Seminars

Monday, July 7, 2025

• • 1:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  FINAL DEFENSE, Prateek Dinesh Bansal, "'Activation mechanisms of non-Class A G protein coupled receptors"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, July 25, 2025

• • 10:00 am
  • RAL 433

  Final Defense, Sagnik Chakrabarti

  • Other

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

• • 10:00 am   1:00 pm
  • 116 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 4, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ryan Poling-Skutvik, University of Rhode Island (host: Simon Rogers)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Alex Spokoyny, University of California, Los Angeles, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta (host: Baron Peters)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 CHEM ANNEX

  Inorganic Seminar, Professor Selvan Demir, Michigan State University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 18, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Daeyeon Lee, University of Pennsylvania (host: Joon Kong)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Materials Seminar, Professor Adam Jaffe, University of Notre Dame, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 26, 2025

• • 4:30 - 7:00 pm
  • 2079 Natural History Building (NHB) and 2nd Floor Atrium NHB

  ChBE Alumni and Graduate Awards Ceremony and Reception

  • Ceremony/Service

Saturday, September 27, 2025

• • All Day
  • Near Memorial Stadium (TBD)

  ChBE Homecoming Tailgate

  • Sporting Event

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University (host: Theresa Schoetz)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California, Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • TBD

  TBD, Professor Vlad Iluc, University of Notre Dame

  • 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

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Inorganic Seminar, Professor Raúl Hernandez Sanchez, Rice University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

• • 5:00 pm
  • TBD

  2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor Dr. 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, Professor Dr. Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium