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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026
11:00am – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Total Synthesis of Quinone-related Natural Products: Chemistry of Redox Reaction of Quinones
Yoshio Ando, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science Tokyo,
Thursday, November 5th, 2026
3:00pm – 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 – 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
2:30pm – 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 – 5:00pm
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Monday, November 9th, 2026
Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
4:00pm – 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 – 5:00pm
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Rosen Center Seminar: Erika DeBenedictis, Pioneer Labs

Terraforming Mars as a Bioengineering Problem
Erika DeBenedictis, CEO and Founder, Pioneer Labs,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
4:00pm – 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 – 5:00pm
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Peter B. Dervan Lecture

Glycan Recognition in Health and Disease
Laura Kiessling, Novartis Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, MIT,
Thursday, November 12th, 2026
12:00pm – 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"
Michael Dickinson, Professor, BBE, Caltech,
Hayley Smihula, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
Friday, November 13th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Saturday, November 14th, 2026
Monday, November 16th, 2026
1:30pm – 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,
Tuesday, November 17th, 2026
4:00pm – 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
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

TBD
Ian Eisenman, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanograpy, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 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
10:00am – 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 – 5:00pm
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Robert W. Vaughan Lecture in Chemical Engineering

"Cellular Electrochemistry Powered by Phase Transitions"
Yifan Dai, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University,
Friday, November 20th, 2026
10:00am – 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,
Thursday, November 26th, 2026
Monday, November 30th, 2026
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Michael Bollong, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute,
Thursday, December 3rd, 2026
Monday, December 7th, 2026
Thursday, December 10th, 2026
9:00am – 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Cyrus Fiori, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

"Uranium in Ophiolites: A Vestige of Precambrian Ocean Redox,— a Prospect of Multicellular Beginning" and "Evolution of parasitism-related traits in nematodes"
Eran Funaro, Graduate Student, GPS, Caltech,
James Chieh-Hsiang Tan, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate, BBE, Caltech,
Friday, December 11th, 2026
Monday, December 14th, 2026
Wednesday, December 16th, 2026
Monday, January 4th, 2027