Institute Calendar
October 2026
Thursday, October 1st, 2026
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Building the Tools for a New Generation of Intelligent Ionic Materials
Max Tepermeister,
Cecil and Sally Drinkward Postdoctoral Fellow,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:30am
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar
"How productive was the early biosphere?" and "Modeling embryonic quality control: how stem cell-based embryo models reveal lineage-specific selection against chromosomally abnormal cells"
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:05pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar
Toward a Consensus Picture of Baryon Feedback: Joint X-ray, Sunyaev-Zeldovich, and Weak Lensing Measurements
Jared Siegel,
Graduate Student,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebra Geometry & Number Theory Seminar
Motivic Theta Lifting and Beilinson's Conjectures
Linli Shi,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Mathematics,
ETH Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
Learning physical dynamics with generative machine learning
Aditi Krishnapriyan,
Bruce & Susan Stangeland Professor,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Error-corrected quantum processing with neutral atoms
Dolev Bluvstein,
CEO at Oratomic, Visiting associate in physics at Caltech,
Friday, October 2nd, 2026
8:30am
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2:00pm
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BOND Colloquium "Careers in Academia: Beyond the R1"
Prof. Kenneth Childers,
Cal State Fullerton,
Prof. Raul Navarro,
Occidental College,
Prof. Khuloud Sweimeh,
Pasadena City College,
Dr. Mike Vicic,
Caltech CCE,
Kala Youngblood,
USC East College Prep,
Dr. Jasmine Bryant,
Caltech CTLO,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
From Closed to Ajar: Effective Actions and Symmetry Breaking in Non-Equilibrium Many-Body Systems
Riccardo Penco,
Carnegie Mellon University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Imaging Geofluids with Passive Seismology: From Magmatic, Hydrothermal, to Groundwater Systems
Dr. Fan-Chi Lin,
Professor,
Department of Geology & Geophysics,
University of Utah,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Signatures of Black Hole Spin and Plasma Acceleration in Jet Polarimetry
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar (1/2)
Flexible Exponent of 3-Manifolds
Shicheng Wang,
Professor of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
Peking University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium
Unraveling interactions between extreme-scale wind power systems and stratified, turbulent environmental flows
Michael F. Howland,
Jeffrey Cheah Career Development Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:10pm
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5:10pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar (2/2)
Shortest Filling Geodesics on Hyperbolic Surfaces
Zhongzi Wang,
School of Mathematical Sciences,
Peking University,
Saturday, October 3rd, 2026
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Sunday, October 4th, 2026
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, October 5th, 2026
12:11pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Alternative AdS Boundary Conditions and Their Implications
Xinkang Wang,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Role of Academia in Lithium and Critical Mineral Exploration
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Singularity Formation in 3D Euler and Nonuniqueness in Unforced 3D Navier–Stokes: Computer-Assisted Proofs
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2026
10:00am
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Job Market Seminar
Risk Aversion Reversals
Binyamin (Ben) Wincelberg,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special Seismo Lab Seminar
Non-diffusive behaviors of Earth's lithosphere
Dr. Lijun Liu,
Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Information-Theoretic Limits of Zero-Delay Communication and Control: Operational Bounds and Single-Letter Characterizations
Eray Atay,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
"Coupled astrophysical and geochemical models of terrestrial planet formation as probes of early Solar System evolution"
Gabriel Nathans,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Taussky-Todd Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
Stable Homotopy Theory and Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories
Mayuko Yamashita,
Professor of Mathematical Physics,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
10:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering: Trailblazer Seminar
Autonomous Robotic Endovascular Navigation via Imitation Learning
Noah Barnes,
PhD Candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute 15th Anniversary Seminar Series
The Politics of Attention
Pietro Ortoleva,
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs,
Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar
The Science of Storytelling: A simple formula for high-impact science
Dr. Chad A. Greene,
Glaciologist and Remote Sensing Scientist,
Sea Level and Ice Group,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Global monopoles and Goldstone EFT
Pablo Quilez,
CERN,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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MedE : EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
Biointegrated electronics for disease monitoring and intervention
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Trailblazers Seminar
Designing imaging systems to maximize information capture
Leyla Kabuli, PhD Candidate,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley advised by Professor Laura Waller,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Aerospace: EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
A Study of Hypersonic Shockwave/Boundary-Layer Interaction Dynamics Using High-Temperature Plasma Discharges
Emma Nicotra,
Zonta International Ameila Earhart Fellow and Graduate Student,
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Purdue University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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APhMS: EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
Hybridization and Electromechanics at Atomically Thin Interfaces
Sathvik Ajay Iyengar,
Schmidt Science Fellow, EECS Department at UC Berkeley and Bakar Innovation Fellow,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMS : EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
Building AI for better societal outcomes
Myra Cheng,
PhD Candidate, Knight-Hennessy Scholar; NSF Graduate Research Fellow,
Computer Science,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EAS Trailblazers/Applied Physics and Materials Science Research Lecture
Hybridization and Electromechanics at Atomically Thin Interfaces
Sathvik Ajay Iyengar,
Schmidt Science Fellow,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences,
UC Berkeley,