2017 Young Investigator Lectures
![Christine Dykstra](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Christine_Dykstra_lQncGM.9776952f.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
Bioelectrochemical Systems (BESs) for Energy Recovery from Wastewater
Date: March 8, 2017, 4:00 PM
Speaker: Christine Dykstra, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
![Zakaria Al Balushi](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Zakaria_Al_Balushi_Oilkz.5d12ee28.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
Graphene Intercalation: A Pathway Towards Stabilizing New Two-Dimensional Crystals
Date: April 5, 2017, 4:00 PM
Speaker: Zakaria Al Balushi, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
![Monica (Yayu) Hew](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Monica-Yayu-Hew.ea5fc796.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
Hypervelocity Impact Flash and Plasma on Electrically Biased Spacecraft Surfaces
Date: April 14, 2017, 3:00 PM
Speaker: Monica (Yayu) Hew, Stanford University
![Annie Weathers](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Annie_Weathers_t84m23e.b030dbc6.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
The Transport of Heat by Charge Carriers, Lattice Vibrations, and Spin Waves in Complex Materials
Date: April 19, 2017, 4:00 PM
Speaker: Annie Weathers, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
![Negar Reiskarimian](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Negar_Reiskarimian_0XKUm.038fb3c8.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
Breaking Lorentz Reciprocity: From Physics to New Wireless Communication Paradigms
Date: April 21, 2017, 4:00 PM
Speaker: Negar Reiskarimian, PhD candidate, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
![Jean Anne C. Incorvia](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Jean_Anne_C._Incorvia_9B.faaf8c70.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
Next-Generation Computing Using Spin-Based and 2D Materials
Date: May 11, 2017, 4:00 PM
Speaker: Jean Anne C. Incorvia, Stanford University
![Vala Fathipour](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Vala_Fathipour_G4UzVfO.a5a49eda.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
Short-Wavelength Infrared Photon Detector Based on Charge Injection
Date: May 12, 2017, 4:00 PM
Speaker: Vala Fathipour, Electrical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley
![Julia Ling](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Julia_Ling_psw4xng.36c99a93.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
Machine Learning + Physics
Date: May 18, 2017, 11:00 AM
Speaker: Julia Ling, Princeton University
![Ashia Wilson](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Ashia_Wilson.7aa8f6c1.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
A Dynamical View of Optimization Algorithms
Date: May 22, 2017, 4:00 PM
Speaker: Ashia Wilson, University of California at Berkeley
![Audrey-Olivier](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Audrey-Olivier.884fc8a5.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
High‐Fidelity Probabilistic Model Identification and Monitoring of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
Date: May 23, 2017, 11:00 AM
Speaker: Audrey Olivier, Columbia University
![Angeliki Laskari](https://caltechsites-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/yils/images/2017-Angeliki_Laskari.2b5e3daf.fill-330x330-c100.jpg)
Pressure and Velocity Fluctuations in Wall-Bounded Turbulent Flows
Date: June 2, 2017, 3:00 PM
Speaker: Angeliki Laskari, University of Southampton