Institute Calendar
Fall 2017-2018
Tuesday, September 19th, 2017
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3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Nanoscale Lasing: a Conundrum?
Teri W. Odom,
Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
The Study of the Stepwise Hydroxyl Radical-Mediated Oxidation of Alkyl Surfactants at the Air-Water Interface
Kevin Barraza,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, September 20th, 2017
9:00am
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4:00pm
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9:30am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:30pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Analysis and Characterization of Titan Aerosol Simulants by Mass Spectrometry
Kathleen Upton,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
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
Chemical Dissection of Host Immunity and Microbial Pathogenesis
Howard Hang,
Richard E. Salomon Family Associate Professor,
The Rockefeller University,
6:30pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, September 21st, 2017
9:00am
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10:30am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Laboratory and Astronomical Rotational Spectroscopy
Paul Brandon Carroll,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
10:30am
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11:30am
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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Rigorous Systems Research Group (RSRG) Seminar
Online storage management for integration of renewables in electricity market
Mohammad Hajiesmaili,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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1:30pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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Friday, September 22nd, 2017
1:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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10:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
Where to Find Real Time Machines and How to Use Them
Andreas Faisst,
Postdoctoral Research,
IPAC,
Caltech,
Saturday, September 23rd, 2017
11:00am
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2:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Zakarian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:00pm
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Lara Zakarian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
2:30pm
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5:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Manookian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:30pm
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6:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Ayvazyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:30pm
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8:30pm
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Sunday, September 24th, 2017
5:30pm
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7:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Jebian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
Monday, September 25th, 2017
9:00am
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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7:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The role of fungi in mediating ecosystem responses to climate change
Kathleen K. Treseder,
Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology,
School of Biological Sciences,
University of California, Irvine,
Tuesday, September 26th, 2017
10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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12:10pm
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12:50pm
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2:00pm
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LIGO Seminar
Gravity Spy - Integrating LIGO detector characterization, citizen science, and machine learning
Scott Coughlin,
Northwestern,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Opening a Window in Time to Examine the Initial Establishment of Heterochromatin
Patrick O'Farrell O'Farrell,
Professor,
Biochemsitry and Biophysics,
University of California San Francisco Medical School ,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Evolution of the Private Equity Market and the Decline in IPOs
Michael Ewens,
Associate Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
11:00am
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1:00pm
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Caltech Associates & Office of Gift Planning Luncheon Series: The Immune System vs. HIV
with Pamela Bjorkman, Centennial Professor of Biology
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
SPHEREx: An All-sky Infrared Spectral Survey Explorer Satellite
Jamie Bock,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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10:00pm
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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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Alpine Club Talk
Climbing a 6000m peak for under $100
Ashish Goel,
Senior Postdoctoral Scholar in Aerospace,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, September 28th, 2017
9:00am
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11:00am
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Programming with MATLAB
Programming with MATLAB
Loren Shure,
Consulting Application Engineer,
The Mathworks, Inc.,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"The Non-Linear Mechanics of Slender Deformable Bodies"
Basile Audoly,
Professor,
Ecole Polytechnique, PARIS & Caltech MCE,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Novartis Symposium
Metabolism Revisited
Joshua D. Rabinowitz,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Illuminating biology at the nanoscale and systems scale by imaging
Xiaowei Zhuang,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
4:30pm
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7:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Friday, September 29th, 2017
12:00am
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11:00am
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Coulomb branches of conformal field theories
Philip Argyres,
University of Cincinnati,