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Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
4:00pm 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

The More the Merrier - Stellar Physics in the Era of Stellar, Transient, and Gravitational Wave
Selma de Mink, Scientific Director, Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Changing Atmospheric Teleconnection Patterns over the North Pacific
Clara Deser, National Center for Atmospheric Research,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Deciphering the chemical crosstalk of host-gut microbiota interactions
Pamela V. Chang, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm 5:30pm
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Information, Geometry, and Physics Seminar

Almost-idempotent quantum channels and approximate C*-algebras
Alexei Kitaev, Department Theoretical Physics & Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Accelerated Catalyst Design Beyond Sabatier Plot
Yu Huang, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Risk Aversion and Insurance Propensity
Fabio Maccheroni, Full Professor, Department of Decision Sciences, Università Bocconi,
6:00pm 8:00pm
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Thursday, May 16th, 2024
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

How "to see a world in a grain of sand"?
Rouslan Krechetnikov, Professor, Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar

The Model T
Joshua Hausman, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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► CANCELED: Visual Culture Seminar

This seminar has been canceled.
John Brewer, Faculty Associate, History Department, Harvard University and Eli and Edythe Broad Emeritus Professor in Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
  • Public Event
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

AMPK: energy sensor and central guardian of mitochondrial homeostasis
Reuben Shaw, Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Bio-inspired Systems for Sustainability and Environmental Remediation
Ariel Furst, Paul M. Cook Career Development Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, MIT,
4:00pm 6:00pm
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Chen-Huang Sustainability Series Lecture

Clean Electricity and the Path to Net Zero: Methods and Insights
Jesse D. Jenkins, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and Andlinger Center for Energy & Environment, Princeton University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

On the arithmetic nature of special values of Dirichlet L-functions
Vesselin Dimitrov, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
The Magic of Moiré Quantum Matter
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, MIT,
Friday, May 17th, 2024
10:00am 11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Impact of Interfacial Chemistry on Corrosion, Sensing, and Catalytic Properties of Materials
John Evans, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Multipartite Edge Modes and Tensor Networks
Ronak Soni, University of Cambridge,
11:00am 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Next Generation Moiré Quantum Matter
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, MIT,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Games under the Tiered Deferred Acceptance Mechanism
Jiarui Xie, Visiting Student, UC Berkeley,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Lean Premixed Hydrogen Flames: Turbulence, Chemistry, and Modelling
Matthew Yao, Graduate Student, Mechanical Engineering, Caltech,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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Medical Engineering Thesis Defense, Kuang Ming (Allen) Shang

Oxygen-Regulating MEMS Devices for Cell Transplantation to Cure Type 1 Diabetes
Kuang Ming (Allen) Shang, Ph.D. Candidate (Med-EE Joint Track), Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, Caltech MEMS Lab, California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
To infinity and beyond: the hyperboloidal framework in Black-hole perturbation theory
Rodrigo Macedo, Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Overview of the Aerospace Engineering Department at Texas A&M and Finding the Origin of Heat Streaks on Hypersonic Canonical Geometries
Ivett A. Leyva, Ph.D., P.E., Department Head, College of Engineering Excellence Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Khovanov skein lasagna modules and exotica
Michael Willis, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Special Quantum Matter Seminar

Integer and Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall Effects in Crystalline Rhombohedral Graphene
Long Ju, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Enantioselective Intramolecular Reactions of Palladium Enolates.
Christian Strong, Graduate Student (Stoltz Research Group), Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

Observations and Simulations of Small-scale Convection beneath the Oceanic Plates
Zachary Eilon, Associate Professor, Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara,
Saturday, May 18th, 2024
Sunday, May 19th, 2024
Monday, May 20th, 2024
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Manipulating Phase Transitions and Porosity: From Solid Refrigerants to Microporous Water.
Jarad Mason, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University,
2:30pm 3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Leveraging the ΦX174 Lysis Protein to Study MraY Structure, Function, and Regulation
Karen Orta, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Applied Physics Seminar

Electron Beam Driven Plasmas and the Quest for Precise Control in Materials Processing
Scott G. Walton, PhD, Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Novel perspectives on the water cycle and critical zone from the late Quaternary through the present
Tyler Huth, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Cosmology with varying constants: hyperlight, coupled scalars across cosmic history
Masha Baryakhtar, University of Washington,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Joint Los Angeles Topology Seminar

TBA
Sherry Gong, Department of Mathematics, Texas A&M University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

Temporal entanglement and complexity of quantum many-body dynamics
Dmitry Abanin, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Princeton University,
5:00pm 6:00pm
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Joint Los Angeles Topology Seminar

TBA
Mike Hill, Mathematics Department, UCLA,
7:30pm 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

"Supermassive Black Holes" and "Ocean Worlds"
Jean Somalwar, PhD Candidate, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Kevin Hand, Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
  • Public Event
Tuesday, May 21st, 2024
10:00am 2:00pm
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11:00am 12:30pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Christy Landes, Jerry A. Walker Endowed Chair in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Wiersma Visiting Professor Lecture: Dr. Kathleen Rockland

Axons and Brain Architecture
Dr. Kathleen Rockland, Research Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine,
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
A Celestial Dual for MHV Amplitudes
Walker Melton, Harvard University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Studying nonlinear dynamics using polynomial optimization
David Goluskin, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria,