Institute Calendar - www.caltech.edu

Margaret Cohen, Andrew B. Hammond Professor of French Language, Literature, and Civilization, and Professor of English, and by courtesy, of French and Italian and of Comparative Literature, Stanford University,

3:45pm – 4:45pm

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Inorganic-Electrochemistry Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Astrid Mueller, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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High Energy Physics Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

TBA

Carl Beadle, University of Toronto,

Tuesday, March 31st, 2026

9:00am – 12:00pm

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Undergraduate Academic Standards and Honors Committee Meeting

Academic

10:00am – 11:00am

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Science Journey - Smarter AI for a More Sustainable World: Building an AI Model You Can Trust

Public Event

10:30am – 12:00pm

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CPA Free Headshots

Caltech Hall Pond

Internal Event

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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Biology Seminar - Erica Larschan

Broad 100

X marks the spot: Identification of the X-chromosome for coordinated gene regulation

Erica Larschan, Associate Prof. of Biology Brown University, Department of Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology and Biochemistry Director, Brown University,

12:00pm – 2:00pm

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Caltech TechConnect & Sustainability and Energy Industry Day

Olive Walk

Internal Event

12:00pm – 1:30pm

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Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV)

Center for Student Services, 2nd Floor, Common Area

2:30pm – 3:30pm

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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra & Geometry Seminar (1/2)

Linde Hall 187

P-adic Gamma classes and Frobenius structures

Shaoyun Bai, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, MIT,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra & Geometry Seminar (2/2)

Linde Hall 187

TBD

James Hotchkiss, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Columbia University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Negative Ions: From Multiplexed Coincidence Spectroscopy to Hypervelocity Ice Grain Impacts

Robert Continetti, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Senior Associate Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, Department of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365

Imaging and interpreting extrasolar Kuiper Belt structures

Yinuo Han, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Planetary Science, Caltech,

Wednesday, April 1st, 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

Relational Perspectives in Quantum Gravity: Quantum Reference Frames and the Observer Dependence of Entropy

Anne-Catherine de la Hamette,

11:00am – 12:00pm

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Materials Science Research Lecture

Noyes 153 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Building a new era of atom-by-atom materials characterization with electron ptychography

Pinshane Y. Huang, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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Logic Seminar

Online Event

Gδ Circle Squaring

Spencer Unger, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto,

1:00pm – 2:00pm

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Getting Started With Gradescope

Online Event

Internal Event

3:00pm – 5:00pm

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Biosafety - Comprehensive Training

Online Event

3:00pm – 5:00pm

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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365

Heuristics of Plant Water-Use and the Problem of Scale

Emma Reich, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Environmental Science and Engineering, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Astronomy Colloquium

Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium

TBD

Laurent Pueyo, Associate Astronomer, Space Telescope Science Institute,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Frontiers in Chemical Engineering

Understanding (and controlling) electrified interfaces for energy and health

Yuzhang Li, Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125

Revealed Convex Preference

Rui Tang, Assistant Professor in Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST),

Thursday, April 2nd, 2026

11:00am – 3:49pm

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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Gates-Thomas 135

Data-Driven Modeling of Turbulent Flows: Nonlinear Modal Dynamics and Transient Forecasting

Oliver Schmidt, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego,

11:30am – 1:00pm

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Dr. Sarah Reisman on Making Molecules: My Path in Chemistry

Bechtel Residence Dining Hall

Public Event

2:00pm – 3:00pm

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PhD Thesis Defense

Broad 100

Transcriptional Regulation of Zebrafish Enteric Nervous System Development

Yuanyun (Rose) Huang, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,

2:30pm – 3:30pm

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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra & Geometry Seminar (1/2)

Linde Hall 187

TBD

Mee Song Im, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Johns Hopkins University,

3:00pm – 4:30pm

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CFAM Winter Discussion Series: AI in Today's Classroom

Center for Student Services 360 (Workshop Space)

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122

Transcription and RNA quality control in health and disease

Karen Adelman, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Caltech/USC Joint Algebra & Geometry Seminar (2/2)

Linde Hall 187

Gluing in Heegaard-Floer theory

Peng Zhou, Postdoc, Department of Mathematics, UC Berkeley,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Chemical Engineering Seminar

Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)

Synthetic Biology for Human Health: RNA Sensors, Protein Circuits, and Machine-Guided Humanization

Xiaojing Gao, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Number Theory Seminar

Linde Hall 387

Sums along binary quartic forms

Mayank Pandey, PhD Candidate, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event

Markus Greiner, Professor of Physics, Physics, Harvard,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Social Sciences History Seminar

Baxter B125

Religion and Conflict: Evidence from China, 1860-1911

Felipe Valencia Caicedo, Dean's Assistant Professor of Political Economy & Economics, Brown University,

Friday, April 3rd, 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

TBA

Hao Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Baxter 127

Finite Time Bounds for Robust Reinforcement Learning with Linear Function Approximation

Yashaswini Murthy, Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Computing & Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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CFAM TA Refresher Session

Center for Student Services, 3rd Floor, Brennen Conference Room

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114

Ahmed Abouelkomsan, MIT,

2:00pm – 3:00pm

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Geometry and Topology Seminar (1/2)

Linde Hall 310

Flexibility and degeneracy around a theorem of Thurston

Alex Nolte, Postdoc, Department of Mathematics, IHES,

2:00pm – 3:00pm

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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

Black-hole METRICS, ringdown and fundamental physics

Adrian Ka-Wai Chung, Postdoctoral Fellow, DAMTP, University of Cambridge,

3:00pm – 4:00pm

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Aerospace Colloquium

Guggenheim 133 (Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall)

Nicholas Boechler, Associate Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego,

3:00pm – 4:00pm

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Geometry and Topology Seminar 2/2

Linde Hall 310

Classification of ancient cylindrical mean curvature flows and the Mean Convex Neighborhood Conjecture

Yi Lai, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, UCI,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Inorganic-Organometallics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Chris Totoiu, Graduate Student (Hadt Research Group), Department of Chemistry, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Seismo Lab Seminar

South Mudd 254

Thorsten Becker, Professor; Distinguished Chair in Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin),

Monday, April 6th, 2026

9:00am – 4/24 5:00pm

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