Institute Calendar
October 2025
Friday, October 10th, 2025
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Horizon Edge Modes in Λ > 0 Quantum Gravity
Albert Law,
Stanford University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Prethermal dynamical regimes and resonant melting in quenched quantum matter
Alexey Khudorozhkov,
Boston University,
1:00pm
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5:30pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Energy Operators in Particle Physics, QFT, and Gravity
Ian Moult,
Yale University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
The fluid-structure interaction of nanoparticles
John Sader,
Research Professor,
Aerospace & Applied Physics,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:45pm
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5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Understanding Ir(III) Photosensitizer Structure-Activity Relationships with High-Throughput Experimentation."
Stephen DiLuzio,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Hadt Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Understanding subduction zone earthquake cycles in a viscoelastic Earth
Kelin Wang,
Adjunct Professor,
School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria,
Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada,
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, October 11th, 2025
10:00am
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2:00pm
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10:00am
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5:00pm
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Sunday, October 12th, 2025
10:00am
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5:00pm
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Monday, October 13th, 2025
All Day
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10:00am
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4:30pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Homogeneous Catalysis for the Use of Less-Utilized Resources
Kyoko Nozaki,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Energy,
The University of Tokyo,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Icy ocean worlds -- from the surface to the interior
Wanying Kang,
Homer A. Burnell Career Development Professor, Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Department of Earth, Atmospheric + Planetary Sciences,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Mathematics and AI
Sergei G. Gukov,
Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics,
The Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
9:00am
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11:00am
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4:00pm
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10:00am
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4:30pm
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar
Action Gaps and Advantages in Continuous-Time Distributional Reinforcement Learning
Yash Jhaveri,
Postdoctoral Associate,
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science,
Rutgers University–Newark,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Detecting the First Hydration Shell Structures of Biopolymers
Elsa Yan,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Yale University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
From Signal to Structure: Statistical Thinking for Planetary and Astrobiological Discovery
Gideon Yoffe,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Topic to be announced
Phil Haile,
Professor of Economics,
Yale University,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Launch of the Linde Center BioPolicy Initiative
Biology as a Cultural, Political, & Strategic Domain
Drew Endy,
Hoover Institution Science and Senior Fellow and Martin Family Fellow in Undergraduate Education for Bioengineering at Stanford University,
Wednesday, October 15th, 2025
10:00am
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4:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The soft physics of amplitudes in background fields
Sonja Klisch,
Perimeter Institute,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar
Quasi-periodic repeating earthquakes may follow normal cubic scaling law as regular earthquakes
Binhao Wang,
Graduate Student,
University of Southern California,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mind the Carbon Gap: Bridging Observations and Process-Based Understanding for Land Surface Modeling Innovation
Renato Braghiere,
Caltech/JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Corinne Packard,
Professor,
Chemical Engineering & Materials Science,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Syntheses Lecture
Carbohydrates: Preventing PreTerm Birth and Breaking Strong Bonds
Steven D. Townsend,
Stevenson Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Vanderbilt University,
- Internal Event
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
9:00am
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10/17
5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Carnegie Faculty Associate Seminar - Adrien Burlacot
How cells maintain a healthy and productive energetic balance in dynamic environments?
Adrien Burlacot,
Staff Associate,
Biosphere Science and Engineering Division,
Carnegie Science,
10:00am
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12:00pm
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10:16am
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1:00pm
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11:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Compression-Driven Gas-Liquid Displacement"
Chris MacMinn,
Professor,
Department of Engineering Science,
University of Oxford,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Dynamic Low-complexity Domain Interactions Mediate Pathological Transcription Factor Hub Formation in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma"
Yanghao Zhong,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chong group,
12:00pm
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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4:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Topic to be announced
Ran Abramitzky,
Stanford Federal Credit Union Professor of Economic,
Stanford University,
Friday, October 17th, 2025
8:00am
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8:00pm
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8:00am
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10:00am
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4:30pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Triangulating Quantum Gravity in AdS_3
Tom Hartman,
Cornell University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Engineering Coupled Quantum Interfaces for Superconducting Quantum Technologies
Hung-Yu Yang,
UCLA,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Roberto Tejada Arevalo,
Graduate Student,
Department of Astrophysical Sciences,
Princeton University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, October 18th, 2025
8:00am
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8:00pm
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