Institute Calendar
November 2025
Monday, November 10th, 2025
3:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
A Radical Approach: Paramagnetic Nickel and Palladium Species in Organometallic Catalysis
Liviu M. Mirica,
William H. and Janet G. Lycan Professor of the School of Chemical Sciences,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Tracing the Invisible: M31's Halo Revealed by FRB Dispersion/Algorithms for pulsar detection in gamma-rays and radio
Lordrick Kahinga,
Graduate Student,
University of California, Santa Cruz; University of Dodoma, Tanzania,
Barak Zackay,
Assistant Professor,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
"Finding an answer to the 'phosphate problem of the origin of life'"
David Catling,
Professor of Earth and Space Sciences,
College of the Environment,
University of Washington,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Stein-Log-Sobolev inequalities for the continuous Stein variational gradient descent method
Jose Carrillo,
Professor of the Analysis of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations,
Mathematical Institute,
University of Oxford,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Cosmology of dark forces: strong limits and 𝜈 effects
Erwin Tanin,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
From phason mass to the magneto-chiral instability: THz nonlinear electrodynamics of collective excitations in solids
Professor Fahad Mahmood,
Assistant Professor,
Condensed Matter Physics,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Writers in Residence Program
When We Were Real
Daryl Gregory,
American science fiction, fantasy and comic book author,
- Public Event
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2025
All Day
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9:00am
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11:00am
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10:30am
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12:00pm
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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
Automated Conjecturing and Discovery in Mathematics
Randy Davila,
Lecturer,
Department of Computational Applied Mathematics & Operations Research,
Rice University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Formation and dissociation of hydrocarbons under interstellar conditions
Jordy Bouwman,
Assistant Professor of Cosmochemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Kepler's Legacy: Planet formation as revealed by orbital dynamics and planetary system architectures
Greg Gilbert,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Mathematics Colloquium
Where can free waves concentrate?
Ruixiang Zhang,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California - Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Neural Nets as a Model of "Knowing How"
Kenny Easwaran,
Associate Professor of Philosophy,
University of California, Irvine,
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2025
10:30am
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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
A Black Hole Airy Tail
Pratik Rath,
UC Berkeley,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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12:50pm
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1:00pm
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Logic Seminar
Online Event
Minimal Subdynamics: Descriptive ideas about Dynamical Questions
Josh Frisch,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
University of California - San Diego,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar
Earthquake clustering and stress inversion in the Mendocino Triple Junction region
Yu-Fang Hsu,
Graduate Student,
University of Southern California,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
Characterizing exoplanet atmospheres and protostellar mass flows with JWST
Tom Greene,
Research Professor of Astronomy; Executive Director IPAC,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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EE Devices Seminar
Body Area Network – Connecting and Powering Things Together Around the Body
Jerald Yoo,
Associate Professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Seoul National University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Field-Based Evaluation of Regional Climate Model Fidelity for Meltwater Infiltration in Greenland Firn
Joel Harper,
University of Montana,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Fold-transversal surface code cultivation
Kaavya Sahay,
Yale,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Extreme environment materials testing: thermochemical life prediction and improved material design
Elizabeth Opila,
Department Chair, Rolls Royce Commonwealth Professor of Engineering,
Materials Science and Engineering,
University of Virginia,
Thursday, November 13th, 2025
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
"Chaos in "Confinement: Using Polymers to Mix Fluids and Speed Up Chemical Reactions in Porous Media"
Sujit Datta,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"In situ imaging of metastasis dynamics using acoustic reporter genes"
Pierina Barturen-Larrea,
Graduate Student,
Shapiro Group,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Matrix points on varieties
Yifan Wei,
PhD Student,
Department of Mathematics,
UW-Madison,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
An area law for metastable states
Chi Fang (Anthony) Chen,
Simons Postdoctoral Scholar,
UC Berkeley,
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Designing with protein building blocks: Engineering protein superstructures for people and planet
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra and Geometry Seminar
Hodge-theoretic open/closed correspondence and integral structures
Song Yu,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Yan Mathematical Sciences Center,
Tsinghua University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Chunlei Liu
Remote Magnetic Activation of Endogenous Ion Channels
Chunlei Liu, PhD,
Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, and the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar
Local and global biases of modular forms
Kimball Martin,
Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
Osaka Metropolitan University and University of Oklahoma,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
The quest to improve Gravitational wave detection, parameter inference algorithms, and multi-messenger astrophysics
Barak Zackay,
Professor,
Department of Particle Physics and Astrophysics,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar
Structural and mechanistic insight into the eukaryotic protein N-glycosylation machinery
Friday, November 14th, 2025
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Algebras and Emergence of Time: global physics from a local state
Nima Lashkari,
Purdue University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:30pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
Quantum Error Correction in Nearly Critical Toric Codes
Zack Weinstein,
IQIM Postdoctoral Scholar, Alicea Group,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
From Gravitational Wave Bursts to Binary Dynamics: Unlocking the Astrophysics of Eccentric Sources
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium
Andres Goza,
Assistant Professor,
Aerospace Engineering,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar
Beck-Fiala and Komlós Bounds Beyond Banaszczyk
Haotian Jiang,
Assistant Professor,
Computer Science Department,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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CGSC Industry Seminar 2.0
Dr. Yongchao Su,
Senior Principal Scientist, Editor-in-chief, AAPS Open (Springer Nature),
Merck,
Dr. Laura Blue,
Director,
CMC,
Amgen,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Effects of Glacial Forcing on Plate Motion and Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading
Tao Yuan,
University of Colorado,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, November 15th, 2025
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Sunday, November 16th, 2025
12:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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Monday, November 17th, 2025
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar
Magnetic Refrigerants for Sustainable Cooling
Elena Priesen Reis,
Graduate student, Fultz Lab,
Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Tea Talk
Rains & Quakes in 3D Massive Stars: First Light of the AREPO-Star Project
Jing-ze Ma,
PhD Student at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Reconstructing Earth's early subaerial environments via process-informed comparative sedimentology
Mathieu Lapôtre,
Assistant Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and, by courtesy, of Geophysics and of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Earth & Planetary Sciences,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
The Open Effective Field Theory of Inflation
Santiago Agüí-Salcedo,
University of Chicago,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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