Seminars of Interest - School of Chemical Sciences for Digital Signage

Friday, June 12, 2026

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  Final Defense Ching Hsiu Chung, "Redox-Mediated Electrochemical Recovery of Platinum Group Metals and Homogeneous Catalysts"

  10:00 am   03/06/2026

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Final Defense Zhenyang Jia "Mechanistic Studies of Plasmonic-Polymeric Hybrid Nanostructures by Single-Particle Imaging""

  1:00 pm   03/06/2026

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 29, 2026

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  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 16, 2026

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

  1:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

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  Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 3, 2026

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

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

  3:30 pm

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 10, 2026

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  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

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  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

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  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

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  Prof. Dayne Swearer, Northwestern University, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 17, 2026

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  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

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  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

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  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
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  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

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

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 24, 2026

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  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

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

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

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  Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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  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

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  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

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 10, 2026

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  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

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  Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

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  Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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  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

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  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

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  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

Saturday, November 7, 2026

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  38th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference

  8:00 am

  Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, November 16, 2026

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  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

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  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

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  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, March 10, 2027

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  Prof. Matthew Crane, Colorado School of Mines, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 30, 2027

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

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Lecture

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

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  Prof. Haw Yang, Princeton University, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 12, 2027

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  Prof. Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin Madison, TBD

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium