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Thursday, May 21st, 2026
Wednesday, May 27th, 2026
10:30am 11:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Reductive C-C Bond Construction Strategies by Samarium and Nickel Catalysis
Chungkeun Shin, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Reisman Group), Caltech,
1:00pm 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Decoding the dynamics and regulation of endogenous transcription factor hubs
Shawn Yoshida, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
1:30pm 2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Development of Strategies for Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Couplings
Angel Hernandez-Mejias, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Reisman Group), Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Microbial Niches Govern N₂O Cycling in Marine Oxygen Minimum Zones
Daniel McCoy, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biosphere Sciences & Engineering Global Ecology, Carnegie Science,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Tuning Order and Disorder in Itinerant Magnetic Systems: Case of Intercalated Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Efrain E. Rodriguez, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering

From Electronics Skin to NeuroString
Zhenan Bao, K. K. Lee Professor, Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Professor, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering, of Chemistry, and of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University,
Thursday, May 28th, 2026
1:00pm 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Electron Spin-based Quantum Sensing in Biomolecular Systems
Christian Totoiu, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering (Hadt Lab), Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering

Skin-inspired Electronic Polymer Design
Zhenan Bao, K. K. Lee Professor, Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Professor, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering, of Chemistry, and of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University,
Friday, May 29th, 2026
8:00am 9:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Computational Design of Protein-Based Biosensors for Nicotine
Nick Friesenhahn, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering (Mayo Lab), Caltech,
1:30pm 2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Engineering Ultrasonic Reporters for Imaging Various Cellular Enzyme Activity
Jee Won Yang, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering (Shapiro Group), Caltech,
Saturday, May 30th, 2026
Monday, June 1st, 2026
3:00pm 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Molecular Design of Advanced Mechanophore Scaffolds for Triggered Release
Yu Ling (Debbie) Tseng, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Robb Group), Caltech,
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
3:00pm 5:00pm
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BMS Lecture in Organic Synthesis

3 PM: Denise C. Grünenfelder, Principal Scientist, Discovery & Development Sciences, Bristol Myers Squibb,
4 PM: Shannon S. Stahl, Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin – Madison,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Despite Drastic SO2 Emission Reductions, SO2 Point Sources Continue to be Important For New-Particle Formation in the US
Jeffrey Pierce, Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University,
Thursday, June 4th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Throwback Thesis Thursday

John Brady, Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
Karthish Manthiram, Bren Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry; William H. Hurt Scholar; Executive Officer for Chemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
Friday, June 5th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Catherine Romero, Graduate Student (Peters Group), Chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, June 6th, 2026
Monday, June 8th, 2026
Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Drivers of Vertical Exchange: Near-Inertial Waves and Fronts on the Texas-Louisiana Shelf
Jamie Hilditch, Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Science, Stanford University,
Friday, June 12th, 2026
Monday, June 15th, 2026
Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Wednesday, June 17th, 2026
Wednesday, June 24th, 2026
Thursday, June 25th, 2026
12:00pm 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

"Reliability without rigidity in a learned vocal circuit" and "Human control of nitrogen fixation"
Jiahui Peng, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
Kian Faizi, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
Friday, July 10th, 2026
Tuesday, July 21st, 2026
Thursday, July 23rd, 2026
12:00pm 5:12pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

"Passive drive: Harnessing evolutionary pressure as a non-transgenic method for removing conjugative virulent plasmids" and "Sweet Talk: Bacterial small RNAs as Key Mediators of Inter-Kingdom Communication in the Bobtail Squid"
Thomas Adamo-Schmidt, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
Viridiana Avila-Magaña, Postdoctoral Associate, Carnegie Institution for Science,
Friday, August 14th, 2026
Thursday, August 20th, 2026
12:00pm 5:18pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

"Towards genetically encoding any chemical reaction"
Chenghao Liu, Postdoctoral Fellow, CCE, Caltech,
Jarrid Rector-Brooks, Graduate Student, Université de Montréal, Mila,
Tuesday, September 1st, 2026
Friday, September 11th, 2026
Thursday, September 17th, 2026
Saturday, September 19th, 2026
Sunday, September 20th, 2026