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Spring Recess

Monday, April 2nd, 2018
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Beginning of Instruction for Spring Term

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Multireference Theories for Ground and Excited Electronic States Based on the Similarity Renormalization Group
Francesco Evangelista, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Emory University,
Wednesday, April 4th, 2018
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Activity and dormancy of conifers in seasonally snow-covered forests
Dave Bowling, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology; Adjunct Associate Professor, Dept.of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah,
Thursday, April 5th, 2018
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151
"Receptor Regulations in the SRP Pathway: from Bacteria to Mammals"
Yu Hsein Hwang Fu , Graduate Student, Shan Research Group, CCE, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Structural studies of nonribosomal peptide synthetase megaenzymes
Martin Schmeing, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Synthetic Genetic Systems for Rapid Mutation and Evolution in vivo
Chang Liu, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine,
Friday, April 6th, 2018
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Earth-Abundant Catalysts and Heterojunctions for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation in Strongly Acidic Electrolytes
Ivan Moreno-Hernandez, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
Monday, April 9th, 2018
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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BELS

Kerckhoff 119
"Cellular Variability and Information Flow in Signal Transduction Networks"
Roy Wollman, Associate Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry, UCLA,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Harnessing Molecular Photon Upconversion Using Self-Assembled Multilayers on Metal Oxide Surfaces
Kenneth Hanson, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University,
Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Women in Chemistry 2018 Annual Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Novel Electrode and Support Materials for Energy Storage/Conversion Applications
Viola Birss, Professor, Director of Calgary Advanced Energy Storage and Conversion Research Technologies (CAESRT) , University of Calgary,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Women in Chemistry Annual Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Viola Birss, University of Calgary,
Wednesday, April 11th, 2018
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Dynamics of Microbial Populations and Biogeochemical Processes Impacting Aquatic Dead-Zones
Sarah Preheim, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Environmental Health and Engineering, John Hopkins University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
First-Principles Based Multiscale Multiparadigm Methods with Applications to Complex Materials
William Goddard, Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Remembering the Past: A New Form of Protein-based Inheritance
Daniel F. Jarosz, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical & Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine,
Thursday, April 12th, 2018
10:00am – 10:00am
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Feynman 100 Ticketing Begins

  • Public Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151
"Engineering Acoustic Biomolecules as Dynamic Molecular Sensors for Ultrasound"
Anupama Lakshmanan, Graduate Student, Shapiro Research Group, CCE, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Molecular interactions at the nuclear periphery and LINCs to human disease
Brian Burke, Professor and Research Director, Institute of Medical Biology, Singapore,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Tuning Nanoparticle Dispersion in Polymer Hosts and their Consequences on Properties
Sanat K. Kumar, Bykhovsky Professor of Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University,
Friday, April 13th, 2018
2:30pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Studies on O2 and NO Responses from Eu(II) MRI Contrast Agents and a [Fe4S4] Cluster DNA Repair Enzyme
Levi Ekanger, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry, Caltech,
Monday, April 16th, 2018
9:00am – 11:30am
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Earth Week Climate School

Beckman Institute Auditorium
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Earth Week Speaker Series

Beckman Behavioral Biology B180
Fostering Sustainable & Equitable Community Development
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Analysis of metal-oxide protected photoelectrochemical systems for water splitting
Michael Lichterman, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Making Machines the Size of Cells
Marc Miskin, Kavli Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in Nanoscale Science, Cornell University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Discovery of Novel Materials for the Electrocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide
Daniel Torelli, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Rebuilding Ancient Pathways: Model Metalloenzymes for Energy Conversion
Hannah Shafaat, Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University,
Tuesday, April 17th, 2018
9:00am – 11:30am
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Earth Week Climate School

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special Chemical Engineering Seminar

Crellin 151
Olfactory receptor-based sensors to accelerate the engineering of chemical-producing microbes
Pamela Peralta-Yahya, Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Human Health Impacts of Water Reuse in the Changing Climate: Pathogen Control for Global Water and Food Safety
Thanh (Helen) Nguyen, Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Chair of Environmental Engineering and Science Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Thursday, April 19th, 2018
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Materials Design Criteria for Next-Generation Redox Flow Batteries
Fikile R. Brushett, Raymond A. (1921) and Helen E. St. Laurent Career Development Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Norman Davidson Lecture

Kerckhoff 119
"Reconstructing Developmental Landscapes . . .One Grain at a Time"
Eric Lander, President and founding Director, Broad Institute of MIT & Harvard,
Friday, April 20th, 2018
8:00am – 5:00pm
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Last Day for Adding Courses and Removing Conditions and Incompletes

4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar--SEMINAR CANCELLED

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Saturday, April 21st, 2018
9:30am – 3:50pm
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Chen Institute Workshop on Chemistry and the Brain

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Monday, April 23rd, 2018
9:00am – 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Beckman Institute Auditorium
The quest for electrocatalytic nitrogen fixation with a molecular catalyst
Trevor Del Castillo, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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CCE Annual Town Hall

Gates Annex B122
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Therapeutic Chemozymes: In Pursuit of Catalytic Medicines
Loi H. Do, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, University of Houston,
Tuesday, April 24th, 2018
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Crellin 151
Noncommutative biology: Sequential regulation of complex networks and connected matter
William Letsou, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Harden M. McConnell Lecture

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
The Story of Photonics and Single Molecules: What Can we Learn About Structure and Dynamics in Complex Biological Systems
W.E. Moerner, Harry S. Mosher Professor and Professor of Applied Physics, Department of Chemistry, Stanford University,
Wednesday, April 25th, 2018
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Enhanced Municipal Wastewater Treatment for Micropollutant Abatement by Ozone
Urs von Gunten, Group Leader, Dept. of Water Resources & Drinking Water, Eawag,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Materials Design: Alchemy vs. Artificial Intelligence
Sadas Shankar, Margaret and Will Hearst Visiting Lecturer, Computational Science and Engineering, Harvard,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Cross-Coupling Reactions Enabled by Oxidative Catalysis and Decarboxylation
Rylan Lundgren, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta,
Thursday, April 26th, 2018
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for the Chemistry of Cellular Signaling Seminar

Crellin 151
"Sequential activation of human signal recognition particle by the ribosome and signal sequence drives efficient protein targeting"
Jae Ho Lee , Graduate Student, Shan Research Group, CCE, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Mucus Penetrating Nanoparticles: From Concept to Success in the Clinic
Justin Hanes, Lewis J. Ort Professor of Ophthalmolgy & Director at Center for Nanomedicine, Johns Hopkins University ,
5:00pm – 6:30pm
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Chen Institute Happy Hour - Bubbles and Brains

Friday, April 27th, 2018
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Mechanistic Investigation of a Nickel/BOX-mediated Stereoconvergent Kumada Coupling Reaction
Haolin Yin, Postdoctoral Scholar, Chemistry, Caltech,
Saturday, April 28th, 2018
10:30am – 5:30pm
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The Future of Cancer Therapeutics Forum

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Monday, April 30th, 2018
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Integrative Metallomic Approach to Identify Metalloproteomes in Microbes
Hongzhe Sun, Professor, Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong,