Events
November 2017
Wednesday, November 1st, 2017
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The role of Criegee intermediates in aerosol formation
Carl Percival,
JPL / University of Manchester,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Fundamental Processes and Materials Development in Next Generation Battery Systems
Kimberly See,
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry,
Caltech ,
Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellow Jinglin Huang & Postdoctoral Scholar Carlos G. Read PhD
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
"Novel tools to comprehensively map dynamic organization of RNA and DNA in higher order nuclear structures within single cells."
Mary Arrastia,
Graduate Student, Ismagilov Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Synthetic Applications of Enzyme-Inspired Catalysts
David J. Michaelis,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
Brigham Young University,
Friday, November 3rd, 2017
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Cavity ring-down spectroscopy for methane source attributions
Linhan Shen,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, November 6th, 2017
9:00am
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9:00am
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4:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Pyrrolo[3,2-b]Pyrroles - From Serendipitous Discovery to the Most Electron-Rich Aromatic Heterocycles
Daniel T. Gryko,
Professor,
Organic Chemistry,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
Tuesday, November 7th, 2017
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Diversity in Chemistry Initiative Seminar
Interrupting quorum sensing and cyclic dinucleotide signaling in bacteria and immune cells with small molecules
Herman Sintim,
Drug Discovery Professor,
Department of Chemistry, Institute for Drug Discovery and Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease ,
Purdue University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Air Quality and Climate in the Central Amazon
Scot Martin,
Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering and Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Harvard University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Electrons and Phonons in Solids
Philip Allen,
Professor,
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Stony Brook University,
Thursday, November 9th, 2017
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar
"Exploring the Role of [4Fe4S] Clusters in DNA Repair Proteins and Determining the Length Limit of DNA Charge Transport"
Edmund Tse,
Postdoctural Fellow, Barton Research Group,
CCE,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar-CANCELLED
!! This talk will be rescheduled for a later date
Olga Boudker,
HHMI Investigator, and Professor of Physiology and Biophysics,
Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
Weill Cornell Medical College,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Fluctuations and Hydrodynamic Interactions in Active Colloidal Suspensions
Patrick T. Underhill,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Friday, November 10th, 2017
10:00am
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5:00pm
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Monday, November 13th, 2017
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
"Elucidating the role of O-GlcNAc glycosylation in neurobiology and neurodegeneration."
Elizabeth Jensen,
Graduate Student, Hsieh-Wilson Lab,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Artificial Photosynthesis by Light Absorption, Charge Separation, and Photoredox Catalysis
Han Sen Soo,
Nanyang Assistant Professor,
Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry, School of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, College of Sciences,
Nanyang Technological University,
Wednesday, November 15th, 2017
9:00am
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Environmental sustainability at the intersection of climate and human change
Efi Foufoula_Georgiou,
Distinguished Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Irvine,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Breaking down Bacterial Cell Walls to Understand Inflammation
Catherine L. Grimes,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Delaware,
Thursday, November 16th, 2017
8:00am
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Ongoing
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Resnick Institute Seminar
Research talks from Resnick Graduate Research Fellows Xiaoqi Ren & Sebastian Lee
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Materials Science Special Lecture
Molecular Dynamics—From the First Principles of Quantum Mechanics to Computer Aided Materials Design
Anders Niklasson,
Theoretical Division,
Los Alamos National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Targeted manipulation of injured glia through nanomedicines: towards treatments for neuroinflammation and CNS disorders
Rangaramanujam Kannan,
Arnall Patz Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmolgy & Co-Director at Center for Nanomedicine,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
Friday, November 17th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Adventures in Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation via Transition Metal Catalysis
Patrick Montgomery,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, November 20th, 2017
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Thesis Defense
Virology By the Numbers: A Quantitative Exploration of Viral Energetics, Genomics, and Ecology
Gita Mahmoudabadi,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Bioengineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, November 23rd, 2017
8:00am
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11/24
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Wednesday, November 29th, 2017
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Interaction of Climate Change and Methane Hydrates: Late Pleistocene to Present and the Future
Carolyn Ruppel,
Chief, USGS Gas Hydrates Project,
USGS,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Mikhail Shapiro,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Organocatalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
Garret M. Miyake,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Chemistry Department,
Colorado State University,
Thursday, November 30th, 2017
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Controlling the nanoscale structure, rheology and phase behavior of block copolymer based nanocomposites
Lynn M. Walker,
Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Carnegie Mellon University,