Institute Calendar
February 2021
Monday, February 1st, 2021
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar--CANCELLED
Online Event
Suzanne Batiste,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Fu Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:55pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Nonunique evolution through cones in Mean Curvature Flow and Ricci Flow
4:00pm
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4:55pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Multilinear singular and oscillatory integrals and applications
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Online Event
Witnessing the Assembly of Planetary Systems in Six Dimensions
Richard Teague,
SMA Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics,
Center for Astrophysics,
Harvard University,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021
8:00am
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2/9
11:59pm
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9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
Safe, Interaction-Aware Decision Making and Control for Robot Autonomy
11:00am
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11:45am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Circumnuclear Molecular Disks: Role in AGN Fueling and Feedback
Francoise Combes,
Professor,
Paris Observatory, College de France,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Biology Seminar
Online Event
Unusual Transformations During Natural Product Biosynthesis
Wilfred van der Donk,
Richard E. Heckert Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign,
1:30pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Permafrost thaw and methane release from Arctic lakes
Katey Walter Anthony,
University of Alaska Fairbanks,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Understanding and Enhancing Li-Ion Transport in Solids and at Interfaces for All-Solid-State Electrochemical Energy Storage
Linda Nazar,
Professor,
Departments of Chemistry and Physics, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Waterloo,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, February 4th, 2021
9:00am
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Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Emergent symmetries in statistical physics systems
Hugo Duminil-Copin,
IHÉS,
10:00am
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11:00am
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
Values Encoded in Orbitofrontal Cortex Are Causally Linked to Economic Choices
Camillo Padoa-Schioppa,
Professor of Neuroscience,
Washington University in St. Louis,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Biomimetic and Living Materials for the Built Environment
Wil V. Srubar III,
Professor,
Civil and Architectural Engineering and Materials Science,
University of Colorado Boulder,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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EE Systems Seminar
Online Event
Machine Learning for Partial Differential Equations
Michael P. Brenner,
Michael F. Cronin Professor,
Applied Mathematics and Applied Physics,
Harvard Univeristy,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Materials Design and Electrochemical Engineering at the Energy Environment Nexus: from High Energy Density Battery to Carbon Capture
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Resolvent Modeling of Turbulent Jets
Ethan Pickering,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
The soil-to-clinic axis: Collateral resilience to clinical antibiotics in opportunistic human pathogens
Lucas Meirelles and Elena Perry (Newman Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Pushing the limits of hydrodynamics
Pavel Kovtun,
University of Victoria,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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von Kármán Lecture - Planetary Protection
Online Event
Moogega Cooper,
Planetary Protection Lead,
Mars 2020,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
- Public Event
Friday, February 5th, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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Science Journey: "Beyond Bones: Reading the Fossil Record of Earth and Other Worlds"
Online Event
Cecilia Sanders,
Graduate Student,
Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
- Public Event
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Axions, Higher Groups, and Emergent Symmetry
Clay Córdova,
University of Chicago,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Understanding the Electronic Structures of First-Row Transition Metal Complexes for Solar Energy Conversion and Catalysis
Gautam D. Stroscio,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Dancing flames and singing tubes: predicting thermoacoustic instability
Online Event
Dancing flames and singing tubes: predicting thermoacoustic instability
Aimee Morgans,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Imperial College London,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Online Event
Harmonic branched coverings and uniformization of CAT(k) spheres
Monday, February 8th, 2021
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online Event
Influencing Singlet Fission via Coordination Chemistry in Dipyridyl Pyrrole Bipentacenes.
Ryan Ribson,
Graduate Student (Hadt/Agapie Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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8:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap
Online Event
"Intergalactic Immigrants" and "Exploring the Virtual Universe"
Zach Hafen,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University of California, Irvine,
- Public Event
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
10:30am
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12:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Online Event
"The Macromolecular Structure of Mucus, Biology's First Line of Defense Against... Everything"
Deborah Fass,
Professor,
Chemical and Structural Biology,
Weizmann Institute of Science - Israel,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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KNI Distinguished Webinar: Dr. Zhenan Bao, Stanford University
Online Event
Skin-Inspired Organic Electronics
Zhenan Bao,
K.K. Lee Professor and Department Chair of Chemical Engineering; Courtesy Professor in Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering; Director of Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR),
Stanford University,
- Public Event
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wednesday, February 10th, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
TBA
Anca Dragan,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
UC Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Stellar Interactions and Transients
Silvia Toonen,
Assistant Professor,
Anton Pannekoek Institute,
University of Amsterdam,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Global Anomalies on the Hilbert Space
Diego Delmastro,
Perimeter Institute,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
How much shortwave radiation does atmospheric mineral dust absorb?
Adeyemi (Yemi) Adebiyi,
UCLA,
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
8:30am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Safe, Interaction-Aware Decision Making and Control for Robot Autonomy
Marco Pavone,
Professor, Director of the Autonomous Systems Laboratory, Co-Director of the Center for Automotive Research,
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Microbiome and Mitrochondria interactions in a rodent model of Parkinson's disease
Dr. Livia Morais (Mazmanian Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Diverse Minds Seminar
Online Event
Mapping the structure of emotions
Dr. Kafui Dzirasa,
K. Ranga Rama Krishnan Associate Professor at Duke University with appointments in the Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neurosurgery.,