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), 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.

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- Meeting URL: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88633830917?pwd=SHRCVFNRcGovZkYySHNFTjNPY1JmUT09&from=msft
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Arthi Jayaraman, University of Delaware, "Predicting Structure and Thermodynamics in Macromolecular Materials with Specific and Directional Intermolecular Interactions"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Zoom link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/92706692360?pwd=Sk9qRkNnbjRjNXc1TDRaak1SVVZMZz09
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Mr. Jonnathan Marin, UIUC, "Efficiency and Structural Developments in Organic Solar Cells"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Jiho Choi, "Towards a deeper understanding of thixotropy via transient nonlinear rheology and scattering"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/97603207522?pwd=aUJoSXhBbVJaN0k3RDBvRVZLZ3RpZz09
Prof. Eric Neuscamman, University of California - Berkeley, "Electronic Structure Theory for Excited States"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 29, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Mr. Alex Battiste, UIUC, "Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Entry Into and Exit From a Persister State"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Alumni Lecture: Dr. Hye Kyung Timken (PhD, ’87, Oldfield), Chevron, “Catalysis Used in Oil Industry and Next-Gen Alkylate Gasoline Manufacturing Technology Development”
Dr. Hye Kyung Timken is a Principal Scientist and Chevron Fellow. She has been the R&D manager for ISOALKY™ Alkylation Technology development and commercialization and advises on exploratory process R&D.
- Lecture
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94559177874?pwd=bVpGV2JUTTJ5V3g3NUs0NTZBYTg3QT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Kim Kelly, UIUC, "19F-Based NMR Sensors for the Enhancement, Selectivity, and Quantification of Biologically Relevant Metal Ion Signals"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94559177874?pwd=bVpGV2JUTTJ5V3g3NUs0NTZBYTg3QT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Saman Fatima, UIUC, "Extraction of f-block elements using biomolecules"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Zoom link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/92706692360?pwd=Sk9qRkNnbjRjNXc1TDRaak1SVVZMZz09
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Ms. Maegen Kinkanon, UIUC, "Alkoxide-Directed Metallacycle-Mediated Intermolecular [2+2+2] Annulation"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 30, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/92898228116?pwd=RlNjTzJDbzgrbmxXYkFUT2cxcW9Idz09 Password: 808480
Professor Feng Lin, Virginia Tech, Investigating Solid-Liquid Interfaces and Defect Chemistry in Electrochemical Energy Materials
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

- 10:00 am
Mr. Xiaorui Guo, University of Illinois, Final Defense: "Genomics-guided, Reactivity-based Discovery and Characterization of Natural Products"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85131053358?pwd=WThvVEtRUjdsbmk3cXU5ZlhZclJrdz09
Prof. David Limmer, University of California Berkeley, "Charge separation in systems away from equilibrium"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 5, 2020

- 9:00 am
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Xiaoyi Wang, "Regulation and Switching in Bacterial Gene Expression Networks in Response to Nutrients"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ms. Amanda Smith, UIUC, "Imaging Cellular Forces Using Tension Probes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00
- Virtual Presentation
Ms. Summer Laffoon, Final Defense, UIUC, "Harnessing Kinetic Driving Forces in Transition Metal Catalysis for the Synthesis of Small Molecules and Complex Architecture"
Advisor: Prof. Jeff Moore
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/96831325915?pwd=SCtsb1FWbGowWm54R1ltNzA3R0Q3QT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Xueyong Zhang, UIUC, "Recent Advances in Transition Metal Carbide/Nitride core @ Noble Metal Shell nanoparticles"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81690942934?pwd=TVVVSGJocFMyZy9RQnBhc2Z0NVlKZz09
Professor Song Lin, Cornell University, "Amping Up Organic Synthesis with Electrochemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 6, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89357722207?pwd=NU5jYkZ4SVkzTG1Fbm9HNVAwUUIvZz09 Password: 231900
Professor Aaron Wheeler, University of Toronto, Title: Microfluidic Techniques for Single-Cell Manipulation and Analysis
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 7, 2020

- All Day
- Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
Postponed to 2021: Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

- 1:00 pm
- Virtual Presentation: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89094735710
Ms. Sarah Perlmutter, University of Illinois, Final Defense: "The Influence of Positively Charged Nitrogen Species on Compound Accumulation and Activity in Gram-Negative Bacteria"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/82985278780?pwd=LzRmUmppTmk1NWgzdmYrWXYrdERTQT09
Professor Sen Zhang, University of Virginia, "Atomically Precise Nanocrystals Surfaces and Interfaces for Electrocatalysis"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Zoom link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/92706692360?pwd=Sk9qRkNnbjRjNXc1TDRaak1SVVZMZz09
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Ms. Mara Paterson, UIUC, ""Ring Expansion Methods for the Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/97310516293?pwd=cERKKzZtY3Zyb0NJRVhtbjlaZ0dpUT09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Anupriya Edappalil Satheesan, UIUC, "Single nanoparticle photoelectrochemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/97310516293?pwd=cERKKzZtY3Zyb0NJRVhtbjlaZ0dpUT09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Jack Burke, UIUC, "Coherent Control of Nuclear Motion Driving Charge and Spin Ordering in Molecular and Extended Solids"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 12, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ms. Karna Terpstra, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 13, 2020

- 3:30 pm
Sambarta Chatterjee, UIUC, "TBD" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 16, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- Virtual visit, link provided later
Aldrich Lecture: Prof. Keary Engle, Scripps Research Institute, "Universal Alkene Functionalization as an Aspirational Driver"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89738886604?pwd=VmcvUW10LzdZMHMrU1BzZ2R1cHBjdz09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Noah Bender, UIUC, "Multicavity Coordination Cages for Segregated Guest Binding"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Zoom link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/92706692360?pwd=Sk9qRkNnbjRjNXc1TDRaak1SVVZMZz09
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Ms. Selena Hernandez, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/95669371961?pwd=eHkyd0dvc3ZBUThjSTBTSVBsYjhldz09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Benjamin Gilbert, UIUC, "Toppling Mechanism of the S-component in Group II ECF Transporters: How Bacteria Get Their Vitamins"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/95669371961?pwd=eHkyd0dvc3ZBUThjSTBTSVBsYjhldz09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Daniel Gray, UIUC, "Modulating Protein Stability by Engineering the n→π* Interactions"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/95669371961?pwd=eHkyd0dvc3ZBUThjSTBTSVBsYjhldz09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Oliver Lin, UIUC, "Singlet Fission beyond Organic Molecular Systems"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 19, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Mr. Andrew Rice, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94112711966?pwd=RzlCdXpYbE5sVHRqS1ZkcHV0N2N0UT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Heidari Hirbod, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94112711966?pwd=RzlCdXpYbE5sVHRqS1ZkcHV0N2N0UT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Jingxiang Wang, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

- 2:00 pm
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Carlos Rinaldi, University of Florida, "Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Polymer Solutions and Biological Fluids"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85718002300?pwd=clJWV09STnc4MTJVU0hSYlVyZjZ6dz09
Professor Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech, "Energy and Electron Transfer in Metal Organic Framework Arrays"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Kelly Gaffney, Student Select Seminar, Stanford University, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 3, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/96410069308?pwd=U1V6MEhZWVNsaUxQYTRZTGRXTmFsQT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Angelo Melari, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/96410069308?pwd=U1V6MEhZWVNsaUxQYTRZTGRXTmFsQT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Annika Holm, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

- 2:00 pm
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Steven Caliari, University of Virginia, "Designing Biomaterials to Understand Mechanical Regulation of Fibrosis and Tissue Regeneration"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91873928803?pwd=Z1NxZ1RRU0ltZTNNUTl4Q0NYb3kwQT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Anita Wo, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91873928803?pwd=Z1NxZ1RRU0ltZTNNUTl4Q0NYb3kwQT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Lauren Boedicker, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 1, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C. S. Marvel Lecture, Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C. S. Marvel Lecture, Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 4, 2021

- 4:00 pm
Prof. James Ferry, Pennsylvania State University, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Frank Huo, University of Rochester, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 1, 2021

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Gabriela Schlau-Cohen, MIT, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 4, 2021

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

Monday, March 8, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Janssen Lecture: Janssen rep: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- TBD
Janssen Lecture: Prof. Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor David Powers, Texas A&M University, "Development of High-Valent Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 11, 2021

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

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- Zoom TBD
Professor Eric Bloch, University of Delware, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Kristie Koski, University of California - Davis, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- Zoom TBD
Professor Jonathan Barnes, Washington University in St. Louis, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Sara Mason, University of Iowa, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 8, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
AbbVie Lecture: AbbVie rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- TBD
AbbVie Lecture: Prof. Stefan Matile, University of Geneva, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 12, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL.
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Monday, April 19, 2021

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor David Goldberg, John Hopkins University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 22, 2021

Thursday, April 29, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Inorganic Student Select Seminar: Professor Harry Gray, Caltech, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium