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Tuesday, February 18th, 2025
9:00am – 9:01am
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Due Date for Midterm Grades

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213
Derivative-free Bayesian Inversion using Multiscale Dynamics: Weak convergence and Invariant Distribution
Antonin Della Noce, Postdoctoral Researcher, Applied Mathematics, Matherials, INRIA and CERMICS ENPC,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Will we ever detect high frequency gravitational waves?
Raffaele Tito d'Agnolo, Institut de Physique Théorique,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Finding U.S. Maps Online

Online Event
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Nanophotonics Seminar - Day 1

Gates Annex B122
Deep Jariwala, Associate Professor, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania,
Vivian Ferry, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota,
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Moore B270
Ultrafast Quantum State Generation and Measurement in Nonlinear Nanophotonics
James A. William, Graduate student, Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Bridging the pressure gap in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Synergies arising from Experimental and Theoretical Kinetics
Alex Wodtke, Director and Professor of University of Göttingen, Dynamics and Surfaces, Max Planck Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Histories of Waste and Want in Earth's Planetary Periphery
Lisa Ruth Rand, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Special Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
4-Dimensional Seismic Interferometry: New Perspectives on Aquifer Monitoring and Beyond
Shujuan Mao, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The University of Texas Austin,
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Moments and saddles of heavy CFT correlators
Gordon Rogelberg, Yale University,
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Caltech TechConnect / Caltech Sustainability and Energy Industry Day

Bechtel Residence Dining Hall
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Online Event
Locally checkable labeling problems in the Borel hierarchy
Felix Weilacher, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
Temporal Changes in the Deep Earth from Repeating Earthquakes
Ruoyan Wang, PhD Student, Earth Sciences Department, University of Southern California,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Inclusive Scattering Matrix
Albert Schwarz, UC Davis & Caltech,
2:00pm – 4:00pm
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Nanophotonics Seminar - Day 2

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Lisa Poulikakos, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego,
Albert Polman, Professor, Group Leader, Photonic Materials, AMOLF,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
The Multi-Scale Circumgalactic Medium
Peng Oh, Professor, University of California Santa Barbara,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Title TBD
Xu-Cheng He, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Toward reducing aerosol forcing and climate projection uncertainties
Xu-Cheng He, Visiting Researcher, University of Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Hidden Order in Amorphous Materials: from gravitational wave detectors to topological materials
Frances Hellman, Professor, Physics, UC Berkeley,
5:00pm – 6:00pm
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A Fireside Chat with Jack Norbeck of Fervo Energy

Resnick Sustainability Center 110
Thursday, February 20th, 2025
11:00am – 1:00pm
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Caltech Employees: Therapy Pets Hang

San Pasqual Walk
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Wildfire Engineering: Integrating Models and Data to Develop Solutions
Hamed Ebrahimian, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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CPA Resume Workshop with Enrica Bruno

Chen 130
12:00pm – 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Beckman Institute Auditorium
Direct visualization of cellular protein complexes in situ by fluorescence guided cryo-FIB-SEM and cryo-ET
Jue (Phyllis) Wang, Graduate Student, Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122
Imaging Regulation of Single mRNAs in Live Neurons
Robert H. Singer, Harold and Muriel Block Chair, Professor of RNA Biology, Cell Biology, and Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

Arms 151 (Buwalda Room)
Robert Hazen, Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Sciences, George Mason University, Senior Scientist, Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Prof. Shana Kelley

Annenberg 105
Continuous Monitoring of Protein Biomarkers using Implantable Sensors
Professor Shana Kelley, Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Monodromy results for abelian surfaces and K3 surfaces with bad reduction
Tejasi Bhatnager, Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - Madison,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event
Entangling Ultracold Molecules
Kang-Kuen Ni, Harvard University,
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Friday, February 21st, 2025
8:00am – 10:00am
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Caltech Student and Postdoc Mixer

Red Door Cafe
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online Event
Gravity and a universal cutoff for field theory
Simon Caron-Huot, McGill University,
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12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Precision tests of gravity on the table-top
Gautam Venugopalan, Stanford University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Knot Detection Results in RP^3
Hongjian Yang, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Kimberly Sharp, Graduate Student (Stoltz Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
Mantle heterogeneities originated from the Earth's core: A new model
Jie Deng, Assistant Professor of Geosciences, Department of Geosciences, Princeton University,
7:00pm – 2/23 2:00pm
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Death Valley Dark Sky Festival

Saturday, February 22nd, 2025
8:00pm – 9:30pm
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Caltech Wind Orchestra Concert

Ramo Auditorium
Sunday, February 23rd, 2025
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Caltech Wind Orchestra Concert

Ramo Auditorium
Monday, February 24th, 2025
10:00am – 11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar: PhD Thesis Defense

Gates-Thomas 115
Resolvent Analysis of Non-stationary Turbulent Flows and Transient Flow Phenomena
Eric Ballouz, Graduate Student, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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RSI Research Seminar

Resnick Sustainability Center 120
Engineering Cytochrome P450 for modular bioremediation
Joseph Boktor, Graduate Student, Mazmanian Group, Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech,
1:00pm – 2:30pm
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How Learning Works - Winter 2025

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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LIGO Seminar

West Bridge 351 (LIGO Science Conference Room)
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Math Teaching Seminar

Linde Hall 359
Conversations about Math Teaching
Jasmine Bryant, Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
From Atmospheric Physics to Machine Learning and Back
Tom Beucler, Visiting Researcher, University of Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105
Learning in the space of probability measures
Caroline Moosmueller, Assistant Professor and J. Burton Linker Fellow, Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
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4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
New Structures in Renormalization Group from Fundamental Principles
Chia-Hsien Shen, National Taiwan University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Chia-Hsien Shen, National Taiwan University,
4:00pm – 5:30pm
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History Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)
Legal Traditions in Central and Eastern European Cities in the 14th–16th Centuries: Ius Teutonicum, Local Legislation, and Ius Commune
Maciej Mikuła, Professor, Department of Church Law and the Law of Religious Denominations, Jagiellonian University, Kraków,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

East Bridge 114
Nonequilibrium dynamics and control of flatband graphene
Jin Chenhao, Assistant Professor, Physics, UC Santa Barbara,
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Astronomy on Tap

"The Sun's Life and Death" and "Seeing the Invisible"
Antonio Rodriguez, PhD Candidate, Department of Astronomy, Caltech,
Mandy Chen, Brinson Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech and Carnegie Observatories,