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Tuesday, November 10th, 2026
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 - 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

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
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Topic to be announced
Ori Heffetz, Professor of Economics, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar

TBD
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,
Thursday, November 12th, 2026
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,
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

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

Laura Lewis, University of California, Berkeley,
3:00pm – 4:00pm
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Susan and James Wu Aerospace Colloquium

Damage-tolerant structural materials for extreme environments
David Cook, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Saturday, November 14th, 2026
Sunday, November 15th, 2026
Monday, November 16th, 2026
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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High Energy Theory Seminar

Online and In-Person Event
TBA
Zachary Bogorad, Fermilb,
1:30pm – 2:30pm
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Special ChE Seminar

Active Polymers in Porous Media: Activity-Driven Conformational and Transport Dynamics
Rajarshi Chakrabarti, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
4:00pm – 5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

"Thermal and thermodynamic perspectives on forming lithium-rich granites"
Owen Weller-Gibbs, Professor of Metamorphic Petrology, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge,