Institute Calendar - www.caltech.edu

Angkur Shaikeea, Assistant Professor of Aerospace; Bren Scholar, The Lynn Booth & Kent Kresa Department of Aerospace, California Institute of Technology,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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APACT event: In conversation with Melissa Magsaysay

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Biochemistry Seminar

Gates Annex B122

Patrick Sung, Professor of Biochemistry & Structural Biology, Robert A. Welch Distinguished Chair in Chemistry, UT Health San Antonio,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Physics Colloquium

Online and In-Person Event

TBA

David Hertzog, Arthur B. McDonald Professor of Physics, Director of CENPA, Department of Physics, University of Washington,

Friday, May 22nd, 2026

11:00am – 12:00pm

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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

TBA

Sabrina Pasterski, Perimeter Institute,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

East Bridge 114

Benjamin McDonough, University of Colorado, Boulder,

1:30pm – 2:30pm

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PhD Thesis Defense

Chen 100

Jan Gregrowicz, Graduate Student, Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, California Institute of Technology,

2:00pm – 3:00pm

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TAPIR Seminar

Online and In-Person Event

Title to be announced

Semih Tuna, Graduate Student, Metzger Group, Department of Physics, Columbia University,

7:00pm – 8:30pm

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AIM Public Lecture Series: Terence Tao

Beckman Auditorium

Machine Assisted Proof

Terence Tao, Professor, Department of Mathematics, UCLA,

Public Event

8:00pm – 9:30pm

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CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS

Dabney Hall, Lounge

Public Event

Monday, May 25th, 2026

All Day

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Credit Union Closure

Multiple locations - See event detail for more information

Tuesday, May 26th, 2026

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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CMX Lunch Seminar

Annenberg 213

TBA

Thomas O'Leary-Roseberry, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Ohio State University,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

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NB/CNS Seminar - Bing Brunton

Broad 100

Embodied intelligence: From connectomes to body models

Bing Brunton, Professor & Richard and Joan Komen University Chair, University of Washington, Seattle,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Banks-McKelvey Memorial Lecture

Location to be announced

Topic to be announced

Arthur Lupia, Vice President for Research and Innovation, Gerald R. Ford Distinguished University Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan,

Public Event

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Chemical Physics Seminar

Noyes 147 (J. Holmes Sturdivant Lecture Hall)

Revisiting Woodward–Hoffmann Allowed and Forbidden Electrocyclic Reactions

Kendall N. Houk, Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

South Mudd 365

Wednesday, May 27th, 2026

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

South Mudd 365

TBD

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Baxter B125

Topic to be announced

Tanya Rosenblat, Professor of Information, School of Information and Professor of Economics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

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W. N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering

Gates Annex B122

General lecture (title and abstract pending)

Zhenan Bao, K. K. Lee Professor, Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy and Professor, by courtesy, of Materials Science and Engineering, of Chemistry, and of Bioengineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University,

Thursday, May 28th, 2026

3:30pm – 5:00pm

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