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, March 31, 2020

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Thursday, April 2, 2020

Friday, April 3, 2020

- 10:00 am
- Via Zoom
Mr. Meng Wu, Final Defense, UIUC, “Hard and Soft Coatings on Gold Nanoparticles at the Nano-Bio Interface” *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 6:00 pm
- CLSL A-Atrium and B102 CLSL Auditorium
CANCELLED: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Awards Ceremony
- Other
- 1:00 pm
- 117 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. William Ballance, "Engineering Tough, Hygroscopic, and Active Hydrogels for Surgical SImulation and Anti-Biofouling"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CANCELLED Professor Dan Fu, University of Washington, Title: "Quantitative chemical imaging of structure and function in living biological samples: from single cells to animals"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2020

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

- 10:00 am
- 171 Roger Adams Lab
Ms. Xi (Cassie) Zhang, UIUC Final Defense Title: Quantification of Molecular-Level Events at Nanoparticle-Biological Interfaces *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Monday, April 13, 2020

- 8:30 am
- 1024 Chem Annex
RESCHEDULED: Inorganic Student Select Seminar: Professor Harry Gray, Caltech, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm
- 117 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Dylan Walsh, "Engineering Approaches To Control Polymer Architecture"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
**CANCELED** Professor Emily R. Derbyshire, Duke University, "Chemical Tools to Reveal Plasmodium Parasite Vulnerabilities"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Reid Van Lehn, University of Wisconsin-Madison (host: Prof. Charles Sing), "Thermodynamic and Data-Centric Modeling of Solvent Effects"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- via Zoom
Mr. Marko Nesic, UIUC, "Reductive Radical-Polar Crossover Reactions with Carbonyl Groups as Electrophiles"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- B102
CANCELLED Prof. Eric Neuscamman, University of California Berkeley, "Excited State Specific Quantum Chemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Friday, April 17, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
**CANCELLED** Prof. Joseph Petrosino, Baylor College of Medicine
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 20, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
*CANCELED**Genentech Lecture: Genentech rep: Dr. Mike Siu, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
**CANCELED**Genentech Lecture: Professor Eiji Yashima, Nagoya University, "Helical Polymers and Supramolecules with Memory of the Helicity for the Development of Unique Switchable Chiral Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CANCELLED: Professor Aimin Liu, University of Texas at San Antonio, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Zoom Online Seminar
Chem 515 Literature Seminar: Brian van Dyke UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- via Zoom
Mr. Zohaib Siddiqi, UIUC, Title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- B102
CANCELLED: Prof. James McCusker, Michigan State University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2020

- 9:00 am
- Via Zoom
Ms. Hailey Knox, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Small-Molecule Probes for Photoacoustic Imaging of Hypoxia"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jian Qin, Stanford University (host: Prof. Charles Sing), "Effects of Polarity, Solvation, and Interfacial Polarization on Charge-Driven Assembly"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- via Zoom
Mr. Daniel Szczepankiewicz, UIUC, Title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
**CANCELLED** Prof. Charles Thornton, University of Rochester Medical Center
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
**CANCELED**Merck Lecture: Merck rep: Dr. Greg Hughes, "The Development of a Commercial Enzymatic Cascade Route to Islatravir"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
**CANCELED**Merck Lecture: Professor Masayuki Inoue, University of Tokyo, "Radical-Based Approach for Synthesis of Complex Natural Products"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

- 9:30 am
- 433 Roger Adams Lab
Mr. Lucas Hernandez, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Dr. Jacob Spendelow (host: Prof. Paul Kenis), Los Alamos National Laboratory, "New Fuel Cell Catalysts and Electrode Structures"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- via Zoom
Mr. Sungjong Lee, UIUC, Title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
RESCHEDULED: Professor David Goldberg, John Hopkins University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
**CANCELED**Professor Jonathan Sczepanski, Texas A&M University, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CANCELLED: Professor William Dichtel, Northwestern University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2020

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
- B102
CANCELLED: Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Naomi Halas, Rice University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana
Nelson J. Leonard Lecture, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University
- Lecture

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Brian Rosen (host: Prof. Paul Kenis), Tel Aviv University,
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
RESCHEDULED: Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Philip Power, University of California - Davis, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

- 10:00 am
- 171 Roger Adams Lab
Mr. Rajeev Chorghade, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2020

- 3:00 pm
- 171 RAL
Ms. Lauren Hagler, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title: TBD" **Limited in-person attendance: speaker and committee ONLY.**
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, May 17, 2020

- 10:00 am
- Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
CANCELLED: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Convocation
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, May 28, 2020

- 5:30 pm
- downtown Chicago
Chicagoland Alumni & Friends Reception
Networking reception for our Chicagoland alumni and friends. More details coming soon.
- Reception/Open House

Thursday, September 10, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 14, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Prof. Emily Derbyshire, Duke University, "Chemical Tools to Reveal Plasmodium Parasite Vulnerabilities"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

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

Saturday, September 26, 2020

- 8:30 am
- TBD
Senter Symposium on Frontiers in Organic Chemistry, Speakers: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
TBD, UIUC, Klemperer Award Seminar, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 5, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Craig M. Crews, Yale University, "Title: TBA"
Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Akif Tezcan, University of California San Diego, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

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

Monday, November 2, 2020

- 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, November 3, 2020

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

Monday, November 16, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Aldrich Lecture: Prof. Keary Engle, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

- 8:30 am
- TBD
Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Philip Power, University of California - Davis, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium