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2018 Nobel Laureate and the Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry
Frances Arnold
The harder the problem, the more important the problem, the better it is. That has always pushed me to do my best and do things that other people couldn't do."
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President; Sonja and William Davidow Presidential Chair; Professor of Physics
Thomas F. Rosenbaum
Throughout its history, Caltech has ventured into unexplored realms, defining new fields in science and engineering, and pushing interdisciplinary boundaries in the service of discovery."
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David A. Tirrell
The continued success of discovery at Caltech relies on our ability to take chances on people whose talent, drive, and creativity have the capacity to change the world."
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
Jörn Callies
Nobody at Caltech disappears into their disciplinary pigeonhole—you constantly learn what is new in other fields and share what is exciting in your field. It makes for a very stimulating environment."
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And although we haven't ever been able to see this black hole before, we see the effects of it in the jet. And what we are trying to do with the Event Horizon Telescope is see something as small as that little dot, … the core of the black hole, the immediate [area] around that black hole.”
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Katie Bouman, who was part of the team that created the first-ever image of a black hole, hosted a conversation Friday at Caltech about the algorithms she and others developed to create the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration image that’s been all over the news this week. Bouman will join Caltech as an assistant professor on June 1.](https://scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/cd40e3d60c45f4aa8f7daa49104e0a06/5D363506/t51.2885-15/fr/e15/s1080x1080/53833748_2311751642221645_7585913144500376699_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-sea1-1.cdninstagram.com)
