Institute Calendar
April 2026
Thursday, April 2nd, 2026
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Synthetic Biology for Human Health: RNA Sensors, Protein Circuits, and Machine-Guided Humanization
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Sridevi V. Sarma
Still to come
Sridevi V. Sarma, PhD,
Vice Dean for graduate education of the Johns Hopkins University of the Johns Hopkins Institute for ComWhiting School of Engineering, Associate Director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Computational Medicine,
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
John Hopkins,
4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Topic to be announced
Felipe Valencia Caicedo,
Dean's Assistant Professor of Political Economy & Economics,
Brown University,
Friday, April 3rd, 2026
3:45pm
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5:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Chris Totoiu,
Graduate Student (Hadt Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Jooonho Lee,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2026
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
Dirk Bergemann,
Professor of Economics,
Yale University,
Thursday, April 9th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
James Shorter,
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics,
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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History & Visual Culture Seminar
Topic to be announced
Valerie A. Kivelson,
Thomas N. Tentler Collegiate Professor and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of History,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 14th, 2026
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Topic to be announced
Daniel Martin,
Associate Professor of Economics and Wilcox Family Chair in Entrepreneurial Economics,
UC Santa Barbara,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2026
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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Boehringer Ingelheim-Caltech Lecture
3 PM: TBD,
Boehringer Ingelheim,
4 PM: Franziska Schoenebeck,
Professor of Chemistry and Chair,
Institute of Organic Chemistry,
RWTH Aachen University,
- Internal Event
Thursday, April 16th, 2026
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Ankur Gupta,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
University of Colorado Boulder,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Angel Rubio,
Director,
Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Topic to be announced
Ruixue Jia,
Professor of Economics,
UC San Diego,
Friday, April 17th, 2026
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Sunday, April 19th, 2026
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Topic to be announced
Seth Hill,
Professor of Political Science,
UC San Diego,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
C. Rose Kennedy,
James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Rochester,
- Internal Event
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
3:30pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Nicole Steinmetz,
Professor and Vice Chair,
Aiiso Yufeng Li Family Department of Chemical and Nano Engineering,
University of California, San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Professor Xiaowei Zhuang
Still to come
Xiaowei Zhuang, PhD,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Professor of Physics,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
8:00am
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Ongoing
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian
Sarkis Mazmanian,
Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,
- Public Event
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
4:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Topic to be announced
Katherine Eriksson,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
UC Davis,