The Kavli Nanoscience Institute’s Distinguished Seminar Series is a monthly series where eminent scientists and thinkers from various backgrounds in nanoscience and nanotechnology are invited to Caltech to share their expertise with the KNI community. Seminars consist of a one-hour presentation, followed by a Q&A and light reception. Invited speakers have the opportunity to spend additional time at Caltech to meet with fellow researchers and further engage in the exchange of ideas, knowledge and campus enrichment.
Scopes of the seminar presentations range from: recent outstanding scientific highlights/technological advancements, to innovative early-stage research developments, to broader cross-disciplinary topics that are relevant to KNI members. Each seminar is recorded and made available to the public via the KNI YouTube page.
Upcoming Seminars (via Zoom)
Tuesday, December 7 at 4 pm PT
Teri Odom, Northwestern University
"Surface Engineering of Plasmonic Lattices for Expanded Applications"
Previous Seminars
"Responsive Soft Matter via 3D Multi-Material Printing" | Jennifer A. Lewis, Harvard University - Seminar recording coming soon.
"Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA: Repurposing the Blueprint for Life" | Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University - Seminar recording coming soon.
"Polymer-based Microfabricated Implants" - Dr. Ellis Meng (University of Southern California)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"Microscopic Robots?" - Dr. Paul L. McEuen (Cornell University)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"Advancing the Materials and Chemistry of High-Energy Batteries" - Dr. Betar Gallant (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Seminar recording coming soon.
"Skin-Inspired Organic Electronics" - Dr. Zhenan Bao (Stanford University)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"Transitioning to a Future Low Carbon Energy System: Key Scientific and Technological Challenges" - Dr. Peter F. Green (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"Rewrite the Rules of What's Possible for Your Career and Technology" - Tim Archer (President and CEO, Lam Research) & Alumni Panel Discussion
Watch the seminar recording here.
"3D Laser Nanoprinting" - Dr. Martin Wegener (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology "KIT")
Watch the seminar recording here.
"From Inverse Design to Implementation of Practical (Quantum) Photonics" - Dr. Jelena Vuckovic (Stanford University)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"Integrated Chi(2) Nonlinear Photonics" - Dr. Hong Tang (Yale University)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"Lithium Niobate Nanomechanical Devices: New classical and quantum opportunities" - Dr. Amir Safavi-Naeini (Stanford University)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"The Revolution of Silicon Photonics" - Dr. Michal Lipson (Columbia University)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"Engineering Coherent Defects in Diamond" - Dr. Nathalie de Leon (Princeton University)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"Making Matter from Light: Mott Insulators and Topological Fluids" - Dr. Jonathan Simon (University of Chicago)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"New Opportunities with Old Optical Materials" - Dr. Marko Loncar (Harvard University)
Watch the seminar recording here.
"The Cell is a Bag of RNA" - Dr. Stephen Quake (Stanford University; Chan Zuckerberg BioHub)
Watch the seminar recording here.