Institute Calendar
April 2020
Friday, April 10th, 2020
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GALCIT Colloquium
Online Event
Overview of the hypersonic boundary-layer transition (BOLT) flight experiment
Daniel Araya,
Senior Aerospace Engineer,
Applied Physics Laboratory,
Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Christian Marinelli Johansen,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture
Online Event
The Circumgalactic Medium: The Gas Around Galaxies
Yuguang Chen,
PhD Candidiate,
Department of Astronomy,
Caltech,
- Public Event
Saturday, April 11th, 2020
1:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, April 13th, 2020
11:00am
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4/17
4:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:15pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Imaging and Modelling the Yellowstone Plume
Stephen Grand,
Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences,
Shell Companies Foundation Centennial Chair in Geophysics,
University of Texas at Austin,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: High Energy Physics Seminar
Learning Cosmology from the First Starts
Julian Muñoz,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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General Biology Seminar via Zoom
Online Event
"Sensing Inside and Outside: How Does the Brain Regulate Body Fluid Balance?"
Yuki Oka,
Assistant Professor of Biology and Chen Scholar,
Division of Biology and Biological Engineering,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 14th, 2020
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: General Biology Seminar
Chris Doe,
Professor,
Institute of Neuroscience,
University of Oregon,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Gravitational-Wave Research Seminar
The A+ upgrade to the LIGO Interferometers: Progress in two acts
GariLynn Billingsley,
A+ Deputy Project Leader, LIGO Laboratory,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dix Planetary Science Seminar
Online Event
Water on the Moon and the new Smallsat Mission Lunar Trailbl
Bethany Ehlmann,
Professor,
Planetary Science,
Caltech,
- Internal Event
Wednesday, April 15th, 2020
10:00am
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3:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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TCS+ Talk
Online Event
CANCELED: NP-Hardness of Circuit Minimization for Multi-Output Functions
Rahul Ilango,
Graduate Student,
MIT,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Visual Culture Program
This seminar has been canceled.
elin o'Hara slavick,
Distinguished Term Professor, Department of Art and Art History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Online Event
Redistribution Through Markets
Scott Duke Kominers,
Associate Professor of Business Administration,
Entrepreneurial Management Unit,
Harvard Business School,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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2:00pm
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2:15pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Astronomy Colloquium
TBD
Amina Helmi,
Professor of Dynamics, Structure and Evolution of the Milky Way,
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute,
University of Groningen,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Materials Science Research Lecture
Martin Harmer,
Alcoa Foundation Professor Senior Faculty Adviser for Engineering Research Initiatives,
Lehigh University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Organic Chemistry Seminar
Expanding the Chemical Toolbox for Acoustic-based Imaging
Jefferson Chan,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
This seminar has been canceled.
Peter Arcidiacono,
Professor of Economics,
Duke University,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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6:30pm
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7:30pm
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Thursday, April 16th, 2020
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Online Event
Laser Based New Materials Design and Manufacturing: Integration of Nano/Micro Functional Structures
Xining Zang,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:00pm
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2:15pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Biochemistry Seminar
CANCELED: Infectious diseases and drug resistance: Insights from structural biology
Filippo Mancia,
Associate Professor of Physiology & Cellular Biophysics,
Columbia University Medical Center,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
This seminar has been canceled.
Tim Maudlin,
Professor of Philosophy,
New York University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:00pm
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8:30pm
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von Kármán Lecture - How NASA Observes Earth from Air & Orbit
Online Event
Paul Rosen,
Project Scientist,
NISAR mission,
NASA-JPL,
- Public Event
Friday, April 17th, 2020
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online Event
Towards the geometric picture for gravity amplitudes
Jaroslav Trnka,
UC Davis,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Online Event
Predicting Many Properties of a Quantum System from Very Few Measurements
Hsin-Yuan (Robert) Huang,
Graduate student,
Vidick/Preskill group,
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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2:15pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Online Event
Michael Ortiz,
Frank and Ora Lee Marble Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering,
GALCIT,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Reaction Mechanism, Origins of Enantioselectivity, and Reactivity Trends in Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Alkylation
Alexander (Alex) Cusumano,
Graduate Student,
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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5:45pm
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Chen Institute Virtual Seminar
Online Event
The Invisible Predator: Fear and Anxiety in the Age of COVID-19
Dean Mobbs,
Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Chen Scholar,
Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
- Public Event
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Saturday, April 18th, 2020
12:30pm
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2:30pm
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2:00pm
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4:30pm
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● POSTPONED: Wedding Photography on Campus: Ter-Nshanian Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
4:45pm
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6:45pm
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● POSTPONED: Wedding Photography on Campus: Periyan Wedding Party
Sites designated as approved for commercial still photography
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Monday, April 20th, 2020
11:00am
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4/24
4:00pm
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12:00pm
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4/26
11:00pm
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5:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Melanie Barboni,
Assistant Professor,
School of Earth and Space Exploration,
Arizona State University,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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▶︎ CANCELED: Exploration: The Globe and Beyond
This seminar has been canceled.
Alan Stern,
Planetary Scientist,
Southwest Research Institute,
- Public Event
Tuesday, April 21st, 2020
10:30am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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