Department of Chemistry Master Calendar

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• Erin Swanson CHEM 575 Seminar: "Engineering viral antigens to modulate humoral immunodominance"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Krishna Bharadwaj CHEM 575 Seminar: "Programming Peptide Coacervates for Intracellular Delivery of Therapeutics"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Analytical LIT Seminar - Catherine Ihrke & Zackary Epright

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  Talks include - "Going Supercritical with Extraction and Chromatography for the Detection of Extraterrestrial Life" by Catherine Ihrke

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Alumni and Graduate Awards

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Saturday, October 3, 2026

• Chemistry at Illinois Tailgate

  Time

  1:00 - 3:15 pm   Central Time

  Location

  Grange Grove

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• ChBE Homecoming Tailgate

  Time

  1:15 - 3:15 pm

  Location

  Gies Memorial Stadium and surrounding area

  • Sporting Event

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon C. Bukowski, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Elizabeth Bickel Rogers)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Erika Huang CHEM 535 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, "New Methods for Simulating Disordered Materials: From Amorphous Graphene to DNA Aptamers"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• "Food for Thought" presentation by Nicholas Jackson, assistant professor of chemistry

  Time

  11:00 - 11:45 am

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 208, 919 W. Illinois St, Urbana

  ​Designing Polymers in the AI Era Artificial intelligence has reshaped fields where data are plentiful, and the goal is easy to state. Polymer science is neither: the molecules are large, defective, and flexible, the properties we care about emerge only from collective behavior, and the space of possible chemistries is enormous but constrained by what a chemist can actu

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Giuliana Judge CHEM 575 Seminar: "Strain-Release Covalent Reactive Groups as Selective Irreversible Inhibitors"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Sneha Jayaram CHEM 575 Seminar: "Enzymes in a New Light: Exploring Two Photobiocatalytic Strategies for [2+2] Cycloadditions."

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz) "Energy Storage for an Autonomous Future"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium: Kyle Lancaster, Cornell University, "TBD"

  Time

  1:30

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Analytical LIT Seminar - Josue Rodriguez & Marita Roshael Roy Anthony George

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• Balthazor-Senter Symposium of Frontiers in Organic Chemistry - Speakers: Prof. Connor Coley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Prof. Betsy Parkinson (Purdue University), Prof. Kevin Brown (Indiana University), Prof. Quentin Michaudel (Texas A&M), Prof. Tianning Diao (New York University).

  Time

  8:00 am - 5:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Neal Devaraj, University of California, San Diego, "Chemical Synthesis of an Atomically Precise 2.5-MDa Protein Capsid and its Mirror Image"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• Sal Shin CHEM 535 Seminar "Modern Trends in Semipinacol Rearrangement: “Taming The Carbocation”."

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko) "The New Alchemy of Scientific Discovery: From Electrons to AI Agents"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Materials Seminar, 'Molecular Strategies for Assembling and Disassembling Polymer Networks and using them in Medical Devices', Professor Matthew Becker, Duke University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Analytical LIT Seminar - Emily Clayton & Satirtha Saha Protya

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  Emily Clayton will be presenting, " Molecular Basis of Mouthfeel: Analytical Approaches to Measuring Wine Astringency". Satirtha Saha Protya will be presenting, " Seeing Beyond the Scalpel: Emerging Analytical Technologies for Real-Time Surgical Decision Making".

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Final Defense of Destiny Gray "TBA"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  165 Noyes Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BMS Lecture: Dr. Lucas Hernandez, BMS, "Process Development of BMS-986365: Evolution of a Discovery Route into a Commercial Process"

  Time

  4:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BMS Lecture: Professor Thomas Maimone, University of California, Berkeley, "Synthetic Studies and Applications of Complex Natural Products"

  Time

  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Inorganic Seminar, 'Cartography with Clusters: Mapping Surface Science Mechanisms with Atomic Precision', Professor Josh Buss, University of Michigan

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Joshua Pack CHEM 535 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, "Molecular Optical-Spin Interfaces for Quantum Information Applications"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership Informational Webinar

  Time

  7:00 - 8:00 pm

  Learn about our M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership degree program.

  • Webinar

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Hannah King CHEM 575 Seminar: "Thalidomide and the Unexpected Path to Targeted Protein Degradation"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Shuaiqi Yuan CHEM 575 Seminar: "Logic-Gated Systems for Targeted Therapeutics"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 2026 Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry, Professor Polly Arnold, University of California Berkley, “f-block aryloxides; a new class of catalysts for dinitrogen conversion at ambient conditions”

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Professor Nicholas L. Truex, University of South Carolina, "Protein Technologies for Unlocking Immunity and Expanding the Folding Code"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Timothy Johstone, University of California Santa Cruz

  Time

  3:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Aiden Parente CHEM 535 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Prof. Saumya Saurabh, New York University, "Using Light to Decipher Life: Mapping the Chemical Environment Inside Biomolecular Condensates"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 29, 2026

• Danielle Otero CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Kellen Sharpe CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sujit Datta, California Institute of Technology (Host: Prof. Ying Diao)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Charlie Dixon, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Room 419

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Natalie Shkolnik CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Lorenzo Vergari, Nuclear, Plasma, & Radiological Engineering-Illinois

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Paul Territo, Indiana University School of Medicine "TBD"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Sophie Mazure CHEM 535 Seminar "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Faculty Research Webinar "Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry for Neuroimaging Applications" Prof. Liviu Mirica

  Time

  5:30 - 6:30 pm   Central Time

  • Lecture

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Analytical LIT Seminar - Abigail Elizabeth Gardiner & Madeline Ihrke

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  Title TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, November 7, 2026

• 38th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference

  Time

  8:00 am

  Location

  Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

  • Conference/Workshop

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• 2026 Emerging Leader in Inorganic Chemistry Speaker/ACS DIC John C. Bailar Coordination Chemistry Award, "Rewriting the Periodic Properties of the f-Elements: Fundamental Chemistry of QIS and National Security", Professor Henry La Pierre, Georgia Tech University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Paige Drury CHEM 535 Seminar "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Xiongyi Huang, Johns Hopkins University, "TBD"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler) "Spontaneous Fission and Fusion of Block Copolymer Micelles"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Andrew Haak, Mayo Clinic, "TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 20, 2026

• Professor Yangguang Ou, University of Vermont, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Monday, November 30, 2026

• Thomas Trzupek, Final Defense, UIUC, "TBD"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• Parker Kintigh CHEM 535 Seminar "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• Prof. Eli Pollak, Weizmann Institute of Science, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, December 3, 2026

• Professor Xin Zhou, Harvard University, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, December 4, 2026

• Professor Naihao Chiang, University of Houston, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Tuesday, December 8, 2026

• Devon Fontaine, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory, B102 Charles G. Miller Auditorium, 601 S. Goodwin, Urbana, IL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Cyrus Chen CHEM 535 Seminar "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, January 21, 2027

• Organic Syntheses Lecture: Professor Dirk Trauner, University of Pennsylvania, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, February 4, 2027

• Amgen Lecture: Amgen rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Amgen Lecture w/Professor Huw M. L. Davies, Emory University, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, February 9, 2027

• AbbVie Lecture: AbbVie rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AbbVie Lecture: Professor Ruben Martin, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, February 12, 2027

• Professor Martin Edwards, University of Arkansas, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 17, 2027

• Prof. Renee Frontiera, University of Minnesota, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, February 19, 2027

• Professor Julia Laskin, Purdue University, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Monday, February 22, 2027

• Materials Seminar, Professor Austin Evans, University of Florida, TBD

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, March 1, 2027

• Marvel & Voorhees Postdoc Symposium: speakers TBD

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, March 8, 2027

• Fuson Student Talks: "Speakers TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, March 9, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Felix Castellano, North Carolina State University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 10, 2027

• Prof. Matthew Crane, Colorado School of Mines, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, March 12, 2027

• Professor Devleena Samanta, University of Texas Austin, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Sunday, March 21, 2027

• ACS New Orleans - Chemistry at Illinois Alumni & Friends Reception

  Time

  5:00 - 7:00 pm

  Location

  New Orleans (see registration link for location)

  Please join us for a networking reception in conjunction with the ACS National Meeting in New Orleans

  • Reception/Open House

  

Monday, March 29, 2027

• 3M Lecture: 3M rep: TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 3M Lecture: Professor Stuart Rowan, University of Chicago, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, March 30, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Samantha Yruegas, Rice University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 31, 2027

• Prof. Teresa Head-Gordon, University of California Berkeley, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, April 1, 2027

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Yamuna Krishnan, University of Chicago, "TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, April 2, 2027

• Professor Jeff Nivala, University of Washington, Analytical Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Monday, April 5, 2027

• Lilly Lecture: Lilly rep: TBD: "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Lilly Lecture: Professor Thorsten Bach, Technical University of Munich, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, April 6, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Bryan Hunter, Northwestern University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Wednesday, April 7, 2027

• Prof. Allison Squires, University of Chicago, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, April 12, 2027

• Genentech Lecture: Genentech rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Genentech Lecture: Professor Takashi Ooi, Nagoya University, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, April 13, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Brandon Barnett, University of Rochester

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, April 19, 2027

• Aldrich Lecture: Professor Mary Watson, University of Delaware, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, April 20, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Katlyn Meier, University of Miami

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, April 30, 2027

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Jennifer Richer, University of Colorado Anschutz "TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 2027 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Paul Alivisatos, University of Chicago, TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Lecture

  

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

• Prof. Haw Yang, Princeton University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, May 6, 2027

• Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Jeanne Stachowiak, University of Texas at Austin, "TBD"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, May 12, 2027

• Prof. Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin Madison, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium