Events
October 2010
Friday, October 1st, 2010
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Tuning the Reactivity of Electron-Rich Transition Metal Centers by Lewis Acid Coordination
Marc-Etienne Moret,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Rainfall Patterns and Catchment Response during Extreme Flash Flood Events over the Dry Climate Regions of the Southeastern Mediterranean
Efrat Morin,
senior lecturer in geography,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Transition Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis of N-Heterocycles from Azides. Relationship between Mechanism and Metal
Tom G. Driver,
professor of chemistry,
The University of Illinois at Chicago,
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Friday, October 8th, 2010
11:00am
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1:30pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Creating and Destroying Inorganic Mesostructures with Light
Bryce Sadtler,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, October 11th, 2010
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
A Nanoscience Approach to Photocatalysis and Solar Cells
Thomas E. Mallouk,
professor of materials chemistry and physics,
The Pennsylvania State University,
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
From Genes to Biogeochemical Cycles: A Marine Sulfur Cycle Case Study
Naomi Marcil Levine,
postdoctoral fellow organismic and evolutionary biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Micromechanical Testing of MEMS Structures
Warren C. Oliver,
president of Nanomechanics, Inc.,
and adjunct professor,
University of Tennessee ,
Friday, October 15th, 2010
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Monday, October 18th, 2010
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
The Role of Spin in Solar Fuels Catalysis
Malcolm D. E. Forbes,
professor of chemistry,
The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
12:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Accelerating Molecular Dynamics of Rare Events
Graeme Henkelman,
associate professor of chemistry,
the University of Texas at Austin,
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Role of the Deep Ocean in Setting the Last Glacial Maximum Climate
Jess Adkins,
professor of geochemistry and global environmental science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Redox Neutral Reaction Cascades and New Concepts in Asymmetric Catalysis
Daniel Seidel,
assistant professor of chemistry,
Rutgers University,
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
10:21am
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12:00pm
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Friday, October 22nd, 2010
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Concerted Proton-Electron Transfer Reactions of Iron-Porphyrin Complexes and Organic Substrates Relevant to Biological Redox Processes
Jeffrey J. Warren,
postdoctoral scholar in chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Resnick Institute Inaugural Lecture
Extrapolating the Past v. Inventing the Future
Vinod Khosla,
Venture Capitalist,
Wednesday, October 27th, 2010
8:00am
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Ongoing
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9:00am
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Solar Rises Again at Caltech—Celebrating the Institute's Newest Solar Photovoltaic Installations
See event detail for location
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Gases and Their Masses: Using Dissolved O2 Isotopes and O2/Ar Ratios to Qualify the Pacific Ocean Biological Carbon Pump
Laurie Juranek,
research scientist,
Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (UW) and Pacific Marine Environmental Labo,
University of Washington and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminsitration,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Mechanism-Based Design and Development of Catalytic Reactions
Elizabeth R. Jarvo,
professor of chemistry,
UC Irvine,
Thursday, October 28th, 2010
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Protein-Protein Interactions of Native and Designed bZIP Transcription Factor Coiled Coils
Amy E. Keating,
associate professor of biology,
MIT,
Friday, October 29th, 2010
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Molecular Engineering of Reporters of Protein Trafficking and Interactions, and Application to the Study of Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Development
Alice Y. Ting,
associate professor of chemistry,
MIT,