Seminars

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley "Movement of Polymer Molecules under Electric Fields and Relevance to Rechargeable Batteries" (host: Damien Guironnet)

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
  • TBD

  Inorganic Seminar, "Iron Carbenes for Olefin Metathesis", Professor Vlad Iluc, University of Notre Dame

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
  • Loomis Laboratory of Physics, Room 141

  ChBE/NPRE Presents-Prof. Jospeh D. Smith, Missouri University of Science and Technology

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

• • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • HMNTL 1000

  Vacuum Science and Thin Film Deposition

  • Informational

Thursday, October 16, 2025

• • 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • HMNTL 1000

  Vacuum Science and Thin Film Deposition

  • Informational

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
• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 CHEM ANNEX

  Inorganic Seminar, "Peptide Frameworks as Microcosms of Proteins", Professor Andy Nguyen, University of Illinois Chicago

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 7:00 pm

  M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership Informational Webinar

  • Webinar

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 5:00 - 6:00 pm
  • 163 Noyes Lab

  "The Realities of a Practicing Data Scientist", Alix Schmidt, Sr Data Scientist Dow Chemical, Core R&D Information Research

  • Informational

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

Friday, October 31, 2025

• • 2:00 pm
  • Roger Adams Lab 419

  FINAL DEFENSE: Chloe Litts "Non-Traditional Catalysis by Plasmonic Nanostructures" Advisor: Prashant Jain

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Akra Ghosh

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

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Husna Azhakath Valappil

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

• • 3:30 am
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Elizabeth Vrana

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 8, 2025

• • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Illini Union

  East Central Illinois American Chemical Society 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference

  • Conference/Workshop

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
• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Inorganic Seminar, "Heavy Elements in Nature: From Waste Management to Precision Medicine", Professor Rebecca Abergel, University of California, Berkeley

  • 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
• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Julia Koldobskiy

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

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Sonam Rani

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Cayden Jasek

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

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Jon Haidet

  • 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
• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Faith Kern

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

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Justine You

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Adrienne Kanihan

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

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Katy Knecht

  • 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
• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Chetan Prasad

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

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Emma Robinson

  • 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
• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Andrew Norris

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 11, 2025

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Dilshan Kuttikanda Vidanelage

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

  Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Trent Papenmeier

  • 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

Friday, April 10, 2026

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:30 - 6:00 pm
  • Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

• • 3:30 pm
  • Chem Annex 1024

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

• • 5:00 pm
  • TBD

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 CHEM ANNEX

  Piper Inorganic Thesis Award, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

• • 3:30 pm
  • 1024 CHEM ANNEX

  Klemperer Materials Thesis Award Seminar, TBD

  • Ceremony/Service