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Thursday, May 22nd, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Flow physics drives adaptations in single and colonial eukaryotes
Eva Kanso, Professor, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California (USC),
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Modern analogs and the (unlikely) paucity of pre-vegetation meandering rivers
Michael Hasson, Ph.D. Candidate in Geological Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Diophantine problems arising from tetrahedra
Christopher Lyons, Department of Mathematics, California State University, Fullerton,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Uncovering mechanisms of RNA transport
Vihandha Wickramasinghe, Professor, Laboratory Head, Genetics and Gene Regulation, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research,
5:00pm – 8:00pm
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Celebration of Excellence

Dabney Hall, Garden of the Associates
Friday, May 23rd, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Ning Bao, Northeastern University,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Influence of the dark first structures
M. Sten Delos, Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Theoretical Astrophysics Center, Carnegie Observatories,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
From phase transitions to minimal submanifolds in low codimensions
Davide Parise, Mathematics Department, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Divergent Catalysis: Dissolving Metal-Type Reductions Under Sm(II/III) Catalysis
Nathan Friede, Graduate Student (Reisman Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 254
Dave May, Associate Professor of Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego,
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Chamber Music Concert

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event
Saturday, May 24th, 2025
9:00am – 1:00pm
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Prepared Pasadena - Community Training on Disaster Preparedness

Chen 100
Monday, May 26th, 2025
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information
Tuesday, May 27th, 2025
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
TBA
Oliver Tse, Associate Professor, Applied Analysis group of the Centre for Analysis, Scientific computing and Applications (CASA), Eindhoven University of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
The Behavioral Foundations of Model Misspecification
Aislinn Bohren, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
"Towards ab initio simulations of driven and non-equilibrium systems through novel theoretical and numerical approaches
Vojtech Vlcek, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365
Tony Yap, Graduate Student, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
Jonathan Gomez-Barrientos, Graduate Student, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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History and Philosophy of Science Seminar (cross-listed with the LCSSP series)

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
All Learning is Generative
Boris Babic, Associate Professor of Data Science, Philosophy, and Law, University of Hong Kong,
Wednesday, May 28th, 2025
10:00am – 11:00am
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Consciousness & Reality (C&R) Colloquium 2024-25 Series UNCONSCIOUSNESS: INSIGHTS INTO CONSCIOUSNESS

Online Event
10:00am – 11:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Marta Gonzalvo I Ulla, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Victor Ivo, Princeton University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

South Mudd 254
Yihe Huang, Associate Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan,
3:00pm – 4:15pm
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Lab Safety Orientation Training

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Joshua Winn, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Harnessing microbiomes in a changing climate
Steve Allison, University of California Irvine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Exploiting automatic image processing and in-situ transmission electron microscopy to understand the stability of supported nanoparticles
Erich Stach, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering; Director of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter; Scientific Director of the Singh Center for Nanotechnology, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Development and Applications of New Synthetic Strategies for Polymer Science
Brett Fors, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University,
  • Internal Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
A Theory of Electoral Turnout Based on Free-Riding Aversion
Laurent Bouton, Professor of Economics, Georgetown University,
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Tracy Drain: Europa Clipper - The Adventure Begins!

Beckman Auditorium
  • Public Event
Thursday, May 29th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
A non-ergodic ground motion model for the Groningen, Netherlands: Merging physics-based and recorded data
Grigorios (Greg) Lavrentiadis, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate, Civil Engineering, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
"Synthetic Protein Circuits: From Fundamentals to Therapeutics"
Shiyu Xia, Postdoctoral Scholar, Elowitz Group,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Precision QCD and Parton Shower matching for LHC event simulations
Christian Biello, Max-Planck Institute for Physics, Boltzmannstrasse 8, Garching bei Muenchen, Germany,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Christian Biello, Garching, Max Planck Institut,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Naming Your Beneficiaries: Why it Matters

Online Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Juan Du, Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Colloidal Science and Soft Matter Physics: The Uncredited Co-Authors of Every Microbial Biofilm
Patrick Secor, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Montana State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Emily Geyman, Graduate Student Researcher, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Visual Culture Program Event

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Human Energy: A Conversation about Art, Power, and Resource Extraction
Jessica Segall, Lecturer in Visual Culture and Spring 2025 Artist in Residence, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Brian Jacobson, Professor of Visual Culture, Caltech,
Friday, May 30th, 2025
All Day
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Last Day of Classes for Seniors and Graduate Students

8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Presenting Theses for the Degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Engineer

11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Quasinormal Corrections to Near-Extremal Black Hole Thermodynamics
Dan Kapec, Harvard University,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Caltech Postdoc L(a)unch Seminar

Caltech Hall 9th Floor
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Baxter 127
Topic to be announced
Haifeng Xu, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Data Science, University of Chicago,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Gyorgy Geher, Riverlane,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Chen 100
Eshaan Patheria, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Chen 130
Building closed-loop frameworks for AI-guided protein design
Alec Lourenço, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Catherine G. Romero, Graduate Student (Peters Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 254
Marius Millot, Research Scientist, Lawernce Livermore National Laboratory,
Saturday, May 31st, 2025
8:00am – Ongoing
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Study Period for Seniors and Graduate Students

8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Chamber Music Concert

Dabney Hall, Lounge
  • Public Event