Institute Calendar
October 2026
Thursday, October 1st, 2026
11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Building the Tools for a New Generation of Intelligent Ionic Materials
Max Tepermeister,
Cecil and Sally Drinkward Postdoctoral Fellow,
Mechanical and Civil Engineering,
California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar
"How productive was the early biosphere?" and "Modeling embryonic quality control: how stem cell-based embryo models reveal lineage-specific selection against chromosomally abnormal cells"
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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12:05pm
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1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar
Toward a Consensus Picture of Baryon Feedback: Joint X-ray, Sunyaev-Zeldovich, and Weak Lensing Measurements
Jared Siegel,
Graduate Student,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Algebra Geometry & Number Theory Seminar
Motivic Theta Lifting and Beilinson's Conjectures
Linli Shi,
Postdoctoral Researcher,
Mathematics,
ETH Zurich,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
Learning physical dynamics with generative machine learning
Aditi Krishnapriyan,
Bruce & Susan Stangeland Professor,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Error-corrected quantum processing with neutral atoms
Dolev Bluvstein,
CEO at Oratomic, Visiting associate in physics at Caltech,
Friday, October 2nd, 2026
8:30am
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2:00pm
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BOND Colloquium "Careers in Academia: Beyond the R1"
Prof. Kenneth Childers,
Cal State Fullerton,
Prof. Raul Navarro,
Occidental College,
Prof. Khuloud Sweimeh,
Pasadena City College,
Dr. Mike Vicic,
Caltech CCE,
Kala Youngblood,
USC East College Prep,
Dr. Jasmine Bryant,
Caltech CTLO,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
From Closed to Ajar: Effective Actions and Symmetry Breaking in Non-Equilibrium Many-Body Systems
Riccardo Penco,
Carnegie Mellon University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Signatures of Black Hole Spin and Plasma Acceleration in Jet Polarimetry
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium
Unraveling interactions between extreme-scale wind power systems and stratified, turbulent environmental flows
Michael F. Howland,
Jeffrey Cheah Career Development Professor,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Monday, October 5th, 2026
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
Alternative AdS Boundary Conditions and Their Implications
Xingkang Wang,
University of Chicago,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Dr. Marshall Brennan, "Device" journal
Publishing Applied Technology Research at Cell Press
Dr. Marshall Brennan,
Editor in Chief, Device,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Role of Academia in Lithium and Critical Mineral Exploration
Tuesday, October 6th, 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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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Binyamin (Ben) Wincelberg,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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Taussky-Todd Memorial Lecture in Mathematics
Stable Homotopy Theory and Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories
Mayuko Yamashita,
Professor of Mathematical Physics,
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics,
Wednesday, October 7th, 2026
10:00am
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11:00am
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering: Trailblazer Seminar
Autonomous Robotic Endovascular Navigation via Imitation Learning
Noah Barnes,
PhD Candidate and NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins University,
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Johns Hopkins University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Brown Bag Seminar
The Science of Storytelling: A simple formula for high-impact science
Dr. Chad A. Greene,
Glaciologist and Remote Sensing Scientist,
Sea Level and Ice Group,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute 15th Anniversary Seminar Series
Topic to be announced
Pietro Ortoleva,
Professor of Economics and Public Affairs,
Princeton University,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:00pm
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MedE : EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
Biointegrated electronics for disease monitoring and intervention
3:00pm
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5:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Electrical Engineering Trailblazers Seminar
Designing imaging systems to maximize information capture
Leyla Kabuli, PhD Candidate,
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley advised by Professor Laura Waller,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Aerospace: EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
A Study of Hypersonic Shockwave/Boundary-Layer Interaction Dynamics Using High-Temperature Plasma Discharges
Emma Nicotra,
Zonta International Ameila Earhart Fellow and Graduate Student,
School of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
Purdue University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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APhMS: EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
Hybridization and Electromechanics at Atomically Thin Interfaces
Sathvik Ajay Iyengar,
Schmidt Science Fellow, EECS Department at UC Berkeley and Bakar Innovation Fellow,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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CMS : EAS Trailblazers Department Seminar
An interaction-informed Science of Large Language Models
Myra Chen,
PhD Candidate, Knight-Hennessy Scholar; NSF Graduate Research Fellow,
Computer Science,
Stanford University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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ESE Trailblazer Seminar
Understanding Atmospheric Composition Using Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling and Observations
Laura H. Yang,
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering,
Washington University,
4:00pm
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6:00pm
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4:00pm
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Thursday, October 8th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Job Market Seminar
Topic to be announced
Paulo Cesar Matos Trifu,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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Biochemistry Seminar
Short RNA chaperones promote aggregation-resistant TDP-43 conformers to mitigate neurodegeneration
James Shorter,
Professor,
Department of Biochemistry and Biology, Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania,
Friday, October 9th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar
Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Jakob Moritz,
University of Wisconsin, Madison,
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
Importance of accretion disk-driven torques on extreme mass ratio inspirals
5:30pm
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7:30pm
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6:00pm
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8:00pm
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7:00pm
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8:30pm
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Saturday, October 10th, 2026
11:00am
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3:00pm
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Monday, October 12th, 2026
All Day
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2:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Informal Seminar - Shosei Yoshida
"Spatiotemporal dynamics of mammalian spermatogenesis: from stem cells to tissue organization"
Shosei Yoshida,
National Institute for Basic Biology,