Speakers

Monday, August 17, 2026

• Women@NCSA presents "Tick Tock…Important Time for a Tick Talk!"

  Time

  3:00 - 4:00 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Warblers, Sparrows, and Thrushes, Oh My!

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  801 N Country Fair Dr, Ste D, Champaign, IL, United States, Illinois 61821

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series -Rizwan Uddin and Mohan Sankaran

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, August 28, 2026

• Orit Peleg, University of Colorado Boulder

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Brad Christensen, Northrup Grumman

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Brad Christensen

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Patrick Poole

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Alvaro Hernandez

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• ABE Graduate Seminar | Backward Design

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building - Room 208

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Brad Christensen, Northrup Grumman

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Brad Christensen

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Patrick Poole

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Alvaro Hernandez

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• ABE Graduate Seminar | Backward Design

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building - Room 208

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• ABE Graduate Seminar | University Ethics and Compliance

  Time

  12:00 - 12:50 pm

  Location

  Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building - Room 208

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 14, 2026

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

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Taek K. Kim

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Joern Davidsen, University of Calgary

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 21, 2026

• R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Harnessing Non-covalent Interactions to Address Selectivity Challenges in Transition Metal Catalysis"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series -Areg Danagoulian

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Harnessing Non-covalent Interactions to Address Selectivity Challenges in Radical Chemistry"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Astrophysics, Relativity, and Cosmology Seminar - Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño (Wake Forest University)

  Time

  11:00 am

  Location

  Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 25, 2026

• Dean Pospisil, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Princeton University

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 2, 2026

• Abhishek Bhattacharjee, Princeton University

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Rajesh Maingi

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

• TBD with Ms. Alyssa Hartman

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Hong Tang, Llewellyn West Jones Jr. Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Yale University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Dorivar Ruiz Diaz

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Jason MacLean, University of Chicago

  Time

  4:15 pm

  Location

  4100 LuMEB

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Xu Wu

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Jennifer Kimball

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

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

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Hannah Manetsch, Caltech

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Hannah Manetsch

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Christopher Ritter

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Veronica Roman-Reyna

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 2, 2026

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

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Chong Wang, Research Faculty, Perimeter Institute

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Chong Wang

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

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

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Daniel Sweeney

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

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

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• NPRE 596 Graduate Seminar Series - Federico Scurti

  Time

  4:00 - 4:50 pm

  Location

  1306 Everitt Laboratory

  Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

• TBD with a UIUC Grad Postdoc

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Huan Zhao, Wigner Distinguished Staff Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Huan Zhao

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, November 18, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Jose Franco

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Charlotte Boettcher, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Charlotte Boettcher

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Carmen Ugarte

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• IQUIST Seminar: Charlotte Boettcher, Assistant Professor of Applied Physics, Stanford University

  Time

  11:00 - 11:50 am

  Location

  190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

  Speaker: Charlotte Boettcher

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 2, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Carmen Ugarte

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 9, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Virgnia Moore

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, December 16, 2026

• TBD with Dr. Wubishet Bekel

  Time

  12:00 - 1:00 pm

  Location

  W109 - Turner Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, March 25, 2027

• "Degrees of Erasure": Director's Fellows Symposium

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  TBD

  March 25-26, more information is coming soon. Part of the Up Against Erasure event series.

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, March 26, 2027

• "Degrees of Erasure": Director's Fellows Symposium

  Recurring

  Time

  All Day

  Location

  TBD

  March 25-26, more information is coming soon. Part of the Up Against Erasure event series.

  • Seminar/Symposium