Seminars of Interest - School of Chemical Sciences for Digital Signage

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- 280 MRL
Final Defense - Jarom Sederholm, SUSTAINABLE BATTERY ENGINEERING: SINGLE-STEP BATTERY RECYCLING, BATTERY MODELING, AND BATTERY ELECTROLYTE ANALYSIS
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Oleg Prezhdo, University of New Mexico, "Quantum Dynamics in Optoelectronic Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Emma Guo CHEM 575 Seminar "CRISPR - inspired Strategies for RNA - Protein Interactome Investigation"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Frank Zhang CHEM 575 Seminar: Bioremediation 3.0: A Brave New Paradigm
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao) "Soft PhotoElectroChemical Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Erik Lindahl, Stockholm University, "Structure and mechanisms of subtype-specific binding and allosteric modulation in GABAA receptors"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley "Movement of Polymer Molecules under Electric Fields and Relevance to Rechargeable Batteries" (host: Damien Guironnet)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- TBD
Inorganic Seminar, "Iron Carbenes for Olefin Metathesis", Professor Vlad Iluc, University of Notre Dame
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Laboratory of Physics, Room 141
ChBE/NPRE Presents-Prof. Jospeh D. Smith, Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
Kameron Wildeman CHEM 535 Seminar "Going Sub-Stoichiometric: The Evolution of Samarium(II) Catalysis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Johnny Bajko CHEM 575 Seminar "Expanding Proximity Proteomics: From nanometer-Scale Mapping to Multicellular Interfaces"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Natalie King CHEM 575 Seminar "Engineering Diazotrophs: Harnessing Bacteria for Sustainable Nitrogen Supply in Cereal Crops"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 17, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Nina Wang
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ariel Furst, MIT (host: Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Inorganic Seminar, "Peptide Frameworks as Microcosms of Proteins", Professor Andy Nguyen, University of Illinois Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:00 pm
M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership Informational Webinar
- Webinar

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Yang Yang, UW Madison, "Bridging Quantum and Classical: An Efficient Framework for Capturing Zero-Point Effects in Hydrogen-Related Chemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
"The Realities of a Practicing Data Scientist", Alix Schmidt, Sr Data Scientist Dow Chemical, Core R&D Information Research
- Informational

Friday, October 24, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- RAL116
"Charting Cellular Landscapes in Biomedical Research with Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry", Professor Jeff Spraggins, Vanderbilt University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Amy Weeks, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "New Enzyme Chemistry to Decipher Post-translational Modification Function"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
- Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
CHEM 545 Practice Seminars
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Kinshuk Malik CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Rowan Glover CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 31, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab 419
FINAL DEFENSE: Chloe Litts "Non-Traditional Catalysis by Plasmonic Nanostructures" Advisor: Prashant Jain
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Ella Pickell
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Levi Dumpert
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 1, 2025

- 8:00 am
- Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
37th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, November 3, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture, Professor Guangbin Dong, University of Chicago, "Simple-Looking but Non-Obvious Transformations"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Akra Ghosh
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Husna Azhakath Valappil
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Peng Chen, Cornell University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

- 3:30 am
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Elizabeth Vrana
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Mahima Rana CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Nicholas Korosec CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
"Using Operando NMR to Probe Lithium Metal Batteries", Professor Lauren Marbella, Columbia University in the City of New York
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "The Scientific Origins of Drugs that Slow Neurodegeneration and the Pharmacological Future of Treating Dementias"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Seminar, "Heavy Elements in Nature: From Waste Management to Precision Medicine", Professor Rebecca Abergel, University of California, Berkeley
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- W109 Turner Hall
TBD, Dr. Spencer Walse, Research Chemist, United States Department of Agriculture
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
- Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
CHEM 545 Practice Seminars
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Julia Koldobskiy
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Sonam Rani
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Maxwell Andren
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 17, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Cayden Jasek
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Jon Haidet
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology: "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

- 2:00 - 2:30 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Eliza Asani, UIUC, "Machine Learning for Thermodynamically-Consistent Equations of State"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Omkar Chaudhari, UIUC, "Plasmon–Hydron Resonance Leads to Quantum Friction and Electron Cooling"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Aleksandra Vojvodic, University of Pennsylvania (host: Alex Mironenko)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Faith Kern
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Justine You
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 1, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Brett P. Fors, Cornell University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Adrienne Kanihan
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Katy Knecht
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
Jose Luis Llera Munoz CHEM 535 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

- 2:00 - 2:30 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Miko Miwa, UIUC, " Pushing the Limits of Liquid-State NMR with Dynamic Nuclear Polarization"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Matthew Too, UIUC, "Quantum Chemical Calculations on Quantum Processors"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Chetan Prasad
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Emma Robinson
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 8, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Prof. Christina (Tina) K. Kim, Princeton University, "Molecular Recorders for Activity-Dependent Protein Tagging in the Brain"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Andrew Norris
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
Lynda Steen CHEM 535 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Mock Interview Seminar, Dr. Matthew Boudreau, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, "Title:TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 11, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Dilshan Kuttikanda Vidanelage
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Trent Papenmeier
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, December 20, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
- Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation
- Ceremony/Service
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House

Monday, February 9, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Chi P. Ting, Brandeis University, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 16, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Junqi Li, Iowa State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 23, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Marvel & Voorhees Postdoc Symposium: Speakers TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Amgen Lecture: Professor Virginia Cornish, Columbia University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Randall Goldsmith, UW Madison, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Fuson Student Talks: "Speakers TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Jacob Olshansky, Amherst College, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B102
TBD, Professor Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
AbbVie Lecture: Professor Robert R. Knowles, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Marissa Weichman, Princeton, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

- 12:00 - 4:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 - 6:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, April 13, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Organic Syntheses Lecture: Professor Michael Krische, University of Texas at Austin, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Raúl Hernandez Sanchez, Rice University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Tian Lan, U Penn, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
TBD, Professor Henry White, The University of Utah
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

- 5:00 pm
- TBD
Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Speaker, TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Tom Truskett, University of Michigan, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Lilly Lecture: Professor Lutz Ackermann, University of Göttingen, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
TBD, Professor Robert Lazenby, Florida State University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture: Professor Brent S. Sumerlin, University of Florida, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- RAL116
GF Smith Lecture, TBD, Professor Joseph Wang, University of California San Diego
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Piper Inorganic Thesis Award, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Klemperer Materials Thesis Award Seminar, TBD
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, May 15, 2026

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
TBD, Professor David Issadore, University of Pennsylvania
- Seminar/Symposium