Events
October 2024
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Online Event
Phototropic Growth of Cu2O: Light-Directed Semiconductor Mesostructuring via Photoelectrodeposition
Sean Byrne,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Water Safety - Challenging Current Standards with New Insights into Aggregate-Bound Bacteria and Pathogens
Daniel Angelscu and Joyce Wong,
Fluidion Water Intelligence,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Hybrid Materials via Vapor Phase Infiltration: Designing Physicochemical Structure to Alter Chemical, Thermophysical, & Photoelectronic Properties
Mark Losego,
Associate Professor,
Materials Science and Engineering,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
New Tools in the Toolbox for Green & Sustainable Organic Synthesis
- Internal Event
Thursday, October 3rd, 2024
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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EVOxZANKOU Seminar
"Innovation by evolution: bringing new chemistry to life"
Frances Arnold,
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry; Director, Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center,
CCE and BBE,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Mechanisms driving the Rapid Evolution of Cancer Genomes
David Pellman,
Margaret M. Dyson Professor of Pediatric Oncology,
Margaret M. Dyson Professor of Pediatric Oncology (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), Professor of Cell Biology (Harvard Medical School), HHMI Investigator,
Friday, October 4th, 2024
9:00am
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4:00pm
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Monday, October 7th, 2024
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar
The role of policy and governance in shaping biotechnology for sustainability: A case study of U.S. regulations governing engineered microbes for environmental release
3:45pm
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4:45pm
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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar
Discovery of Manganese-Dependent Monooxygenases
Jonathan Rittle,
The Chevron Professor of Chemistry; Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
NASA's New Orbital Imaging Spectrometers
David Thompson,
JPL,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Non-trivial topology in the centrosymmetric square net Eu-based compounds
Thursday, October 10th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Constantin G. Economou Memorial Lecture
Maxim Zhelyabovskiy,
Graduate Student,
Chemical Engineering (Agapie Group),
Caltech,
Friday, October 11th, 2024
10:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:30pm
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Tuesday, October 15th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Mapping Decoherence Pathways in Molecules
Ignacio Franco,
Professor of Physics,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Rochester,
- Internal Event
Wednesday, October 16th, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Ice, Water & Climate: Radar Remote Sensing of Meltwater Dynamics on the Greenland Ice Sheet
Riley Culberg,
Cornell University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Bioinspired surfaces – from micropatterning and machine learning to sustainable robotics
Eduard Arzt,
Visiting Distinguished Faculty,
Material Science and Engineering,
UC San Diego, Senior Professor for New Materials at Saarland University,
Thursday, October 17th, 2024
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Antibody 007: A best-in-class anti-HIV antibody that utilizes avidity"
Andrew DeLaitsch,
Graduate Student,
Bjorkman Group,
Friday, October 18th, 2024
8:00am
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Harvesting Insights from Advanced Microscope Acquisitions: Techniques and Applications
Mingshu Liang,
Graduate student,
Electrical Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
Monday, October 21st, 2024
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar
Immobilization of Heavy Metals from Solution by Novel Biogenic Manganese Oxides
Hannah Way,
Grad Student,
Geobiology,
Caltech,
Jared Leadbetter,
Professor of Environmental Microbiology,
Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2024
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Minimalism as a Guiding Concept for the Reinvention of Amide Synthesis
- Internal Event
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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OCS - Novartis Chemical Sciences Lectures
Dr. Lauren Holder,
Principal Scientist II,
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Global Discovery Chemistry,
Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes,
Professor,
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
University of Delaware,
- Internal Event
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Global Storm-Resolving Models: Not just more of the same
David Randall,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Materials Research to Enable Scalable Decarbonization Technologies
Yet-Ming Chiang,
Kyocera Professor,
Materials Science and Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
7:30pm
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8:30pm
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Friday, October 25th, 2024
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar
Assessing the Degradation of Battery Cathodes in Real Time via Spatially Resolved Electrochemical Methods
Abhiroop Mishra,
Postdoctoral Scholar (See Research Group),
Department of Chemistry,
Caltech,
Monday, October 28th, 2024
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Special Invited Talk
Single-Molecule Sensors Integrated with Machine Learning Enable Early Diagnosis
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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OCS/Merck-Banyu Lectureship Award
Exploring Ways to Harness N-Heterocyclic Carbenes and Triarylboranes in Organometallic and Synthetic Chemistry
- Internal Event
Tuesday, October 29th, 2024
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Wednesday, October 30th, 2024
8:00am
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Ongoing
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar
Designing Energy Conversion and Storage Structures Using Two-Dimensional Materials
Zhengtang Luo,
Professor and Program Director of MSc in Chemical and Energy Engineering,
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Exploring the Dynamics and Activity of Massive Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Blooms in South San Francisco Bay
Christopher Francis,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Light-Responsive Materials for a Sustainable Future: Exploring Optically-Controlled Functional Organic Systems
- Internal Event
Thursday, October 31st, 2024
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine Seminar
"Temperature dependent state switches for macrophage immunotherapy"
Ann Liu,
Graduate Student,
Shapiro Group,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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