Institute Calendar
May 2021
Thursday, May 13th, 2021
8:30am
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
Neural codes in early sensory areas maximize fitness
Todd Hare,
Associate Professor of Neuroeconomics and Human Development,
University of Zurich,
10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Soft materials: from fundamental mechanics to applications
Shengqiang Cai,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
UC San Diego,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Developing multivalent nanoparticle vaccines against current and future viruses
2:30pm
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4:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
CDRexAb: Antibody Small-Molecule Conjugates with Computationally Designed Target-Binding Synergy
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
*Seminar cancelled*
Dr. Daniel Dar (Newman Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Searching for Dark Matter Interactions throughout Cosmic History
Kim Boddy,
UT Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Visual Culture Program
Online Event
Shoddy: From Devil's Dust to the Renaissance of Rags
Hanna Rose Shell,
Eleanor Searle Visiting Professor of History, Caltech (returning 2022); Associate Professor, Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts, University of Colorado-Boulder,
Friday, May 14th, 2021
8:00am
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5:00pm
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8:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Worldsheet correlators in AdS3
Lorenz Eberhardt,
Institute for Advanced Study,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Chemistry Club Seminar
Online Event
"Single-Nanoconstruct Dynamics and Interactions on Live-Cell Membranes"
Teri W. Odom,
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online Event
Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays and Neutrinos from relativistic jets of Active Galactic Nuclei
Rostom Mbarek,
Graduate Student,
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
The University of Chicago,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Online Event
Khovanov homology via Floer theory of the 4-punctured sphere
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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Probing the Buckling of Thin Shell Space Structures
Online Event
Fabien Royer
Fabien Royer,
PhD Candidate,
Aeronautics,
GALCIT,
Saturday, May 15th, 2021
9:00am
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3:00pm
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Monday, May 17th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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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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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
The Law of Large Numbers for Large Stable Matchings
Jacob Schwartz,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Haifa,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
Online Event
Poetry Reading
Adrienne Su,
Professor of Creative Writing and Poet-in-Residence,
Dickinson College,
- Public Event
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Search Frictions and Product Design in the Municipal Bond Market
Karam Kang,
Associate Professor of Economics,
Tepper School of Business,
Carnegie Mellon University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:50pm
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Caltech/UCLA Joint Analysis Seminar
Online Event
Tiling the integers with translates of one tile: the Coven-Meyerowitz tiling conditions for three prime factors
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
The Adaptive Charging Network Research Portal: Systems, Tools, and Algorithms
Zachary Lee,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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4:50pm
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4:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Online Event
Leveraging coupled atmosphere-interior-redox models to predict terrestrial planet atmospheric evolution and anticipate exoplanet biosignatures
Joshua Krissansen-Totten,
NASA Sagan Fellow,
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
University of California, Santa Cruz,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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●POSTPONED● Caltech Playreaders 70th Season: Oscar Wilde's "A Woman of No Importance"
Online Event
- Public Event
Wednesday, May 19th, 2021
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
TBA
Miroslav Krstic,
Sr. Assoc. Vice Chancellor for Research/ Director of CCSD/ Alspach Endowed Chair in DSC/ Distinguished Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University of California San Diego,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Constraining the Formation and Fate of Hydroperoxides in the Remote Atmosphere
Hannah Allen,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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► CANCELED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
This seminar has been canceled.
Konstantin Sonin,
John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor,
University of Chicago,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Online Event
Modern Approaches to Functional and Sustainable Thermoplastics
Frank Leibfarth,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill,
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Obstructions to Gapped Boundaries for (2+1)d TQFT
Justin Kaidi,
SCGP,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:04pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Studying the Universe with Gravitational Waves: From Neutron Stars to Tests of Gravity
Katerina Chatziioannou,
Assistant Professor of Physics,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Pattern effect, non-constant radiative feedbacks, and the estimation of climate sensitivity
Maria Rugenstein,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Computational Screening of Two-Dimensional Materials for Electro-Catalysis
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, May 20th, 2021
8:00am
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Ongoing
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Growth, instability, and failure: bringing order into the chaos of natural phenomena
Tal Cohen,
Robert N. Noyce Career Development Assistant Professor,
Mechanical Engineering,
MIT,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Image-guided ultrasound-activated drug delivery using gas vesicle microgels
Paulene Abundo (Shapiro Group),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Black Holes - Nature or Nurture?: The Roles of Rotation and Accretion in Powering Cosmic Sources
Roger Blandford,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Theodore von Kármán Lecture
Online Event
Space Cameras: A Sharper Image
Justin Maki,
Imaging Scientist/Mastcam-Z Deputy PI,
NASA/JPL,
Hallie Abarca,
Mars 2020 Image and Data Processing Operations Lead,
NASA/JPL,
- Public Event
Friday, May 21st, 2021
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Volatile Chemical Products: Understanding Aerosol Yields and Dynamics
Sophia Charan,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
From AdS/CFT to soft theorems in flat space
Eliot Hijano,
Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online Event
Coordination Chemistry of Mn(I) Catalysts
David C. Lacy,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University at Buffalo, North Campus,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Tackling the Complex Dynamics of Unsteady Flows
Online Event
Kunihiko Taira
Kunihiko Taira,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
UCLA,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
Online Event
The Surprising World of Pulsars
Amruta Jaodand,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Monday, May 24th, 2021
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Theoretical, computational, and experimental characterization of nematic elastomers
Victoria (Tori) Lee,
Graduate Student,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,