Institute Calendar
June 2026
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6/5
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6/2
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Monday, June 1st, 2026
9:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense
Molecular Design of Advanced Mechanophore Scaffolds for Triggered Release
Yu Ling (Debbie) Tseng,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry (Robb Group),
Caltech,
Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
9:00am
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5:00pm
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1:00pm
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CMX Lunch Seminar
TBD
David Mordecai,
Adjunct Professor of Econometrics and Statistics,
University of Chicago Booth School of Business,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Daniel Kronauer
TBD
Daniel J. C. Kronauer,
Associate Professor,
Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior,
The Rockefeller University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Daniel Kronauer
Ant Societies: From Behavior to Neural Circuits
Daniel Kronauer,
Stanley S. and Sydney R. Shuman Professor Investigator,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University,
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Mathematics & Machine Learning Seminar
Polyak Steps Sizes in GD Find Flat Minima
Boris Hanin,
Associate Professor,
Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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DIX Planetary Science Seminar
Vertical Temperature Structure in Io's Atmosphere from ALMA SO2 Observations
Tim Proudkii,
Graduate Student,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
4:30pm
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6:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026
8:00am
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6/5
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10:00am
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3:00pm
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Seismo Lab Brown Bag Seminar
Advances in Tsunami Source Imaging using the Adjoint-State Inversion Method
Saeed Mohanna,
Graduate Student,
Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences,
University of California, Los Angeles,
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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BMS Lecture in Organic Synthesis
3 PM: Denise C. Grünenfelder,
Principal Scientist,
Discovery & Development Sciences,
Bristol Myers Squibb,
4 PM: Shannon S. Stahl,
Professor of Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Wisconsin – Madison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium: Neugebauer Lecture
Revolutions Great in Small in Astrophysics: Building on the Legacy of Gerry Neugbauer
Chas Beichman,
Executive Director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Despite Drastic SO2 Emission Reductions, SO2 Point Sources Continue to be Important For New-Particle Formation in the US
Jeffrey Pierce,
Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science,
Colorado State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Materials Science Research Lecture
Delocalized Negative Charge Transfer is the Redox Mechanism of Oxide Cathodes
Thursday, June 4th, 2026
9:00am
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5:00pm
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12:05pm
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1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar
Shear-Only Quadratic Estimators for CMB Lensing Reconstruction
Nicolas Ferree,
Graduate Student,
Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy,
Caltech,
2:30pm
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3:30pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
The decoding problem: Computational complexity and practical solutions
Aleksander Kubica,
Yale,
3:00pm
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4:15pm
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4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense
Controlling and Characterizing Quantum Material Dynamics via Nonlinear Terahertz Spectroscopy
Pin Hsun (Albert) Hsieh,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry (Blake Lab),
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Throwback Thesis Thursday
John Brady,
Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Karthish Manthiram,
Bren Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry; William H. Hurt Scholar; Executive Officer for Chemical Engineering,
Chemical Engineering,
Caltech,
Friday, June 5th, 2026
9:00am
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Seismo Lab Seminar
From Hidden Polar Oceans to Predictive Models: Robotic Observations of Ice–Ocean Change in West Antarctica
Jamin Greenbaum,
Assistant Research Geophysicist,
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego,
1:00pm
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3:30pm
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2:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Thermohaline mixing in oceans and stars, and 3D simulations in extreme regimes
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, June 6th, 2026
8:00am
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Sunday, June 7th, 2026
3:00pm
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Monday, June 8th, 2026
9:00am
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Tuesday, June 9th, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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