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Wednesday, October 14th, 2026
10:00am – 4:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Biology Symposium

Gates Annex B122
10AM: Yael David Shternberg, Associate Member, Chemical Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
11AM: Stuart J. Conway, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UC Los Angeles,
2PM: Jin Zhang, Professor of Pharmacology, UC San Diego,
3PM: Raymond E. Moellering, Professor of Chemical Biology, University of Chicago,
Thursday, October 15th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
"Computationally-guided Miniaturization of Acoustic Reporter Genes"
Nivin N. Nyström, Postdoctoral Scholar, Shapiro Group,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Navigating In-Person Assessments as a TA

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Unravelling Specific Ion Effects in Electrochemical Nitrate Reduction: The Interplay of Interfacial Structure and Ion-specific Transport
Madeline Murphy, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Friday, October 16th, 2026
12:00am – 10/17 12:00am
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Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes

9:00am – 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Data-driven computational approaches for chemistry across scales
Vignesh Bhethanabotla, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs October 2026 Meeting

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
David Lu, Graduate Student (Peters Group),
Monday, October 19th, 2026
9:30am – 10:30am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
High-Precision Photoacoustic and Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy of the Oxygen A-Band in Support of Remote Sensing
Leah Stevenson, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Okumura Lab), Caltech,
2:15pm – 3:15pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Development of catalyst systems enabling sp3 C‒H functionalization reactions
Harunobu Mitsunuma, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University,
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Applied Physics and Materials Science Seminar Series

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
From Light to Learning: Predicting Excited-State Dynamics at the Spectroscopic Frontier
Diana Qiu, Assistant Professor, Materials Science, Yale University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
The Pyrocene: Burning Through the Earth System
Douglas Hamilton, Asst Professor Aerosol, Earth System Modelling, Wildfires, Biogeochemical Cycles, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Fat foraging: how pathogenic bacteria construct unusual cell envelopes
Laura M.K. Dassama, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University,
Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Seongmin Jang, Gradinaru Group,
Friday, October 23rd, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Philip Kocheril,
Sunday, October 25th, 2026
9:00am – 10/26 5:00pm
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ChE Symposium

Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
12:00am – 11/3 11:59pm
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Midterm Examination Period

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Leah Johnson, Principle Oceanographer, Applied Physics Laboratory, (APL), University of Washington,
Friday, October 30th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Flagan Symposium

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Broad 100
Matthew Cooper, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

South Mudd 365
Katherine Ball, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Michael Keller, Distinguished Visiting Scientist at JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
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
12:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Bioscience Industry Day 2026

Chen Breezeway
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Qinghan Hou, Goddard Group,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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CFAM (TA) Drop-In Hour

Online Event
Friday, November 6th, 2026
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Resnick Young Investigators Symposium

Resnick Sustainability Center Lobby
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Joe Edgecomb, Postdoctoral Researcher (Peters Group),
Monday, November 9th, 2026
9:00am – 11/10 9:00am
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Due Date for Midterm Grades

Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
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,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
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

Gates Annex B122
Laura Kiessling, Novartis Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, MIT,
Thursday, November 12th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

Chen 100
"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
11:00am – 2:00pm
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Surplus With A Purpose Event

San Pasqual Walk
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Green Labs November 2026 Meeting

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Erica Sutcliffe, Postdoctoral Researcher (Hadt Group),
Saturday, November 14th, 2026
10:00am – 1:00pm
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Pasadena Repair Cafe Event

San Pasqual Walk
Tuesday, November 17th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
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 – 11/19 12:00am
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Last Day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections

3:00pm – 4:00pm
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CFAM Discussion Series: AI in Today's Classroom: Discussion with Dr. Susanne Hall

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
TBD
Ian Eisenman, Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanograpy, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Marisa C. Kozlowski, Ponzy Lu Endowed Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania,
Thursday, November 19th, 2026
12:00am – 12/4 11:59pm
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Registration for Winter Term

Friday, November 20th, 2026
10:00am – 11:00am
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Special ChE Seminar

Schlinger 101
"Marangoni-Driven Flows and Instabilities: From Droplets to Interfaces"
Hyoungsoo Kim, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST,
Thursday, November 26th, 2026
12:00am – 11/27 11:59pm
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Thanksgiving (Institute holiday)

Monday, November 30th, 2026
8:00am – 12/3 12:00pm
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Marcus Center Winter School on Quantum Many-Body Simulation

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2026
12:00am – 12/3 12:00am
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Last Day of Fall Classes

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Michael Bollong, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute,
Thursday, December 3rd, 2026
12:00am – 12/6 11:59pm
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Study Period for Undergraduates (Fall)

Monday, December 7th, 2026
12:00am – 12/11 11:59pm
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Final Examinations for Fall Term

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