Institute Calendar
March 2021
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3/10
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Monday, March 1st, 2021
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Anticlassification results for groups acting freely on the line
Filippo Calderoni,
Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science,
University of Illinois at Chicago,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
A Test of the Selection on Observables Assumption Using a Discontinuously Distributed Covariate
Nese Yildiz,
Associate Professor of Economics,
University of Rochester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Online Event
Critical Computing Education
Amy Ko,
Professor, Informatics Program Chair,
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering,
University of Washington, Seattle,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Loops and Trees in Generic 4d EFT up to operator dimension 8
Yingying Li,
Fermilab,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online Event
Significance of Quasi Fermi Level at Photo-Electrochemical Interfaces for Solar Energy Conversion
Weilai Yu,
Graduate Student (Lewis Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
10:00am
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10:50am
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IQI Weekly Seminar
Online Event
Local Symmetric Quantum Circuits: How, in the presence of symmetry, locality restricts realizable unitaries
Iman Marvian,
Assistant Professor,
Duke University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Quantum Sensors for Direct Detection of Light Dark Matter
Noah Kurinsky,
FNAL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Online Event
Convective Inhibition in the Solar System and Beyond/Deep Helium Transits in the V1298 Tau System
Stephen Markham,
Graduate Student,
Department of Planetary Science,
California Institute of Technology,
Shreyas Vissapragada,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Online Event
"Anti-Oncogenic Dynamics of Hematopoiesis"
Thomas Hofer,
Professor,
Theoretical Systems Biology,
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum,
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
Walking the Boundary of Learning and Interaction
Dorsa Sadigh,
Assistant Professor,
Departments of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering,
Stanford University,
10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
A Theory of Universal Learning
Steve Hanneke,
Research Assistant Professor,
TTIC,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Online Event
Chemical Tools that IMPACT Lipid Signaling
Jeremy M. Baskin,
Assistant Professor, Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences,
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology and Weill Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology,
Cornell University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
The power of referential advice
Nicolas Lambert,
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics,
MIT,
1:30pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Discovering, Weighing, and Characterizing Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs
Tim Brandt,
Assistant Professor,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Molecules, Microbes, and the Ocean Carbon Cycle
Mary Ann Moran,
University of Georgia in Athens,
4:00pm
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3/5
5:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Lorentzian Dynamics and Factorization beyond Rationality
Ying-Hsuan Lin,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Computationally Guided Alloy Design through Control of Bulk and Interfacial Phases
Mark Asta,
Professor,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
6:00pm
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8:00pm
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Thursday, March 4th, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar
Online Event
Thinking the Right Thoughts
Nathaniel Daw,
Huo Professor in Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience,
Princeton University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Experimental Fluid Mechanics with Machine Learning
Isabel Scherl,
PhD Candidate,
Mechanical Engineering,
University of Washington,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Finding Your Voice: Using Science to Engage Local Government & Communities
Online Event
- Internal Event
12:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
Linker Proteins Tie the Nuclear Pore Complex Together
Stefan Petrovic (Hoelz Group),
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online Event
Designer Atoms and Molecules for Fundamental Science
Ronald Fernando Garcia Ruiz,
MIT,
Friday, March 5th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Shocks and Shifts in Celestial CFT
Andrea Puhm,
Ecole Polytechnique, CPHT,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Ultrafast strong-field-induced band engineering in Ca2RuO4
Xinwei Li,
Troesh Postdoctoral Scholar, Hsieh Group,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 1
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online Event
Spritz: General Relativistic Magnetohydrodynamics with Neutrinos
Federico Cipolletta,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
School of Mathematical Sciences,
Rochester Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillations in Equatorial Atmosphere and Oceans
Online Event
Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillations in Equatorial Atmosphere and Oceans
Harindra Joseph Fernando,
Professor,
Departments of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Notre Dame,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Saturday, March 6th, 2021
12:01am
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Monday, March 8th, 2021
12:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Merger, Product Variety and Firm Entry: the Retail Craft Beer Market in California
Ying Fan,
Associate Professor (with tenure),
Department of Economics,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online Event
Searching for new physics at cosmic dawn and reionization
Julian Muñoz,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online Event
Electrocatalytic Strategies Towards Nitrogen Reduction Using Concerted-Proton Electron Transfer Mediators
Pablo Garrido Barros,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Peters Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:30pm
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Tuesday, March 9th, 2021
10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:15pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Online Event
Control of Soft Matter with Magnetic Fields
Monica Olvera de la Cruz,
Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physics and Astronomy,
Materials Science and Engineering Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Northwestern University,
2:00pm
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6:45pm
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8:15pm
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2021
9:00am
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10:00am
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Control Meets Learning Seminar
Online Event
Simple Agent, Complex Environment: Efficient Reinforcement Learning with Agent State
Benjamin Van Roy,
Professor,
Department of Electrical Engineering, and of Management Science and Engineering,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Biology Seminar
Online Event
Designing Brighter Dyes for Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy
Luke D. Lavis,
Senior Group Leader and Head of Molecular Tools and Imaging,
HHMI - Janelia Research Campus,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Random versus Directed Search for Scarce Resources
Teddy Mekonnen,
Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics,
Brown University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Dark Matter Clues from the Tiniest Galaxies
Risa Wechsler,
Professor of Physics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech Young Investigators Lecture
Online Event
Identifying New CFC Emissions Through Joint Inference of Banks and Lifetimes, with Impacts on the Ozone Layer and Climate
Megan Lickley,
Postdoctoral Associate in Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Electron Dynamics in Materials from First Principles
5:00pm
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Watson Lecture - Perseverance on Mars
Online Event
Kenneth A. Farley,
W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry at Caltech, and Mars 2020 Project Scientist for NASA/JPL,
- Public Event
7:00pm
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11:00pm
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Thursday, March 11th, 2021
8:00am
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3/14
11:59pm
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8:30am
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9:55am
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11:30am
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Electrical Engineering Systems Seminar
Online Event
Simple Agent, Complex Environment: Efficient Reinforcement Learning with Agent State
Benjamin Van Roy,
Professor,
Electrical Engineer and Management Science & Engineering,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
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Directed Evolution of P411 Enzymes for Primary Amination
Shilong Gao (Arnold Group),
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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KNI Special Seminar: Dr. Jeong Hoon Ko (JK)
Online Event
Polymer Coating of Gas Vesicles for Extended Ultrasound Bioimaging
Jeong Hoon Ko (JK),
KNI Prize Postdoctoral Fellow,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
- Public Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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von Kármán Lecture - Helicopters in Space
Online Event
Farah Alibay,
Systems Engineer,
Mars 2020,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Timothy Canham,
Mars Helicopter Operations Lead,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
- Public Event
Friday, March 12th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Wormholes without averaging
Douglas Stanford,
Stanford University,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
APS March Meeting Talks
Steven Wood, Shi-Ning Sun, Hyunjin Kim,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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Critical Intersections: Conversations on History, Race, and Science
Online Event
The Molecular Vision of Life | Reading Group Pt. 2
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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Robotic surfaces with tunable stiffness and reversible shape-morphing
Online Event
Chiara Daraio
Chiara Daraio,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics,
California Institute of Technology,
Monday, March 15th, 2021
8:00am
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3/17
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9:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Multiscale Mechanical Characterization of Subcellular Structures in Living Walled Cells
Leah Ginsberg,
Ph.D. Thesis Defense,
Mechanical Engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
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An unpublished theorem of Solovay on OD partitions of reals into two non-OD parts, revisited
Vladimir Kanovei,
Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Moscow,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
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How to Prevent Traffic Accidents? Moral Hazard, Inattention, and Behavioral Data
Yizhou Jin,
Gilbert Center Postdoctoral Fellow,
Economics Department and Haas School of Business,
UC Berkeley,
2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Structured Signal Recovery from Nonlinear Measurements with Applications in Phase Retrieval and Linear Classification
Fariborz Salehi,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Toward the Synthesis of a Partial Model of FeMo-co Nitrogenase Cluster
Linh Le,
Graduate Student (Agapie Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 16th, 2021
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Online Event
Electronic Structure Challenges for Strongly Correlated Systems
Laura Gagliardi,
Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Chicago,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
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Water on Mars: Long term bulk evolution and short term seasonal variation
Noora Alsaeed,
Graduate Student,
Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences,
University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
Online Event
"Systems Serology to Define Correlates of Immunity to SARS-CoV-2"
Galit Alter,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Virology,
Harvard Medical School,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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10:00pm
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