Seminars

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Fernando Lima, "A Process Systems Framework for Design, Optimization and Control of Modular Energy Systems" West Virginia University (host: Rao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Kara Bren, University of Rochester, "Biomolecular and Bioinspired Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 26, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amish Patel, University of Pennsylvania, "Characterizing Protein Hydration to Inform its Interactions" (host: Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Ive Hermans, University of Wisconsin, Madison, "The Role of Heterogeneous Catalysis in the Defossilization of the Chemical Industry" (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 5, 2024

- 8:30 am
- Allerton Park and Retreat Center
2nd Changwoo Park-Walter Klemperer Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, October 7, 2024

- 8:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
2024 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor Judith Klinman, UC Berkeley, "In Appreciation of 'Slow' Science: Biochemical Conversions of Amino Acids to Quinones"
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Thursday, October 10, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Reika Katsumata, “ 'Slower' Processes in Polymers: From Nanocomposites to Homopolymers", University of Massachusetts Amherst (host: Sing, Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Peter Wolczanski, Cornell University, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 18, 2024

- 3:00 pm
- 2079 Natural History Building (NHB)
Samuel W. Parr Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Prof. Craig Hawker, University of California Santa Barbara
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Kelly Chacon, Reed College, TBD (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 24, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Shiyu Zhang, Ohio State University, TBD (I)
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, October 28, 2024

- 8:00 - 10:00 pm
- San Diego Convention Center, Room 26 AB
ChBE Alumni and Friends Reception at AIChE
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminars (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 7, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Chong Liu, University of Chicago, TBD (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminars (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Cynthia Reinhart-King, Vanderbilt University, "The Mechanometabolism of Metastatic Cell Migration: The Role of Energetics and Cellular Force in Driving Motion" (host: Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminars (TBD) (I)
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, November 21, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Rui Wang, University of California Berkeley (host: Sing, Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Chem 585 Literature Seminars: Yichen Li, UIUC (TBD), Riyo Das, UIUC (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Jonathan Rittle, University of California, Berkeley, TBD (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 5, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminar: (TBD) 585 Literature Seminar: Tathagata Chatterjee, UIUC (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Betar Gallant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Schoetz)kla)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminars (TBD) (I)
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, December 12, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 585 Literature Seminars: Sindy Liu, UIUC (TBD), Sohini Mandal, UIUC (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, December 21, 2024

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
- Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
ChBE 2024 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 2024 Winter Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Dr. Karen Mulfort, Argonne National Laboratory, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

- 3:30 pm
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Xavier Roy, Columbia University, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 3, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Distinguished Inorganic Lecture: Professor Franc Meyer, University of Göttingen, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 7, 2025

- 8:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
2025 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor James Mayer, Yale University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sijin Li, Cornell University, "An Integrated Synthetic Biology Pipeline to Understand and Harness Plant Specialized Metabolism" (host: Huimin Zhao)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, University of Minnesota, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 1, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Distinguished Inorganic Lecture: Professor Jonas Peter, California Institute of Technology, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Alexandra Velian, University of Washington, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium