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Tuesday, September 27th, 2022
All Day
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Beginning of Instruction of Fall Term

9:00am – 5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Biology Symposium

Gates Annex B122
Elizabeth Sattely, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department fo Chemical Engineering, Stanford University & HHMI,
Michael Fischbach, Associate Professor, Bioengineering and Medicine, Standford University,
Neal Devaraj, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC San Diego,
Jeffery Kelly, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute,
Mohammad Seyedsayamdost, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Princeton University,
10:30am – 12:00pm
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Laser Safety Training

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Community Processing Space

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Community Processing Space: Support for Caltech Community Members Affected by the Recent Events in Iran

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Memory Loss & Alzheimer's: Let's Talk

Online Event
  • Internal Event
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar

The gradient flow structure of the Landau equation
Jeremy Wu, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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X-Ray Diffraction Training

Online Event
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar

On slowly rotating star solutions
Juhi Jang, Department of Mathematics, USC,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Exploring the extremes of excitonic photophysics
Justin Caram, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles,
6:45pm – 8:15pm
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Caltech Debate Toastmasters Club

Online Event
  • Public Event
Wednesday, September 28th, 2022
11:00am – 12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Online Event
NLTS Hamiltonians from good quantum codes
Nikolas Breuckmann, University College London,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Online Event
Iteration problems in Symbolic Dynamics
Adrian R.D. Mathias, University of Freiburg,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Lab Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Boeing and Caltech: Technology Research & Development

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Technology Research & Development: Boeing and Caltech
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
The Wavelength Matters - Controlling the selectivity of photocatalytic reactions using different colors of light
Dr. Bartholomäus (Bart) Pieber, Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Galaxies Lacking Dark Matter
Jorge Moreno, Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Pomona College,
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Tailoring Molecular Topology to Control the Mechanical Properties of Polymeric and Nanoparticle Networks
Sinan Keten, June and Donald Brewer Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CAEL Workshop: Resumes and Cover Letters

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Meet and Greet with Confidential Advocate

Center for Student Services, Large Tent
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Build Your Own First Aid Kit

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
The role of heterochromatin in the accelerated aging syndrome progeria
Oliver Dreesen, Senior Principal Investigator, Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR),
4:00pm – 6:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Introduction to QGIS
Tony Diaz, Librarian for Geological and Planetary Sciences, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
Friday, September 30th, 2022
10:00am – 10:30am
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Caltech Employees: Guided Meditation Sessions

10:30am – 11:30am
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Collisions of shockwaves and quantum circuits
Ying Zhao, UC Santa Barbara,
11:30am – 1:00pm
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Succeeding as a TA this Quarter

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Gravitationally induced decoherence vs space-time diffusion: testing the quantum nature of gravity
Jonathan Oppenheim, Professor of Quantum Theory and Royal Society University Research Fellow, University College London,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Mathematical Physiology Learning Seminar

Linde Hall 183
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
The role of AGN accretion disks in the formation of characteristic, low-frequency GW sources
Andrea Derdzinski, CTAC Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Computational Science, University of Zurich,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Passive flow control using bio-inspired micro-scale surface structures
Shan Zhong, Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering, University of Manchester,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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EE Special Seminar - William J. Dally

Annenberg 105
Number Representation for Deep Learning
William L. Dally, Chief Scientist & SVP of Research at NVIDIA Corporation, Adjunct Professor of EE and CS Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
A filtered mapping cone formula for cables of the knot meridian
Hugo Zhou, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology,
8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics
The Mystery of Cosmic Rays
Kathryn Plant, PhD Candidate, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
  • Public Event
Saturday, October 1st, 2022
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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Northern California President's Circle Dinner

Monday, October 3rd, 2022
12:00pm – 6:00pm
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Human Resources
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

Jorgensen 109
Resnick Sustainability Institute Research Seminar
3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Epitaxial Electrodeposition of Ordered Inorganic Materials: from Transparent Hole Conductors to MOFs
Professor Jay A. Switzer, Chancellor's Professor; University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry and Materials Research Center, Missouri University of Science and Technology,
3:45pm – 4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Epitaxial Electrodeposition of Ordered Inorganic Materials: from Transparent Hole Conductors to MOFs
Jay A. Switzer, Chancellor"s Professor; University of Missouri Curators' Distinguished Professor Emeritus; Senior Investigator, Materials Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Missouri University of Science and Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Online and In-Person Event
The Transient Universe: Compact Objects Near and Far
Brendan O'Connor, The George Washington University / University of Maryland College Park,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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CAEL Workshop: Preparing for the Virtual Career Fair

Center for Student Services 310 (Career Achievement, Leadership, and Exploration)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Multiscale Inverse Problem From Schrödinger to Newton to Boltzmann
Qin Li, Associate Professor, Mathematics Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Dark sector visible signals in neutron star mergers
Gustavo Marques Tavares, University of Maryland,
Tuesday, October 4th, 2022
10:00am – 11:00am
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Comunicación y Demencia: Como comunicarnos con una persona que vive con pérdida de memoria

See event detail for location
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Decoding Diversity

Online Event
12:00pm – 6:00pm
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Human Resources
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Science of Benefits: Understanding the TIAA Online Tools and Resources

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Community Processing Space: Support for Caltech Community Members Affected by the Recent Events in Iran

Center for Student Services, Large Tent
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
A Deep Dive into Hot-Jupiter Atmospheres: What High-Resolution Spectroscopy Can Teach Us About Their Formation and Evolution
Aurora Kesseli, Research scientist at the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute at IPAC/Caltech, IPAC, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter Lecture Hall
Reputation and Capture: Limits of the Administrative Presidency
Lindsey Gailmard, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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Toward Trustworthy AI for Safety-Critical Systems

Wednesday, October 5th, 2022
9:30am – 1:00pm
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Biosafety - Comprehensive Training

Online Event
10:00am – 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Chen 130
Engineering and rapid prototyping with biology in extreme conditions
Joseph Meyerowitz, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
One ring to rule them all
Pratik Wagle, Graduate Student, Yunes Gravity Theory Group, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Direct Imaging of Extrasolar Planets
Bruce Macintosh, Professor of Physics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Rainbands of the SouthEast Asian Summer Monsoon
Inez Fung, University of California Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Superconductivity, Strong Correlations, and Flat Electronic Bands in (un)-Twisted Graphene Multilayers
Stevan Nadj-Perge, Assistant Professor, Applied Physics and Materials Science, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter Lecture Hall
Estimating Social Network Models with Missing Links
Arthur Lewbel, Barbara A. and Patrick E. Roche Professor of Economics, Boston College,
Thursday, October 6th, 2022
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Thermo-Mechanics of Granular Materials: Experiments and Simulations
Alessandro Rotta Loria, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University,
11:00am – 3:00pm
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Virtual Career Fair: STEM

Online Event
11:30am – 1:00pm
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Succeeding as a TA this Quarter

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Caltech Rally for Reproductive Justice

Beckman Mall
  • Public Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Recovering "Phantom Melts" with Cumulative Inversion Using Melts Thermodynamic Modelling and Machine Learning & The Potential of Pyrite as a (U-Th)/He Thermochronometer
Ben Thyer, Graduate student, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Linde Hall 310
Furstenberg entropy spectrum of stationary actions
Tianyi Zheng, Department of Mathematics, UCSD,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Towards a theory of strange quantum metals
Senthil Todadri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Linde Hall 310
Percolation on finite transitive graphs
Philip Easo, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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LA Probability Forum

Linde Hall 310
TBA
Tim Austin, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,