Institute Calendar
Spring 2025-2026
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
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Fluids and Analysis Seminar
Online Event
On the Stabilizing Effect of Fluid Expansion for Relativistic Gaseous Body
3:00pm
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4:15pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Resetting Cosmic Ray Propagation Theory
Ellen Zweibel,
W. L. Kraushaar Professor of Astronomy and Physics,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Canceled! Organic Chemistry Seminar
Nickel Complexes for Cooperative Catalysis & Mechanistic Insight
C. Rose Kennedy,
James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Distinguished Materials Seminar Series
Intersection of Solid-State Ionics, Chemistry and Physics in Intercalation Compounds
William Chueh,
Professor,
Department of Materials Science & Engineering & of Energy Science & Engineering,
Stanford University,
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
1:00am
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Applied Physics Seminar Series
Coexistence of spatially decoupled unconventional superconducting condensates in 4Hb-TaSSe
11:00am
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Higher point positivity and large-Nc QCD
Francesco Sciotti,
IFAE, University of Barcelona,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Elasto-Plastic Stochasticity: The Role of Atomic Level Fluctuations on Mesoscale Deformation Properties in Complex Alloys
Jaime Marian,
Professor,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles,
12:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar
The Money Talk
Sunil Golwala,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
12:15pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Probing Interfacial Mechanics and Electrostatics under Confinement
Joelle Frechette,
Professor and Vice Chair of Graduate Education,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium - Lauritsen Lecture
Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Interconnects and Modularity via Waveguide QED
5:30pm
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Friday, April 24th, 2026
9:30am
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Medical Engineering PhD Defense, Akash Dhawan
Hierarchical Assembly of Collagen Type I Using a Photobase Generator
Akash Dhawan,
MD/PhD Candidate,
Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Information technologies at the fundamental physical limits
Volkan Gurses,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Zeros and Singularities of Cosmological Wavefunctions
Shruti Paranjape,
Brown University,
12:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Unlocking the Solar System: Exploring Planetary Interiors to Orbital Motion"
Ryan Park,
Senior Research Scientist,,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Emulating the Bose-Hubbard Model with Arrays of Superconducting Qubits
William Oliver,
Director of the Center for Quantum Engineering,
MIT,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Gravitational-wave observables beyond timing: astrometry and weak lensing probes
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium
Carlos Alejandro Pantano-Rubino,
Professor,
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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BBE Informal Seminar - L Mahadevan
Evolutionary tales of biological shape: bodies, guts and beaks
L Mahadevan,
Professor of Physics; de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics; Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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CGSC Industry Seminar
Inventing for Life at Merck
Dr. Kevin Campos,
Vice President, Process R&D,
Merck,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
The Lunar Environmental Monitoring Station for Artemis (LEMS)
Nicholas Schmerr,
Associate Professor,
Department of Geology,
University of Maryland,
4:30pm
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5:30pm
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Saturday, April 25th, 2026
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Sunday, April 26th, 2026
2:30pm
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Monday, April 27th, 2026
11:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Expanding molecular designs for mechanochromic polymers
Yan Sun,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:15pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Enantioselective Reactions of Palladium Enolates and Progress Toward Mitomycin B
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Christian Strong,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry (Stoltz Group),
Caltech,
3:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Real-time electrocatalytic control of C-H and C-C bond transformation and fuel formation
Marcel Shreier,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,