Seminars

JPL sponsors many different seminar and lecuture series, including the von Karman Lectures Series, the Earth and Space Science Colloquium, Science 101, and many other events -- some of which are open to the public.

Panguana Field Station – Research potentials for current and upcoming satellite missions
11.30.23
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Speaker: Armin Niessner, Panguana Reserve Title: Panguana Field Station – Research potentials for current and upcoming satellite missions Location: 233-305E & Teams: https://tinyurl.com/2vps9vsr Meeting ID: 230 073 121 73 Passcode: zyMcDu Time: 3:00-4:00pm *** Carbon Club Seminar *** Carbon Club Upcoming Schedule
Turbulence, Pebbles And Planetesimals: The Origin of Minor Bodies in The Solar System
11.30.23
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Speaker: Hubert Klahr, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Title: Turbulence, Pebbles And Planetesimals: The Origin of Minor Bodies in The Solar System Location: 169-336 & WebEx:  https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m67356395c47e3dd8563c1c2b32cf65ca Meeting number (access code): 2761 044 0897 Meeting password: mMmd4bJRC26 Time: 11:00am *** Astrophysics Colloquium ***
Lighting Up Tidal Disruption Events: an applications of radiation hydrodynamics in astrophysics
11.29.23
Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 Speaker: Xiaoshan Huang, Caltech Title: Lighting Up Tidal Disruption Events: an applications of radiation hydrodynamics in astrophysics Location: Room 162, S. Mudd, Caltech & Zoom: https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139 By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Solving the Mystery of Small Exoplanets through Holistic Characterization
11.16.23
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2023 Speaker: Johanna Teske, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science Title: Solving the Mystery of Small Exoplanets through Holistic Characterization Location: 169-336 & WebEx: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m895466eb9b4db5c33c67111ed3caa212 Meeting number (access code): 2764 408 7339 Meeting password: 4P7u37tZiUY Time: 11:00am-12:00pm *** Astrophysics Colloquium ***
On Irish bacteriometallogenesis and its wider connotations
11.15.23
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Speaker: Michael Russell, Università degli Studi di Torino Title: On Irish bacteriometallogenesis and its wider connotations Location: Room 162, S. Mudd, Caltech & Zoom: https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139 By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Cosmology from the Diffuse Emission in the Extragalactic Background Light
11.09.23
Date: Thursday, November 9, 2023Speaker: Yun-Ting Cheng, JPL Postdoctoral FellowTitle: Cosmology from the Diffuse Emission in the Extragalactic Background Light Location: 180-101 and WebEx: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m9f87952797c5e33a91cc532b1a64fca3 Meeting number (access code): 2761 504 1171Meeting password: GnDCuMZY722Time: 12:00-1:00pm *** Postdoc Seminar Series ***
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and carbon capture and storage (CCS)
11.08.23
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 Speaker: Sally Newman, Caltech Title: Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) Location: Room 162, S. Mudd, Caltech & Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Extrasolar Space Weather: The Hidden Hand in Exoplanet Evolution
11.06.23
Date: Monday, November 6, 2023 Speakers: David Brain (Univ. of Colorado Boulder), Antígona Segura (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México), Julían Alavardo-Gómez (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam), Christina Cohen (Caltech), and Rachel Osten (Space Telescope Science Institute) Title: Extrasolar Space Weather: The Hidden Hand in Exoplanet Evolution Location: Salvatori Seminar Room, 365 South Mudd Building, Caltech Time: 8:45am-12:30pm, 8:15am Coffee *** Keck Institute for Space Studies Short Course ***
Evaluating Satellite-based XCO2 measurements from OCO-2 against Ground-based TCCON and COCCON measurements
11.01.23
Date: Wednesday, November 1 Speaker: Saswati Das, JPL Postdoctoral Fellow Title: Evaluating Satellite-based XCO2 measurements from OCO-2 against Ground-based TCCON and COCCON measurements Location: 180-101 and via WebEx: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m7276f7e601c6994fd32a25cd03d1cb25 Meeting number (access code): 2761 598 8538 Meeting password: ccYGvXF8G77 Time: 12pm-1pm *** JPL Postdoc Seminar Series ***
Global Distribution of Serpentine on Mars
10.26.23
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023Speaker: Al Emran, JPL Postdoctoral Fellow Title: Global Distribution of Serpentine on Mars Location: 180-101and Webex: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m848bac5a0616553e6be35ff6fe3aba2e Meeting number (access code): 2764 482 5171Meeting password: A9WrXAfts36Time: 12:00-1:00pm *** Postdoc Seminar Series ***
Understanding Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves
10.26.23
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023Speaker: Dr. Katerina Chatziioannou, CaltechTitle: Understanding Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves Location:   Webex: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m119c509d8b14fc860bee866ae21189cd Meeting number (access code): 2767 301 6611Meeting password: 1400Time: 1:30-2:30pm *** JPL-Caltech OCSCT Seminar Series ***
A bioenergetic basis for the origin of life and the emergence of consciousness in cells
10.09.23
Date: Monday, October 9, 2023Speaker: Nick Lane, Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry, University College LondonTitle: A bioenergetic basis for the origin of life and the emergence of consciousness in cellsLocation: Chen 100 at CaltechTime: 4:00-5:00pm *** CaltechASM & CEMI Invited Speaker Series ***
A Fresh Look at the Chemistry Behind Acid Rain
10.04.23
Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Speaker: Prof. Joseph S. Francisco, University of Pennsylvania Title: A Fresh Look at the Chemistry Behind Acid Rain Location: Room 162, S. Mudd, Caltech & Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Sensitive Probing of the Ocean Worlds with JWST
09.29.23
Date: Friday, September 29, 2023 Speaker: Geronimo Villanueva, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Title: Sensitive Probing of the Ocean Worlds with JWST Location: WebEx: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=mbcab812e5410902efc126d2a9b332899 Meeting number (access code): 2762 825 1635 Meeting password: 3456 Time: 11:00am-12:00pm *** Europa Clipper Lecture Series ***
Understanding the Role of Outgassing through Carbon Cycling on the TRAPPIST-1 Planets
09.18.23
Date: Monday, September 18, 2023 Speaker: Junellie Gonzalez Quiles, Johns Hopkins University Title: Understanding the Role of Outgassing through Carbon Cycling on the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Location: WebEx https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m04a35e4b1dde64ae55821a3df62f1a87 Meeting number (access code): 2764 269 5872 Meeting password: exoplanets Time: 11:15-11:45am *** Virtual Exoplanet Lecture ***
Vesicles and vents, a match made in Heaven
09.13.23
Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Speaker: Dr. Siivia Holler, University of Trento Title: Vesicles and vents, a match made in Heaven Location: Room 162, S. Mudd, Caltech & Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Early Warning Signs on Tipping Points
09.07.23
Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Speaker: Ka-Kit Tung, University of Washington Title: Early Warning Signs on Tipping Points Location: Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Quantum-well Heterodyne Detector for High-resolution THz Spectroscopy
09.07.23
Date: Thursday, September 7, 2023 Speaker: Chang Yoo, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow Title: Quantum-well Heterodyne Detector for High-resolution THz Spectroscopy Location: 180-101 & WebEx (https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m0f7f1f53ac854d7beedb4bbeac23b40b) Meeting number (access code): 2761 134 8979 Meeting password: 33TKeBJikg2 Time: 12:00pm *** Postdoc Seminar Series ***
AI for Scientific Understanding
08.30.23
Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Speaker: Kelsey Doerksen, Oxford University Title: AI for Scientific Understanding Location: Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Non-Equilibrium Theoretical Framework for Oscillation Pumped Reactions and Geometrical Design Principles
08.23.23
Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Speaker: Zhiyue Lu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Title: Non-Equilibrium Theoretical Framework for Oscillation Pumped Reactions and Geometrical Design Principles Location: Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
The Role of Vegetation Structural Diversity in Ecosystem Function
08.10.23
Date: Thursday, August 10, 2023 Speaker: Elizabeth La Rue, The University of Texas at El Paso Title: The Role of Vegetation Structural Diversity in Ecosystem Function Location: 233-305E & WebEx (https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m91cd9775f5faf8811e4da98d8dbcba66) Meeting number (access code): 2760 651 5135 Meeting password: ZyMPBJUJ863 Time: 3:00pm *** Carbon Club Seminar Series *** 
Forecasting the Progression of Human Civilization on the Kardashev Scale through 2060 with a Machine Learning Approach
08.09.23
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Speaker: Antong Zhang, California Institute of Technology Title: Forecasting the Progression of Human Civilization on the Kardashev Scale through 2060 with a Machine Learning Approach Location: Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Highly Depleted Alkali Metals in Jupiter's Deep Atmosphere Inferred from Juno MWR
08.02.23
Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 Speaker: Ananyo Bhattacharya, University of Michigan Title: Highly Depleted Alkali Metals in Jupiter's Deep Atmosphere Inferred from Juno MWR Location: Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 817 6190 8253 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Linked Magmatic-Tectonic Formation Models of Venusian Corona
07.27.23
Postdoc Seminar Series Linked Magmatic-Tectonic Formation Models of Venusian Corona Joseph Schools, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow Thursday, July 27 at 12 pm (PT) 180-101 and via WebEx
Curiosity and the Four Seasons
07.26.23
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Speaker: Melissa Trainer and Daniel Lo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Title: Curiosity and the Four Seasons Location: Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Temporal Variation of NOx, O3, and CO2 and Meteorological Influences in New York and New Jersey Urban Atmospheres
07.19.23
Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Speaker: Christopher Blaszczak-Boxe, Howard University Title: Temporal Variation of NOx, O3, and CO2 and Meteorological Influences in New York and New Jersey Urban Atmospheres Location: Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Venus: From Cinderella to Frankenstein?
07.12.23
Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Speaker:        Yuk Yung & Jennifer Liao, California Institute of Technology & National Taiwan University Title:              Venus: From Cinderella to Frankenstein? Location:       Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time:             12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Working Models of Jovian Radiation Environment: Current Understanding and Plans for Europa Clipper Mission
07.11.23
Date:              Tuesday, July 11, 2023 Speaker:        Insoo Jun, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              Working Models of Jovian Radiation Environment: Current Understanding and Plans for Europa Clipper Mission Location:       WebEx (https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m2dbf766e9ee9155693716841d70fe2a7) Meeting number (access code): 2760 608 8938 Meeting password: pFPte3drj53 Time:             10:00am  
JPL's Past, Present and Future: An Employee's Perspective
07.05.23
Date:              Wednesday, July 5, 2023 Speaker:        Jonathan Jiang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              JPL's Past, Present and Future: An Employee's Perspective Location:       Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 817 6190 8253 Time:             12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
The RIME & Reason of JUICE – The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
06.22.23
Date:              Thursday, June 22, 2023 Speaker:        Jeffrey Plaut, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              The RIME & Reason of JUICE – The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Location:       Sharp Lecture Hall, Arms Building, Caltech & via YouTube                       Please register here to watch online: https://bit.ly/2023_Plaut Time:             5:00pm (4:30pm reception)   *** Keck Institute for Space Studies ***
Modeling global scale vegetation processes using a next-generation land surface model—CliMA Land
05.25.23
Date:              Thursday, May 25, 2023 Speaker:        Yujie Wang, Caltech Title:              Modeling global scale vegetation processes using a next-generation land surface model—CliMA Land Location:       233-350E & WebEx (https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m91cd9775f5faf8811e4da98d8dbcba66) Meeting number (access code): 2760 651 5135 Meeting password: ZyMPBJUJ863  Time:             3:00pm   *** Carbon Club Seminar Series ***
The Great Oxidation Event (GOE): Respiration and Oxygenic Photosynthesis as Feedback in the Biogeochemical System
05.24.23
Date:              Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Speaker:        Andrew Ingersoll, Caltech Title:              The Great Oxidation Event (GOE): Respiration and Oxygenic Photosynthesis as Feedback in the Biogeochemical System Location:       Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139 ) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID:  812 9215 6139 Time:              12:00pm  *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Optical Aurora on the Icy Galilean Satllites
05.23.23
Date:             Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Speaker:       Zachariah Milby, Caltech Title:             Optical Aurora on the Icy Galilean Satllites                        & Speaker:        Yu Yu Phua, Caltech Title:              Characterizing Hydration Carrier Phases in Altered Rocks of Jezero Crater Western Fan And Floor Units with SHERLOC                        on MARS 2020 Location:      365 South Mudd – Salvatori Room - California Institute of Technology Time:            4:00pm  
Scientific Highlights from Ten Years of Exploration by the Curiosity Mars Rover
05.10.23
Date:              Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Speaker:        Ashwin Vasavada, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              Scientific Highlights from Ten Years of Exploration by the Curiosity Mars Rover Location:       Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time:             12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Environmental Respiratory Toxicology and Novel Breath-borne Biomarkers
04.26.23
Date:              Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Speaker:        Haoxuan Chen, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Title:              Environmental Respiratory Toxicology and Novel Breath-borne Biomarkers Location:       Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time:             12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
The Callisto ALMA Narrative Continues
04.25.23
Date:             Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Speakers:      Maria Camarca, California Institute of Technology Title:             The Callisto ALMA Narrative Continues Location:      365 South Mudd – Salvatori Room - California Institute of Technology Time:              4:00pm   *** Dix Planetary Science Seminar ***
Probing the Atmosphere and Interior Structure of Uranus with Gravity Sounding
04.19.23
Date:              Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Speaker:        Marzia Parisi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              Probing the Atmosphere and Interior Structure of Uranus with Gravity Sounding Location:       Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time:             12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Small Bodies Through the Lens of Interstellar Interlopers
04.18.23
Date:              Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Speaker:        Garrett Levine, Yale University Title:              Small Bodies Through the Lens of Interstellar Interlopers Location:       365 South Mudd – Salvatori Room & Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/89848790700) Meeting ID: 898 4879 0700 Time:              4:00pm   *** Dix Planetary Science Seminar ***
Localized Distribution of Water on the Moon: Evidence from 6 micron SOFIA Observations
04.11.23
Date:             Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Speakers:      William (Bill) Reach, Universities Space Research Association Title:             Localized Distribution of Water on the Moon: Evidence from 6 micron SOFIA Observations Location:      365 South Mudd – Salvatori Room - California Institute of Technology Time:              4:00pm   *** Dix Planetary Science Seminar ***
earth core
Experimental and Modeling Studies on Clathrate Hydrates: Implications for Methane Outgassing on Titan
04.06.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
Evolution of the Martian Atmosphere Indicated by C, N, Ar, and H Isotopes
04.04.23
Date:              Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Speakers:      Renyu Hu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              Evolution of the Martian Atmosphere Indicated by C, N, Ar, and H Isotopes Location:       365 South Mudd – Salvatori Room - California Institute of Technology Time:              4:00pm   *** Dix Planetary Science Seminar ***
patagonia
Quantifying Light-Absorbing Particles in Snow - Application of a Coupled Anisotropic Surface-Atmosphere Radiative Transfer Model To Spaceborne EMIT Imaging Spectrometer Data
03.30.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
Map of Los Angeles
Extreme Heat in Cities
03.16.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
postdoc research day
Postdoc Research Day Award Ceremony
03.07.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
Volcanic & Ocean Worlds Io & Europa: An Exospheric Ticket to Detect Geologically-Active Exomoons & Exoplanets in Alkali Spectroscopy
03.03.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
photons
Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors for Infrared Wavelengths
02.23.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
solar induced fluorescence graphic
Investigating the Effect of California Wildfires using Satellite Observations of Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence
02.02.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
Input Photons Detected Graph
High Speed Detection of Single Photons with Superconducting Nanowire Detectors
01.12.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
mars
CO2 Seasonal Monitoring at the Martian South Pole and Subsurface Investigation over Jezero crater using Advanced Radar Processing Techniques with SHARAD Sounder Data
01.06.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
thermal evaporation image
Thermal Evaporation Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition for Far Ultraviolet Mirror Coatings and Bandpass Filters
12.15.22
Postdoc Seminar Series
exoplanet
Exoplanets and the Road to the Radius Gap
11.14.22
Exoplanet Science Initiative Journal Club Series
Irradiated NaCI detections
Radiation-Formed Color Centers of Sodium Chloride on Inner Solar System Bodies
11.10.22
Postdoc Seminar Series
Panguana Field Station – Research potentials for current and upcoming satellite missions
11.30.23
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Speaker: Armin Niessner, Panguana Reserve Title: Panguana Field Station – Research potentials for current and upcoming satellite missions Location: 233-305E & Teams: https://tinyurl.com/2vps9vsr Meeting ID: 230 073 121 73 Passcode: zyMcDu Time: 3:00-4:00pm *** Carbon Club Seminar *** Carbon Club Upcoming Schedule
Turbulence, Pebbles And Planetesimals: The Origin of Minor Bodies in The Solar System
11.30.23
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023 Speaker: Hubert Klahr, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Title: Turbulence, Pebbles And Planetesimals: The Origin of Minor Bodies in The Solar System Location: 169-336 & WebEx:  https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m67356395c47e3dd8563c1c2b32cf65ca Meeting number (access code): 2761 044 0897 Meeting password: mMmd4bJRC26 Time: 11:00am *** Astrophysics Colloquium ***
Lighting Up Tidal Disruption Events: an applications of radiation hydrodynamics in astrophysics
11.29.23
Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2023 Speaker: Xiaoshan Huang, Caltech Title: Lighting Up Tidal Disruption Events: an applications of radiation hydrodynamics in astrophysics Location: Room 162, S. Mudd, Caltech & Zoom: https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139 By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Solving the Mystery of Small Exoplanets through Holistic Characterization
11.16.23
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2023 Speaker: Johanna Teske, Earth and Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science Title: Solving the Mystery of Small Exoplanets through Holistic Characterization Location: 169-336 & WebEx: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m895466eb9b4db5c33c67111ed3caa212 Meeting number (access code): 2764 408 7339 Meeting password: 4P7u37tZiUY Time: 11:00am-12:00pm *** Astrophysics Colloquium ***
On Irish bacteriometallogenesis and its wider connotations
11.15.23
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023 Speaker: Michael Russell, Università degli Studi di Torino Title: On Irish bacteriometallogenesis and its wider connotations Location: Room 162, S. Mudd, Caltech & Zoom: https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139 By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Cosmology from the Diffuse Emission in the Extragalactic Background Light
11.09.23
Date: Thursday, November 9, 2023Speaker: Yun-Ting Cheng, JPL Postdoctoral FellowTitle: Cosmology from the Diffuse Emission in the Extragalactic Background Light Location: 180-101 and WebEx: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m9f87952797c5e33a91cc532b1a64fca3 Meeting number (access code): 2761 504 1171Meeting password: GnDCuMZY722Time: 12:00-1:00pm *** Postdoc Seminar Series ***
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and carbon capture and storage (CCS)
11.08.23
Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023 Speaker: Sally Newman, Caltech Title: Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) Location: Room 162, S. Mudd, Caltech & Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Extrasolar Space Weather: The Hidden Hand in Exoplanet Evolution
11.06.23
Date: Monday, November 6, 2023 Speakers: David Brain (Univ. of Colorado Boulder), Antígona Segura (Univ. Nacional Autónoma de México), Julían Alavardo-Gómez (Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam), Christina Cohen (Caltech), and Rachel Osten (Space Telescope Science Institute) Title: Extrasolar Space Weather: The Hidden Hand in Exoplanet Evolution Location: Salvatori Seminar Room, 365 South Mudd Building, Caltech Time: 8:45am-12:30pm, 8:15am Coffee *** Keck Institute for Space Studies Short Course ***
Evaluating Satellite-based XCO2 measurements from OCO-2 against Ground-based TCCON and COCCON measurements
11.01.23
Date: Wednesday, November 1 Speaker: Saswati Das, JPL Postdoctoral Fellow Title: Evaluating Satellite-based XCO2 measurements from OCO-2 against Ground-based TCCON and COCCON measurements Location: 180-101 and via WebEx: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m7276f7e601c6994fd32a25cd03d1cb25 Meeting number (access code): 2761 598 8538 Meeting password: ccYGvXF8G77 Time: 12pm-1pm *** JPL Postdoc Seminar Series ***
Global Distribution of Serpentine on Mars
10.26.23
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023Speaker: Al Emran, JPL Postdoctoral Fellow Title: Global Distribution of Serpentine on Mars Location: 180-101and Webex: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m848bac5a0616553e6be35ff6fe3aba2e Meeting number (access code): 2764 482 5171Meeting password: A9WrXAfts36Time: 12:00-1:00pm *** Postdoc Seminar Series ***
Understanding Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves
10.26.23
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023Speaker: Dr. Katerina Chatziioannou, CaltechTitle: Understanding Neutron Stars with Gravitational Waves Location:   Webex: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m119c509d8b14fc860bee866ae21189cd Meeting number (access code): 2767 301 6611Meeting password: 1400Time: 1:30-2:30pm *** JPL-Caltech OCSCT Seminar Series ***
A bioenergetic basis for the origin of life and the emergence of consciousness in cells
10.09.23
Date: Monday, October 9, 2023Speaker: Nick Lane, Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry, University College LondonTitle: A bioenergetic basis for the origin of life and the emergence of consciousness in cellsLocation: Chen 100 at CaltechTime: 4:00-5:00pm *** CaltechASM & CEMI Invited Speaker Series ***
A Fresh Look at the Chemistry Behind Acid Rain
10.04.23
Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 Speaker: Prof. Joseph S. Francisco, University of Pennsylvania Title: A Fresh Look at the Chemistry Behind Acid Rain Location: Room 162, S. Mudd, Caltech & Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Sensitive Probing of the Ocean Worlds with JWST
09.29.23
Date: Friday, September 29, 2023 Speaker: Geronimo Villanueva, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Title: Sensitive Probing of the Ocean Worlds with JWST Location: WebEx: https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=mbcab812e5410902efc126d2a9b332899 Meeting number (access code): 2762 825 1635 Meeting password: 3456 Time: 11:00am-12:00pm *** Europa Clipper Lecture Series ***
Understanding the Role of Outgassing through Carbon Cycling on the TRAPPIST-1 Planets
09.18.23
Date: Monday, September 18, 2023 Speaker: Junellie Gonzalez Quiles, Johns Hopkins University Title: Understanding the Role of Outgassing through Carbon Cycling on the TRAPPIST-1 Planets Location: WebEx https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m04a35e4b1dde64ae55821a3df62f1a87 Meeting number (access code): 2764 269 5872 Meeting password: exoplanets Time: 11:15-11:45am *** Virtual Exoplanet Lecture ***
Vesicles and vents, a match made in Heaven
09.13.23
Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Speaker: Dr. Siivia Holler, University of Trento Title: Vesicles and vents, a match made in Heaven Location: Room 162, S. Mudd, Caltech & Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Early Warning Signs on Tipping Points
09.07.23
Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Speaker: Ka-Kit Tung, University of Washington Title: Early Warning Signs on Tipping Points Location: Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Quantum-well Heterodyne Detector for High-resolution THz Spectroscopy
09.07.23
Date: Thursday, September 7, 2023 Speaker: Chang Yoo, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow Title: Quantum-well Heterodyne Detector for High-resolution THz Spectroscopy Location: 180-101 & WebEx (https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m0f7f1f53ac854d7beedb4bbeac23b40b) Meeting number (access code): 2761 134 8979 Meeting password: 33TKeBJikg2 Time: 12:00pm *** Postdoc Seminar Series ***
AI for Scientific Understanding
08.30.23
Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023 Speaker: Kelsey Doerksen, Oxford University Title: AI for Scientific Understanding Location: Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Non-Equilibrium Theoretical Framework for Oscillation Pumped Reactions and Geometrical Design Principles
08.23.23
Date: Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Speaker: Zhiyue Lu, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Title: Non-Equilibrium Theoretical Framework for Oscillation Pumped Reactions and Geometrical Design Principles Location: Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
The Role of Vegetation Structural Diversity in Ecosystem Function
08.10.23
Date: Thursday, August 10, 2023 Speaker: Elizabeth La Rue, The University of Texas at El Paso Title: The Role of Vegetation Structural Diversity in Ecosystem Function Location: 233-305E & WebEx (https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m91cd9775f5faf8811e4da98d8dbcba66) Meeting number (access code): 2760 651 5135 Meeting password: ZyMPBJUJ863 Time: 3:00pm *** Carbon Club Seminar Series *** 
Forecasting the Progression of Human Civilization on the Kardashev Scale through 2060 with a Machine Learning Approach
08.09.23
Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Speaker: Antong Zhang, California Institute of Technology Title: Forecasting the Progression of Human Civilization on the Kardashev Scale through 2060 with a Machine Learning Approach Location: Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Highly Depleted Alkali Metals in Jupiter's Deep Atmosphere Inferred from Juno MWR
08.02.23
Date: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 Speaker: Ananyo Bhattacharya, University of Michigan Title: Highly Depleted Alkali Metals in Jupiter's Deep Atmosphere Inferred from Juno MWR Location: Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 817 6190 8253 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Linked Magmatic-Tectonic Formation Models of Venusian Corona
07.27.23
Postdoc Seminar Series Linked Magmatic-Tectonic Formation Models of Venusian Corona Joseph Schools, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow Thursday, July 27 at 12 pm (PT) 180-101 and via WebEx
Curiosity and the Four Seasons
07.26.23
Date: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 Speaker: Melissa Trainer and Daniel Lo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Title: Curiosity and the Four Seasons Location: Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm *** Yuk Lunch Seminar *** http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seminars/yly_seminar/
Temporal Variation of NOx, O3, and CO2 and Meteorological Influences in New York and New Jersey Urban Atmospheres
07.19.23
Date: Wednesday, July 19, 2023 Speaker: Christopher Blaszczak-Boxe, Howard University Title: Temporal Variation of NOx, O3, and CO2 and Meteorological Influences in New York and New Jersey Urban Atmospheres Location: Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time: 12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Venus: From Cinderella to Frankenstein?
07.12.23
Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2023 Speaker:        Yuk Yung & Jennifer Liao, California Institute of Technology & National Taiwan University Title:              Venus: From Cinderella to Frankenstein? Location:       Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time:             12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Working Models of Jovian Radiation Environment: Current Understanding and Plans for Europa Clipper Mission
07.11.23
Date:              Tuesday, July 11, 2023 Speaker:        Insoo Jun, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              Working Models of Jovian Radiation Environment: Current Understanding and Plans for Europa Clipper Mission Location:       WebEx (https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m2dbf766e9ee9155693716841d70fe2a7) Meeting number (access code): 2760 608 8938 Meeting password: pFPte3drj53 Time:             10:00am  
JPL's Past, Present and Future: An Employee's Perspective
07.05.23
Date:              Wednesday, July 5, 2023 Speaker:        Jonathan Jiang, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              JPL's Past, Present and Future: An Employee's Perspective Location:       Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 817 6190 8253 Time:             12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
The RIME & Reason of JUICE – The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer
06.22.23
Date:              Thursday, June 22, 2023 Speaker:        Jeffrey Plaut, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              The RIME & Reason of JUICE – The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer Location:       Sharp Lecture Hall, Arms Building, Caltech & via YouTube                       Please register here to watch online: https://bit.ly/2023_Plaut Time:             5:00pm (4:30pm reception)   *** Keck Institute for Space Studies ***
Modeling global scale vegetation processes using a next-generation land surface model—CliMA Land
05.25.23
Date:              Thursday, May 25, 2023 Speaker:        Yujie Wang, Caltech Title:              Modeling global scale vegetation processes using a next-generation land surface model—CliMA Land Location:       233-350E & WebEx (https://jpl.webex.com/jpl/j.php?MTID=m91cd9775f5faf8811e4da98d8dbcba66) Meeting number (access code): 2760 651 5135 Meeting password: ZyMPBJUJ863  Time:             3:00pm   *** Carbon Club Seminar Series ***
The Great Oxidation Event (GOE): Respiration and Oxygenic Photosynthesis as Feedback in the Biogeochemical System
05.24.23
Date:              Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Speaker:        Andrew Ingersoll, Caltech Title:              The Great Oxidation Event (GOE): Respiration and Oxygenic Photosynthesis as Feedback in the Biogeochemical System Location:       Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139 ) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID:  812 9215 6139 Time:              12:00pm  *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Optical Aurora on the Icy Galilean Satllites
05.23.23
Date:             Tuesday, May 23, 2023 Speaker:       Zachariah Milby, Caltech Title:             Optical Aurora on the Icy Galilean Satllites                        & Speaker:        Yu Yu Phua, Caltech Title:              Characterizing Hydration Carrier Phases in Altered Rocks of Jezero Crater Western Fan And Floor Units with SHERLOC                        on MARS 2020 Location:      365 South Mudd – Salvatori Room - California Institute of Technology Time:            4:00pm  
Scientific Highlights from Ten Years of Exploration by the Curiosity Mars Rover
05.10.23
Date:              Wednesday, May 10, 2023 Speaker:        Ashwin Vasavada, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              Scientific Highlights from Ten Years of Exploration by the Curiosity Mars Rover Location:       Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time:             12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Environmental Respiratory Toxicology and Novel Breath-borne Biomarkers
04.26.23
Date:              Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Speaker:        Haoxuan Chen, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health Title:              Environmental Respiratory Toxicology and Novel Breath-borne Biomarkers Location:       Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time:             12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
The Callisto ALMA Narrative Continues
04.25.23
Date:             Tuesday, April 25, 2023 Speakers:      Maria Camarca, California Institute of Technology Title:             The Callisto ALMA Narrative Continues Location:      365 South Mudd – Salvatori Room - California Institute of Technology Time:              4:00pm   *** Dix Planetary Science Seminar ***
Probing the Atmosphere and Interior Structure of Uranus with Gravity Sounding
04.19.23
Date:              Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Speaker:        Marzia Parisi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              Probing the Atmosphere and Interior Structure of Uranus with Gravity Sounding Location:       Zoom (https:/caltech.zoom.us/j/81292156139) By phone (local number): https://caltech.zoom.us/u/kcwUjAhjQ9 Meeting ID: 812 9215 6139 Time:             12:00pm   *** Yuk Lunch Seminar ***
Small Bodies Through the Lens of Interstellar Interlopers
04.18.23
Date:              Tuesday, April 18, 2023 Speaker:        Garrett Levine, Yale University Title:              Small Bodies Through the Lens of Interstellar Interlopers Location:       365 South Mudd – Salvatori Room & Zoom (https://caltech.zoom.us/j/89848790700) Meeting ID: 898 4879 0700 Time:              4:00pm   *** Dix Planetary Science Seminar ***
Localized Distribution of Water on the Moon: Evidence from 6 micron SOFIA Observations
04.11.23
Date:             Tuesday, April 11, 2023 Speakers:      William (Bill) Reach, Universities Space Research Association Title:             Localized Distribution of Water on the Moon: Evidence from 6 micron SOFIA Observations Location:      365 South Mudd – Salvatori Room - California Institute of Technology Time:              4:00pm   *** Dix Planetary Science Seminar ***
earth core
Experimental and Modeling Studies on Clathrate Hydrates: Implications for Methane Outgassing on Titan
04.06.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
Evolution of the Martian Atmosphere Indicated by C, N, Ar, and H Isotopes
04.04.23
Date:              Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Speakers:      Renyu Hu, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Title:              Evolution of the Martian Atmosphere Indicated by C, N, Ar, and H Isotopes Location:       365 South Mudd – Salvatori Room - California Institute of Technology Time:              4:00pm   *** Dix Planetary Science Seminar ***
patagonia
Quantifying Light-Absorbing Particles in Snow - Application of a Coupled Anisotropic Surface-Atmosphere Radiative Transfer Model To Spaceborne EMIT Imaging Spectrometer Data
03.30.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
Map of Los Angeles
Extreme Heat in Cities
03.16.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
postdoc research day
Postdoc Research Day Award Ceremony
03.07.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
Volcanic & Ocean Worlds Io & Europa: An Exospheric Ticket to Detect Geologically-Active Exomoons & Exoplanets in Alkali Spectroscopy
03.03.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
photons
Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detectors for Infrared Wavelengths
02.23.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
solar induced fluorescence graphic
Investigating the Effect of California Wildfires using Satellite Observations of Solar-induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence
02.02.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
Input Photons Detected Graph
High Speed Detection of Single Photons with Superconducting Nanowire Detectors
01.12.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
mars
CO2 Seasonal Monitoring at the Martian South Pole and Subsurface Investigation over Jezero crater using Advanced Radar Processing Techniques with SHARAD Sounder Data
01.06.23
Postdoc Seminar Series
thermal evaporation image
Thermal Evaporation Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition for Far Ultraviolet Mirror Coatings and Bandpass Filters
12.15.22
Postdoc Seminar Series
exoplanet
Exoplanets and the Road to the Radius Gap
11.14.22
Exoplanet Science Initiative Journal Club Series
Irradiated NaCI detections
Radiation-Formed Color Centers of Sodium Chloride on Inner Solar System Bodies
11.10.22
Postdoc Seminar Series