Signature Lectures

Take a deep-dive into the groundbreaking research and scientific breakthroughs at Caltech and JPL with these free virtual lectures.

Watson Lectures

Named for the late Earnest C. Watson, who founded the series in 1922, these lectures feature speakers from Caltech speaking on their cutting-edge research.

von Kármán Lectures

JPL's Theodore von Kármán Lectures bring the excitement of JPL's missions to an audience of both Caltech/JPL employees and the general public.

This new series, with events presented at 10:00 a.m. PST, features Caltech graduate students and postdocs presenting their areas of research in an engaging manner intended to appeal to audiences of all ages.

Upcoming Lectures

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March 10, 2021 5:00 pm

Watson Lecture - Perseverance on Mars

Kenneth A. Farley, W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry at Caltech, and Mars 2020 Project Scientist for NASA/JPL,

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March 11, 2021 7:00 pm

von Kármán Lecture - Helicopters in Space

Farah Alibay, Systems Engineer, Mars 2020, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

Timothy Canham, Mars Helicopter Operations Lead, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

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April 15, 2021 7:00 pm

von Kármán Lecture - Science on Ice: What Ice Says About Past, Present, and Future Climate

Alex Gardner, Glacier Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

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April 21, 2021 5:00 pm

Watson Lecture - Sunlight to Everything: Catalyzing a Sustainable Future

Jonas Peters, Bren Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Resnick Sustainability Institute, Division of the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech,

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May 12, 2021 5:00 pm

Watson Lecture - From the Soil to the Clinic: How Infection-Causing Microbes Thrive Without Oxygen

Dianne K. Newman, Gordon M. Binder/Amgen Professor of Biology and Geobiology and Executive Officer for Molecular Biology, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, Caltech,

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