Institute Calendar
May 2019
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Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
8:00am
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5/7
5:00pm
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5/15
5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Noninteractive Zero Knowledge for NP from Learning With Errors
Chris Peikert,
University of Michigan,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special CNS Seminar
Marlene Cohen,
Associate Professor,
Department of Neuroscience and Associate Director, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition,,
University of Pittsburgh,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Cosmic "Dust" (Galaxies, Stars and Actual Dust)!
Philip Hopkins,
Theoretical Astrophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
What can statistical state dynamics teach us about emergent coherent structures in stratified turbulence?
Joseph Fitzgerald,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Properties of Metallic Liquids at High Temperature and Their Relation to Glass Formation
Kenneth Kelton,
Professor of Physics and the Arthur Holly Compton Professor in Arts & Sciences,
Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Chemical Biology Approaches for Interrogating the Contributions of Altered Circadian Rhythms and Macrophages to Cancer Aggression
Michelle Farkas,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Massachusetts - Amherst,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Computational Imaging: a Quest for the Perfect Image
Jaebum Chung,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and the Tea Party Movement: Evidence from Nationwide Campaign Finance and Real Estate Transactions
Zhao Li,
PhD Candidate in Political Economics,
Stanford Graduate School of Business,
Thursday, May 2nd, 2019
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Programmable Structures: Shape and Property Reconfiguration
Andres Arrieta Diaz,
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
Purdue University,
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
Investigating the role of the [4Fe-4S] cluster of yeast Dna2
SiobhĂ¡n MacArdle,
Graduate Student, Barton Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
12:15pm
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12:45pm
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3:30pm
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4:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Noncovalent Interactions of Silent Agonist Binding to the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
Catriona Blunt,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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6:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Fracton order: from quantum hard drive to foliated manifold
Xie Chen,
Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
Friday, May 3rd, 2019
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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8:00am
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5/4
5:00pm
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8:30am
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9:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Chemical Tools for Protein Imaging in Live Bacterial Cells
Samuel Ho,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
10:00am
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11:00am
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High Energy Physics Seminar
To the Heart of Neutrinos with CUORE and CUPID
Yuri Kolomensky,
UC Berkeley,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Room temperature photo-induced electron-hole gas-to-liquid transition in 2D materials
1:30pm
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3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
How single cells sense Smad3 signal
Christopher Frick,
Graduate Student,
BMB,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Applications of the Enantioselective Allylic Alkylation Toward the Synthesis of Complex Natural Products
Steven A. Loskot,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
The NICER mission and the Nanohertz Gravitational Wave Sky
Andrea Lommen,
Professor,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
Haverford College,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
A Scalable Monolithic Computational Framework for Large-scale Simulation of Hydraulic Fracture
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
A scalable monolithic computational framework for large-scale simulation of fluid-driven fracture propagation
Bianca Giovanardi,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Single Photon Detectors, Parity Measurements and Heralded Cat States in the Microwave Domain
Andreas Wallraff,
Professor for Solid State Physics,
Department of Physics,
ETH Zurich, Switzerland,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Dielectric Metasurfaces from Fundamentals to Applications
Seyedeh Mahsa Kamali,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
H2 Evolution from a Ni(III) Hydride
Nina X. Gu,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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5:20pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
High frequency limits and Burnett's conjecture in general relativity
5:30pm
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9:30pm
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5:30pm
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6:20pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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German Film: So weit die FĂ¼sse tragen
Movie screening for German 130c & 132c // In German with English subtitles
Saturday, May 4th, 2019
12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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12:00am
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11:00am
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mirzakhanyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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5:30pm
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3:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Family Music Festival: Child Educational Center's 30th Annual Benefit and Auction
Off Campus
- Public Event
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, May 6th, 2019
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Copper and Nickel Catalysis for the Construction of Novel C−N and C−C Bonds
Carson Matier,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Math Graduate Student Seminar
Random walks, harmonic functions, 0-1 laws, and the Poisson boundary of groups
Joshua Frisch,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Mechanistic Study of Photoinduced C–S Bond Formation and Electrochemical Ammonia Production by a Surface-Attached Iron Complex
Kareem Hannoun,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
How to assemble a microbial ecosystem? – the role of behavior, microdiversity and interactions
Otto Cordero,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
New accelerator experiments for dark sectors
Stefania Gori,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Bioinspired Coordination Complexes and Polymers for Energy Applications
Smaranda Marinescu,
Gabilan Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Fake News, Voter Overconfidence, and the Quality of Democratic Choice
Jean-Robert Tyran,
Professor of Economics, Director of the Vienna Center for Experimental Economics, and Vice-Rector for Research and International Affairs,
University of Vienna,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, May 7th, 2019
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:15pm
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12:45pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Non-Innocent Anthracene-Based Ligand Towards Zr(IV)-Catalyzed Coupling of Alkynes and Nitriles to N-Heterocycles
Choon (Marcus) Heng Low,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELED -- General Biology Seminar
CANCELED
Amy Gladfelter,
Associate Professor,
Biology,
University of North Carolina,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMI Seminar: Alistair Sinclair
The Lee-Yang Theorem and the Ising Model
Alistair Sinclair,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
Evolving Worlds: A Story of Planetary Evolution and Bi-Stability
Dr. Matthew B. Weller,
Postdoc,
Institute of Geophysics,
University of Texas, Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics/CS Special Seminar
Title: Software Engineering for Data Science and Big Data Analytics
Miryung Kim,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Special Seminar
Alcohol and Amine Derivatives Guide Position-Selective C-H Functionalization Reactions
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
The Interferon Tournament: Credit Markets and Economies of Honor in the First Age of Biotech
Nicolas Rasmussen,
Professor, Programs in History and Environment & Society,
School of Humanities and Languages,
University of New South Wales,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Political Economy of Discrimination
Torun Dewan,
Professor of Political Science,
London School of Economics & Political Science,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, May 8th, 2019
10:00am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Impact of Transmission Network Topology on Electrical Power Systems
Linqi (Daniel) Guo,
Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Oxygen Transporter and Generator Devices to Treat Diabetic Retinopathy
Nicholas Scianmarello,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
The stable cohomology of the moduli space of curves with level structures
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry—Bristol Myers Squibb Symposium
Employing an Interest in Chemistry to Positively Impact Patient Lives
3:30pm
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4:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Dwarf Galaxies and Their Dark Matter Content
Laura Sales,
Assistant Professor,
Physics and Astronomy,
University of California, Riverside,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Atlantic-Pacific salinity asymmetry and the hydrological cycle
Johan Nilsson,
Stockholm University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry—Bristol Myers Squibb Symposium
Shining light on the dark matter of natural products: Structure and function of colibactin
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Attention and Selection Effects
Colin Stewart,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Toronto,