Seminars for 2016-2017

Tuesday September 27, 2016 6:10 PM
Caltech and City of Hope Biomedical Research Initiative: Partners in Innovation
Location: Off Campus
Thursday September 29, 2016 4:00 PM
Chemical Engineering Seminar
Nanoscale biophotonics and its applications in life sciences and medicine
Speaker: Luke P. Lee, University of California, Berkeley; Biomedical Institute for Global Health Research & Technology (BIGHEART), National University of Singapore
Location: Spalding Laboratory 106 (Hartley Memorial Seminar Room)
Wednesday October 5, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Global climate impacts of fixing large long-standing shortwave radiation biases in the Community Earth System Model
Speaker: Jennifer E. Kay, University of Colorado at Boulder
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday October 12, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Catalysis and Chemical Mechanisms of Calcite Dissolution in Seawater
Speaker: Adam Subhas, Caltech
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday October 19, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
“Hotter Droughts” and the fate of Tropical Forests
Speaker: Sassan Saatchi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday October 26, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Tropical energetic and precipitation responses to sea surface temperature perturbations: Zonal mean and the African Sahel
Speaker: Spencer Hill, Caltech
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday November 2, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The oscillating fringe and paleo-intensity of the East Asian monsoon reconstructed using closed-basin lake-area and dDwax
Speaker: Yonaton Goldsmith, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Location: South Mudd 365
Tuesday November 8, 2016 10:00 AM
JPL Research Poster Conference
Location: JPL
Wednesday November 9, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Balancing Carbon by the Gigaton in Soils and Seas: Can Ecosystems be Restored while Ensuring Global Food Security?
Speaker: Brian von Herzen, The Climate Foundation
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday November 16, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation without a role for ocean circulation
Speaker: Amy Clement, University of Miami
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday November 30, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Scaling plant fluorescence from the leaf to the satellite: Towards global mapping of terrestrial photosynthesis?
Speaker: Troy Magney, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Caltech
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday December 7, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
No ESE Seminar due to exams
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday December 14, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
No ESE Seminar due to AGU
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday December 21, 2016 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
No ESE Seminar due to the Christmas holiday
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday January 4, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Impact of mesophyll conductance on photosynthesis from leaf to globe
Speaker: Ying Sun, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Caltech
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday January 11, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Ambiguity in the causes for decadal trends in atmospheric methane and hydroxyl
Speaker: Alex Turner, Harvard University
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday January 18, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Understanding how Weather Responds to Changes in Climate
Speaker: Derek Posselt, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday January 25, 2017 11:00 AM
The Office of Naval Research Science and Technology in Support of the US Navy and Marine Corps
Speaker: Ellen S. Livingston, Ph.D., University Research Initiatives, Office of Naval Research, Arlington VA
Location: Gates-Thomas 135
Wednesday January 25, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The California Drought
Speaker: Richard Seager, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday February 1, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Arsenic mobilization in groundwater aquifiers and as removal in drinking water filters - causes and solutions for the world's largest mass poisoning
Speaker: Andreas Kappler, Caltech
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday February 8, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Mesoscale aggregation of shallow marine cumulus convection
Speaker: Christopher Bretherton, University of Washington
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday February 15, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
From North Dakota to the Southern Ocean: Surprising atmospheric observations with climate and air quality implications
Speaker: Eric Kort, University of Michigan
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday February 22, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Carbonyl sulfide as a new window on the carbon cycle
Speaker: Ulli Seibt, UCLA
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday March 1, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Understanding carbon isotope records during early Paleogene greenhouse conditions
Speaker: Gerald Dickens, Rice University
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday March 8, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Bioelectrochemical Systems (BESs) for Energy Recovery from Wastewater
Speaker: Christine Dykstra, Georgia Institute of Technology
Location: South Mudd 365
Monday March 13, 2017 7:00 PM
E/H/Art 89 New Media Art student exhibition
Location: Jorgensen Lobby
Wednesday March 15, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
No ESE Seminar due to final exams
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday March 22, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
No ESE Seminar due to Spring Break
Location: South Mudd 365
Friday March 24, 2017 11:30 AM
The Role of Leadership in the Journey to Gender Equity
Location: JPL, von Karman Auditorium
Wednesday March 29, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
No ESE Seminar due to Spring Break
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday April 5, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Glacier and fjord geometry dominates its response to environmental forcing
Speaker: Ginny Catania, University of Texas at Austin
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday April 12, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Can we predict western U.S. water?
Speaker: Sarah Kapnick, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday April 19, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Climatic teleconnections during the last ice age: postcards and text messages from the North Atlantic
Speaker: Christo Buizert, Oregon State University
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday April 26, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Electroactive biofilms - key characteristics and applications
Speaker: Korneel Rabaey, Ghent University
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday May 3, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Observations and modeling of the atmospheric boundary layer and its impact on the general circulation
Speaker: Gunilla Svensson, Stockholm University
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday May 10, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Engineered Biofilter for Water Sustainability
Speaker: Sanjay Mohanty, UCLA
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday May 17, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The global atmospheric loading of desert dust: Implications for climate and human health
Speaker: Jasper Kok, UCLA
Location: South Mudd 365
Friday May 19, 2017 3:30 PM
SpaceX's Road to Mars
Location: Cahill, Hameetman Auditorium
Wednesday May 24, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Methane in the Climate System: Monitoring Emissions from Satellites
Speaker: Daniel J. Jacob, Harvard University
Location: Arms 155 (Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall)
Wednesday May 31, 2017 4:00 PM
Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Impact of ocean submesoscale turbulence on the global climate
Speaker: Zhan Su, Caltech
Location: South Mudd 365
Wednesday August 16, 2017 10:30 AM
JPL Postdoc Research Day
Location: JPL