College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Department of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry Master Calendar

This calendar includes all events from the following individual calendars: Department of Chemistry Alumni Events (events for an alumni audience), Department Events (events of general interest and/or relevant to all Chemistry research areas), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Events, Public Events, and events related to Chemistry 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.

Showing events filtered by Event type: Seminar/Symposium.

Thursday, June 18, 2026

FINAL DEFENSE: Sophia Marcellus, "Directing and Monitoring Cell Behavior with Gold Nanoparticles". Advisor: Professor Catherine Murphy

1:00 pm

B102 CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 29, 2026

Zhenxiang Zhao, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Activity-Based Triggers for Imaging and Targeted Molecular Delivery"

1:00 pm

Roger Adams Labortatory, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, Room 117
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Final Defense of Ye, Joshua, "How Rhodotorula toruloides uses difficult substrates to yield biofuels"

11:00 am

612 IGB (Institute for Genomic Biology)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 29, 2026

Zhenxiang Zhao, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Activity-Based Triggers for Imaging and Targeted Molecular Delivery"

1:00 pm

Roger Adams Labortatory, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, Room 117
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 2, 2026

Final Defense of Ye, Joshua, "How Rhodotorula toruloides uses difficult substrates to yield biofuels"

11:00 am

612 IGB (Institute for Genomic Biology)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, July 6, 2026

Final Defense of Ebin Joseph, "TBA"

3:00 pm

612 IGB (Institute for Genomic Biology)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Final Defense of Wesley Harrison, "Development of New Enzyme Chemistries with Photobiocatalysis and of Tools for Accelerating Enzyme Engineering"

3:00 pm

1092 Lincoln hall
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 16, 2026

Samantha Barlock, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

1:00 pm
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 3, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

3:30 pm

1024 Chem Annex
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 10, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. David Gracias, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Prof. Hyun Joon Kong) "Physical Intelligence at the Interface of Biology and Engineering"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- 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

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium
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

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Prof. Dayne Swearer, Northwestern University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 17, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- 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

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Prof. Hsing-Ta Chen, University of Notre Dame, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 24, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenyu Huang, Iowa State University (Host: Prof. Hong Yang)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 28, 2026

Prof. Lauren Rajakovich, University of Washington, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 28, 2026

Prof. Lauren Rajakovich, University of Washington, "Title: TBD"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 8, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- 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).

8:00 am - 5:30 pm

Beckman Institute
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 22, 2026

2026 Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry, Professor Polly Arnold, University of California Berkley, TBD

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California Berkeley, (Host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- 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

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Emerging Leaders Seminar, Professor Henry La Pierre, Georgia Tech University, TBD

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- 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

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler)

2:00 pm

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)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 17, 2027

Prof. Renee Frontiera, University of Minnesota, TBD

2:00 - 2:30 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 9, 2027

Professor Felix Castellano, North Carolina State University, TBD

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 10, 2027

Prof. Matthew Crane, Colorado School of Mines, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

Prof. Haw Yang, Princeton University, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 12, 2027

Prof. Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin Madison, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

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