Institute Calendar
Spring 2007-2008
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
9:30pm
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10:30pm
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
10:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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2:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
Algebraic Quantum Circuits
Wim van Dam,
assistant professor of computer science and physics,
UC Santa Barbara,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mechanical Engineering Seminar
Energy Transport and Conversion in Nanostructures
Gang Chen,
professor of mechanical engineering,
MIT,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
Quasars Probing Quasars
Joe Hennawi,
postdoctoral researcher astrophysics,
UC Berkeley,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Titan's Surface and Atmosphere as Viewed by Cassini VIMS
Karly Pitman,
NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
New Density Functionals with Broad Applicability in Chemistry
Donald G. Truhlar,
Regents Professor of Chemistry, Chemical Phys., Nanoparticle Sci. & Engr., & Scientific Comp.,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Deciphering Smell in Flies, Mosquitoes, and Humans: From Body Odor to Insect Repellents
Leslie Vosshall,
Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior,
The Rockefeller University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geobiology Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Leslie Vosshall,
associate professor of neurogenetics and behavior,
The Rockefeller University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Recent New Results from CDMS
Sunil Golwala,
assistant professor of physics,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
10:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Spin Glasses and Stein's Method
Sourav Chatterjee,
assistant professor of statistics,
UC Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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Carnegie Observatories Colloquium—CANCELED
Carnegie Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara St., William T. Golden Auditorium
CANCELED
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Roles of Redox-Active "Antibiotics" in Iron Acquisition and Microbial Physiology
Yun Wang,
postdoctoral scholar in biology,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Characterizing the ISM of High z Star-forming Galaxies with GRB Afterglow Spectroscopy
Jason Prochaska,
associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics,
UC Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development of Novel Approaches to the Synthesis of Structural Complex Natural Products and Nonnatural Compounds
Rich G. Carter,
associate professor of chemistry,
Oregon State University,
6:15pm
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7:30pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
One Fish Two Red Fish No Fish: A Discussion on Fishing Around the World
Zachary Lebo,
graduate student in environmental science and engineering,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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11:30am
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1:30pm
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Information Session: University of Redlands Bachelor of Science in Business Program
See event detail for location
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Peptide-based Vectors for Gene Delivery to Neurons
Suzie Pun,
assistant professor of bioengineering,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Evolution of Developmental Pathways: A Case Study of the Sea Urchin Germline
Cassandra Extavour,
assistant professor of organismic and evolutionary biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Deglacial Changes in Marine N2 Fixation—Evidence from the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea
Nele Meckler,
postdoctoral scholar in oceanography,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
Cooking with Quarks and Gluons: Recipes from the String Theory Kitchen
Clifford Johnson,
professor of physics,
USC,
7:00pm
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10:30pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
3:00am
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6:00pm
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8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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4/19
5:00pm
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9:00am
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4/19
5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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1:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
The Formalism of Twisted Loop Groups in Gromov-Witten Theory
Alexander Givental,
professor of mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Development of Enantioselective Organocatalytic Technologies for the Alpha-Functionalization of Aldehydes and Ketones
Teresa Beeson,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium: Thesis Defense
On the Nonlocal Geometry of Turbulence
Ivan Bermejo Moreno,
graduate student in aeronautics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Asymmetric Ruthenium Olefin Metathesis
Jean Li,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Moral Intuitions as Heuristics
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong,
professor of philosophy,
Dartmouth College,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Development of Enantioselective Organocatalytic Methods and Progress toward the Total Synthesis of Minfiensine
Jamison Tuttle,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:30pm
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10:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
9:00am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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5:00pm
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11:00am
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12:30pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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3:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Keshishian/Tarkhanian Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:30pm
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4:30pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
11:00am
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1:00pm
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Physics and Geometry Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Alexander Givental,
professor of mathematics,
UC Berkeley,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar
Viscoelastic Properties of Ultrathin Polymer Films and Polymer Surfaces: Novel Nanometer Scale
Gregory B. McKenna,
professor of chemical engineering,
Texas Tech University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
'First Light' from New 21-cm Probes of the Dark Ages and Reionization
Judd Bowman,
postdoctoral scholar in astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Functional Materials in Regenerative Medicine and Immunotherapeutics
Jeffrey Hubbell,
professor of applied mathematics,
Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine and Pharmacobiology, Institute of Bioengineering,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
New Insights into Bacterial and Viral Ultrastructure from Electron Cryotomography
Grant Jensen,
assistant professor of biology,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Titan's Geology and Interior Structure
Christophe Sotin,
JPL,