Postdoc Lunch Seminar Series: 2014-2015

Theory postdocs in astrophysics, cosmology, numerical relativity, and gravitational waves from Caltech and JPL meet once a week for a talk and catered lunch. This year I am the coordinator for this seminar series. The idea is to promote interaction within an informal environment. A designated speaker leads a 20 minute discussion on anything science related-- this can be your own research, or something you find interesting. No slides required! 
Because of the diverse interests of the participants, the topic should be made accessible to a broad audience.

The Postdoc Lunch Seminars are held in Cahill 312 at 12pm, unless otherwise noted

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List of Speakers

How to order lunch

Below, you’ll find who’s leading the discussion and who’s in charge of ordering lunch. The list may change without notice so please check back often. Please have the courtesy to give me advanced warning (chiara_at_caltech_dot_edu) if you can’t make your day for some reason.

  Date
  2 October 2014
  9 October 2014
16 October 2014
23 October 2014
30 October 2014

  6 November 2014
13 November 2014
20 November 2014
    (Thanksgiving)

  4 December 2014
11 December 2014
     (Holidays)

  (AAS Meeting) 
15 January 2015
22 January 2015
29 January 2015

  5 February 2015
12 February 2015 
19 February 2015
26 February 2015

  5 March 2015
12 March 2015
(spring recess)
26 March 2015
  
  2 April 2015
(postdoc retreat)
16 April 2015
23 April 2015
30 April 2015

  7 May 2015
14 May 2015
21 May 2015
28 May 2015

  4 June 2015

Speaker
Drew Clausen
Rutger van Haasteren
Christian Reisswig
Viktoriya Giryanskaya
Nick Smith-Lefebvre

Andrew Wetzel
Luke Roberts
Eric Thrane


Stephen Taylor
Patricia Schmidt



André da Silva Schneider
Ji-hoon Kim
Tjonnie Li

Philipp Mösta
David Radice
Sydney Chamberlin
Chiara Mingarelli

Christine Corbett Moran Rutger van Haasteren
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Saul Teukolsky

Maggie Lieu
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Chad Galley
Roland Haas
Leslie Rogers

Sebastiano Bernuzzi
Justin Ellis
Larry Price
Atsushi Nishizawa 

Dan Hemberger

In charge of lunch
Chad Galley
Larry Price
Dan Hemberger
Eric Thrane 
David Radice

Stephen Taylor
Atsushi Nishizawa
André da Silva Schneider


Patricia Schmidt
Christian Reisswig 



Christian Reisswig
Chiara Mingarelli
Jim Fuller

Rory Smith
Chiara Mingarelli
Sean Couch
Ji-hoon Kim

Tjonnie Li
Chiara Mingarelli
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Drew Clausen

Rutger van Haasteren
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Andrew Wetzel
Atsushi Nishizawa 
Nick Smith-Lefebvre

Viktoriya Giryanskaya
Leslie Rogers
Luke Roberts
Sebastiano Bernuzzi

Philipp Mösta

Each week there is one person responsible for ordering lunch. If it’s your turn, here are some tips and things you should know:

1. You’ll be reimbursed! See JoAnn Boyd in Cahill 321 and be sure to keep the receipt from the vendor.
2. The food should usually be ordered around 11am so that it arrives at 12pm. When giving the location for the drop-off, you can either tell them “the Cahill building at Caltech” or give the address, which is 1216 E. California Blvd. Don’t forget to give them the room number (Cahill 312), too.
3. The food costs should be of order $120, though this depends on the restaurant. The attendance varies but usually 10-12 postdocs show up on a given week.
4. Please order some vegan dishes to be considerate of people who don’t eat meat or animal byproducts. We have vegan group members, please do this.
5. The person ordering lunch is responsible for wiping down the tables and putting the trash outside the door so we don't stink out the conference room.

Restaurants to order from

There are lots of places in Pasadena to order food. The problem is that few of us have cars to pick up the order so we usually use places that deliver. Feel free to explore the culinary options available with delivery using these websites, which are self-explanatory:

pasadena.eat24hours.com
grubhub.com
labite.com

any other suggestions? email me!