Events
April 2023
Saturday, March 18th, 2023
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Monday, April 3rd, 2023
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Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Celiac Disease: Chemical Approaches to Unravel—and Treat—a Lifelong Autoimmune Disorder (General Lecture)
Chaitan Khosla,
Wells H. Rauser and Harold M. Petiprin Professor and Professor of Chemistry and, by courtesy, of Biochemistry,
Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Stanford University,
Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Atmospheric Aerosol Formation from Anthropogenic Pollution
Mingyi Wang,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering
Structures and Mechanisms of Assembly-Line Polyketide Synthases (Technical Lecture)
Chaitan Khosla,
Wells H. Rauser and Harold M. Petiprin Professor and Professor of Chemistry and, by courtesy, of Biochemistry,
Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Stanford University,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Charge Up! Entrepreneurship Series
Online and In-Person Event
Alumni Fireside Chat - Engineer Goes Rogue
Kevin Noertker,
Thursday, April 6th, 2023
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Informal Chemical Physics Seminar
"Construct exchange-correlation functional via machine learning"
Guanhua Chen,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Hong Kong,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Keeping it together: How single-molecule imaging can reveal the mechanisms of DNA double strand break repair
Joseph Loparo,
Professor,
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,
Harvard Medical School,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Developing integrated single-cell epigenome and transcriptome sequencing technologies to study early mammalian development
Prof. Siddharth Dey,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemical Engineering,
University of California, Santa Barbara,
Friday, April 7th, 2023
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Parametrically-driven nonlinear optical resonators and their networks for sensing and computing
Arkadev Roy,
Graduate Student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Polyelectrolytes near Solid Surfaces
Christopher Balzer,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Enhancing the Ethylene and Propylene Selectivities in the Methanol-to-Olefins Reaction by Exploiting the Intricate Relationship between Framework Topology and Acidity
Faisal H. Alshafei,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Photogenerated Ni(I)–Bipyridine Halide Complexes: Structure-Function Relationships for Competitive C(sp2)–Cl Oxidative Addition and Dimerization Reactivity Pathways
David Cagan,
Graduate Student (Hadt Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 10th, 2023
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Presidential Distinguished Speaker Series: Leroy (Lee) Hood, BS '60, PhD '68
Catalyzing a Shift in Healthcare from Disease-Care to Wellness and Prevention Care
- Public Event
Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
4:00pm
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Wednesday, April 12th, 2023
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
The Emerging Mechanochemistry of Naphthopyran
Molly E. McFadden,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Atmospheric Aerosol Formation from Anthropogenic Pollution
Mingyi Wang,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Response of Weyl fermions - topological protection, fragility and cooperation
Haim Beidenkopf,
PhD,
Weizmann Institute of Science,
Thursday, April 13th, 2023
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Jonathan Wolpaw
Heksor: The CNS Substrate of a Skilled Behavior
Jonathan Wolpaw,
Research Physician,
National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies,
12:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Characterizing Sugar Transporters with Biosensors and Cheminformatics
Prof. Lily Cheung,
Assistant Professor,
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
Friday, April 14th, 2023
12:00pm
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Resnick Young Investigators Symposium
Sarah Fletcher,
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Center Fellow,
Woods Institute for the Environment,
Stanford University,
Dipti D. Nayak,
Assistant Professor,
Division of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution and Development in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology,
University of California, Berkeley,
Xiao Su,
Assistant Professor,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
1:15pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Computationally Predicted New Poly-Sulfide Solid-State Lithium-Superionic Conductor
Tridip Das,
Postdoctoral Scholar (MSC (Goddard) Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, April 17th, 2023
12:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar
ML-enabled model of underground fluid transport in the presence of chemical reactions
Mina Karimi,
Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
4:00pm
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Wednesday, April 19th, 2023
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Variability in Northern Hemisphere carbon exchange -- from diurnal to multi-decadal
Gretchen Keppel-Aleks,
University of Michigan,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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Charge Up! Entrepreneurship Series
Online Event
Alumni Fireside Chat - Scientist Turned Venture Capitalist
Jason Holt,
7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Watson Lecture: Electrifying and Decarbonizing Chemical Synthesis
Online and In-Person Event
Karthish Manthiram,
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry; William H. Hurt Scholar,
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
- Public Event
Thursday, April 20th, 2023
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Allosteric Modulation of an Alpha5 Containing Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor"
Chris Marotta,
Grubbs Group,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Redox-Activated Covalent Functionalization of Semiconductor Surfaces
Maureen B. Morla,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Friday, April 21st, 2023
8:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Strategies for the Mechanically Triggered Release of Small Molecules
Corey C. Husic,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Dow Lecture in Organometallic Chemistry
Harnessing of Excited States Through Molecular Design – From Discrete Metal-Ligand Chromophores to Supramolecular Assembly and Functions
Vivian Wing-Wah Yam,
Philip Wong Wilson Professor in Chemistry and Energy and Chair Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
The University of Hong Kong,
Monday, April 24th, 2023
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PhD Thesis Defense
Thermally and mechanically responsive platforms for functional polymeric materials
Brooke Versaw,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Inorganic Phototropism: Emergent Properties Directing Growth of Mesostructured Semiconductors
Madeline Meier,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
"Synthetic Chemistry for Carbon Management."
Matthew W. Kanan,
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
Tuesday, April 25th, 2023
4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Generating Spin-Triplets at the Perovskite/Organic Interface
Lea Nienhaus,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
Florida State University,
4:00pm
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NB & CNS Seminar - Gul Dolen | Tuesday, April 25th, 2023 4 pm
"Reopening critical periods with psychedelics: basic mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities"
5:00pm
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Charge Up! Entrepreneurship Series
Online and In-Person Event
Fundraising - Part 2
Doug Wicks,
Program Director,
ARPA-E,
Apoorv Agawal,
Technology-to-Market Advisor,
ARPA-E,
Wednesday, April 26th, 2023
12:00am
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Exploring and Controlling Superconducting States with 2D Quantum Structures
3:00pm
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OCS - Novartis Chemical Sciences Lectures
Dr. Phillip Alper,
Senior Principal Investigator,
Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Simultaneous Winds and Surface Currents: ODYSEA (Ocean Dynamics and Surface Exchange with the Atmosphere) into Space
Sarah Gille,
UCSD/Scripps,
Thursday, April 27th, 2023
4:00pm
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NB & CNS Seminar - Gilles Laurent | Thursday, April 27, 2023 - 4 pm
On Sleep, Camouflage and Brain Evolution
Gilles Laurent,
Director,
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research,
Friday, April 28th, 2023
9:00am
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11:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Cryo-ET Reveals Molecular Details of Multi-Megadalton Bacterial Protein Complexes
Przemysław Dutka,
Graduate Student,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Catalysis: Strategies for C-C Bond Formation.
Rachel J. Baker,
Postdoctoral Scholar (Manthiram Research Group),
Chemistry,
Caltech,