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March 2017
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Wednesday, March 1st, 2017
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PhD Thesis Defense
Terahertz and Microwave Spectroscopy of Liquids and Hydrogen-Bonded Clusters
Ian Finneran,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Understanding carbon isotope records during early Paleogene greenhouse conditions
Gerald Dickens,
Professor,
Department of Earth Science,
Rice University,
4:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Chemically Functionalized Two-Dimensional Nanoelectronic Heterostructures
Mark Hersam,
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
Northwestern University,
Thursday, March 2nd, 2017
12:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Asher Preska-Steinberg,
Graduate Student,
Ismagilov Research Group, CCE, Caltech,
Friday, March 3rd, 2017
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Visible Light Induced Decarboxylative Amination
Dr. Wei Zhao,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, March 6th, 2017
4:00pm
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Bioengineering Lecture
Giant Protein Assemblies in Nature and by Design
Todd Yeates,
Professor,
Biochemistry,
UCLA,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Moving Hydrides with Iron and Electrons through Metal Oxides: Utility for Hydrogen Generation and Activation
Michael J. Rose,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
University of Texas at Austin,
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Developing Enhanced Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation Using Spectroscopic Insights
Linsey Seitz,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Institute for Photon Science and Synchrotron Radiation,
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, March 8th, 2017
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Postdoctoral Scholars Allegra Liberman-Martin Ph.D. & Yuanyue Liu Ph.D.
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar in Conjunction with the Young Investigators Lecture Series sponsored by the Caltech Division of Engineering & Applied Science
Bioelectrochemical Systems (BESs) for Energy Recovery from Wastewater
Christine Dykstra,
Graduate Student,
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
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Materials Research Lecture
Rich Optics from a Seemingly Simple System: Nanoparticle Arrays
Teri Odom,
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Associate Director of the International Institute of Nanotechnology (IIN),
Northwestern University,
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Marine Natural Products Synthesis: A Platform for Chemical and Biological Discovery
Joshua G. Pierce,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
North Carolina State University,
Thursday, March 9th, 2017
12:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Arnab Mukherjee,
Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow,
Shapiro Research Group, CCE, Caltech,
4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Precisely Funtionalized Molecular Nanoparticles Are Unique Elements for Macromolecular Science: From "Nanoatoms" to Giant Molecules
Stephen Z.D. Cheng,
Frank C. Sullivan Distinguished Research Professor; Robert C. Musson Professor; Trustees Professor; Senior Editor, Polymer,
Department of Polymer Science,
University of Akron,
Friday, March 10th, 2017
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Fluorinated Graphene as a Protective Layer on Silicon Photoanodes
Ms. Annelise Thompson,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Saturday, March 11th, 2017
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Monday, March 13th, 2017
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Bioengineering Lecture
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Michael Lin,
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, of Bioengineering ,
Chemical and Systems Biology,
Stanford School of Medicine,
Tuesday, March 14th, 2017
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Comparative systems physiology: how living organisms respond to environmental fluctuations
Kerwyn Casey (KC) Huang,
Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Microbiology and Immunology and Biochemistry,
Department of Bioengineering,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, March 15th, 2017
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Can Chemical Synthesis Alleviate the Antibiotics Crisis?
Andrew G. Myers,
Amory Houghton Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Non-canonical amino acid amino acid mutagenesis of position B28 in insulin with proline analogs
Seth Lieblich,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
Thursday, March 16th, 2017
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Biochemistry Seminar
3'UTR-mediated protein-protein interactions regulate protein functions
Christine Mayr,
MD, PhD,
Cancer Biology & Genetics Program,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,
Friday, March 17th, 2017
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Chemical Engineering/ CEMI Seminar
CETCH Me If You Can: Bringing Inorganic Carbon into Life with Synthetic CO2 Fixation
Dr. Tobias Erb,
Research Group Leader,
Biochemistry & Synthetic Biology of Microbial Metabolism,
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Nickel-Catalyzed Asymmetric Reductive Cross-Couplings with Vinyl Bromide Electrophiles
Ms. Julie Hofstra,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Saturday, March 18th, 2017
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Monday, March 20th, 2017
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxy: From Bulk Films to Atomically Thin Layers
Zak Al Balushi,
Resnick Prize Postdoctoral Fellow,
Applied Physics and Materials Science,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Rational Synthesis of Molecular Qubits
Danna Freedman,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Northwestern University,
Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Study and Application of Protein O-Glycosylation
Zhongping Tan,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Colorado, Boulder,
Thursday, March 23rd, 2017
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
Brian Sanders,
Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow,
Gray Research Group, CCE, Caltech,
4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Nuclear transport of proteins and mRNAs
Murray Stewart,
Program Leader,
Structural Cell Biology,
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology,
Friday, March 24th, 2017
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Synthesis and Characterization of an S = 1/2 Thiolate-Bound Fe(H)(N2) Complex
Ms. Nina Gu,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, March 28th, 2017
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Advances, Challenges and Opportunities for direct C-H bond Functionalization in Materials Chemistry
Seth Marder,
Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
1:30pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
C-H Functionalization as a Strategic Tactic in Natural Product Synthesis
Sarah E. Reisman,
Professor of Chemistry,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
2:00pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Seeking Opportunities for C-H Functionalization Methods in Natural Product Synthesis
Erik J. Sorensen,
Arthur Allan Patchett Professor in Organic Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Princeton University,
2:30pm
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Center for Selective C-H Functionalization Virtual Symposium
Stereoselective Radical C-H Functionalization via Metalloradical Catalysis
X. Peter Zhang,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Boston College,
Wednesday, March 29th, 2017
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Thursday, March 30th, 2017
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
David Bunck,
Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow,
Heath Research Group, Caltech,
3:00pm
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Ruth and Eddie Hughes Lecture
Robert Stroud—"Not THE E. W. Hughes?"... How voltage effects channel function; a cure for Ebola" David Eisenberg—"Extending the Caltech-Pauling-Corey-Beta-Sheet Axis to the Amyloid State of Proteins"
Robert Stroud,
Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics,
University of California, San Francisco,
David Eisenberg,
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and of Biological Chemistry,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Friday, March 31st, 2017
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Special Chemistry Seminar
C-H Bond Activation and Functionalization by Y, Hf, and Ir Catalysts
Kazushi Mashima,
Prof.,
Graduate School of Engineering Science,
Osaka University,
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Saturday, April 1st, 2017
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