Department of Chemistry Master Calendar

This calendar includes all events from the following individual calendars: Department of Chemistry Alumni Events, Department Events (events of general interest and/or relevant to all research areas), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Events, and events related to specific research areas and programs (Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Inorganic Chemistry & Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry), as well as Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminars & Events.

Thursday, September 21, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Christina Woo, Harvard University, "Reading and Rewriting Protein Modifications in Cells"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 25, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Kevan Shokat, University of California, San Francisco, "Drugging Undruggable Targets in Oncology"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Shikha Nangia, Syracuse University, "Engineering Pathways Across Biological Barriers: Treating Alzheimer's Disease" (host: Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Kevan Shokat, University of California, San Francisco, "Leveraging Tumor Suppressors and the Immune System to Attack Cancer"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Professor Lea Nienhaus, Florida State University, "Generating Spin-Triplets at the Perovskite/Organic Interface"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 28, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Carlos Morales-Guio, UCLA, "Towards Understanding the Role of Transport in Electrocatalysis: The Role of Dimensionless Analysis and Multi-scale Modeling" (host: Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, September 30, 2023

- 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
I-ChEM - Illinois Chemistry Experience for Minorities
- Informational
- 3:00 - 6:00 pm
- Crystal Lake Park - Large Pavilion (206 W Park St, Urbana, IL 61801)
DSGSAC Fall Picnic & BBQ
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, October 2, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Bartosz A. Grzybowski, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Professor Valeria Molinero, University of Utah, "The Most Potent Snow Makers"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 5, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Valeria Molinero, University of Utah, "Towards the Elucidation of the Mechanisms of Synthesis of Zeolites Using Data Science and Molecular Simulations" (Peters)
- Ceremony/Service
- 2:00 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Dow Alum Seminar Student Q&A session with Dr. Tim Moneypenny
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Dr.Tim Moneypenny, Dow Alum Seminar, "Industrial Synthesis of Emulsion Polymers" (M)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Betsy Parkinson, Purdue University, "Utilizing Biocatalysis and Synthetic Chemistry to Access New Natural Products"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 6, 2023

- 11:30 am
- CLSL-A133
SWC Monthly Pizza Lunch
- Meeting
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Noyes Lab 217
Office of Graduate Diversity and Program Climate in the Chemical Sciences Seminar Series
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Ms. Kristin Martin, UIUC Title: Acoustofluidics for Bioanalytical Applications
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 9, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Lilly Lecture: Dr. Adriana Jemison, "Process Improvements for the Highly Convergent Synthesis of a Complex Small Molecule API"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Lilly Lecture: Professor Hagan Bayley, University of Oxford, "Gene Sequencing to Organ Repair"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Shabnam Hematian, University of North Carolina - Greensboro, "Unconventional Approaches for Mediating Redox Reactions" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 12, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Luke Lavis, Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, "Designing Brighter Dyes for Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy and Beyond"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 16, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Joshua Berger, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 17, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Jose Goicoechea, Indiana University, "The Cyaphide Ion: A New Building Block for Chemical Synthesis", (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 19, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Phillip J. Milner, Cornell University, "Simplifying Synthesis at the Interface of Organic and Materials Chemistry" (M)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Emma Simmons, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 20, 2023

- 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
- CLSL Atrium A&B (9-11am), Levis Center (12-3:30pm)
CHBE Graduate Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
19th Annual Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium, Helen Blackwell, University of Wisconsin-Madision, "Chemical strategies to intercept and alter bacterial communication pathways"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 23, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Alice Y. Ting, Stanford University, "Engineering Proteins to Map and Manipulate Cells"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta (host: Peters)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Professor Pierre-Nicholas Roy, University of Waterloo, "Simulating Quantum Critical Molecular Assemblies: From Path Integrals to Matrix Product States"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 26, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Xiaopeng Liu, UIUC, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Eric Kool, Stanford University: "A Universal Chemical Handle for RNA Biology"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 27, 2023

- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
- Chemistry Annex 1024
Alumni Lecture: Greg George (BS, '82), Persedo Spirits: "From Bourbonnais to Bourbon"
- Lecture

Monday, October 30, 2023

- 10:00 am
- CLSL A446
FINAL DEFENSE, Alyssa DeLucia, UIUC, ""TBD", Advisor: Lisa Olshansky
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Rachel Schaaf, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Nick Wade, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

- 10:00 am
- 117 Roger Adams Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Ziqiu Chen , "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Shaul Mukamel, University of California-Irvine, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 2, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Elia Manzo, UIUC, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Matthew Gebbie, University of Wisconsin-Madison (host: Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Dr. Rafael Gramage-Doria, University of Rennes, France, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 3, 2023

- 11:30 am
- CLSL-A133
SWC Monthly Pizza Lunch
- Meeting
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Office of Graduate Diversity and Program Climate in the Chemical Sciences Seminar Series
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 6, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Mock Interview Seminar, Dr. Kaibo Feng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "title: tbd"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 10, 2023

- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
- Chemistry Annex 1024
Alumni Career Panel: Chemistry & Beyond

Join us for a panel with Chemistry at Illinois alumni as they share about their experience and careers.
- Lecture

Monday, November 13, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Sarah E. Reisman, California Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Eszter Boros, University of Wisconsin, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Sarah E. Reisman, California Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 16, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Suri Bandyopadhyay, UIUC, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Michelle Calabrese, University of Minnesota (host: Schroeder)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Mark Schoenfisch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 27, 2023

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Tony Zhang, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Marcus Foston, Washington University in St. Louis (host: Rao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Chem 515 Literature Seminars (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Yiannakis Lysandrou, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 30, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ethan Walker, UIUC, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Sara Sawyer, University of Colorado, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 1, 2023

- 11:30 am
- CLSL-A133
SWC Monthly Pizza Lunch
- Meeting
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- Noyes Lab 217
Office of Graduate Diversity and Program Climate in the Chemical Sciences Seminar Series
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Chem 515 Literature Seminars (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 7, 2023

- 3:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Samuel W. Parr Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Prof. Yushan Yan, University of Delaware
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Aldrich Lecture: Prof. Marisa Kozlowski, University of Pennsylvania: "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, December 16, 2023

- 1:30 - 2:30 pm
- Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
CHBE Winter Convocation
- Ceremony/Service
- 2:30 - 4:30 pm
- University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
CHBE Winter Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House

Thursday, January 18, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Joe Clark, Marquette University, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, January 22, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Amgen Lecture: Amgen rep TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Amgen Lecture: Professor Sunkyu Han, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, January 25, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Matthew R. Golder, University of Washington, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 1, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Christopher Voigt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 5, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Laura M. K. Dassama, Stanford University, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 8, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Genentech Lecture: Genentech rep: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Genentech Lecture: Professor Bill Morandi, ETH Zürich, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 26, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
BMS Lecture: BMS rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
BMS Lecture: Prof. Paolo Melchiorre, University of Bologna, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 29, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Postdoc Symposium: Speakers TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 4, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Merck Lecture, Merck rep: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Merck Lecture w/Professor Franziska Schoenebeck, RWTH Aachen, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 7, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Fuson Student Talks: speakers TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 25, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture: 3M Rep: TBD, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture: Professor Clemence Corminboeuf, EPFL, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 28, 2024

- 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Alumni Lecture - Prof. Richard Lazarus (BS, ’76), Harvard Law - title TBD
- Lecture
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Andrew Greytak, University of South Carolina, (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 3, 2024

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Professor Matthew Sheldon, Texas A&M University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 4, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Student Select Seminar: Professor Jennifer Shumaker-Parry, University of Utah, (TBD)(M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 8, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
AbbVie Lecture: AbbVie rep TBD, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
AbbVie Lecture: Professor Daniele Leonori, RWTH Aachen, Germany, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Michael Green, University of California - Irvine, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 11, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Fernando Uribe-Romo, University of Central Florida, (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Sidney Wilkerson-Hill, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 15, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Janssen Lecture: Janssen rep TBD: "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Janssen Lecture: Professor Motomu Kanai, University of Tokyo, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Todd Hyster, Princeton University
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 25, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Oana Luca, University of Colorado, (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 26, 2024

- 4:00 pm
OutinChem Annual Invited Speaker: Dr. Jennifer Petter, Founder and CIO of Arrakis Therapeutics
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Adam Renslo, University of California-San Francisco
- Seminar/Symposium