Events
May 2012
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
5:30pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
8:00am
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5/8
5:00pm
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1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Thesis Seminar
Fighting Dengue in the Mosquito
Kelly Matzen,
graduate student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Multiple constraints on net community production and its regulating factors in the Southern Ocean
Nicolas Cassar,
Assistant Professor,
Earth and Ocean Sciences,
Duke University,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Surface Engineering in Nano-Fabrication, Catalysis, and Energy Conversion
Sundeep Mukherjee,
Yale University,
Friday, May 4th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Synthesis and Polymerization Behavior of Asymmetric Group IV Phenoxide(pyridine)anilide Complexes
Rachel Klet,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 7th, 2012
11:00am
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12:00pm
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DNA-mediated Charge Transport in a Biological Context: Cooperation Among Metalloproteins to Find Lesions in the Genome
DNA-mediated Charge Transport in a Biological Context: Cooperation Among Metalloproteins to Find Lesions in the Genome
Pamela Sontz,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Barton Group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
DNA-mediated Charge Transport in a Biological Context: Cooperation Among Metalloproteins to Find Lesions in the Genome
Pamela Sontz,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Barton Group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
The Design, Synthesis, and Application of Ruthenium Metathesis Catalysts for the Preparation of Small Molecules and Polymers
Renee Thomas,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Grubbs group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Functional Analogues of the FeFe Hydrogenases with an Emphasis on Hydride Intermediates
Thomas B. Rauchfuss,
professor of chemistry,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Classification of Sub-10 nm Aerosol: Theory, Instrument Development, and Experiment
Andrew Downard,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
3:30pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Mixed Functionality Semiconductor Surfaces
Leslie O'Leary,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Lewis group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Chlorophyll fluorescence from space, new avenues in carbon cycle research
Christian Frankenberg,
Scientist,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Thursday, May 10th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Mechanisms of allosteric control in the EGF receptor
John Kuriyan,
Chancellor's Professor,
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology & 
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
Friday, May 11th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Brush Polymers for Optoelectronic Devices
Raymond Weitekamp,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 14th, 2012
9:00am
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9:01am
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Mechanics-based self-organization of cell shapes and tubular patterns
Chin-Lin Guo,
Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics,
Bioengineering Option,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Correlation of Electronic Structure to Reactivity in Organometallic Catalysis and Polynuclear Small Molecule Activation
Theodore Betley,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Ab initio Modeling of CO2 Reduction and CO2 Capture
Laura Gagliardi,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Minnesota,
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Aldrich Lecture
A General Method for Controlling Site-, Regio- and Stereoselectivity
Kian L. Tan,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
Boston College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Perihuman aerosol science: UFPs, SVOCs, and the indoor microbiome
William Nazaroff,
Daniel Tellep Distinguished Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Berkley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
POLYMER DEFORMATION DURING NANOSTRUCTURE FABRICATION BY MECHANICAL PROCESSING
Graham Cross,
CRANN Institute and School of Physics,
Trinity College Dublin,
Thursday, May 17th, 2012
10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Atmospheric Black Carbon: Measurements in the Los Angeles Atmosphere and Aging by Condensation of Organic Aerosol
Andrew Metcalf,
Graduate student ,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Towards Hybrid Human-Machine Vision Systems: Image Annotation using Crowds, Experts and Machines
Peter Welinder,
graduate student,
Compuation & Neural Systems,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Targeting tumors and the kidney with siRNA nanoparticles
Jonathan Eric Zuckerman,
BMB graduate student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Establishing a genetic and exogenous toolbox for studying multiple stages of vertebrate development in vivo
William Dempsey,
Bioengineering Option,
California Institute of Technology,
Friday, May 18th, 2012
8:00am
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5:00pm
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10:00am
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11:00am
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Thesis Seminar
Mechanistic Insights into Alkane C-H Activation and Functionalization by Metal Oxide Surfaces and Organometallic Complexes
Mu-Jeng Cheng,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Goddard group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy, Kinetics, and Quantum Chemistry of Atmospherically Relevant Reactions
Matthew Sprague,
Graduate Student in Chemistry, Okumura Group,
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
The Development of RNA-Based Control Systems to Regulate Signaling and Dictate Cell Fate in Model MAPK Pathway
Katie Galloway,
graduate student,
chemical engineering,
california institute of technology,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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Chemistry Club Seminar
Photoionization, photodissociation or ultrafast relaxation? How aqueous aromatics deal with a UV photon.
Stephen Bradforth,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Monday, May 21st, 2012
2:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thesis Seminar
Neural Patterns Similarity and Visual Perception
Jonathan Harel,
Computation & Neural Systems,
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Promoting Chemistry With External Force: Covalent Mechanochemistry with First Principles Molecular Dynamics on Graphical Processing Units
Todd J. Martinez,
Professor of Chemistry and Professor of S.L.A.C. Photon Science,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
8:00am
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5:00pm
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2:00pm
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Materials Research Lecture
Phase Transitions and Domain Structures in Ferroelectric Thin Films
Long-Qing Chen,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Pennsylvania State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Ocean Circulation, Ice Volume, and CO2 in the Late Pleistocene
Lorraine Lisiecki,
Professor,
Earth Sciences,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, May 24th, 2012
8:00am
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Ongoing
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Friday, May 25th, 2012
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Novel Approaches to Cleavage of Lignin-Related C-O Bonds
Alexey Fedorov,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, May 28th, 2012
8:00am
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
The Ugly, the Soft, and the Elastic: Short Stories on Particle Self-Assembly
Angelo Cacciuto,
Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Columbia University,
Thursday, May 31st, 2012
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
Electrospun nanofibrous protein-polymer scaffolds for the promotion of scar-free corneal wound healing
Amy Fu,
PhD candidate, Kornfield Group,
Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,