Institute Calendar
April 2026
Wednesday, April 1st, 2026
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12:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
3:00pm
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4:30pm
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3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Synthetic Biology for Human Health: RNA Sensors, Protein Circuits, and Machine-Guided Humanization
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Karen Adelman,
Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Sridevi V. Sarma
Still to come
Sridevi V. Sarma, PhD,
Vice Dean for graduate education of the Johns Hopkins University of the Johns Hopkins Institute for ComWhiting School of Engineering, Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Computational Medicine,
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
John Hopkins,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Topic to be announced
Felipe Valencia Caicedo,
Dean's Assistant Professor of Political Economy & Economics,
Brown University,
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Hao Chen,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Topic to be announced
Yashaswini Murthy,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Computing & Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium
Nicholas Boechler,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering,
University of California, San Diego,
3:45pm
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5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Chris Totoiu,
Graduate Student (Hadt Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Thorsten Becker,
Professor; Distinguished Chair in Geophysics,
Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin),
Monday, April 6th, 2026
9:00am
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4/24
5:00pm
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3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Women in Chemistry Special Seminar: Prof. Jenny Yang
Jenny Y. Yang,
University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Blaise Agüera y Arcas
Blaise Agüera y Arcas,
Chief Technology Officer,
Technology & Society,
Google,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Jooonho Lee,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Topic to be announced
James Read,
Associate Professor, Tutorial Fellow in Philosophy,
Pembroke College,
Oxford University,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Topic to be announced
Dirk Bergemann,
Professor of Economics,
Yale University,
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
All Day
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
James Shorter,
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics,
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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History & Visual Culture Seminar
Pictures from the Arctic: The Colonized Draw Back
Valerie A. Kivelson,
Thomas N. Tentler Collegiate Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, April 10th, 2026
8:00am
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4/11
5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar
Topic to be announced
Yizhou Zhang,
Graduate Student,
Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium
Emilio Martinez Paneda,
Associate Professor,
Engineering Science,
Oxford University,
Saturday, April 11th, 2026
7:00am
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7:00pm
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Monday, April 13th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Itai Yanai
Itai Yanai,
Scientific Director,
Applied Bioinformatics Laboratories, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,
New York University - Langone Health,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
TBA
Silvio Barandun,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate,
Department of Mathematics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
10:00am
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Franziska Schoenebeck,
Professor of Chemistry and Chair,
Institute of Organic Chemistry,
RWTH Aachen University,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Topic to be announced
Daniel Martin,
Associate Professor of Economics and Wilcox Family Chair in Entrepreneurial Economics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
11:00am
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Ankur Gupta,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Angel Rubio,
Director,
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Topic to be announced
Ruixue Jia,
Professor of Economics,
UC San Diego,
Friday, April 17th, 2026
8:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Saturday, April 18th, 2026
1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Sunday, April 19th, 2026
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Monday, April 20th, 2026
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Junhyong Kim
Junhyong Kim,
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Biology Co-Director, Penn Program in Single Cell Biology Secondary Professor, Computer and Information Science,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Topic to be announced
Seth Hill,
Professor of Political Science,
UC San Diego,