Department of Chemistry Master Calendar

Friday, April 3, 2026

Nohemy Celis, Final Defense, UIUC, "Molecular Prosthetics for CFTR: Restoring Anion Secretion to Cystic Fibrosis Airway and Intestinal Epithelia"

3:00 pm

B102 Chemical Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Alpha Chi Sigma's 2026 Louis G. Krug Lecture

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Chemistry Annex 1024
- Lecture
- Lecture

Monday, April 6, 2026

Final Defense of Neil Tran, "Elucidating Reactivity of Atomically Dispersed Catalysts via Multiscale Modeling: Active Sites, Reaction Mechanisms, and Fluid-Modulated Kinetics"

8:00 - 10:00 am

165 Noyes
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Genentech Lecture: Dr. Jacob Timmerman, Genentech, "Data Science-Driven Evolution of the Manufacturing Process to TRPA1 Inhibitor GDC-6599"

4:00 - 4:30 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Genentech Lecture: Professor Jim Wells, University of California, San Francisco, "Attacking the Cancer Surfaceome"

4:30 - 5:30 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Final Defense of Rajarshi Samajdar, CONFORMATION GOVERNS NANOSCALE ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN BIOMOLECULES AND SYNTHETIC ORGANICS

1:00 - 3:00 pm

217 Noyes
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Seminar, "Visualizing Reactive Intermediates: Radical and High-Valent Chemistry Across Biological and Synthetic Catalysis", Professor Shiliang Tian, Purdue University

3:30 pm 12/02/2025

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- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Final Defense of Haowei Long, Low-Temperature Anion Exchange Membrane Ammonia Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

9:00 am 03/06/2026

117 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Marissa Weichman, Princeton, "New Experimental Platforms for Molecular Polaritonics"

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Final Defense of Sonji Lamichhane, "SCREENING AND IMAGING TOOLS FOR DETECTING MAMMALIAN CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND ALGAL BACTERIAL INTERACTION"

9:00 am 03/06/2026

433 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Daniel Greenan, Final Defense, UIUC, "Fine Tuning the Properties of Amphotericin B as a Molecular Prosthetic and as an Antifungal"

9:30 am

Noyes Laboratory, 505 S Mathews Ave, Room 217
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Riley Carter, Final Defense, UIUC, "Bioinformatics-guided Discovery of New Natural Product Biosynthetic Strategies"

1:00 pm
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Todd Squires, University of California, Santa Barbara, (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Driving Particles and Fluids Using Chemical Fluxes"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

Alec Murray, Final Defense, UIUC, “A Prosthetic Reaction”

10:00 am

157 Noyes Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

12:00 - 4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Ceremony/Service
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 13, 2026

Organic Syntheses Lecture: Professor Michael Krische, University of Texas at Austin, "Hydrogen Transfer for Catalytic C-C Coupling Beyond Premetalated Reagents"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Inorganic Seminar, "Macrocyclic templates facilitating strong and weak interactions", Professor Raúl Hernandez Sanchez, Rice University

3:30 pm

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- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, "Deciphering & Controlling the Mechanisms of Energy Flow Across Materials"

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Styliana Avraamidou, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis) "Systems Engineering Approaches for the Electrification of the Chemical Industry"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Materials Seminar, "Interfaces as Architects of Emergent Matter", Professor Sarah King, University of Chicago

3:30 pm 12/02/2025

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- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Thursday, April 23, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Siddarth Krishna, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Elizabeth Rogers) "Tuning the Dynamic Structure and Reactivity of Metal-Zeolites for Sustainable Catalytic Chemistries"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Materials Seminar, "Structuring functional materials across scales with polymers and electrochemistry", Professor Joerg Werner, Boston University

3:30 pm 12/02/2025

1024 CHEM ANNEX
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Documentary Screening of "Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution"

4:00 pm

Beckman Institute Auditorium
- Film Screening
- Film Screening
Prof. Christina (Tina) Wang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Identification of Protein (Mis)Folding Modulators Through Directed Evolution"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

"Concerted Electron- and Phase-Transfer Reactions at Three-Phase Interfaces ", Professor Henry White, The University of Utah

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Understanding Catalysis, one Atom at a Time, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

5:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Prof. Tom Truskett, University of Michigan, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Lilly Lecture: Dr. Gaiying Zhao, Lilly, "Synthetic Organic Chemistry Continues Playing an Important Role in Small Molecule Drug Discovery: Example of Notch Inhibitors"

4:00 - 4:30 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Lilly Lecture: Professor Lutz Ackermann, University of Göttingen, "Title: TBD"

4:30 - 5:30 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

"Multifunctional electrochemical probes using aptamers for chemical sensing and imaging", Professor Robert Lazenby, Florida State University

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026

3M Lecture: Dr. Rajdeep Kalgutkar, 3M, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
3M Lecture: Professor Brent S. Sumerlin, University of Florida, "Title: TBD"

5:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2026

GF Smith Lecture, "Multi-Modal Hybrid Wearable Sensors for Comprehensive Health Monitoring", Professor Joseph Wang, University of California San Diego

4:00 pm

RAL116
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Piper Inorganic Thesis Award, TBD

3:30 pm

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- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Final Defense of Haisu Kang, TBA

10:00 am 03/06/2026

TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
Klemperer Materials Thesis Award Seminar, TBD

3:30 pm

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- Ceremony/Service
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, May 15, 2026

FINAL DEFENSE: Luke Westawker "Probing the Photochemistry and Properties of Nickel and Palladium Complexes”. Advisor: Professor Liviu Mirica

2:00 pm

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, May 17, 2026

CHBE 2026 Spring Convocation Ceremony

9:30 11:00 am

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
- Ceremony/Service
- Ceremony/Service
ChBE 2026 Spring Convocation Reception

11:00 1:00 p.m.

Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Reception/Open House
- Reception/Open House

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 14, 2026

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 21, 2026

R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 2, 2026

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

5:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 16, 2026

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

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium