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Registration for Spring Term

Wednesday, March 1st, 2023
9:00am – 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Gates Annex B122
Development of Oxidation and Transition Metal-Mediated Reactions and Application to Natural Product Synthesis
Sara Dibrell, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
9:30am – 12:00pm
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Biosafety - Comprehensive Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Understanding and Coping with ADHD

Hameetman Center 210 - Conference Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Women's HERstory Month: Lunch & Crafting

Center for Student Services, Lobby
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Dynamics of Time-Varying and Nonlinear Phononic Lattices
Brian Kim, Graduate Student, Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Small Statistics No More: A Suite of Dwarf Galaxy Simulations to Interpret Observations
Alyson Brooks, Associate Professor, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
A new theory for heat extremes in a changing climate
Yi Zhang, University of California Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Thermochemical and Thermophysical Properties of Refractory Materials above 3000 ˚C
Scott J. McCormack, Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Davis,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Selective strategies for phosphoranyl radical fragmentation for chemical synthesis
Valerie Schmidt, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter Lecture Hall
Cursed Sequential Equilibrium
Thomas R. Palfrey, III, Flintridge Foundation Professor of Economics and Political Science, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Spinning the Globe: A Dialogue of Current Events with CCID

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture: Enigma of the Heart

Online and In-Person Event
Morteza (Mory) Gharib (PhD '83), Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Medical Engineering; Director and Booth-Kresa Leadership Chair of the Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST); Director of GALCIT, Division of Engineering and Applied Science,
  • Public Event
Thursday, March 2nd, 2023
9:00am – 4:30pm
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New Horizons in Biology & Biological Engineering Symposium | Thursday, March 2, 2023 - 9 am

Chen 100
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Liquid Breakup at Supercritical Conditions: Toward Understanding Mixing and Combustion at Extreme Conditions
Dorrin Jarrahbashi, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Crellin 151
"Microbial-Enrichment Method Enables High-Throughput Metagenomic Characterization from Host-Rich Samples"
Natalie J. Wu-Woods, Graduate Student, Ismagilov Group,
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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CPA Writing Group Sessions

  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Building with fluids: a lazy approach to fabrication
Prof. Pierre-Thomas Brun, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Prebiotic Chemistry in Hydrothermal Systems on Early Earth and Ocean Worlds
Laurie Barge, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Seminar Series, Dr. Andy Tay

Annenberg 105
Mechano-enhancement of wound regeneration and nanomedicine delivery
Andy Tay, Assistant Professor, Presidential Young Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Black holes in binaries
Ilya Mandel, Monash University,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Back to The Problem of Space
Joshua T. Eisenthal, Research Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Caltech,
Friday, March 3rd, 2023
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Cool Beans Coffee for Postdocs

  • Internal Event
10:30am – 11:45am
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Twisting 6d (2,0) SCFTs and LSTs
Kimyeong Lee, Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS),
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Does gravity constrain computation?
Alex May, Stanford University,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

  • Internal Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Tracing the New Arctic
Monica Martinez Wilhelmus, Professor, School of Engineering, Brown University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Exotic codim-1 submanifolds in 4-manifolds
Anubhav Mukherjee, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Excited State Properties of Lead Halide Perovskites: Insights for Photocatalysis and Photovoltaics
Jeffrey DuBose, Postdoctoral Scholar (Manthiram Research Group), Chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, March 4th, 2023
8:00pm – 9:00pm
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Chamber Music Concert

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Monday, March 6th, 2023
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CANCELLED - RSI Research Seminar

Jorgensen 109
The California Climate Information System (CalCIS)
Dr. Christine Lee, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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History, Ethics, and Identity Seminar Series

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Scientific Virtue: Reflections on "Good" Science and "Good" Scientists
Dr. Clair Morrissey, Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Occidental College,
3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
From N-Heterocyclic Carbenes to Dithiolene Radicals: A Counterintuitive Trek Through Main Group Chemistry"
Gregory H. Robinson, FRSC Foundation Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistryp, The University of Georgia,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Calabi-Yau varieties of large index
Chengxi Wang, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Online and In-Person Event
The Galaxy Evolution in the Large-scale Structure
Rieko Momose, Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Rigorous Analysis and Numerical Implementation of Nudging Data Assimilation Algorithms
Edriss S. Titi, Owen Professor & Distinguished Professor, Mathematics Department, Texas A & M University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
A chiral SU(5) theory with three generations
Daniel Stolarski, Carleton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Joint Los Angeles Topology Seminar

Universal properties in symplectic geometry
Hiro Lee Tanaka, Department of Mathematics, Texas State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar - Peter Zandstra -Monday, March 6, 2023 - 4 pm

Chen 100
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Sustainable Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen and Ammonia
Dr. Alexandr Simonov, School of Chemistry, Monash University,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Joint Los Angeles Topology Seminar

The meaning of synthetic spaces
Mike Shulman, Department of Mathematics, University of San Diego,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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Self-Care Meditation

Tuesday, March 7th, 2023
8:00am – 12:00pm
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First Aid / AED / CPR Training (Day 1 of 2)

10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CAEL Workshop: Choosing a Graduate School

Center for Student Services 310 (Career Achievement, Leadership, and Exploration)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Faculty Pedagogy Journal Club

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Immigration Roadmap: Understanding the J-1 Waiver Process

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Online Event
Definable refinements of classical algebraic invariants
Martino Lupini, Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna,
12:00pm – 6:00pm
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Human Resources
2:00pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Inventions, Patents, and Licensing: The Process at Caltech

Sherman Fairchild Library 328 (Multimedia Conference Room)
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Online Event
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 187
On co-dimension one stability of the soliton for the 1D focusing cubic Klein-Gordon equation
Jonas Lührmann, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University,
3:30pm – 4:30pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Disproving the Deift conjecture: the loss of almost periodicity
Andreia Chapouto, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Tailoring Plasmonic Nanogap Chemistry for Following Chemical Reactions in Real Time Regina Ragan, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Regina Ragan, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
Detecting and Characterizing Planets Around M Dwarf Stars
Emily Gilbert, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, JPL,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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Graduate and Postdoc Women Affinity Space

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium

Linde Hall 310
The arithmetic of power series and applications
Yunqing Tang, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter Lecture Hall
Screening with Persuasion
Stephen Morris, Peter A. Diamond Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, MIT,
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023
8:00am – 12:00pm
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First Aid / AED / CPR Recertification Training

9:30am – 3:30pm
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AWS/Caltech ML and HPC Workshop #1: Seismology and Time Domain Astronomy

Caltech Hall Board Room
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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International Women's Day Speak Out

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Mapping the Cosmic Web with IGM Tomography
Andrew Newman, Staff Scientist, Carnegie Observatories,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Advances in understanding Antarctic sea ice
Lettie Roach, Columbia University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Modern Organic Reactions for Precise (Macro)molecular Synthesis
Quentin Michaudel, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter Lecture Hall
When Democracy Refuses to Die: Evaluating a Training Program for New Politicians
Frederico Finan, Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley,
7:00pm – 9:00pm
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Theater Arts at Caltech (TACIT) Improv and Storytelling Final Presentation

Ramo Auditorium
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