Events
November 2026
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11/3
11:59pm
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Converting quantitative sequencing data to a universal and timeless format for AI model training and deployment
Matthew Cooper,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Coherent Nonlinear Magnonics: Energy Transfer and Wave Mixing Between Collective Spin Excitations
Edoardo Baldini,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics,
The University of Texas at Austin,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Oxidation Products as Diagnostics of Emissions and Photochemistry Across East and Southeast Asia
Katherine Ball,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Forest Degradation in the Brazilian Amazon
Michael Keller,
Distinguished Visiting Scientist at JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Total Synthesis of Quinone-related Natural Products: Chemistry of Redox Reaction of Quinones
Thursday, November 5th, 2026
12:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Decoding the 3-OS Writers of the Heparan Sulfate Sulfation Code
John Chapman,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry (Hsieh-Wilson Lab),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
"Ab initio-driven machine-learning models for aqueous systems and molten salts'
Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos,
Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Princeton University,
Friday, November 6th, 2026
9:00am
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5:00pm
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2:30pm
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3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Noninvasive Acoustic Control of Cellular Functions in Deep Tissue
Hao Shen,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry (Shapiro Lab),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Joe Edgecomb, Postdoctoral Researcher (Peters Group),
Leveraging Potent Photoreductants in Organic Synthesis,
Monday, November 9th, 2026
9:00am
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11/10
9:00am
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Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
1:30pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The never-ending pursuit of OH radical: Its formation via carbonyl photolysis and reactions with SO2 and HNO3.
A.R. ( Ravi) Ravishankara,
Professor of Chemistry,
Departments of Chemistry and Atmospheric Science,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Rosen Center Seminar: Erika DeBenedictis, Pioneer Labs
Terraforming Mars as a Bioengineering Problem
Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
You Are What You Breathe and Eat: Linking Chemical Exposure and Molecular Responses
Erin Baker,
Professor, Director of Graduate Studies,
Department of Chemistry,
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:15pm
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Applied Physics and Materials Science Seminar Series
Tuning Light with Materials and Materials with Light
Felipe H. da Jornada,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Stanford University,
Thursday, November 12th, 2026
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar
"Ingredients for the secret sauce of flies" and "From foe to friend: rove beetles and the chemosensory basis of ant host-seeking behaviors"
Friday, November 13th, 2026
11:00am
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Saturday, November 14th, 2026
10:00am
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1:00pm
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Monday, November 16th, 2026
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Special ChE Seminar
Active Polymers in Porous Media: Activity-Driven Conformational and Transport Dynamics
Rajarshi Chakrabarti,
Professor,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Marcus Center Special Seminar
Influence Functional Methods for Phonon-Induced Renormalization of Exciton Binding in Semiconductors
Rohit Rana,
Graduate Student (Limmer Group),
Department of Chemistry,
UC Berkeley,
Tuesday, November 17th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Elucidating Charge, Spin, and Solvation Dynamics at Electrochemical Interfaces
L. Robert Baker,
Phyllis and Richard Leet Endowed Chair,
Department of Chemistry,
The Ohio State University,
Wednesday, November 18th, 2026
12:00am
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11/19
12:00am
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Nonlinear Optical Sources for Quantum-Enhanced Spectroscopy
Ricardo Tolentino,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry (Cushing Group),
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Reevaluating Arctic Amplification and Climate Sensitivity Across Climates from Snowball Earth to an Ice-Free Hothouse
Ian Eisenman,
Professor,
Scripps Institution of Oceanograpy,
UC San Diego,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Marisa C. Kozlowski,
Ponzy Lu Endowed Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Pennsylvania,
Thursday, November 19th, 2026
12:00am
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10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Information-efficient representations for genomics data
Nikhila Swarna,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering
"Cellular Electrochemistry Powered by Phase Transitions"
Friday, November 20th, 2026
10:00am
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11:00am
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Special ChE Seminar
"Marangoni-Driven Flows and Instabilities: From Droplets to Interfaces"
Hyoungsoo Kim,
Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
KAIST,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Thursday, November 26th, 2026
12:00am
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11/27
11:59pm
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Monday, November 30th, 2026
8:00am
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Ongoing
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