Institute Calendar
May 2023
Monday, May 1st, 2023
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PhD Thesis Defense
Mechanophore Strategies for the Development of Polymers with Mechanically Gated Responsive Behavior
Ross Barber,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:45pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Icy Landscapes - how ice influences sedimentary processes
Irina Overeem,
Associate Professor,
Department of Geological Science, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research,
University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Multicontinuum Homogenization and Applications
Yalchin Efendiev,
Ewing-Mobil Chair in Computational Science and Professor of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics and Institute of Scientific Computation,
Texas A & M University,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Evaporation Barrier for Dark Matter in Celestial Bodies
Javier F. Acevedo,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Topological two-band electron-hole superconductors with d-wave symmetry: a possible application to magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene
Carlos Sa De Melo,
Georgia Tech,
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
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Special Quantum Matter Seminar
Josephson junction arrays as a platform for topological phases of matter
Omri Lesser,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
1:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The Master Equation in Mean Field Games
2:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Dimers and embeddings
Marianna Russkikh,
Department of Mathematics,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Biology Seminar | Paul Denis Thomas - Tuesday, May 2, 2023 - 4 pm
Big Knowledge in Biology: using phylogenetics and data science to create a human gene "functionome"
Paul D Thomas, PhD,
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences,
Division of Bioinformatics,
Keck School of Medicine - University of Southern California,
3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Diversity in Notch ligand-receptor signaling interactions
Rachael Kuintzle,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Staring at the Sun to Better See Exoplanets/ The Search for Water Worlds with Palomar Observatory
Mike Mckeon,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
Ryan Rubenzahl,
Graduate Student,
Astrophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
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Special ACM Seminar
Asymptotic Stability in a Free Boundary PDE Model of Active Matter
Leonid Berlyand,
Professor of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
Pennsylvania State University,
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Donations and Dollars: Characterizing the Policy Views of Donors and the Affluent
Brandice Canes-Wrone,
Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution,
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
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Joint IQIM/AWS Seminar Series
See event detail for location
Quantum thermal state preparation
Chi-Fang (Anthony) Chen,
Brandao Group,
12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Learning and Control of Dynamical Systems
Ali Sahin Lale,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar
Critical JT Gravity
Alicia Castro,
High Energy Physics Department,
Radboud University,
4:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM (Neugebauer Lecture)
Simple Behavior from Complex Galaxies
George Helou,
Research Professor of Physics; Executive Director of IPAC,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Beckman Lecture
The Mechanophore Hypothesis
Jeffrey Moore,
Stanley O. Ikenberry Research Professor, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor,
University of Illinois Urbana-Chambaign,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Untangling aerosol-cloud interactions with machine learning
Duncan Watson-Parris,
UCSD/Scripps,
4:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Scott Behie | Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 - 4 pm
"Insight into the Cell Editorial Process"
Scott Behie,
Scientific Editor,
Cell Press,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Tuning itineracy of correlated ground and excited states in semiconductor moiré lattices
Thursday, May 4th, 2023
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"EABR Nanoparticles as a Platform Technology for Hybrid mRNA Vaccine Development"
Magnus Hoffman,
Merkin Institute Fellow,
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
How expanded building block chemistry can enable new frontiers for synthetic biology
Prof. Aditya Kunjapur,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,
University of Delaware,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar Series
Understanding organismal biology to manage threats to global biodiversity
David Daversa,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science,
University of California, Los Angeles,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Sung-Yon Kim | Thursday, May 4, 2023 - 4 pm
Warm and full: neural circuits for behavioral regulation of homeostasis
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Number Theory Seminar
The unipotent mixing conjecture
Philippe Michel,
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne,
4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Black Hole Accretion from the Inside Out
Jason Dexter,
University of Colorado, Boulder and JILA,
4:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
The Confederate Diaspora
Martin Fiszbein,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics,
Boston University,
Friday, May 5th, 2023
9:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Incorporation of non-canonical proline residues into proteins expressed in Escherichia coli
Stephanie Breunig,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Synthetic Studies Toward Total Synthesis of Enterocin
Yujia Tao,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Kinetic Theory of Waves for Turbulent States
Vladimir Rosenhaus,
CUNY Graduate Center,
12:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Allocating with Priorities and Quotas: Algorithms, Complexity, and Dynamics
David Kempe,
Professor of Computer Science,
USC,
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Unconditional Separations with Constant Depth Circuits
Adam Bene Watts,
University of Waterloo,
12:15pm
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1:30pm
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Caltech Y Student Activism Speaker Series (SASS)
Pre-Keynote Lunch Q & A on Generative AI and Society
Kevin Roose,
New York Times Tech Columnist,
12:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Tetranuclear CaMn3O4 and Mn4O4 Complexes as Spectroscopic Models of the Oxygen Evolving Complex of Photosystem II
Angela Shiau,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Engineering cytochrome P450BM3 for oxidation and silicon–carbon bond cleavage of volatile methylsiloxanes
Nicholas Sarai,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
MFeS Clusters as Models for Complex Multimetallic Systems
Anna Scott,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Hierarchical Black Hole Mergers: A Multi-Band Opportunity for Gravitational Waves
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Caltech Center for Science, Society, and Public Policy (CSSPP) Roundtable Conversation
Shaping the Future: Societal Implications of Generative AI
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Revolutionizing Hypersonic Flow Simulation: Physics-Aware Coarse Graining and Maximum Entropy Principles for Next-Generation Aerothermal Modeling
Marco Panesi,
Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Hypersonics and Entry Systems Studies (CHESS),
Aerospace Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
"Chemodivergent Organolanthanide-Catalyzed C–H α-Mono-Borylation of Pyridines."
Dr. Jacob (Jake) Rothbaum,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Nelson Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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Saturday, May 6th, 2023
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Sunday, May 7th, 2023
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Monday, May 8th, 2023
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Cooperative Adsorption and Gas Separations in Metal–Organic Frameworks
Jeffrey R. Long,
C. Judson King Distinguished Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,
University of California, Berkeley,
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Online and In-Person Event
Radio stars and exoplanets: Sources in circularly-polarised radio surveys, present and future
Joe Callingham,
ASTRON / Leiden Observatory,
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Exploring the Hidden Hydrosphere and Biogeosphere in the World's Oldest Rocks
Barbara Sherwood Lollar,
University Professor, Dr. Norman Keevil Chair in Ore Deposits Geology,
Deaprtment of Earth Sciences,
University of Toronto,
4:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquim
Learning Matchings, Maps, and Trajectories
Jonathan Niles-Weed,
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Data Science,
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Center for Data Science,
New York University,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Matching Effective Theories Efficiently (Matchete) and dealing with evanescent operators
Julie Pages,
UC San Diego,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Caltech Everhart Lecture Series Talk #1
Imaging the Beginning of Time from the South Pole
Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Soliman,
Applied Physics,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Tuesday, May 9th, 2023
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Biology Seminar - Ali Ellebedy | Tuesday, May 9th, 2023 - 4 pm
"Dynamics of Germinal Center B Cell Responses in Humans"
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Chemical Physics Seminar
"A Pinch of Salt, a Splash of Water, and a Dash of Ions: The Recipe for Tweaking Polyelectrolyte Complexes' Glass Transition and Relaxation Time"
Jodie Lutkenhaus,
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Presidential Impact Fellow, Axalata Coating Sytems Chair,
Chemical Engineering,
Texas A&M,
4:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
A JWST MIRI Dayside Emission Spectrum of the Benchmark Hot Jupiter HD 189733b/ The Spatial Distribution of the Unidentified 2.07μm Absorption on Europa and Implications for its Origin
Julie Inglis,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
Ryleigh Davis,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Attribute-based Subsidies and Market Power: an Application to Electric Vehicles
Panle Jia Barwick,
The Todd E. and Elizabeth H. Warnock Distinguished Chair Professor,
Department of Economics,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
4:30pm
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Charge Up! Entrepreneurship Series
Online Event
Patenting your Innovation
Rose Kiser,
Assistant Director for Technology Transfer,
Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnerships,
Caltech,
John Peck,
Partner,
KPPB law firm.,
6:00pm
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Wednesday, May 10th, 2023
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Joint IQIM/AWS Seminar Series
Online Event
Lower bounds on the overhead of a quantum memory
Omar Fawzi,
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon,
11:45am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Tyler Casselman,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Evolution of Stellar Rotation: Alone and Together, Inside and Out
Jamie Tayar,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Astronomy,
University of Florida,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
What is the aerosol state in the ambient atmosphere? Or: Particle-resolved modeling to tackle structural uncertainty in aerosol models
Nicole Riemer,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Investigations of Topological and Quantum Phenomena in Epitaxial Semimetallic Thin Films
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Watson Lecture: Making Wearable Materials Smarter
Online and In-Person Event
Chiara Daraio,
G. Bradford Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,
Division of Engineering and Applied Science,
- Public Event
Thursday, May 11th, 2023
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Additive Manufacturing: Machine Learning, Mechanics, and Metallurgy
Allison M. Beese,
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University,