Institute Calendar
Summer 2025-2026
Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
From Metal-Enriched Halos to Growing Black Holes: Gas and dust Across Scales in the High-Redshift Universe
Siwei Zou,
Research Professor,
Chinese Academy of Sciences South America Center for Astronomy,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Science Tuesdays: Madison Dunitz
Kerckhoff Marine Lab, 101 Dahlia Ave, Corona del Mar
Geo-Engineering with Microbes
Madison Dunitz,
Graduate Student in Geobiology,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2026
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, July 30th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Dr. Jake Cornwall-Scoones
Bridging scales in developmental patterning
Dr. Jake Cornwall-Scoones,
Cell & Developmental Biology,
University College London & Gurdon Institute,
University of Cambridge,
12:05pm
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1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar
Summer student presentations
Jasmine Hua,
Gordon Zhen,
Alexander Sengelmann,
Adam El-Hindi,
Clayton G. Bishop,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special CMX Seminar
Score-Based Stochastic Closures for Multiscale Systems
Ludovico Theo Giorgini,
C.L.E. Moore Instructor of Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, July 31st, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
The Prospects of Molecular Qubits for Distributed Quantum Computing
Alex Retzker,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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6:00pm
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11:00pm
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Monday, August 3rd, 2026
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap
"Solar Eruptions" and "Black Holes Tearing Apart Stars"
Xiaoshan Huang,
Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Theoretical Astrophysics,
Caltech,
Tuesday, August 4th, 2026
8:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Science Tuesdays: Victoria Orphan
Kerckhoff Marine Lab, 101 Dahlia Ave, Corona del Mar
Victoria Orphan,
Caltech,
Wednesday, August 5th, 2026
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:15pm
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Thursday, August 6th, 2026
8:00am
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12:00pm
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12:05pm
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1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar
Summer Student Presentations
SURF/JPL summer interns,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech, JPL,
Friday, August 7th, 2026
8:00am
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12:00pm
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5:30pm
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7:30pm
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:30am
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Science Tuesdays: Britt Abrahamson
Kerckhoff Marine Lab, 101 Dahlia Ave, Corona del Mar
The Balance Between Recycling and Loss in the Marine Nitrogen Cycle
Britt Abrahamson,
Wednesday, August 12th, 2026
11:00am
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1:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:15pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, August 13th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:05pm
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1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar
Summer Student Presentations
SURF/JPL summer interns,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech, JPL,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Lossy waveform estimation at the fundamental quantum limit
James Gardner,
University of Chicago,
Friday, August 14th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Scaling trapped-ion quantum computers using Penning trap arrays
Jonathan Home,
ETH Zurich,
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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Saturday, August 15th, 2026
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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Sunday, August 16th, 2026
6:30pm
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8:00pm
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Monday, August 17th, 2026
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense
A Phase Change Framework for Compressible Cavitating Flows
José Rodolfo Chreim,
Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
11:30am
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special CMX Seminar
Stein Variational Gradient Descent dynamics for highly concentrated kernels
Jethro Warnett,
PhD Student,
Department of Mathematics,
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Science Tuesdays: Pilar Vergeli
Kerckhoff Marine Lab, 101 Dahlia Ave, Corona del Mar
Applications of Chemical Space for Life Detection
Pilar Vergeli,
Wednesday, August 19th, 2026
9:00am
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10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Nature of Electrostatic Interactions in Macromolecular Systems
Pierre Walker,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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12:50pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Special ChE Seminar
Chemotaxis drives rapid bacterial community formation
Nir Livne,
Milner Fellow and physics PhD candidate,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Thursday, August 20th, 2026
12:00pm
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5:18pm
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12:05pm
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1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar
The Engineering and Preparation Ahead of the BA4-90/150 Receiver of BICEP Array
Anika Patel,
Graduate Student,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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6:00pm
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Friday, August 21st, 2026
5:00pm
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7:00pm
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