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Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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ASTRONOMY COLLOQUIUM

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Unveiling the Intracluster Medium Kinematics in the New Era of High-Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy
Irina Zhuravleva, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
Life in a tight spot: Dynamics of bacterial life in complex spaces
Sujit Datta, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Probing the Standard Model to 0.37 ppm with the muon anomalous magnetic moment
Laurent Lellouch, Aix-Marseille Universite, Universite de Toulon, CNRS,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125
Pharmaceutical Advertising in Dynamic Equilibrium
Ariel Pakes, Thomas Professor of Economics, Harvard University,
4:30pm – 5:30pm
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Subra Suresh Distinguished Lecture

Beckman Auditorium
In Conversation with Eric Schmidt: AI Future(s)
Eric Schmidt, Former CEO & Chairman, Google, KBE,
Thursday, March 13th, 2025
8:00am – 3/16 11:59pm
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Study Period

10:00am – 11:00am
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APhMS Special Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Chemical threads of quantum tapestries
Kwabena Bediako, Associate Professor, Chemistry, UC Berkeley,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
Advances in Turbulent Drag Reduction for Energy-Efficient Transportation
Matt K. Fu, Research Scientist, GALCIT, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZANKOU Seminar

Chen 130
"Odor mortis and the neural basis of olfactory function in Calliphoridae" and "To Flex or Flee?: How Multimodal Sensory Integration Shapes Rove Beetle Interspecies Interactions"
Betty Hong, Professor of Neuroscience, Chen Scholar, BBE, Caltech,
Jess Kanwal, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate, BBE, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Unveiling Physics Beyond the Standard Model with Gravitational Waves
Jean Schütte-Engel, UC Berkeley & RIKEN,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Tax Essentials: Optimizing Pay and Retirement Benefits

12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Women's History Month Luncheon with Dr. Frances Arnold

Bechtel Residence Dining Hall
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
The relationship between soft and edge modes
Goncalo Regado, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST),
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Fixed-point tensor network construction for rational conformal field theory
Zheng-Cheng Gu, Chinese University of Hong Kong,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Non-reciprocal active matter across scales
Ramin Golestanian, Director, Max Planck Institute,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Anharmonic Vibrational Dynamics in Crystals: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How Raman Spectroscopy Uncovers It
Omer Yaffe, Professor, Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387
Transcendence properties of p-adic period mappings
Christian Klevdal, Department of Mathematics, UC San Diego,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium - Lauritsen Lecture

Online and In-Person Event
Centaur Science: Particle Physics meets Machine Learning
Jesse Thaler, MIT,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Seminar

Baxter B125
Scaling up reinforcement learning theories of cognition
Wilka Carvahlo, Kempner Research Fellow, Kempner Institute, Harvard University,
Friday, March 14th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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APhMS Special Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
New Physics in Driven Quantum Materials
Andrea Cavalleri, Professor, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, University of Oxford,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Mathematical Structures in Scattering Amplitudes
Anastasia Volovich, Brown University,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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Caltech Library Workshop – Introduction to Shell and Data Management on an HPC Cluster

Online Event
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114
Emergent Gauge Fields and the "Choi-Spin Liquids" in Steady States
Kaixiang Su, UC Santa Barbara,
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Flavor Physics from Quantum Entanglement?
Jesse Thaler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
The dynamics of spin-precessing and eccentric black hole binaries
Giulia Fumagalli, Graduate Student, Department of Astrophysics, University of Milano-Bicocca,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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GALCIT Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)
Dana Dlott, Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry and Topology Seminar

Linde Hall 187
Real Heegaard Floer homology
Gary Guth, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Medical Engineering Defense, Wenzheng Heng

Moore B270
Smart Masks for in situ Exhaled Breath Condensate Harvesting and Analysis
Wenzheng Heng, Ph.D. Candidate, Wei Gao Lab, Andrew and Peggy Cherng Department of Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Oxo-mechanical regulation of cellular behavior
Tapomoy Bhattacharjee, Professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 254
Exploration of Seismic Anisotropy of Earth Materials and Alaska Structure
Carl Tape, Professor of Geophysics, Department of Geosciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks,
Saturday, March 15th, 2025
9:00am – 2:00pm
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CPA Hiking Trip to Trail Canyon Falls

5:00pm – 11:00pm
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Nowruz Celebration (Iranian New Year)

Dabney Hall, Lounge
7:00pm – 8:30pm
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OcTech presents: Phoenix - fire benefit concerts

Kerckhoff Morgan Library
Monday, March 17th, 2025
8:00am – 3/19 11:59pm
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Final Examinations for Winter Term

12:00pm – 2:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Tobi Delbruck

Chen 100
Past and future silicon retina event cameras
Tobi Delbruck, Professor, Sensors Group at the Inst. of Neuroinformatics, UZH-ETH Zurich,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Low-energy effective field theories based upon the symmetries of QCD
Roxanne Springer, Duke University,
Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135
From unsteady fragmentation to phase change: fluid- and bio-physics of/during dispersal
Lydia Bourouiba, Professor, Fluids and Health Network, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Eaton Fire Resources Talk & Luncheon with Human Resources + Staff & Faculty Consultation Center

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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CPA / CALE LinkedIn Workshop

Center for Student Services 310 (Career Achievement, Leadership, and Exploration)
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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Ed Tech @ Caltech

Online Event
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Catalytic proton-coupled reductions of N2 and CN−
Christian M. Johansen, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Peters group), Caltech,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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Special Biochemistry Seminar - Paola Laurino (OIST)

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
How do proteins expand functionality?
Paola Laurino, Associate Professor, Protein Engineering and Evolution Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology,
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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CPA Free Professional Headshots – Boost Your Resume & LinkedIn

Moore Courtyard
3:00pm – 5:00pm
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics Winter Rotation Seminar

Chen 130
3:00pm – 4:30pm
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Mastering Mentoring - Planning to be an Effective Lab Mentor

7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Behind The Book Presents "Pull, Don't Push -- Why STEM Messaging to Girls Isn't Working and What to Do Instead," With Author Julie Newman in Conversation with Dr. Jasmine Bryant

Ramo Auditorium
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
All Day
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End of Winter Term

11:30am – 12:30pm
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Informal Seminar - Sam You

Broad 100
Scalable Single Cell RNAseq
Sam You, Ph.D., Field Application Scientist, Parse Biosciences,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)
Theoretical Approaches to Photoinduced Charge Transfer in the Condensed Phase
Xiang Sun, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365
From soil to subsurface: how measuring "the speed of life" can inform our understanding of terrestrial carbon cycling and the clean energy transition
Tristan Caro, Stanback Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech,