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Thursday, February 19th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

"The Inherent Resilience of Large Cities to Natural Hazards: Records, Evidence and Predictions"
Nicos Makris, Professor of Structures and Mechanics, Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Methodist University,
11:00am 12:30pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

In Situ Spectroscopic Studies of Electrolyte and Organic Film Effects on Electrochemical CO2 Reduction
Madeline Hicks, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

"One genome, many phenotypes: evolutionary insights from complex traits in ants"
Megan Barkdull, Assistant Curator, Entomology, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series, Colin Cook, PhD

Crowded at the bottom: high-density, scalable production of cell and gene therapies in respiring bioreactors
Colin Cook, PhD (Caltech MedE 2019), Technical Founder and Chief Technology Officer, XDEMICS Corporation,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

A new case of the Harris-Viehmann conjecture
Sandra Nair, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Yuri Levin, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Columbia University,
Friday, February 20th, 2026
11:00am 3:00pm
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ChE Panel & Research Talks

Naga Phani Aetukuri, Associate Professor, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), Indian Institute of Science — Bengaluru,
Sai Gautam Gopalakrishnan, Associate Professor, Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science — Bengaluru,
Srinivasan Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology — Bombay,
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Exact Path Integral Methods in AdS$_2\times \mathbf{S}^2$ and Non-Perturbative Black Holes
Alberto Castellano, University of Chicago,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Testing the quantumness of gravity "ab absurdo"
Emanuele Panella, University of Rome Tor Vergata,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar (1/2)

Widths, Index, Intersection, and Isospectrality
Jared Marx-Kuo, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Rice University,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Manipulating Spectral Energy Flux in Turbulent Flows: Applications and Implications Across Scales
Lei Fang, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar (2/2)

Min-max constructions in noncompact manifolds
Doug Stryker, NSF Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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EE Devices Seminar

Ultra-low noise Phase-locked Loop Technique
Taekwang Jang, Associate Professor, Dept. of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

Unraveling the connection between mantle flow, lithospheric stress, faults, and rivers.
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Louis B. and Martha B. Slichter Endowed Chair in Geosciences, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles,
Saturday, February 21st, 2026
Sunday, February 22nd, 2026
Monday, February 23rd, 2026
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk

Planets in binary star systems
Thomas Baycroft, Siyuan fellow, Tsung-Dao Lee institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ernest H. Swift Lecture Series

Sustainable Production of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds
Christopher (Kit) Cummins, Henry Drefus Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Generative Design via Optimal Transport for Shape and Field Exploration
Charbel Farhat, Vivian Church Hoff Professor, School of Engineering, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Dynamical Love Numbers for Black Holes and Beyond from Shell Effective Field Theory
Dimitrios Kosmopoulos, CERN,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

Designing quantum matter with light
Daniel Kaplan, Department of Physics, Rutgers University,
Tuesday, February 24th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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Informal Chemical Physics Seminar

Towards in-vivo acousto-optic imaging of biological tissues
Dr. Maïmouna Bocoum, Researcher, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Institut Langevin ESPCI Paris Université PSL,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Miscibility of major planet forming materials at high pressure and temperature
Lars Stixrude, Professor, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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History Seminar

Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States
Emilie Connolly, Assistant Professor of History, Brandeis University,
Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
9:00am 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Utilizing Mass Transport To Enhance CO2 Conversion to Multi-Carbon Products
Matthew Salazar, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering (Agapie Lab), Caltech,
11:00am 12:00pm
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Election Science Office Hours

Online Event
Bridging the Gap: Supporting Election Stakeholders at the Intersection of Administration, Technology, and Security
Mike Moser, Founder of Moser Solutions LLC,
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Simon Knapen, LBNL, UC Berkeley,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Special QM Seminar

TBA
Liang Fu, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:30pm 1:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Jackie Caminiti, Perimeter Institute,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

Supermassive Black Holes in the Early Universe: from Luminous Quasars to the Little Red Dots
Xiaohui Fan, Regents Professor of Astronomy, Astronomer, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona,
Thursday, February 26th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

"Hydrogel Encapsulation of Sentinel Cells for Noninvasive Ultrasound Imaging of Inflammation"
Elizabeth (Liz) Hughes, Graduate Student, Shapiro Group,
3:30pm 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Autonomous learning and design of proteins
Philip Romero, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

ZAK activation at the colliding ribosome
Rachel Green, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
First-Principles AI for Quantum Matter
Liang Fu, Professor of Physics, Condensed matter Theory, MIT,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Theodore Y. Wu and Chin-Hua Wu Lecture

How to Improve the Performance of an Airtanker Drop
Dominique Legendre, Professor, Fluid Mechanics, Toulouse INP, National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse,
Friday, February 27th, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Veronika Hubeny, UC Davis,
11:00am 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Katelyn Radford, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Senrui Chen, IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, Preskill group,
3:00pm 4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium

Behcet Acikmese, Professor, Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

Zhigang Peng, Professor of Geophysics, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology,
8:00pm 10:00pm
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Stargazing Lecture

Revealing the Primordial Universe Through Its Oldest Light
W. L. Kimmy Wu, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Caltech,
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Saturday, February 28th, 2026
Sunday, March 1st, 2026