Seminars

Tuesday, March 3, 2026

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  Inorganic Literature Seminar, "Beyond Frustration: From classical FLPs to hidden ambiphiles", Ashutosh Sharma

  3:30 pm   12/02/2025

  Chemistry Annex, Room 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Inorganic Literature Seminar, "Design Principles for Enhancing Charge Separation in Water Splitting Photocatalysts", Austin Rongo

  3:30 pm   12/02/2025

  Chemistry Annex, Room 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 5, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Mike Reynolds, Shell (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis), "Catalysis and Its Role in Building a Hydrogen Economy"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 6, 2026

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  Final Defense of Jerry Rong, "THIN FILM COMPOSITE MEMBRANE WITH BOTTLEBRUSH POLYMERS AS CHANNELS FOR CHEMICAL TRANSPORT"

  1:00 pm

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Carl Denard, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Huimin Zhao) "Engineering and Leveraging the Yeast Secretion Pathway to Reprogram Bond-forming, Bond-cleaving Enzymes and to Model Human Diseases"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Inorganic Literature Seminar, "Dynamics and Coordinating Residues Define Mononuclear Non-Heme Iron Enzyme Function", Arden Clauss

  3:30 pm   12/02/2025

  Chemistry Annex, Room 1024

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, March 12, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler) "Molecular Scale Engineering of Polymer Membranes for Energy, Environment and Health"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

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  2026 WCC Women's History Month Alumni Lecture: "Navigating the Transition from Graduate School to a Career in Industry R&D"; Nardine S. Abadeer, Ph.D., Owens Corning

  4:15 pm

  217 Noyes Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 27, 2026

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  Final Defense of Archana Verma, Thermodynamic Origins of Molecular Doping Efficiency for Advancing Predictive Design of Organic Semiconductors

  2:00 - 4:00 pm

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 30, 2026

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  CHBE 121 Poster Session

  6:00 pm   8:00 p.m.

  Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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  Final Defense of Bidipta Ghosh, TBA

  3:00 pm   03/06/2026

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2026

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  Final Defense of Neil Tran, TBA

  8:00 - 10:00 am

  165 Noyes

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

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  Final Defense of Rajarshi Samajdar, TBA

  1:00 - 3:00 pm

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Shiliang Tian, Purdue University

  3:30 pm   12/02/2025

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

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  Final Defense of Haowei Long, Low-Temperature Anion Exchange Membrane Ammonia Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production

  9:00 am   03/06/2026

  117 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2026

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  Final Defense of Sonji Lamichhane, TBA

  9:00 am   03/06/2026

  433 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Todd Squires, University of California, Santa Barbara, (Host: Prof. Baron Peters)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

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  ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

  12:00 - 4:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

  4:30 - 6:00 pm

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

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

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Styliana Avraamidou, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Paul Kenis)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Sarah King, University of Chicago

  3:30 pm   12/02/2025

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Siddarth Krishna, University of Wisconsin (Host: Prof. Elizabeth Rogers) "Tuning the Dynamic Structure and Reactivity of Metal-Zeolites for Sustainable Catalytic Chemistries"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

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

  5:00 pm

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

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  Piper Inorganic Thesis Award, TBD

  3:30 pm

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

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  Final Defense of Haisu Kang, TBA

  10:00 am   03/06/2026

  TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  Klemperer Materials Thesis Award Seminar, TBD

  3:30 pm

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Ceremony/Service

Sunday, May 17, 2026

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  CHBE 2026 Spring Convocation Ceremony

  9:30   11:00 am

  Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Tryon Festival Theatre, 500 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Ceremony/Service
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  ChBE 2026 Spring Convocation Reception

  11:00   1:00 p.m.

  Illini Union - room ABC, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Reception/Open House

Monday, November 2, 2026

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

  5:00 pm

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium