Engineering Seminars Test Calendar 2.10

Monday, September 14, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Minxue Liu / KV Prasanth Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "New Synthetic Methods for C–F Bond Formation: From Fundamental Science to Applications"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• Gather in the Garden

  Time

  10:00 - 10:30 am

  Location

  Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• IQUIST Seminar: "From Logical Spectroscopy to Hardware-Aware qLDPC Compilation," Jong Yeon Lee, Assistant Professor of Physics, UIUC

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Jong Yeon Lee

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Tracking the Grist and Flakes of Planetesimals with Dust Polarization

  Time

  3:30 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Astronomy Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalytic Relevance of High Valent Transition Metal Organometallic Complexes"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Neural mechanisms of group living," by Aubrey M. Kelly, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience Program, Emory University

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• On Jumping

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  2079 Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

• Final Defense of Genesis Rios-Adorno "Engineering Regenerative Multiphasic Biomaterials for Musculoskeletal Injury Repair""

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  3217 Everitt Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Dayne Swearer, Northwestern University, "Catalytic Chemistry Far from Equilibrium"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Jen-Chieh Peng (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Helicity of Relic Neutrinos and the Inverse Tritium Beta Decay"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) -"Transcriptomic Memory of MetALD: What Abstinence Cannot Undo."

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 17, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing) "Investigating Reactive Transport Pathways in Anion Exchange Membranes to Guide Polymer Design"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Cookie Collab

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Atrium

  Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Nidia Sequeira Trovao, Pathobiology/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign -- "The Genetic Traceability of Viral Pathogens Across the One Health Spectrum"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Angela Thomas, Final Defense, UIUC, "Exploiting Viral proteins for Directed Evolution Studies and Therapeutics"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  Roger Adams Labortatory, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, Room 419

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Angela Thomas, Final Defense, UIUC, "Exploiting Viral proteins for Directed Evolution Studies and Therapeutics"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Room 419

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hong Jin (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Translation beyond Initiation, Elongation and Termination"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - "Spatiotemporal Engineering of Quantum Materials Far from Equilibrium"

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

Monday, September 21, 2026

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Jaewon Kim

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Panelist Discussion: Non-Aerospace Industry Career Opportunities - Violet Allmandinger, Alberto Davila, and Fabian Dettenrieder

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Harnessing Non-covalent Interactions to Address Selectivity Challenges in Transition Metal Catalysis"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• Free professional portraits at Beckman

  Time

  8:30 am - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Fifth floor tower room at the Beckman Institute

  Beckman community members are invited to stop by the fifth floor tower room to have a professional portrait taken. First come, first served, with no need to register in advance.

  • Other

  

• MS Thesis Defense | Dan Marshalla

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  W-121 Turner Hall

  • Other

  

• Gather in the Garden

  Time

  10:00 - 10:30 am

  Location

  Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• IQUIST Seminar: "Tackling Heterogeneity for Practical Quantum Systems," Kate Smith, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Northwestern University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Kate Smith, Northwestern University

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE) "From Catalytic Insights to Transformative Technologies"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Better Together: Combining the Strengths of Rubin, Euclid, and Roman for Time-domain Science and Cosmology

  Time

  3:30 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Astronomy Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Materials Seminar, "Tailoring the Shape and Surface Coating of Gold Nanostructures for Targeted Drug Delivery and Advanced Metamaterials", Professor Marie-Christine Daniel, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chemistry Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Marie Christine Daniel, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Mechanics of Growth and Growth of Mechanics

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  2079 Natural History Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Mechanisms of monogamy: Neural and genomic foundations of social memory and attachment in prairie voles," Kimberly Long, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Harnessing Non-covalent Interactions to Address Selectivity Challenges in Radical Chemistry"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Prof. Hsing-Ta Chen, University of Notre Dame, "Navigating Various Disorders and Dynamics in Strongly Coupled Light-Matter Systems"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "Comparison of mammalian and avian IgA provides insight on anti-viral effector mechanisms."

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 'Fola Adesanya (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Ceremony/Service

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Philip Phillips (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Solving the Mott Problem"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 24, 2026

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

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 (Optional) Seminar Speaker: Dongho Lee

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Coordinated Science Lab B02

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Michael Gray, University of Alabama -- "How oral streptococci respond to the antimicrobial oxidants found in saliva"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Verkada Tech Talk

  Time

  5:30 pm

  Location

  2405 Siebel Center for Computer Science

  • Informational

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "Enhanced FIB-SEM: A High-Resolution 3D Imaging Platform for Biology"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Michele Simoncelli, Columbia University

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

• Kyle Abo, UIUC, Final Defense, "Chemical Synthesis Towards the Development of Novel Anticancer Compounds Derived from Natural Products and Existing Drugs"

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 28, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Anna Mankovich / Freeman Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Pallab Goswami (Northwestern)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Kevin Li - Interactional Aerodynamics and Aeroacoustics: From Measurements to Multi-Fidelity Modeling

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Lauren Rajakovich, University of Washington, "Microbial Chemistry in Anoxic Host Environments"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• Gather in the Garden

  Time

  10:00 - 10:30 am

  Location

  Beckman Institute Center Atrium

  Join members of the Beckman community for informal conversation and coffee in the Atrium! Gather in the Garden will take place every Tuesday from 10-10:30 a.m.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• IQUIST Seminar: Arnab Banerjee, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Arnab Banerjee

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 2026 NCSA Research Open House

  Time

  3:30 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  1205 W. Clark St., Urbana, IL 61801

  U. of I. faculty, researchers, and graduate students are invited to learn about the research, projects, expertise, and services offered by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA).

  • Reception/Open House

  

• Do Rocky Exoplanets Retain Their Atmospheres?

  Time

  3:30 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  NCSA Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, “Modeling Nitric Oxide Signaling and Copper and Lewis Acid Sites”, Professor Timothy Warren, Johns Hopkins University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Ashley Hartwig CHEM 535 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Human 2D neurons and 3D brain organoid models for understanding brain development and neurological disorders," by Guo-li Ming Perelman Professor of Neuroscience, Associate Director, Institute of Regenerative Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, "Theory of Extended Bose-Hubbard Systems and Two-Dimensional Materials"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Geoff Greene (University of Tennessee) "The Neutron Lifetime, Why do we keep measuring it? & Why do we keep getting it “wrong”?"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Terrestrial Worlds of Other Stars

  Time

  7:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Lincoln Hall Theater

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• Erin Swanson CHEM 575 Seminar: "Engineering viral antigens to modulate humoral immunodominance"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Krishna Bharadwaj CHEM 575 Seminar: "Programming Peptide Coacervates for Intracellular Delivery of Therapeutics"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

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

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Erin Green, University of Chicago -- "Defining regulatory control of environmental persistence in Acinetobacter baumannii"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• After Hours in Chicago - Fall 2026

  Time

  5:30 - 7:30 pm

  Location

  200 South Wacker Drive, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606

  An informal career reception in Chicago for CS and ECE students and companies to connect, network, and socialize!

  • Social/Informal Event

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Coming in from the Cold: A New Avenue for Exploring Post-Transcriptional Regulation"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Andre Schleife, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• First Friday Psychology-Beckman Colloquium Series

  Time

  3:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Auditorium

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Alumni and Graduate Awards

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Ceremony/Service

  

Saturday, October 3, 2026

• ChBE Homecoming Tailgate

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Gies Memorial Stadium and surrounding area

  • Sporting Event

  

Monday, October 5, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Andrew Riley / Brieher Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Inseok Hwang - Toward Trustworthy Human-aware Cyber-Physical-Human Systems (CPHS)

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Ceren Dag, Assistant Professor of Physics, Indiana University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Ceren Dag

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

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

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Erika Huang CHEM 535 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Host-microbe interactions mediating adverse effects of maternal environmental exposures on offspring neurodevelopmental health," Shelly A. Buffington, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Center for Precision Environmental Health, Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Neethu Babu / Freeman Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Alessandra Buonanno (Albert Einstein Institute) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• Giuliana Judge CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Sneha Jayaram 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. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Karine Gibbs, University of California - Berkeley -- "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 9, 2026

• The Life and Science of Anthony Leggett. A Conference and Memorial in honor of Tony J. Leggett

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Loomis 464 & ESB 190 (TBC)

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• The Life and Science of Anthony Leggett. A Conference and Memorial in honor of Tony J. Leggett

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Loomis 464 & ESB 190 (TBC)

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 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

  

Sunday, October 11, 2026

• The Life and Science of Anthony Leggett. A Conference and Memorial in honor of Tony J. Leggett

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  Loomis 464 & ESB 190 (TBC)

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 12, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Zhengmin Cong / KV Prasanth Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Steve Ulrich

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Hong Tang, Llewellyn West Jones Jr. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Sal Shin CHEM 535 Seminar " Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Small-Molecule Antagonists of Voltage Gated Calcium Channel Auxiliary Subunits," by Samy Meroueh, Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Purnam Ghosh / Belmont Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Andrea Young (University of California Santa Barbara) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Michael Karp - Receptivity of Shock Waves to Flow Perturbations

  Time

  12:30 - 1:30 pm

  Location

  CIF 3031

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 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

  

• Cookie Collab

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  Location

  Atrium

  Join other members of the Beckman community for coffee and cookies in the Beckman Atrium. The Cookie Collab is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month.

  • Social/Informal Event

  

• Inorganic 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

  

• Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Matthew Becker, Duke University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Sam Sternberg (Columbia University) - "RNA-guided and RNA-templated antiviral immunity"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Peter Hirschfeld, University of Florida

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Office Hours w/ School Director Nancy Amato

  Recurring

  Time

  1:00 - 2:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center Room 2248 or via Zoom

  • Other

  

Monday, October 19, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Humayra Oishi / S. Prasanth Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Jacopo Gliozzi

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Defense of Destiny Gray "TBA"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  165 Noyes Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: Mark Messner - Smarter Materials Modeling with AI, Physics, and Large Data

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BMS Lecture: Dr. Lucas Hernandez, BMS, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BMS Lecture: Professor Thomas Maimone, University of California, Berkeley, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Niklas Mueller, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Mexico

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Niklas Mueller

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 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

  

• Relativistic Stellar Explosions: The Landscape Revealed by Wide-field, High-cadence Optical Surveys

  Time

  3:30 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Astronomy Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "From Molecular Pathogenesis to 4 phenylbutyrate rescue in Genetic Epilepsies associated with Impaired GABA receptor and transporter,," by Professor Jingqiong Kang, Department of Neurology & Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt Brain Institute

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • 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, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Madhusree Seal (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Peter Abbamonte (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Title"

  Time

  4:00 - 8:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Cubist Lobby Day

  Time

  11:00 am - 3:00 pm

  Location

  Siebel Center for Computer Science Atrium

  • Informational

  

• Hannah King CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Shuaiqi Yuan CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  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, TBD

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

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

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Shady Amin, New York University Abu Dhabi -- "Steroid hormones produced by coral-associated bacteria modulate the coral immune response during thermal stress"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 23, 2026

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Nirmal Ghimire, University of Notre Dame

  Time

  8:30 am

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 26, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Tejus Sreelal / Li Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Special Theory Seminar, Andreas Gleis (Rutgers)

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Thesis Defense

  Time

  3:00 pm

  Location

  236 Loomis

  • Lecture

  

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker: H.S. Udaykumar (Uday)

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Professor Nicholas L. Truex, University of South Carolina, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Hannah Manetsch, Senior AMO Physicist, Oratomic

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Hannah Manetsch

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

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

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Timothy Johstone, University of California Santa Cruz

  Time

  3:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Timothy Johstone, University of California Santa Cruz

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Aiden Parente CHEM 535 Seminar: "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Student Seminar: Junya Li/Martinez Lab and Angie Caserio/Metcalf Lab

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Physiology under pressure: Sensory circuits of body-brain physiology," by Michael Schappe, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Neuroscience Program, Affiliate Faculty, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Cell and Developmental Biology Student Seminar: Snigdha Mathure / Smith-Bolton Lab

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Saumya Saurabh, New York University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• The Physics Colloquium: Bob Bernstein (FermiLab) "Title TBD"

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  Loomis Lab 141

  • 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

  

• Final Defense - Katrine Dailey (Wu Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  124 Burrill Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Zoi Rapti, Mathematics/University of Illinois Urbana-Illinois -- "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm   5:00 pm

  Location

  Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 30, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tom Cooper (Baylor College of Medicine) - "Mechanistic insights of RNA toxicity and disrupted RNA processing from modeling Myotonic Dystrophy in mice"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Condensed Matter Seminar - Jiwoong Park, University of Chicago

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  ESB 190

  • Seminar/Symposium