Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering - Undergraduate Events of Interest

Thursday, July 2, 2026

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  Final Defense of Ye, Joshua, "How Rhodotorula toruloides uses difficult substrates to yield biofuels"

  11:00 am

  612 IGB (Institute for Genomic Biology)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, July 6, 2026

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  Final Defense of Ebin Joseph, "TBA"

  3:00 pm

  612 IGB (Institute for Genomic Biology)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

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  Final Defense of Wesley Harrison, "Development of New Enzyme Chemistries with Photobiocatalysis and of Tools for Accelerating Enzyme Engineering"

  3:00 pm

  1092 Lincoln hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 3, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 10, 2026

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  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"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 14, 2026

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

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 17, 2026

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

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 21, 2026

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  R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

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  Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
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  R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 24, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenyu Huang, Iowa State University (Host: Prof. Hong Yang)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon C. Bukowski, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Elizabeth Bickel Rogers)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 8, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 22, 2026

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  2026 Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry, Professor Polly Arnold, University of California Berkley, TBD

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California Berkeley, (Host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

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

  3:30 pm

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sujit Datta, California Institute of Technology (Host: Prof. Ying Diao)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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

  3:30 pm

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 16, 2026

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

  4:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

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

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 19, 2026

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  CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers)

  2:00 pm

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium