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Friday, October 16th, 2026
9:00am 10:00am
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PhD Thesis Defense

Vignesh Bhethanabotla, Graduate Student, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
11:00am 12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Kasia Budzik, Harvard University,
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Aldana Grichener, Prize Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, University of Arizona,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Matouš Vobořil

"Thymflammation: A novel concept of central immune tolerance"
Matouš Vobořil, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Cell Biology, Charles University in Prague,
Saturday, October 17th, 2026
10:30am 11:30am
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Kavli Nanoscience Institute Special Lecture: KNI-Wheatley Scholarship

Andrei Faraon, William L. Valentine Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering and Fletcher Jones Foundation Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute., Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, California Institute of Technology,
Monday, October 19th, 2026
1:30pm 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Zihan Zhou, Princeton University,
2:15pm 3:15pm
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Special Organic Chemistry Seminar

Development of catalyst systems enabling sp3 C‒H functionalization reactions
Harunobu Mitsunuma, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Quantum Matter Seminar

Ultrafast Optical Excitation of Antiferromagnetic or Inertial Magnons in 2D Magnets
Branislav K. Nikolic, Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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The James R. and Shirley A. Kliegel Lectureship in Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

'Water and Weathering - The Two Towers'
Niels Hovius, Professor, Institute for Earth and Environment Sciences, Department of Geomorphology, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, University of Potsdam,
Tuesday, October 20th, 2026
12:00pm 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,
4:00pm 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,
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

TBD
Douglas Hamilton, Asst Professor Aerosol, Earth System Modelling, Wildfires, Biogeochemical Cycles, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University,
4:00pm 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,
Thursday, October 22nd, 2026
11:00am 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 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,
Friday, October 23rd, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Joheen Chakraborty, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, MIT,
Sunday, October 25th, 2026
Monday, October 26th, 2026
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Topic to be announced
Yu Hsiang (Sean) Wang, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Tuesday, October 27th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium

Abhishek Gupta, Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Washington,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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CNS/NB Seminar - Cliff Ragsdale

Cliff Ragsdale, Professor of Neurobiology, University of Chicago,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Topic to be announced
Emily Sellars, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University,
Wednesday, October 28th, 2026
1:30pm 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Aidan Herderschee, Institute for Advanced Study,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

Leah Johnson, Principle Oceanographer, Applied Physics Laboratory, (APL), University of Washington,
Thursday, October 29th, 2026
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Ge Wang

Professor Ge Wang, Clark & Crossan Endowed Chair Professor, Director of Biomedical Imaging Center, Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Troy, New York,
Friday, October 30th, 2026
2:00pm 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Hengrui Zhu, Graduate Student, Department of Physics, Princeton University,
Monday, November 2nd, 2026
1:30pm 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Gordon Rogelberg, Yale University,
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026
11:00am 12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Matthew Cooper, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Topic to be announced
Minghao Pan, Graduate Student (Economic Theory), Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Mustafa Mir

Mustafa Mir, Assistant Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Charles R. DePrima Memorial Lecture in Mathematics

What is a Mock Theta Function?
Amanda Folsom, Visiting Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Caltech,