Institute Calendar
Fall 2016-2017
Saturday, December 10th, 2016
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Visualizing the Behavior of Relativistic Electrons in Simple 2D Potentials in Graphene
Dillon Wong,
Crommie Group,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Homological densities
Melanie Matchett Wood,
Mathematics Department,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
ALMA: A Revolutionary New View of the Cosmos
Nick Scoville,
Francis L. Moseley Professor of Astronomy,
Caltech,
Saturday, December 10th, 2016
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Petrosyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Mitsui Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Avagyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Garcia Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
3:00pm
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5:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Kilimdjian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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Monday, December 12th, 2016
4:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
A Theory of Decentralized Matching Markets without Transfer
Yu-Wei Hsieh,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
USC,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Informal Biology Seminar
Long Coiled-Coil Proteins are Surprisingly Often Found in Cellular Processes that Involve the Generation of Forces
Marcus Jahnel,
Staff Scientist,
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics – Dresden ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Engineering Nanometer-Scale Electronic Coherence in Soft Matter: Electron and Exciton Transport Pathways in DNA
Davide Beratan,
R. J. Reynolds Professor,
Chemistry,
Duke University,
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2016
10:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Kinetic Studies in Support of Mechanistic Analysis in C-H Functionalization Reactions
Donna G. Blackmond,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
The Scripps Research Institute,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
An overview of data quality issues in Advanced LIGO's second observing run
Jess McIver,
LIGO,
Caltech,
1:30pm
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2:00pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Catalytic C–H Activation of Aliphatic Amines
Matthew J. Gaunt,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Cambridge,
2:00pm
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2:30pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Selective Oxidation of C–H Bonds with Hyper-Electrophiles
Justin Du Bois,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:30pm
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3:00pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Cobalt-Catalyzed C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–H Bond Functionalization
Paul Chirik,
Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
CANCELLED -- Will try to reschedule at a later date
Prof. Vicky Kaspi,
McGill Univ.,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Periodic Paralysis of Skeletal Muscle: a Prototypical Ion Channelopathy
Steve Cannon,
Professor & Division Chair,
Department of Physiology ,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,
Wednesday, December 14th, 2016
10:00am
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11:30am
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Juhani Linnainmaa, University of Chicago
The History of the Cross Section of Stock Returns
Juhani Linnainmaa,
Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics,
Marshall School of Business,
USC,
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, December 15th, 2016
12:00am
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12:00am
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10:30am
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11:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Reversible Protonation of the Nitrognease Resting State
Christine Morrison,
Graduate Student, Rees Research Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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CNS Thesis Defense
Online Learning for the Control of Human Standing via Spinal Cord Stimulation
Yanan Sui,
Graduate Student,
Computation and Neural Systems,
California Institute of Technology,
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Spinning Black Holes, Exploding Stars, and Hyperluminous Pulsars: Recent Results from the NuSTAR Satellite
Daniel Stern,
NuSTAR Project Scientist,
JPL,
Friday, December 16th, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Jun Zhang, Caltech
Level-k Reasoning in School Choice
Jun Zhang,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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4:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
The Synthesis and Late-Stage Diversification of the Cyanthiwigin Natural Product Core and Synthetic Insights Derived Therein
Kelly Kim,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Updates on Kilonova Models
Jennifer Barnes,
Graduate Student,
Department of Astronomy,
UC Berkeley,
7:00pm
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8:00pm
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Theodore von Karman Lecture
Pasadena City College, 1570 E. Colorado, the Vosloh Forum (south of Colorado on Bonnie)
Spinning Black Holes, Exploding Stars, and Hyperluminous Pulsars: Recent Results from the NuSTAR Satellite
Daniel Stern,
NuSTAR Project Scientist,
JPL,
Saturday, December 17th, 2016
10:00am
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12/18
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Sunday, December 18th, 2016
2:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:30pm
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Photography on Campus: Karapetian Wedding
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, December 19th, 2016
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE PALLADIUM-CATALYZED ALLYLIC ALKYLATION REACTIONS OF CARBOCYCLIC ENAMINONES AND ACYCLIC SUBSTRATES
Douglas Duquette,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2016
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
First-Principles-Based Simulations for G Protein-Coupled Receptor Activation and for Large-Scale Nonadiabatic Electron Dynamics
Sijia Dong,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium Series
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
A Fresh Look at Molecular Gases in Galaxies
Prof. Jason Glenn,
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder,
Wednesday, December 21st, 2016
4:00pm
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Saturday, December 24th, 2016
1:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: ParamazyanWedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, December 26th, 2016
2:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Simonian Wedding Photoshoot
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2:00pm
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Photography on Campus: Simonian Wedding Photoshoot
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