Events - Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Day

Week

Month

Term

February 2017

Wednesday, February 1st, 2017

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365

Arsenic mobilization in groundwater aquifiers and as removal in drinking water filters - causes and solutions for the world's largest mass poisoning

Andreas Kappler, Visiting Professor, Department of Geobiology, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)

Computational Materials Design - Concept, Implementation and Future

Charles Kuehmann, VP Materials Engineering, SpaceX and Tesla Motors,

Thursday, February 2nd, 2017

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151

HyunJu Cho, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Shan Research Group, CCE, Caltech,

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

8:00am – 2/9 5:00pm

Midterm Examination Period

Academic

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Towards Terminal High-Valent Metal-Oxo Motifs on Multimetallic Scaffolds

Graham de Ruiter, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, February 6th, 2017

9:00am – 3:00pm

Special Biochemistry Symposium

Beckman Institute Auditorium

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bioengineering Lecture

Kerckhoff 119

Design and Evolution of Enzymes

Donald Hilvert, Professor, Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, University of Zurich,

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Single-Molecule Spectroscopy with Catalysts, Conductive Polymers, and Optical Microresonators

Randall H. Goldsmith, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison,

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365

Mesoscale aggregation of shallow marine cumulus convection

Christopher Bretherton, Professor, Departments of Atmospheric Science and Applied Mathematics, University of Washington,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)

New Functional Materials as a Design Problem

Alex Zunger, Research Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder,

Thursday, February 9th, 2017

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151

Shannon Stone, Graduate Student, Tirrell Research Group, CCE, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture- POSTPONED

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)

Ahmad K. Omar, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology ,

Friday, February 10th, 2017

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Chromium Compounds Supported by Chelating Multi-Aryl Ligands for Selective Ethylene Oligomerization

Mr. Nate Hirscher, graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, February 13th, 2017

9:00am – 9:00am

Due Date for Midterm Deficiency Notices

Academic

12:00pm – 1:00pm

EARTH WEEK PLANNING MEETING

Jorgensen 109

2:00pm – 3:00pm

PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Methodological Developments and Synthetic Applications of Strained Rings and Allylic C–H Functionalization of Hindered Substrates

Nicholas O'Connor, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bioengineering Lecture

Kerckhoff 119

Synthetic Biology Platforms for Natural Product Biosynthesis and Discovery

Christina Smolke, Professor, Bioengineering, Stanford University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

From Precision & Catalytic Polymer Syntheses to Functional Materials, Degradable Plastics & Recyclable Polymers

Eugene Chen, Professor, Chemistry Department, Colorado State University,

Wednesday, February 15th, 2017

11:00am – 12:00pm

PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Differential Reactivity at Edge and Terrace Sites of Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Joshua Wiensch, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365

From North Dakota to the Southern Ocean: Surprising atmospheric observations with climate and air quality implications

Eric Kort, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Materials Research Lectures

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)

Ab Initio Electron-Phonon Calculations: Theory, Computation, and Applications

Marco Bernardi, Assistant Professor, Applied Physics and Materials Science Department, Caltech,

Thursday, February 16th, 2017

9:00am – 4:00pm

Physical Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Frontiers in Physical Chemistry Symposium Feb. 16 & 17

12:00pm – 1:00pm

RESCHEDULED APRIL 6 - Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151

Andy Zhou, Graduate Student, Barton Research Group, CCE, Caltech,

Friday, February 17th, 2017

9:00am – 12:00pm

Physical Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Frontiers in Physical Chemistry Symposium Feb. 16 & 17

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Copper-Catalyzed Alkylation of Aliphatic Amines Induced by Visible Light

Mr. Carson Matier, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, February 20th, 2017

8:00am – 5:00pm

President's Day (Institute Holiday)

Academic

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Catalysis for Sustainable Chemical Processes and Energy Technologies

Matthias Beller, Professor and Head, Department of Applied Homogeneous Catalysis, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT Rostock),

Tuesday, February 21st, 2017

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Cellular optogenetics: precision tools to probe how signaling pathways control cell fate

Jared Toettcher, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Swift Lecture

Gates Annex B122

Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies of Olefin Trimerization and Polymerization with Organometallic Catalysts

John E. Bercaw, Centennial Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, Chemistry, Caltech,

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2017

9:00am – 5:00pm

Last day for Dropping Courses, Exercising Pass/Fail Option, and Changing Sections for Winter Term

Academic

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)

Soft Matter Physics of Red Blood Cells, Vesicles, and DNA

Vivek Narsimhan, Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

3:00pm – 4:00pm

Resnick Institute Seminar

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)

Research talks from Resnick Fellow Rachel Ford & Postdoctoral Scholar Bradley Brennan

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Beckman Lecture

Gates Annex B122

Searching for Selective Catalytic Reactions in Complex Molecular Environments

Scott Miller, Irénée du Pont Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Yale University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365

Carbonyl sulfide as a new window on the carbon cycle

Ulli Seibt, Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, UCLA,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Materials Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)

Quantum Nanophotonics

Jelena Vuckovic, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University,

Thursday, February 23rd, 2017

8:00am – Ongoing

Registration for Spring Term

Academic

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151

Dan Lin, Graduate Student, Hoelz Research Group, CCE, Caltech,

Friday, February 24th, 2017

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Rhodium-Conjugate Fluorescent Probes for Detection of Mismatched DNA

Dr. Adela Nano, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry, Caltech,

Monday, February 27th, 2017

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar--TO BE RESCHEDULED

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

TBA

Jill E. Millstone, Associate Professor, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh,

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

9:30am – 10:30am

W.N. Lacey Symposium in Chemical Engineering

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Cooperativity in "Single Site" Catalysts

Mark A. Barteau, Director, University of Michigan Energy Institute; DTE Energy Professor of Advance Energy Research; Professor, Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,

11:00am – 12:00pm

W.N. Lacey Symposium in Chemical Engineering-UPDATED

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Molecular Engineering for Noninvasive Imaging and Control of Cellular

Mikhail G. Shapiro, Assistant Professor; Heritage Principal Investigator, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,

1:30pm – 2:30pm

W.N. Lacey Symposium in Chemical Engineering

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Complex Integrals in Statistical Mechanics: From Advanced Materials to Quantum Liquids

Glenn H. Fredrickson, Mitsubishi Chemical Professor; Director of Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials; Director of Complex Fluid Design Consortium, Chemical Engineering & Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara,

3:00pm – 4:00pm

W.N. Lacey Symposium in Chemical Engineering

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Nanoparticles in the Air That We Breathe

Spyros N. Pandis, Deputy Director, Research Professor, Professor , Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University & University of Patras, Greece ,