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Wednesday, November 4th, 2026
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

TBD
Michael Keller, Distinguished Visiting Scientist at JPL,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar

Total Synthesis of Quinone-related Natural Products: Chemistry of Redox Reaction of Quinones
Yoshio Ando, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science Tokyo,
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Watson Lecture - Katie Bouman: Illuminating the Hidden Universe with Physics and AI

Katie Bouman, associate professor of computing and mathematical sciences, electrical engineering and astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Heritage Medical Research Institute Investigator,
Thursday, November 5th, 2026
10:00am – 11:00am
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar Series, Frank Sun

Nature Sensors: Connecting the Global Sensing Community
Dr. Frank Sun, Associate Editor, Nature Sensors,
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Reasoning Models for Physical AI
Marco Pavone, Associate Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Decoding the 3-OS Writers of the Heparan Sulfate Sulfation Code
John Chapman, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Hsieh-Wilson Lab), Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra, Geometry, & Number Theory Seminar

Title: TBD
Taehyeong Kim, Instructor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Brandeis University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar

"Ab initio-driven machine-learning models for aqueous systems and molten salts'
Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Special Seminar, Jina A. Ko

4D Profiling: Capturing Cellular Dynamics in Space and Time
Jina A. Ko, Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Search for dark matter particle interactions in an extended nuclear recoil energy window with the LZ experiment
Hugh Lippincott, Vice Chair for Research, Infrastructure & Facilities, Associate Professor, Physics, UCSB,
Friday, November 6th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Seismo Lab Seminar

Dr. Gregor Steinbrügge, Research Scientist, Planetary Science, JPL,
2:00pm – 3:00pm
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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
Title to be announced
Dang Pham, McCray Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder,
2:30pm – 3:30pm
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PhD Thesis Defense

Noninvasive Acoustic Control of Cellular Functions in Deep Tissue
Hao Shen, Graduate Student, Chemistry (Shapiro Lab), Caltech,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Geometry & Topology Seminar

Title: TBD
Beibei Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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HSS 60th Anniversary Celebration | Keynote Conversation

Leviathan Unchained: Rethinking the Framers on Executive Power
John Ferejohn, (HSS Faculty 1972–1983) Samuel Tilden Professor of Law, Emeritus, NYU School of Law,
Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics and Director of the Ronald and Maxine Linde Institute of Economic and Management Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Saturday, November 7th, 2026
Sunday, November 8th, 2026
Monday, November 9th, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Shada Ali Ahmad, New York University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

"Linking nanoscale mineral processes to tectonic-scale phenomena using atom probe tomography"
Renelle Dubosq, Principal's Research Chair in Nanogeology, Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environment Sciences, University of British Columbia,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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H.B. Keller Colloquium

Qin Li, Professor of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin - Madison,
Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Thesis Defense - Jiahui Peng, Lois Lab (Biology)

"Neural Dynamics Underlying Reliable Behavior: Insights from Learned Vocalizations in Songbirds".
Jiahui Peng, Graduate Student, Biology,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Topic to be announced
Zhenlin Kang, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Andy Martin

"Molecular machines for protein destruction: Substrate processing by AAA+ ATPases of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System"
Andy Martin, HHMI Investigator, Professor of Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology, University of California Berkeley,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Caltech AI Colloquium

Phillip Isola, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Chemical Physics Seminar

The never-ending pursuit of OH radical: Its formation via carbonyl photolysis and reactions with SO2 and HNO3.
A.R. ( Ravi) Ravishankara, Professor of Chemistry, Departments of Chemistry and Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Rosen Center Seminar: Erika DeBenedictis, Pioneer Labs

Terraforming Mars as a Bioengineering Problem
Erika DeBenedictis, CEO and Founder, Pioneer Labs,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Topic to be announced
Victor Aguiar, Associate Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University,
6:00pm – 7:00pm
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Writers in Residence Program

A Conversation with Author Jeff VanderMeer
Jeff VanderMeer,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
All Day
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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information