Institute Calendar
October 2026
Monday, October 19th, 2026
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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2:15pm
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3:15pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar
Development of catalyst systems enabling sp3 C‒H functionalization reactions
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium
Distilling Quantum Structure: Efficiently Simulating and Learning Quantum Systems
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Ultrafast Optical Excitation of Antiferromagnetic or Inertial Magnons in 2D Magnets
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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The James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lectureship in Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
'The Crumbling Watertower'
Niels Hovius,
Professor, Institute for Earth and Environment Sciences,
Department of Geomorphology, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences,
University of Potsdam,
Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
9:00am
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2:00pm
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9:00am
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Egor Stoyan,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar
Characterizing Faults and Avalanches – South Island, New Zealand Aotearoa
Dr. Meghan Miller,
Australian National University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Justin Crocker
Exploring biological design space: from perturbations to phenotypes
Justin Crocker,
Group Leader,
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg,
4:00pm
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5:30pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Shadow of Influence: Agenda Setting, Vote Buying, and Legislative Coalitions
Andre Van Parys,
Research Fellow, Hoover Institute,
Stanford University,
7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Pyrocene: Burning Through the Earth System
Douglas Hamilton,
Asst Professor Aerosol, Earth System Modelling, Wildfires, Biogeochemical Cycles,
Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
North Carolina State University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Fat foraging: how pathogenic bacteria construct unusual cell envelopes
Laura M.K. Dassama,
Assistant Professor of Chemistry and of Microbiology and Immunology,
Department of Chemistry,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Preferences for Risk, Intertemporal Substitution, and Temporal Resolution of Risk
Mu Zhang,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
University of Michigan,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Mechanical design in the age of AI
Antoine Jerusalem,
Professor of Mechanical Engineering/Fellow at St Hugh's College,
Department of Engineering Science,
University of Oxford,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Camila Farres Rodriguez,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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Friday, October 23rd, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Quasi-periodic eruptions: new transient probes of stars near supermassive black holes
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium
Bridging rigorous methods with machine learning to build safe and intelligent autonomy
Chuchu Fan,
School of Engineering Leonardo Career Development Chair,
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Saturday, October 24th, 2026
11:00am
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12:30pm
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Sunday, October 25th, 2026
9:00am
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10/26
5:00pm
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Monday, October 26th, 2026
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Where did life begin?
Benjamin Tutolo,
Professor of Earth, Energy, and Environment,
Department of Earth, Energy, and Environment,
University of Calgary,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar
Crystal electric-field effect in rare-earth insulating magnets and its implications for thermal transport under magnetic field
Tuesday, October 27th, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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2:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Nghia Tran Pham,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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