Department of Chemistry Calendar MASTER

Friday, December 21, 2018

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 100 Noyes Laboratory

  2018 Winter Convocation-Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Special Interest Faculty Candidate, Dr. Mei Shen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Title: "Elucidating Neurotransmission at the Nanoscale"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 10, 2019

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Justin P. Lomont, University of Wisconsin, Madison Title: Dynamically evolving structures of toxic amyloid oligomers studied in real time"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 11, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Mark Levin, Harvard University, Title: "Catalytic Manipulation of Reactivity and Selectivity at High-Valent Nuclei"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, January 14, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Special Interest Faculty Candidate: Dr. Peijun Guo, Argonne National Laboratory, "Tailored Light-Matter Interactions in Scalable and Artificial Nanomaterials"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 33 Roger Adams Lab

  Ms. Lisa Della Ripa, UIUC, Final Defense, Title: "Sterol Dynamics and Interactions with Amphotericin B"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Joan Broderick, Montana State University, "Organometallic Chemistry in Radical SAM Enzymes"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 17, 2019

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 217 Noyes Laboratory

  Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Allison Squires, Stanford University Title: "Precision Measurements and Control of Single Molecules in Free Solution"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

• • 11:00 am
    
  • B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Building

  Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Angad Mehta, The Scripps Research Institute, Title: "Exploring Evolution Through Synthetic Approaches"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Dr. James Birrell, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, "[FeFe] hydrogenases: getting on the NRVS"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Dr. Patricia Rodriguez, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 24, 2019

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Nicholas Fitzkee, Mississippi State University, "Understanding Protein Structure and Function on Nanoparticle Surfaces"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 25, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Special Interest Faculty Candidate: Dr. Laure Kayser, University of California San Diego, "Multicomponent and controlled polymerization strategies for conjugated polymers"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, January 28, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Prof. Ronald Raines, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Laura Ackerman, Princeton University, Title: "Dual Metal Strategies for Catalytic C–C Bond Formation"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 31, 2019

• • 11:00 am
    
  • 274 Medical Sciences Building

  Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Katharine Diehl, Princeton University, Title: "Illuminating Epigenetic Mechanisms in Cancer with Designer Chromatin"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 117 Roger Adams Lab

  Ms. Emma Southgate, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 1, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Special Interest Faculty Candidate Dr. Xiongyi Huang, California Institute of Technology, Title: "Innovating Chemical Synthesis by Bridging Chemistry and Biology"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 4, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Yimon Aye, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 433 Roger Adams Lab

  Ms. Mikiko Okumura, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:30 pm
    
  • 100 Noyes Lab (500 S. Mathews Ave, Urbana)

  Designation of an ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark for St. Elmo Brady

  Designation of an ACS National Historic Chemical Landmark for St. Elmo Brady, the first African-American to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry in the United States. | Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 4:30pm | 100 Noyes Lab | Open to the public.

  • Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Professor Dana Dattelbaum, Los Alamos National Lab, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 7, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 171 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Alfredo Garcia, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  3M Lecture, Representative: TBD, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  3M Lecture: Prof. Konrad Tiefenbacher, University of Basel, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 8, 2019

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Prof. Bradley Moore, University of California, title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 11, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Cynthia Burrows, University of Utah, "Title: TBD"

  • Lecture

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Professor Andrej Sali, University of California - San Francisco, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 18, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Thomas Snaddon, Indiana University, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 19, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Professor David Jonas, University of Colorado, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 21, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  Dr. Squire Booker, PennState University, title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 25, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Amanda Hargrove, Duke University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 28, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Robert W. Huigens III, University of Florida, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 1, 2019

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 117 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Graham Hudson, Final Defense, UIUC, Title: "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 4, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Dan Weix, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Suslick-Sessler Lecture: Professor Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Carnegie Mellon University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    

  Professor Renee Frontiera, University of Minnesota, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 7, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Ellen Sletten, University of California, Los Angeles, "TItle: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 11, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture, BMS representative: TBD, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture, Professor Eric Meggers, University of Marburg, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 14, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  C. S. Marvel Postdoc Symposium, Speakers--Erica Parker: "Novel FabI Inhibitors Active Against Gram-Negative Pathogens"; Conghui Tang: "Palladium-Catalyzed Dearomative syn-1,4-Oxyamination and Carboamination"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 25, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Fuson Student Talks, Speakers--Soumitra Athavale: "Demystifying the Soai Reaction"; Rajeev Chorghade: "Small molecule ion channel restores host defenses in cystic fibrosis airway epithelia"; Lauren Hagler: "Template-Assisted Click Chemistry as a Method for Developing Small Molecule Therapeutics for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1)"; Wei Liu: "Asymmetric Allylic C–H Functionalization with Pd(II)/Sulfoxide-Oxazoline Catalysis"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Student Select Seminar, Prof. Roberto Car, Princeton University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 5, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Abraham Badu-Tawiah, The Ohio State University, Title: (TBA)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 8, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor David Nagib, Ohio State University, "Title: TBD"

  • Lecture

Tuesday, April 9, 2019

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Dr. Younan Xia, Georgia Tech, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Prof. Sean Roberts, Univestiy of Texas - Austin, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 11, 2019

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Dr. Victor Klimov, Los Alamos National Lab, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 12, 2019

• • 12:00 - 6:00 pm
    

  CHBE Undergraduate Awards Ceremony and OXE Research Symposium

  • Other

Monday, April 15, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Amgen Lecture, Amgen representative: TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Amgen Lecture, Professor Nuno Maulide, University of Vienna, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Ms. Yishu Zhang, UIUC, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 17, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Professor Birgit Whaley, University of California - Berkeley, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 18, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Prof. Sergey Pronin, University of California, Irvine, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 22, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Organic Reactions Lecture: Professor Herbert Mayr, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Tianning Diao, New York University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Professor Wallace Marshall, University of California - San Francisco, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 29, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Genentech Lecture, Genentech representative: TBD, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Genentech Lecture: Professor Tomohisa Kuzuyama, University of Tokyo, "Title: TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  Flygare Memorial Lecture, Professor Geraldine Richmond, University of Oregon, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 2, 2019

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Michael Nippe, Texas A&M University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 16, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Gottlieb Lecture: Professor Sarah O'Connor, John Innes Centre, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 28, 2019

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium