Seminars of Interest - School of Chemical Sciences for Digital Signage

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

• 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

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

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  Josue Rodriguez presenting, "Emerging Methods for using Extracellular Vesicles as Cancer Diagnosis Tools". Marita Roshael Roy Anthony George presenting, "Digital Image Colorimetry for Quantitative Urea Determination in Milk: Endpoint, Kinetic, and High-Throughput Strategies"

  • 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

  

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

  

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  Time

  7:00 - 8:00 pm

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  • 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: "Elements of Marine Bioinorganic Chemistry: from Metals to Microbes”, 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: “Siderophores in Stereo: Investigating Chirality in Microbial Iron Acquisition”, 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

  

• Sophie Mazure CHEM 535 Seminar "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Analytical LIT Seminar - Abigail Elizabeth Gardiner & Madeline Ihrke

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  RAL 116

  Abigail Elizabeth Gardiner presenting, "Live Cell Fluorescence Imaging: How Fluorophores Illuminate Function". Madeline Ihrke presenting, "Expanding Artistic Understanding with X-Ray Fluorescence through Complementary Techniques".

  • 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, "Activity-Based Sensing: Using Chemical Reactivity to Decode Single-Atom Chemical Biology"

  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

  

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

  

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

  

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

  

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

• 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

  

Wednesday, May 12, 2027

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

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium