejohn, (HSS Faculty 1972–1983) Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, Emeritus, NYU School of Law,
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics and Director of the Ronald and Maxine Linde Institute of Economic and Management Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Saturday, November 7th, 2026
Sunday, November 8th, 2026
Monday, November 9th, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Shada Ali Ahmad, New York University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

"Linking nanoscale mineral processes to tectonic-scale phenomena using atom probe tomography"
Renelle Dubosq, Principal's Research Chair in Nanogeology, Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment Sciences, University of British Columbia,
Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Thesis Defense - Jiahui Peng, Lois Lab (Biology)

"Neural Dynamics Underlying Reliable Behavior: Insights from Learned Vocalizations in Songbirds".
Jiahui Peng, Graduate Student, Biology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Topic to be announced
Zhenlin Kang, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,