Institute Calendar
February 2022
Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
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Special Chemistry Seminar
Molecular Design of Solids and Surfaces
Dr. Megan Jackson,
Department of Chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Information, Mobile Communication, and Referral Effects
Eleonora Patacchini,
Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech; Stephen and Barbara Friedman Professor of International Political Economy, Cornell University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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CANCELED: Watson Lecture - Artificial Intelligence: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Online Event
Yaser Abu-Mostafa (PhD '83),
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Division of Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Special SIAM Student/Postdoc Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Novel design and analysis of generalized FEMs based on locally optimal spectral approximations
Chupeng Ma,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate,
Numerical Analysis and UQ,
Heidelberg University,
Thursday, February 10th, 2022
10:30am
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11:30am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Scaling of Triggered Seismicity and Permeability Evolution in the Subsurface – A Key Need in the Energy Transition
Derek Elsworth,
Professor,
Departments of Energy and Mineral Engineering and of Geosciences and the Center for Geomechanics, Geofluids, and Geohazards.,
Penn State,
1:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar
From Trash to Treasure: Advancing the Heterogeneous Catalytic Deconstruction and Upcycling of Waste Polyolefins
Julie Rorrer,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
"Mechanism of G-Protein Activation by G-Protein-Coupled Receptors and Therapeutics"
Dr. Amirhossein Mafi,
Goddard Group,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Neutrino and Dark Radiation Properties from Cosmic Datasets
Marilena Loverde,
University of Washington,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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6:00pm
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Friday, February 11th, 2022
11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm: MaxCut, Spin Glass, and Beyond
Leo Zhou,
Dubridge Postdoctoral Scholar, Preskill Group,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Special Chemical Biology Seminar
Substrate-Selective Control of Insulin-Degrading Enzyme Reveals the Untapped Enzymology of Exosite Inhibition
Dr. Juan Pablo Maianti,
Co-founder, Exo Therapeutics,
Harvard University,
2:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Waists, widths and symplectic embeddings
Jonathan Zhu,
Mathematics Department,
Princeton University,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Shallow cumulus convection large-eddy simulations and Galilean invariance
Online Event
Georgios Matheou,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Connecticut,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Electrochemical CO2 Capture, Concentration, and Conversion
Jenny Y. Yang,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Anna Scott,
Graduate Student (Agapie Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Monday, February 14th, 2022
9:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Beyond the Omics Crystal ball: Integrating Omics approaches to study ecosystem functions
Smruthi Karthikeyan,
UC San Diego,
12:30pm
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1:30pm
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Berkeley-Caltech-Stanford Joint Number Theory Seminar
Online Event
Crystalline local systems
Yong Suk Moon,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Arizona,
12:30pm
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1:30pm
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INQNET Seminar
Online Event
Efficient, problem-tailored variational quantum algorithms
Sophia Economou,
Professor,
Department of Physics,
Virginia Tech,
4:00pm
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Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Online Event
Varieties of general type with doubly exponential asymptotics
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Conformal Colliders Meet the LHC
Ian Moult,
Conformal Colliders Meet the LHC,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online Event
"Phthalocyanine Oligomers as Slurry-State Electrolytes for Non-Aqueous Redox Flow Batteries and Ligand Field Spectroscopy of Chiral Nickel Halide Complexes"
Brandon McNicholas,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Hadt Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Quasi-Periodic Topological Bulk-Bulk Correspondence and the Dry Ten Martini Problem
Dan Borgnia,
Physics: Quantum Condensed Matter,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, February 15th, 2022
12:00pm
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Machine Learning & Scientific Computing Series
Online Event
Optimal Langevin Samplers
Greg Pavliotis,
Professor of Applied Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
Imperial College London,
12:00pm
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Special Chemical Biology Seminar
Environment-Sensitive Probes for Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
Dr. Mireille Kamariza,
Junior Research Fellow,
Division of Chemistry,
Harvard University,
3:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Precision Synthesis of Quantum Material Building Blocks
Thomas J. Kempa,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering,
Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Jason Williams,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Earth and Planets Laboratory,
Carnegie Institution for Science,
4:00pm
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Wednesday, February 16th, 2022
9:00am
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Dynamics and Impacts of Changing Climate Hazards: From quantitative approaches to process understanding
Frances Davenport,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Different Differences
Ron Buckmire,
Associate Dean for Curricular Affairs; Professor, Mathematics,
Department of Mathematics,
Occidental College,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Orbit equivalences of multidimensional Borel flows
Konstantin Slutsky,
Department of Mathematics,
Iowa State University,
12:00pm
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CDS Special Seminar
Online Event
From Robust Control to Robust Machine and Reinforcement Learning: A Unifying Theory via Performance and Risk Tradeoff
Dr. John S. Baras,
Distinguished University Professor and Endowed Lockheed Martin Chair in Systems Engineering,
Institute for Systems Research,
University of Maryland,
4:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Online Event
Stress-Testing the Cold Dark Matter Paradigm
Priyamvada (Priya) Natarajan,
Professor of Astronomy,
Department of Astronomy and Physics,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Studying climate through a spectral lens
Xianglei Huang,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Online Event
Novel Indexing Approaches for Electron Back-Scattered Diffraction: Using the Complete Pattern
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Catalyst Development & Kinetic Investigation of ATRA Reactions: Integrating Undergraduate Research and Chemical Education
Kayode Oshin,
Associate Professor of Chemistry,
Director, CAS Haddix STEM Corridor Program,
Creighton University,
4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Non-Native Chemistry of Metalloenzymes
Nathaniel Goldberg,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,