Events
May 2022
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Monday, May 2nd, 2022
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SPECIAL INORGANIC CHEMISTRY SEMINAR SERIES
Adventures in Modern Coordination Chemistry: Research and Pedagogy
Peter T. Wolzanski,
George W. and Grace L. Todd Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Cornell University,
Wednesday, May 4th, 2022
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Processes driving ice-sheet change: A microstructural view
Meghana Ranganathan,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Thursday, May 5th, 2022
3:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
"Spatial transcriptomics for profiling barcoded gene delivery vectors"
Min Jee Jang,
(Gradinaru group),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CANCELLED - Biochemistry Seminar
Interrogating a Protein's Energy Landscape: From Protein Folding to Coronavirus
Susan Marqusee,
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
University of California, Berkeley,
Friday, May 6th, 2022
10:00am
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12:30pm
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Ethical Orientations for Collegiality, Mentoring, and Teaching
Online Event
Dr. Koritha Mitchell,
Professional development expert who centers equity and justice,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online Event
Impacts of Surface Chemistry in Metal and Metal-Like Nanoparticle Synthesis, Structure, and Performance.
Jill Erin Millstone,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry; Department of Chemical Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science,
University of Pittsburgh,
Monday, May 9th, 2022
9:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
New-to-nature selective C–H alkylation using engineered carbene transferases
Juner Zhang,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 10th, 2022
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Detecting Small Signals: Near-Infrared Studies of Substellar Companions
Camillus F. Buzard,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Extreme Complex Mixture Analysis in Space and in the Laboratory
Michael McCarthy,
Deputy Director; Interim Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Elastic and inelastic collisions, probed with transient sub-Doppler spectroscopy"
Gregory Hall,
Sr. Chemist Emeritus,
Chemistry,
Brookhaven National Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Caltech's Energy Transition
John Onderdonk,
Interim Associate Vice President for Facilities,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Bismuth Redox Catalysis
Josep Cornella,
Research Group Leader,
Department of Organometallic Chemistry,
Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Watson Lecture: What Entanglement Can Tell Us About Our World
Online and In-Person Event
Scott K. Cushing,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
- Public Event
Thursday, May 12th, 2022
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Investigating the Mechanism of Nitrogenase Reduction with Proton Inventory Studies
Siobhan MacArdle,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Caltech Bioscience Futures Day – Keynote
"My Journey to Democratizing Healthcare"
Vicky Demas,
CEO of Tesseract,
1:00pm
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3:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
"Developing Improved Acoustic Reporter Genes for Non-invasive Continuous Ultrasound Imaging of Mammalian Cellular Activity in vivo"
Mengtong (Tom) Duan,
(Shapiro Group),
4:00pm
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Friday, May 13th, 2022
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Elucidating Metalloenzyme Mechanisms Through Protein-Based Models.
Hannah S. Shafaat,
Associate Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
The Ohio State University,
1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Do current pollution monitoring networks give a false sense of security? First results from the world's largest dense sensor network
Matthew S. Johnson,
Professor, American atmospheric chemistry scientist,
Chemistry,
University of Copenhagen,
1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Mechanical Approach to Active Matter: Reverse Osmotic Effect and Motility-Induced Phase Separation
Hyeongjoo Row,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Monday, May 16th, 2022
9:00am
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10:00am
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Special Biology Seminar
"Bacterial Signaling within Biofilms and Beyond"
Shanice Webster,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Biology,
Duke University,
12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Rheological Characterization of Polymer Additives for Mist Control and Drag Reduction
Red Lhota,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Insertion of Olefins into Nickel Alkyls: Mechanistic Studies and Catalysis for the Synthesis of Functionalized Polyolefins
Shouyan Xiong,
Graduate Student (Agapie Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 17th, 2022
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Molecular design blueprints: materials and catalysts from new simulation and machine learning tools
Heather J Kulik,
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
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PhD Thesis Defense
Optimization of Distribution Power Networks: From Single-Phase to Multi-Phase
Fengyu Zhou,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Acceleration of tropical cyclone development by cloud-radiative feedbacks
Allison Wing,
Florida State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Dr. Paula T. Hammond,
Institute Professor and Department Head,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Thursday, May 19th, 2022
8:00am
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
Online Event
"Prediction of GPCR-G protein complex structures and the activation mechanism"
Dr. Moon Young Yang,
(Goddard group),
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Dr. Paula T. Hammond,
Institute Professor and Department Head,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Friday, May 20th, 2022
10:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
A Bubble is Born: Nucleation and Early Growth of CO2 Bubbles in Polymer Foams
Andrew Ylitalo,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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Monday, May 23rd, 2022
9:00am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Development of Electrochemical Processes for More Practical and Effective Onsite Wastewater Treatment
Seungkyeum (Sean) Kim,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
9:00am
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10:00am
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Special Biology Seminar
"PiRNA-Mediated Gene Silencing in Genome Defense and in Development"
Katalin (Kata) Fejes-Toth,
Research Professor,
Biology and Biological Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Formation, Abundance, and Evolution of Molecular Products in α-Pinene and β-Pinene Secondary Organic Aerosol
Christopher Kenseth,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Reactivity of Alkyl MFe3S3 Clusters Towards Bridging Carbynes and Carbides
Anna Scott,
Graduate Student (Agapie Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Tuesday, May 24th, 2022
1:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Online Event
Compact-to-Dendritic Transition in the Reactive Deposition of Brownian Particles
Daniel Jacobson,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Structure and function of the human nuclear pore complex
Stefan Petrovic,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics,
3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Synthetic Studies of the Polycyclic Furanobutenolide-Derived Cembranoid and Norcembranoid Diterpenoids
Nicholas Hafeman,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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General Biology Seminar
"Neural Circuits that Generate Persistent Behavior States in C. elegans"
Steven Flavell,
Associate Professor,
Brain and Cognitive Science,
MIT,
Wednesday, May 25th, 2022
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A nutrient relay sustains subtropical ocean productivity
Mukund Gupta,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Shining Light on Chemistry
Javier Read de Alaniz,
Professor,
Associate Director of the California Nanosystems Institute,
UC Santa Barbara,