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Thursday, October 29th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Ge Wang

Ge Wang, PhD, Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Friday, October 30th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Hengrui Zhu, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Princeton University,
Saturday, October 31st, 2026
Monday, November 2nd, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Gordon Rogelberg, Yale University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

TBA
Nisha Chandramoorthy, Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, The University of Chicago,
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026
11:00am – 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Matthew Cooper, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Topic to be announced
Yu Hsiang (Sean) Wang, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Mustafa Mir

A dynamic single molecule view of gene regulation and nuclear organization
Mustafa Mir, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Charles R. DePrima Memorial Lecture in Mathematics

What is a Mock Theta Function?
Amanda Folsom, Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Topic to be announced
Ignacio Esponda, Department Vice Chair and Professor of Economics, UC Santa Barabara,
Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Katherine Ball, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

TBD
Michael Keller, Distinguished Visiting Scientist at JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Yoshio Ando, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science Tokyo,
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Katie Bouman: Illuminating the Hidden Universe with Physics and AI

Katie Bouman, associate professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,
Thursday, November 5th, 2026
10:00am – 11:00am
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series, Frank Sun

Nature Sensors: Connecting the Global Sensing Community
Dr. Frank Sun, Associate Editor, Nature Sensors,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Reasoning Models for Physical AI
Marco Pavone, Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar, Jina A. Ko

4D Profiling: Capturing Cellular Dynamics in Space and Time
Jina A. Ko, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, November 6th, 2026
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Dang Pham, McCray Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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HSS 60th Anniversary Celebration | Keynote Conversation

Leviathan Unchained: Rethinking the Framers on Executive Power
John Ferejohn, Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, Emeritus, NYU School of Law,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Saturday, November 7th, 2026
Monday, November 9th, 2026
Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Thesis Defense - Jiahui Peng, Lois Lab (Biology)

"Neural Dynamics Underlying Reliable Behavior: Insights from Learned Vocalizations in Songbirds".
Jiahui Peng, Graduate Student, Biology,