Institute Calendar
January 2023
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023
11:00am
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12:00pm
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1/19
5:00pm
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2023
9:30am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Monsoon depressions: Mechanisms & trends of high-impact storms at the edge of the tropics
William Boos,
University of California Berkeley,
Thursday, January 5th, 2023
9:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Dynamics of Acoustically Coupled Combustion Instabilities
Ann Karagozian,
Distinguished Professor and the Collins Aerospace Term Chair for Innovation,
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Tests of quantumness with trapped ions
Crystal Noel,
Duke University,
Friday, January 6th, 2023
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Measurement-induced phase transition in teleportation and wormholes
Alexey Milekhin,
UC Santa Barbara,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
GRMHD Simulations of Neutrino-Driven Winds From Proto Neutron Stars
3:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
On embedding periodic maps of surfaces into those of $S^m$
Zhongzi Wang,
Peking University,
Monday, January 9th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
"Molecular Insights into Metal-Support Interactions for Catalyst Design."
Alexandra Velian,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Economics Job Talk
Simplicity and Risk; Bulls and Binaries
Indira Puri,
PhD Candidate in Economics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Symmetry breaking in EFTs: from CPV to the axion quality problem
Quentin Bonnefoy,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2023
9:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Insertion of Olefins into Nickel Alkyl Complexes: Mechanistic Studies and Polymerization Catalysis
Shuoyan Xiong,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
10:30am
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12:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Nematic Liquid crystal flows with free boundary
Yannick Sire,
Department of Mathematics,
Johns Hopkins University,
2:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Entropy, first eigenvalue and stability of the hyperbolic plane
3:30pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
AURORA ON MARS: DIVERSE, WIDESPREAD AND UNEXPECTED
Nick Schneider,
Professor,
Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Economics Job Talk
Design-based Estimation Theory for Complex Experiments
Haoge Chang,
PhD Candidate in Economics,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
11:00am
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Crystalline Quantum Circuits
Grace Sommers,
Princeton University,
12:00pm
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6:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Micro-scale biogeochemistry; global scale impacts
Andrew Babbin,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Superlattices at van der Waals interfaces: Moiré Lattice Relaxation and Chemical Intercalation of 2D Heterostructures
Thursday, January 12th, 2023
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Recent Advances in Data-Driven Computational Mechanics
Anna Gorgogianni,
Cecil and Sally Drinkward Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
AI for Chemical Space Exploration and Synthesis
Prof. Connor W. Coley,
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Economics Job Talk
The geometry of consumer preference aggregation
Fedor Sandomirskiy,
Linde Institute Postdoctoral Instructor in Economics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Literary Dimensions Seminar
What Plato Can Teach Us About Livestreaming the Police; or, Five Theses on Legal Performance and Spectatorship
Julie Stone Peters,
H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of English and Comparative Literature,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Michael Kolios
Action, Lights, Sound: using photoacoustics to probe changes in tissue structure during cancer treatment with nanobubbles
Professor Michael Kolios, Department of Physics at Ryerson University,
Associate Dean of Research, Innovation and External Partnerships in the Faculty of Science at Toronto Metropolitan University,
4:00pm
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Friday, January 13th, 2023
10:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar - CANCELED
Online and In-Person Event
Effective Field Theories with Celestial Duals.
Anastasia Volovich,
Brown University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Wave propagation in periodic acoustic metamaterials: from 1D to 3D
Gunho Kim,
Graduate Student,
Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Diverse Minds Seminar Series: Combining Synthetic Chemistry and Biology for Streamlining Access to Complex Molecules | Dr. Hans Renata (Rice University)
Combining Synthetic Chemistry and Biology for Streamlining Access to Complex Molecules
Dr. Hans Renata,
Associate Professor,
Rice University,
3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Optimal Design for Emerging Techologies in Materials, Mechanics, and Manufacturing
Andrew Akerson,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Tensor network algorithms for high-accuracy simulation of realistic materials
Matthew O'Rourke,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Economics Job Talk
Non-Price Competition and Risk Selection Through Hospital Networks
Natalia Serna,
PhD Candidate in Economics,
University of Wisconsin - Madison,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Synthesis and Reactivity of Phosphorus-Containing Heterocycles and Tetrahedranes
Martin-Louis Riu,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Nelson Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
6:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, January 16th, 2023
9:00am
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Tuesday, January 17th, 2023
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Medical Engineering Thesis Defense, Yiran (Isabella) Yang
Online and In-Person Event
Laser-engraved Wearable Sweat Sensor for Metabolic Monitoring
Yiran (Isabella) Yang,
MedE Ph.D. Candidate,
Medical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Unravelling biomolecular structure, interactions and dynamics with mass photometry
Philipp Kukura,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Oxford,
3:00pm
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Economics Job Talk
Can Removing Development Subsidies Promote Adaptation? Evidence from the Coastal Barrier Resources System
Hannah Druckenmiller,
Fellow, Resources for the Future; Adjunct Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs, Columbia School of International and Public Affairs,
4:00pm
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2023
11:00am
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
How to simulate quantum measurement without computing marginals
Sergey Bravyi,
IBM Quantum,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
On the maximum and expected complexity of maxout networks
Guido Montúfar,
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics,
Departments of Mathematics and Statistics,
University of California Los Angeles,
12:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Where There's a Wobble There's a Way: New Astrophysical Insights from Pulsating Stars (and Planets)
Jim Fuller,
Assistant Professor of Theoretical Astrophysics,
TAPIR,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Economics Job Talk
Asset Pricing with Higher Order Beliefs
Kaushik Vasudevan,
PhD Candidate in Financial Economics,
Yale School of Management,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climate mitigation and adaptation solutions to food, energy, and water systems
Lorenzo Rosa,
Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford,
4:00pm
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7:30pm
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Watson Lecture: When Earth Breathed Deeply
Online and In-Person Event
Claire E. Bucholz,
Assistant Professor of Geology; Biedebach Memorial Lecturer,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
- Public Event
Thursday, January 19th, 2023
10:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Near-Wake Dynamics of Cross-Flow Turbine Arrays
Isabel Scherl,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:30am
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Towards the Molecular Mechanism of Cotranslational Nascent Protein Acetylation"
Dr. Alfred Lentzsch,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Shan Group,
1:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Bioinspired friction of soft materials
Prof. Lilian Hsiao,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
North Carolina State University,
4:00pm
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Economics Job Talk
Gerrymandering when Turnout Rates Differ
Allison Stashko,
Assistant Professor,
David Eccles School of Business,
University of Utah,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Hydrogeological controls on microbial activity and habitability of deep crustal settings
Min Song,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Stable Isotope Laboratory,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Angular Momentum Radiation in Field Theory and Gravity
Aneesh Manohar,
UC San Diego,