Institute Calendar
Fall 2013-2014
Friday, September 27th, 2013
8:00am
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9/29
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Vibrational Pooling and Constrained Equilibration on Surfaces
Evans T. Boney,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Marcus Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar
The Evolution of Massive Stars towards their Death: Rotation, Binarity and Mergers
Selma de Mink,
Einstein Lyman Spitzer Fellow,
Theoretical Astrophysics,
Carngie Observatory / Caltech,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:30pm
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Saturday, September 28th, 2013
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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1:30pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Yarmagyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
1:30pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Yarmagyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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3:40pm
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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7:30pm
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Maternity Photography on Campus: Gutierrez Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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6:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kazaryan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, September 29th, 2013
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, September 30th, 2013
9:00am
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Measurement of the Band Bending and Surface Dipole at Chemically Functionalized Si (111) / Vacuum Interfaces
David C. Gleason-Rohrer,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Lewis Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Ph.D. Thesis Seminar
Structure, Chemistry, and Energetics of Organic and Inorganic Adsorbates on Ga-rich GaAs and GaP (001) Surfaces
Seokmin Jeon,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Atwater Group,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Special Bioengineering Seminar
"DNA probes for super-resolution bioimaging"
Ralf Jungmann,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Molecular Systems Lab, Wyss Institute,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Evolution of photosynthesis and the rise of oxygen
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Woodward Fischer,
Assistant Professor of Geobiology,
Caltech,
4:15pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Unveiling the Progenitors of Short-duration Gamma-ray Bursts
Wen-fai Fong,
cfa Harvard,
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
9:00am
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5:00pm
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Fomalhaut b's Eccentric Orbit and Main Belt Structure: Evidence for other Fomalhaut Planets?
Prof. Paul Kalas,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
High-dimensional Surprises Near the Glass and the Jamming Transitions
Patrick Charbonneau,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Physics and CBB Program ,
Chemistry and Physics,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
A Test for Weakly Separable Preferences
John Quah,
Oxford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Gut microbes and their role in obesity and malnutrition
Rob Knight,
Associate Professor,
Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Computer Science,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Meandering Through Bedrock River Valleys (Ajay Limaye); Beer's Law with a Pathlength of 10^16 m (Brett McGuire)
Ajay Lamaye,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science, GPS,
Caltech,
Brett McGuire,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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Caltech Y Social Activism Speaker Series (SASS) Lecture
The Empowering Role of NGOs in Changing the Lives of Marginalized Communities in India
Jaimala and Hitesh Gupta,
Vatsalya,
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
8:00am
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12:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
From building blocks to large galaxies: towards understanding the formation of the Milky Way
Anna Frebel,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Stable Matching with Incomplete Information
Andrew Postlewaite,
Harry P. Kamen Professor of Economics and Professor of Finance,
Department of Economics,
University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Heterogeneous Photochemistry and Interfacial Redox Processes of Environmental Significance
Wonyong Choi,
Visiting Associate,
Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Nanostructured 3-D Architectures: Mechanics and Physics of Deformation and Fracture in Nanomaterials for Biomimetics, Batteries, and Lightweight Structural Materials
Julia Greer,
Professor of Materials Science and Mechanics,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Nanostructured 3-D Architectures: Mechanics and Physics of Deformation and Fracture in Nanomaterials for Biomimetics, Batteries, and Lightweight Structural Materials
Julia Greer,
Professor of Materials Science and Mechanics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synthetic Discoveries from Polycyclic Natural Products
Jeremy A. May,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Houston,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
8:00am
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10/13
5:00pm
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10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
The Community Seismic Network and Quake-Catcher Network: monitoring building response to earthquakes through community instrumentation
Monica Kohler,
Senior Research Fellow ,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
The Novel Function of the Protein-Conducting Channel SecYEG in Co-Translational Protein Targeting
David Akopian,
Department of Chemistry,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Synthesis and evolution of macrocyclic organo-peptides for selective biomolecular recognition
Rudi Fasan,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Research Conference
A Molecular View of Membrane Protein Biogenesis
William Clemons,
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
5:30pm
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8:30pm
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Friday, October 4th, 2013
11:00am
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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