Institute Calendar
Spring 2007-2008
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
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Thesis Seminar
Palladium Mediated Activation of Molecular Oxygen
Jason M. Keith,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:45pm
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5:00pm
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Planetary Science Seminar
Scaling Transitions in Rotating Convection
Jonathan Aurnou,
assistant professor of planetology and geophysics,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Networks of Microchannels: Mimicking the Microvasculature, Separating Blood Cells, and Immobilizing Worms
Sergey Shevkoplyas,
postdoctoral fellow,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/JPL Association for Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
Detection Confidence in Searches for Gravitational-Wave Transients
Erik Katsavounidis,
associate professor of physics,
MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Regulation of Developmental and Regenerative Growth in Drosophila
Iswar Hariharan,
professor of cell and developmental biology,
UC Berkeley,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 28th, 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
Operator Mobius Transformations of CMV Matrices and Orthogonal Rational Functions
Luis Velazquez,
professor of applied mathematics,
University of Zaragoza, Spain,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Self-Assembled Monolayers for the Study of Biological Targets
Christie A. Canaria,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:40pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Studies of Organic Aerosol Sources and Evolution with Aerosol Mass Spectrometry
Jose-Luis Jimenez,
assistant professor of chemistry and fellow,
the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES),
University of Colorado,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The Metallicity and Star-Formation History of Galaxies
Lisa Kewley,
research fellow,
Institute for Astronomy, Hawaii,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Seminar
Microfluidic Devices as Models of Biological Tissues
Raquel Perez-Castillejos,
postdoctoral scholar,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
The Plaquette Polaron Paradigm for Cuprate High Temperature Superconductors
William A. Goddard III,
Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics,
Caltech,
Jamil Tahir-Kheli,
senior staff scientist in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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William Bennett Munro Memorial Seminar
Transatlantic Islam: Carlyle, Emerson, Irving
Wai Chee Dimock,
professor of English and American studies,
Yale University,
5:45pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
The Challenge of Converting Lignocellulose into Anything, Much Less Biofuel
Jared Leadbetter,
associate professor of environmental microbiology,
Caltech,
10:00am
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Materials and Processing for Flexible Electronics
Zhenan Bao,
associate professor of chemical engineering,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
The Technology of Submillimeter Astronomy
Jonas Zmuidzinas,
professor of physics,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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10:00pm
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9:00pm
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10:00pm
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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9:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar—cancelled
Anindya Mukherjee,
postdoctoral fellow in particle, subatomic, and string theory,
University of British Columbia,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Methods in Computational Protein Design: Sidechain Placement, Forcefields, and Bonding Site Redesign
Victor Wai Tak Kam,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium: Thesis Defense
The Development of a Microimpedance Pump for Pulsatile Flow Transport
Derek Rinderknecht,
graduate student in bioengineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
From Alkyl(Amino) and Carbocyclic Carbenes to Bent Allenes: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Ligand Properties
Vincent Lavallo,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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8:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Hein/Dupre Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Tritch/Hendrickson Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Caltech Glee Clubs and Orchestra: Brahms's A German Requiem
See event detail for location
- Public Event
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
8:00am
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6/3
5:00pm
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12:45pm
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1:45pm
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3:00pm
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6:30pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Estrada Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Wedding Photography on Campus: Jennison/Williams Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Sunday, June 1st, 2008
3:30pm
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5:30pm
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
An Early Whiff of Oxygen? Emerging Isotopic Insights from the 2.5 Ga Mt. McRae Shale, Western Australia
Ariel D. Anbar,
associate professor,
department of chemistry and biochemistry and School of Earth and Space Exploration,
Arizona State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Aerobic Oxidative Amination Reactions Catalyzed by Pd and Cu
Shannon S. Stahl,
Moore Distinguished Scholar, Caltech, and professor of chemistry,
the University of Wisconsin—Madison,
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
10:00am
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11:00am
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10:00am
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General Biology Seminar
Topic to be announced.
John Thomas,
Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory,
Salk Institute for Biological Studies,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
8:00am
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6/6
5:00pm
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10:00am
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12:00pm
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Mathematical Physics Seminar
Point Perturbation
Manwah (Lilian) Wong,
graduate student in mathematics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Topic to be announced.
Esko Keski-Vakkuri,
project leader in string theory and mathematical physics,
Helsinki University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
The South Pole Telescope: A Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Survey Instrument
Steve Padin,
senior scientist in astronomy and astrophysics,
the University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Joint Condensed Matter Physics and Institute for Quantum Information Seminar
The Quantum Spin Hall Effect and the Topological Magneto-Electric Effect
Shou-Cheng Zhang,
professor of physics,
Stanford University,
7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
10:00am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Biological Network Modeling Center Seminar
Rules of Engagement: Architecture, Robustness, and Evolvability
John Doyle,
Braun Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and Bioengineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar - CANCELED
The Psychology of Common Value Auctions
Samuel McClure,
assistant professor of psychology,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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Physics Research Conference
John Archibald Wheeler: Just Crazy Enough to be Right
Kip S. Thorne,
Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics,
Caltech,
Friday, June 6th, 2008
8:00am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The Effect of Turbulence on Fish Habitat Choices
Aline Cotel,
associate professor,
department of civil and environmental engineering,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
dS Minimum Without Anti-D3 Branes, Large Volume Axionic Inflation, (Non-)Supersymmetric Black Hole Attractors, and Swiss-Cheese Calabi Yau's
Aalok Misra,
International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Electron Tunneling through Organic Molecules in Frozen Glasses
Alec Durrell,
graduate student in chemistry,
Caltech,