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Nicos Makris, Professor of Structures and Mechanics, Addy Family Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern Methodist University,

11:00am – 12:30pm

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PhD Thesis Seminar

Crellin 151

In Situ Spectroscopic Studies of Electrolyte and Organic Film Effects on Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

Madeline Hicks, Graduate Student, Chemistry, Caltech,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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CTLO - Winter Faculty Lunch Series

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room

12:00pm – 1:30pm

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EVOxZankou Seminar

Chen 130

"One genome, many phenotypes: evolutionary insights from complex traits in ants"

Megan Barkdull, Assistant Curator, Entomology, Natural History Museum Los Angeles County,

3:00pm – 4:00pm

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CFAM Speaker CALE: Alternative Careers in Education: Looking Beyond the R1

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)

3:00pm – 4:00pm

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RELOCATED TO 315 S. WILSON - SFP x Red Door Café Drop-in Advising Hour

Red Door Cafe

Internal Event

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series, Colin Cook, PhD

Moore B270

Crowded at the bottom: high-density, scalable production of cell and gene therapies in respiring bioreactors

Colin Cook, PhD (Caltech MedE 2019), Technical Founder and Chief Technology Officer, XDEMICS Corporation,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387

A new case of the Harris-Viehmann conjecture

Sandra Nair, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Mathematics, Colorado State University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event

Yuri Levin, Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Columbia University,

Friday, February 20th, 2026

10:00am – 11:00am

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Science Journey - Cosmic Fireworks: How Astronomers Explore the Changing Sky

Beckman Auditorium

Public Event

11:00am – 3:00pm

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ChE Panel & Research Talks

Resnick Sustainability Center 120

Naga Phani Aetukuri, Associate Professor, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), Indian Institute of Science — Bengaluru,

Sai Gautam Gopalakrishnan, Associate Professor, Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science — Bengaluru,

Srinivasan Ramakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology — Bombay,

11:00am – 12:00pm

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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

Exact Path Integral Methods in AdS$_2\times \mathbf{S}^2$ and Non-Perturbative Black Holes

Alberto Castellano, University of Chicago,

12:00pm – 1:30pm

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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114

Testing the quantumness of gravity "ab absurdo"

Emanuele Panella, University of Rome Tor Vergata,

2:00pm – 3:00pm

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Geometry & Topology Seminar (1/2)

Linde Hall 310

Widths, Index, Intersection, and Isospectrality

Jared Marx-Kuo, NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Rice University,

3:00pm – 4:00pm

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Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)

Manipulating Spectral Energy Flux in Turbulent Flows: Applications and Implications Across Scales

Lei Fang, Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh,

3:00pm – 5:00pm

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Beckman Institute Poster Session

Beckman Institute

3:00pm – 4:00pm

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Geometry & Topology Seminar (2/2)

Linde Hall 310

Min-max constructions in noncompact manifolds

Doug Stryker, NSF Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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EE Devices Seminar

Moore B280

Ultra-low noise Phase-locked Loop Technique

Taekwang Jang, Associate Professor, Dept. of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, ETH Zürich,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 254

Unraveling the connection between mantle flow, lithospheric stress, faults, and rivers.

Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Louis B. and Martha B. Slichter Endowed Chair in Geosciences, Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles,

Saturday, February 21st, 2026

8:00pm – 9:30pm

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Caltech Wind Orchestra CONCERT

Ramo Auditorium

Public Event

Sunday, February 22nd, 2026

3:00pm – 4:30pm

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Caltech Wind Orchestra CONCERT

Ramo Auditorium

Public Event

Monday, February 23rd, 2026

10:00am – 11:30am

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Professional Development Series for Grad Students and Postdocs: Evidence-Based Teaching and AI Integration

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)

12:00pm – 1:15pm

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Understanding & Responding to Microaggressions & Bias 201

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area

Internal Event

3:00pm – 4:00pm

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Astronomy Tea Talk

Cahill 370

Planets in binary star systems

Thomas Baycroft, Siyuan fellow, Tsung-Dao Lee institute of Shanghai Jiao Tong University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Ernest H. Swift Lecture Series

Gates Annex B122

Sustainable Production of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds

Christopher (Kit) Cummins, Henry Drefus Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)

"Advances in the Forecasting of Man-made and Natural Earthquakes"

Jean-Philippe Avouac, Earle C. Anthony Professor of Geology and Mechanical and Civil Engineering Director, Center for Geomechanics and Mitigation of Geohazards, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Annenberg 105

Generative Design via Optimal Transport for Shape and Field Exploration

Charbel Farhat, Vivian Church Hoff Professor, School of Engineering, Stanford University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

Dynamical Love Numbers for Black Holes and Beyond from Shell Effective Field Theory

Dimitrios Kosmopoulos, CERN,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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History Seminar

Dabney Hall 110 (Treasure Room)

For Want of a Bale: Equine Energy in the American Civil War

Ariel Ron, Glenn M. Linden Associate Professor of the U.S. Civil War Era and Director of the Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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