'Inner Space and Outer Thoughts' Author Reading + Q&A
About
Date/time: Saturday, May 20th, 2023 at 7:00-8:30 pm PDT
Host: Caltech's creative writing club, TechLit (contact: techlit-info@caltech.edu).
In-person location: Beckman Auditorium, Caltech (332 S Michigan Avenue, Pasadena, CA, 91106)
Event Program
6:30 pm: Doors open
7:00 - 7:10 pm: Welcome and opening remarks
- Rachael Kuintzle: Caltech biochemistry & molecular biophysics PhD candidate; anthology editor-in-chief and contributing author ("Teaspoons" and "The Bittersweet Magic of Neuroplasticity"); TechLit club founder and former president.
7:10 - 7:45 pm: Author talks with excerpt readings
- S. B. Divya ("Microbiota and the Masses: A Love Story")
Nebula and Hugo nominated author of Meru and Machinehood; former editor of the Escape Pod podcast; Caltech physics and computational neuroscience alum (BS ‘96). - Samuel Clamons, PhD ("Yuan Tzu's Second Law of Evolutionary Design")
Senior Bioinformatic Scientist at Illumina, Inc.; Caltech bioengineering alum (PhD '21). - Larry Niven ("The Green Marauder")
Locus, Hugo, Nebula, and Seiun award-winning science fiction and fantasy author; SFWA Grand Master; former Caltech physics student (EX '60). - David Brin, PhD (Anthology Foreword and "Chrysalis")*
Physicist, public speaker, and award-winning author of The Postman, Earth, and Existence; Caltech astrophysics alum (BS '72).
* David Brin will be delivering his address by video.
7:45 - 8:30 pm: Author panel Q&A
Moderator: Rachael Kuintzle
Panelists:
- Tatyana Dobreva, PhD: CEO/Co-Founder at ImYoo; Caltech medical engineering alum (PhD '21); anthology editor and story contributor ("Replacement of Woes," "Burzamot," and "The Garbage Man").
- Ashish Mahabal, PhD: Astronomer and lead computational and data scientist, Center for Data Driven Discovery, Caltech; Adjunct faculty, IUCAA, India; anthology editor and story contributor ("Memoirs of a Status Quo").
- Richard Doyle, PhD: Information and Data Science Technical Consultant, JPL (retired); MIT electrical engineering and computer science alum (PhD '88); anthology editor and story contributor ("Disentanglement").
- Olivia Pardo: Caltech geophysics PhD candidate; Mineral physicist; anthology story contributor ("Degenerates").
- Ann Bernath: Software Systems Engineer, IT Solutions Directorate, JPL; anthology story contributor ("When You Were Not Jenny" and "Encounter: Return to Titan").
Audience members (in-person and virtual) will be invited to ask questions in the final 20 minutes.
Funding acknowledgment: We thank Caltech's Office of the President, Graduate Student Council, and Student Investment Fund for making this event possible.