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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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CMX Lunch Seminar

Forward and inverse problems for the BGK model with in-flow boundary condition
Hanming Zhou, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California Santa Barbara,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Job Market Seminar

Do Individuals Treat Their Posterior as Sufficient Statistics? An Experimental Investigation
Zhenlin Kang, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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BBE Division Seminar - Andreas 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

The Quest for Representational Universals
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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DIX Planetary Science Seminar

Beyond basalts: recent discoveries of felsic rocks on Mars
Marie Barthez, Postdoctoral Researcher, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
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

Entangled vs. Separable Choice
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
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Logic Seminar

Online Event
Hyperfiniteness of Bounded-to-One Actions of Commutative Monoids
Forte Shinko, Stefan E. Warschawski Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California San Diego,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Explaining Mechanisms: Experts Make A Difference
Ori Heffetz, Professor of Economics, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Astronomy Colloquium

The Origin of Supermassive Black Holes from Pop III.1 Seeds and Implications for Particle Physics and Cosmology
Jonathan C. Tan, Professor of Astronomy, Chalmers University/University of Virginia,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

You Are What You Breathe and Eat: Linking Chemical Exposure and Molecular Responses
Erin Baker, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Peter B. Dervan Lecture

Glycan Recognition in Health and Disease
Laura Kiessling, Novartis Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, MIT,
4:15pm – 5:15pm
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Applied Physics and Materials Science Seminar Series

Tuning Light with Materials and Materials with Light
Felipe H. da Jornada, Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University,
Thursday, November 12th, 2026
10:00am – 12:00pm
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Thesis Defense - Nastya Oguienko, Mazmanian Lab, (Biology)

Principled Approach to Quantitative Analysis of Mouse Behavior
11:00am – 12:00pm
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Mechanical and Civil Engineering Seminar

Identifying Source Terms of Firebrand Generation for Models of Fire Spread in Wilderness and Urban Areas
David Blunck, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, College of Engineering/Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State,
12:00pm – 1:30pm
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EVOxZankou Seminar

"Ingredients for the secret sauce of flies" and "From foe to friend: rove beetles and the chemosensory basis of ant host-seeking behaviors"
Michael Dickinson, Professor, BBE, Caltech,
Hayley Smihula, Graduate Student, BBE, Caltech,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Observational Cosmology Seminar

Cosmic rays in cosmological simulations - bridging scales
Ludwig Boess, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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EE Devices Seminar- Kejie Fang, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Nonlinear Optical Interfaces for Quantum Information and Networking
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Algebra, Geometry, & Number Theory Seminar

Moments of Twists of GL(3) L-Functions
Junxian Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, UC Davis,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar

"A Thin Hematite-Organic Carbon Film on Vapor-Phase Garnets from Arizona: Chemical Selectivity and a Possible Microbial Origin"
Aaron Celestian, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Medical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series, Bin He

Bidirectional Brain-Computer Interfaces: Decoding and Modulating the Brain
Professor Bin He, Trustee Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Physics Colloquium

Exploring Young Brown Dwarfs Down to Planetary Masses
Ray Jayawarhana, President; Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair; Professor of Astronomy, Caltech,
Friday, November 13th, 2026
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Ranking Statistical Experiments via the Linear Convex Order and the Lorenz Zonoid: Economic Applications
Kailin Chen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Toulouse School of Economics,
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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IQIM Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Seminar

Learning the structure of open quantum systems
Laura Lewis, University of California, Berkeley,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Caltech/UCLA Analysis Seminar (1/2)

Several Problems in Analysis in the AI Era
Paata Ivanisvili, Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, UC Irvine,