Institute Calendar
April 2026
Monday, April 20th, 2026
10:30am
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11:30am
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Synthesis of Stereoenriched Polycyclic Scaffolds via Pd Enolates and Progress Toward the Total Synthesis of Hypermoin A
Ruby Chen,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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7:00pm
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9:00pm
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Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Biology Seminar - Junhyong Kim
Junhyong Kim,
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Biology Co-Director, Penn Program in Single Cell Biology Secondary Professor, Computer and Information Science,
University of Pennsylvania,
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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2:00pm
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3:30pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:30pm
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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
Have Fiscal Policy Failures Diminished American Democracy?
Seth Hill,
Professor of Political Science,
UC San Diego,
5:00pm
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7:30pm
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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026
9:30am
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3:00pm
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:15pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium
TBD
Ellen Zweibel,
W. L. Kraushaar Professor of Astronomy and Physics,
Department of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Wisconsin-Madison,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Organic Chemistry Seminar
Nickel Complexes for Cooperative Catalysis & Mechanistic Insight
C. Rose Kennedy,
James P. Wilmot Distinguished Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry,
University of Rochester,
- Internal Event
Thursday, April 23rd, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Elasto-Plastic Stochasticity: The Role of Atomic Level Fluctuations on Mesoscale Deformation Properties in Complex Alloys
Jaime Marian,
Professor,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Chemical Engineering Seminar
Probing Interfacial Mechanics and Electrostatics under Confinement
Joelle Frechette,
Professor and Vice Chair of Graduate Education,
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering,
University of California, Berkeley,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium
Online and In-Person Event
Quantum Interconnects and Modularity via Waveguide QED
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Friday, April 24th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar
William Oliver,
Director of the Center for Quantum Engineering,
MIT,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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3:00pm
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4:00pm
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Aerospace Colloquium
Carlos Alejandro Pantano-Rubino,
Professor,
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering,
University of Southern California,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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BBE Informal Seminar - L Mahadevan
Evolutionary tales of biological shape: bodies, guts and beaks
L Mahadevan,
Professor of Physics; de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics; Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University,
7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Saturday, April 25th, 2026
2:00pm
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3:30pm
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7:30pm
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9:00pm
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Sunday, April 26th, 2026
2:30pm
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4:00pm
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Monday, April 27th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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PhD Thesis Seminar
Expanding molecular designs for mechanochromic polymers
Yan Sun,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
10:30am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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1:00pm
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NB-CNS Seminar - Daniel Mucida
Daniel Mucida,
Professor Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Immunology, Virology, and Microbiology,
The Rockefeller University,
2:00pm
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3:00pm
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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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Marcus Center Special Seminar
Real-time simulations of ultrafast electron relaxation dynamics
Joshua S. Kretchmer,
Assistant Professor,
School of Chemistry & Biochemistry,
Georgia Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Topic to be announced
B. Pablo Montagnes,
Associate Professor of Data & Decision Sciences and Political Science,
Emory University,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
8:00am
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Ongoing
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10:00am
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11:00am
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11:00am
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12:00pm
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12:00pm
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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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4:00pm
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7:30pm
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8:30pm
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POSTPONED: Watson Lecture - Sarkis Mazmanian
Sarkis Mazmanian,
Luis B. and Nelly Soux professor of microbiology; Merkin Institute Professor,
- Public Event
Thursday, April 30th, 2026
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar
Robots That Learn To Model The World By Playing
Anirudha Majumdar,
Associate Professor,
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) department,
Princeton University,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Social Sciences History Seminar
Topic to be announced
Katherine Eriksson,
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics,
UC Davis,