Engineering Seminars Test Calendar 2.10

Tuesday, August 4, 2026

• Final Defense of Tzortzis Koulaxizis, "Flow Effects on Polymers: Microchannel Dispersion and Crystallization After Shear"

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  2045 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• FINAL DEFENSE: Jubyeong Chae "'Mechanistic Understanding and Development of Nickel-Catalyzed C-C Cross-Coupling Reactions". Advisor: Professor Liviu Mirica

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, August 7, 2026

• FINAL DEFENSE: Cheyenne Mitchell "Quantum-Inspired Super-Resolution via Interferometry" Advisor: Professor Mikael Backlund

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, August 10, 2026

• FINAL DEFENSE: Armando Santiago Carboney "Investigating the Composition, Electrochemical Performance, and Dynamics of Redox-Active Microemulsions" Advisor: Professor Joaquin Rodriguez-Lopez

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  165 Noyes Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Defense of Darien Raymond "ELECTRIFYING CHEMICAL PROCESSES: ADVANCING CRITICAL ELEMENT RECOVERY AND WATER ELECTROLYSIS""

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  2045 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Christopher Rakowski, UIUC, Final Defense, "Deuteration Attenuates Higher-Order Aggregation of Iron-Mobilizing Small Molecules"

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  Chemistry Annex, 601 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, Room 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

• Final Defense of Tiara Torres-Flores, "TBD"

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  3269 Beckman

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Defense of Changhyun Hwang, "TBD"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  2045 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, August 20, 2026

• Final Defense of Song Yin, "TBD"

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, August 31, 2026

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker Max Li: Distributionally Robust Optimization and Applications to Air Traffic Management

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Brad Christensen, Northrup Grumman

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Brad Christensen

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Fuson Student Talks: Morgan Gugger, UIUC, "Title: TBD"; Faith Kern, UIUC, "Pendant Activation: Governed by Interactions Between Mechanophores and Glassy Polymer Networks", Dongchen Ouyang, UIUC, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NSP Faculty Mixer

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, "AI-Driven Quantum Mechanical Design of Soft Materials"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "Chemotherapy-induced cell stress facilitates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells”

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao) "When Industry Asks "How?", Scientists Ask "Why?": Molecular Interactions Behind Carbon Capture and Surface-Controlled Chemical Transformations"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Tenure Talk: Professor Mei Shen, "TBA"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 4, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Mechanism, Structure and Inhibitor Design of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, August 31, 2026

• AE 590 Seminar Speaker Max Li: Distributionally Robust Optimization and Applications to Air Traffic Management

  Time

  4:00 - 5:00 pm

  Location

  CIF 2035

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Brad Christensen, Northrup Grumman

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Brad Christensen

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Fuson Student Talks: Morgan Gugger, UIUC, "Title: TBD"; Faith Kern, UIUC, "Pendant Activation: Governed by Interactions Between Mechanophores and Glassy Polymer Networks", Dongchen Ouyang, UIUC, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NSP Faculty Mixer

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, "AI-Driven Quantum Mechanical Design of Soft Materials"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "Chemotherapy-induced cell stress facilitates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells”

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao) "When Industry Asks "How?", Scientists Ask "Why?": Molecular Interactions Behind Carbon Capture and Surface-Controlled Chemical Transformations"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Tenure Talk: Professor Mei Shen, "TBA"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 4, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Mechanism, Structure and Inhibitor Design of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

• "Topological Brain Maps and the Shape of Thought," by Marty Sereno, Emeritus Professor Psychology, San Diego State University Adjunct Professor Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • 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"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Materials Seminar, "Electron Videography of Soft, Biological, and Energy Matter at the Nanoscale", Professor Qian Chen, University of Illinois

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Qian Chen, University of Illinois

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 11, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - "Phospho-BRD4 IDR-Targeting Compounds as Antiviral and Anticancer Agents"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 14, 2026

• C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• 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

  

• C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

  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

  

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

• Final Defense of Genesis Rios-Adorno "TBA"

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  3217 Everitt Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Dayne Swearer, Northwestern University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 17, 2026

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

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Angela Thomas, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

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

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 21, 2026

• 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

• 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

  

• Materials Seminar, TBD, 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

  

• "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, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • 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

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "TBA"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 28, 2026

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

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• "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, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  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"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 28, 2026

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

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• "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, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  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"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• 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

  

• "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

• Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • 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

  

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

• 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

  

• Samy Meroueh, Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, 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

  

Monday, October 19, 2026

• BMS Lecture: BMS rep: 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

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Josh Buss, University of Michigan

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

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

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• 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

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Hannah Manetsch, Caltech

  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

  

• Michael Schappe, MIP, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Prof. Saumya Saurabh, New York University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Sam Belsky (Jin Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams 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

  

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Chong Wang, Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Chong Wang

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 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: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seung Jun Lee (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 5, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Ada Doisy Lecture - Dr. Andrew Dillin (University of California Berkeley ) - "TBA"

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  180 Bevier Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Ada Doisy Lecture: Dr. Navdeep Chandel (Northwestern University) - "TBA"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  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, TBD, Professor Henry La Pierre, Georgia Tech University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 2026 Emerging Leader in Inorganic Chemistry Speaker/ACS DIC John C. Bailar Coordination Chemistry Award, TBD, Professor Henry La Pierre, Georgia Tech University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• "Illuminating neurochemical signaling with non-genetically encoded sensors," by Natsumi Komatsi, Bioengineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lucas Meirelles (Harvard/Mass General) - "TBA"

  Time

  12:00 pm

  Location

  Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, November 14, 2026

• NO SEMINAR: Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Washington, DC

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Huan Zhao, Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Huan Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

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

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  • 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

  

Saturday, November 21, 2026

• Thanksgiving Break - No Classes / No Seminar

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute 1005

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Charlotte Boettcher, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Charlotte Boettcher

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Charlotte Boettcher, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

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

  Speaker: Charlotte Boettcher

  • Seminar/Symposium