Institute Calendar
May 2022
Monday, May 9th, 2022
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Cornelis Wiersma Visiting Professor of Neurobiology Seminar
Inhibitory engrams and the flexible control of cognition.
Mani Ramaswami,
Professor of Neurogenetics and Director, Trinity Institute of Neurosciences (TCIN),
Trinity College Dublin,
4:00pm
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H. B. Keller Colloquium Series
A Nonparametric Probabilistic Method for Physics-Based Data-Driven Modeling, Uncertainty Quantification, and Digital Twinning
Charbel Farhat,
Vivian Church Hoff Professor of Aircraft Structures & Chairman of the,
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
An experimental overview of effective field theory exploration at the LHC
Saptaparna Bhattacharya,
Northwestern University,
Tuesday, May 10th, 2022
9:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Detecting Small Signals: Near-Infrared Studies of Substellar Companions
Camillus F. Buzard,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA/USC Joint Analysis Seminar
Online Event
The existence of Prandtl-Batchelor flows on disk and annulus
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Extreme Complex Mixture Analysis in Space and in the Laboratory
Michael McCarthy,
Deputy Director; Interim Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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Colloquium Talk
Online Event
Learning Math is Not a Spectator Sport
Maria Andersen,
Core Adjunct Faculty, Westminster College,
4:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
New Insights on Planet Formation from Recent TESS Discoveries
Fei Dai,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate,
Planetary Science,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
To Fight or to Govern? Political Capital and Electoral Competition
Congyi Zhou,
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
New York University,
6:45pm
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Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
The number of ergodic models of an infinitary sentence
Rehana Patel,
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences,
2:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Astrophysical Lessons from LIGO-Virgo's Black Holes
Maya Fishbach,
NASA Einstein Fellow,
CIERA,
Northwestern University,
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Elastic and inelastic collisions, probed with transient sub-Doppler spectroscopy"
Gregory Hall,
Sr. Chemist Emeritus,
Chemistry,
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Caltech's Energy Transition
John Onderdonk,
Interim Associate Vice President for Facilities,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Bismuth Redox Catalysis
Josep Cornella,
Research Group Leader,
Department of Organometallic Chemistry,
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Partisan Traps
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita,
Sydney Stein Professor and Deputy Dean at the Harris School of Public Policy,
University of Chicago,
5:00pm
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Watson Lecture: What Entanglement Can Tell Us About Our World
Online and In-Person Event
Scott K. Cushing,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Thursday, May 12th, 2022
10:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Investigating the Mechanism of Nitrogenase Reduction with Proton Inventory Studies
Siobhan MacArdle,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Poroelastic Spherical Indentation for Material Characterization
Haiying Huang,
Associate Professor,
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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Caltech Bioscience Futures Day – Keynote
"My Journey to Democratizing Healthcare"
Vicky Demas,
CEO of Tesseract,
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
"Developing Improved Acoustic Reporter Genes for Non-invasive Continuous Ultrasound Imaging of Mammalian Cellular Activity in vivo"
Mengtong (Tom) Duan,
(Shapiro Group),
3:00pm
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EE Devices Seminar - Demetrios Christodoulides
Optical thermodynamics of nonlinear highly multimode systems
3:00pm
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MedE Ph.D. Defense, Vincenzo Costanza
Online and In-Person Event
Thermally Responsive Polymers for Wearable Calorimeters
Vincenzo Costanza,
Medical Engineering PhD Student,
Medical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
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Finance Seminar
The Impact of ETF Index Inclusion on Stock Prices
John Duffy,
Professor of Economics,
UC Irvine,
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Geology Club Seminar
GPS Outreach-Outdoors: 2 years of progress in inclusive field-based educational outreach
GPS Outreach-Outdoors,
Caltech,
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Physics Colloquium - CANCELED
Online and In-Person Event
Towards a theory of strange quantum metals
Senthil Todadri,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, May 13th, 2022
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CTLO Director Candidate Presentation
Fostering a reflective mindset
Michele DiPietro, PhD,
Executive Director, Faculty Development and Recognition,
Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning,
Kennesaw State University,
11:00am
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Elucidating Metalloenzyme Mechanisms Through Protein-Based Models.
Hannah S. Shafaat,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
The Ohio State University,
12:15pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Encoded Silicon Qubits: A High-Performance & Scalable Platform for Quantum Computing
1:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Do current pollution monitoring networks give a false sense of security? First results from the world's largest dense sensor network
Matthew S. Johnson,
Professor, American atmospheric chemistry scientist,
Chemistry,
University of Copenhagen,
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