Materials Research Laboratory

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

- 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- UIUC: 280 Materials Research Laboratory | SLAC: 130 McCullough Building
QSQM Junior Research Hour: Madhavan Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Nigel Goldenfeld (UIUC, UC San Diego), Title: "Topological scaling laws and the statistical mechanics of evolution"
- Lecture

Thursday, September 29, 2022

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Nora Liu, UIUC, "Design and Application of Fluorescent Amino Acids (FlAAs)"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Michelle O'Malley, University of California Santa Barbara (Zhao), "Unlocking the Biotech Potential of Anaerobic Gut Fungi"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 30, 2022

- 2:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Angad Mehta (UIUC) "Synthetic Biology for Evolutionary Studies and Human Health"
- Lecture

Monday, October 3, 2022

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Babak Seradjeh
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Bailar Lecture: Professor Greg Robinson, University of Georgia, "Creative Writing in Scientific Research Articles"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum Machine-Learning for Complex Many-Body Systems," presented by Sabre Kais, Purdue University

Speaker: Sabre Kais, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- NL 353
FINAL DEFENSE, Xiuyi (Terry) Qin, UIUC, "Anharmonic vibrational many-body theory for molecules and extended systems", Advisor: Professor So Hirata
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Bailar Lecture: Professor Greg Robinson, University of Georgia, "From N-Heterocyclic Carbenes to Dithiolene Radicals: A Counterintuitive Trek Through Main Group Chemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

- 2:00 - 2:50 pm
- UIUC: 190 Engineering Sciences Building | SLAC: 335 McCullough Building
QSQM Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Deirdre Shoemaker (University of Texas at Austin), Title "Brave New World of Numerical Relativity"
- Lecture

Thursday, October 6, 2022

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Chris Paolucci, University of Virginia (Flaherty), "Using Computational Modeling to Address Challenges in the Synthesis and Stability of Catalysts"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 7, 2022

- 2:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Aleksei Aksimentiev (UIUC) ""
- Lecture

Monday, October 10, 2022

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Lucas Wagner
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Graeme Smith, University of Colorado Boulder

Speaker: Graeme Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Colorado Boulder
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Hannah Shafaat, Ohio State University, "Understanding bioinorganic reactivity through the lense of electronic structure" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

- 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- UIUC: 280 Materials Research Laboratory | SLAC: 130 McCullough Building
QSQM Junior Research Hour: Moler Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Carlos Herdeiro (Campus de Santiago, Portugal), Title: "How about (not a) black hole?" - Testing the Universality of the black hole and Kerr hypotheses
- Lecture

Thursday, October 13, 2022

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Daniel Greenan, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Tagbo Niepa, University of Pittsburgh (Harley), "Nanocultures: Controlled Microbial Communities in Sessile Drops"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 14, 2022

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Haim Beidenkopf, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Rohit Vaidya (UIUC) ""
- Lecture
- 4:30 pm
- 3rd Floor Levis Faculty Center
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering "Graduate and Alumni Awards Ceremony"
- Ceremony/Service

Saturday, October 15, 2022

- 9:00 - 11:00 am
- Grange Grove
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering "Alumni and Friends Homecoming Tailgate"
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, October 17, 2022

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb, University of Michigan, "Design Principles for Metalloprotein Chemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Jacob Taylor, Riverlane; The University of Maryland

Speaker: Jacob Taylor, Chief Science Officer, Riverlane; Adjust Professor, The University of Maryland
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

- 2:00 pm
QSQM PI Business Meeting
- Meeting
- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Peter Armitage (Johns Hopkins University) Title: On Ising’s Model of Ferromagnetism
- Lecture

Thursday, October 20, 2022

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Citlali Gutierrez, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 21, 2022

- 2:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Stephen Boppart (UIUC) ""
- Lecture

Monday, October 24, 2022

- 10:00 am
- TBA
FINAL DEFENSE, Matthew Wade , "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- All Day
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Florian Marquardt, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

Speaker: Florian Marquardt, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Netanel Lindner
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

- 3:00 pm
- 124 Burrill Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, Meng Zhang , "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

- 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- UIUC: 280 Materials Research Laboratory | SLAC: 130 McCullough Building
QSQM Junior Research Hour: Hughes Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: John Simon (Stanford), Title: "Making Fluids and Solids from Microwave Photons"
- Lecture

Thursday, October 27, 2022

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. A. Shoji Hall, Johns Hopkins University (Kenis), "Atomic-scale Insights into Electrocatalyst Structure and Function"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 28, 2022

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Michael Manfra, Purdue University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Emad Tajkhorshid (UIUC) ""
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Alexander Müller-Hermes, University of Oslo

Speaker: Dr. Alexander Müller-Hermes, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Oslo
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Delia Milliron, The University of Texas at Austin (Diao), "Switchable Optical Materials from Metal Oxide Nanocrystals"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 2, 2022

- 2:00 - 2:50 pm
- UIUC: 190 Engineering Sciences Building | SLAC: 335 McCullough Building
QSQM Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Asher Berlin (Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory), Title: TBA
- Lecture

Thursday, November 3, 2022

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Riley Carter, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Emily Pentzer, Texas A&M University (Rogers), "Interfacial Polymerizations in Pickering Emulsions to Architect Hybrid Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 4, 2022

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Kayla Xuan Thu Nguyen, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Martin Gruebele (UIUC) ""
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

- All Day
Election Day
- Other
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Nate Szymczak, University of Michigan, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

- 1:00 - 2:00 pm
- UIUC: 280 Materials Research Laboratory | SLAC: 130 McCullough Building
QSQM Junior Research Hour: Shen Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: James Aguirre (University of Pennsylvania), Title: TBA
- Lecture

Thursday, November 10, 2022

- 2:00 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Brown University Chemistry’s Graduate Ambassador Award Lecture: Mr. Stephen Kocheril (BS, '16, UIUC Chemistry), Brown University: “Photoelectron Imaging of Cryogenically Cooled Anions”

Alumnus Stephen Kocheril (BS, Chemistry, '16) is the recipient of Brown University Chemistry's Graduate Ambassador Award, which is given annually to graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and service. Reception immediately following in Chem Annex 1025.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Philippe Sautet, UCLA (Mironenko)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 11, 2022

- 1:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Condensed Matter Seminar - Mark Eriksson, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Ido Golding (UIUC) ""
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Markus Aspelmeyer, University of Vienna

Speaker: Markus Aspelmeyer, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Markus Aspelmeyer (University of Vienna, Austria), Title: TBA
- Lecture

Friday, November 18, 2022

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - David Hsieh, California Institute of Technology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Sangjin Kim (UIUC) ""
- Lecture

Saturday, November 19, 2022

- 1:00 pm
Thanksgiving Break Begins
- Other

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium
- Lecture

Thursday, November 24, 2022

- All Day
Thanksgiving Day
- Other

Friday, November 25, 2022

- All Day
Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday
- Other

Monday, November 28, 2022

- All Day
Instruction resumes
- Other

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Eilon Poem, Weizmann Institute of Science

Speaker: Eilon Poem, Staff Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Leslie Murray, University of Florida, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Vincenzo Cirigliano (University of Washington)
- Lecture

Thursday, December 1, 2022

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Craig M. Crews: Yale University, "PROTACs and Targeted Protein Degradation: A New Therapeutic Modality"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 2, 2022

- 2:00 pm
- Beckman Institute 2269
Biological Physics (iPoLS) Seminar: Paul Selvin (UIUC) ""
- Lecture

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Samuel W. Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Kristi Anseth, University of Colorado Boulder, "Synthetic Hydrogels as Extracellular Matrix Mimics: Engineering Materials for 4D Cell Culture"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

- All Day
Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester
- Other
- 2:00 - 2:50 pm
- UIUC: 190 Engineering Sciences Building | SLAC: 335 McCullough Building
QSQM Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium
- Lecture

Thursday, December 8, 2022

- All Day
Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect
- Other

Friday, December 9, 2022

- 8:30 am
Final Exams Begin
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

- 2:00 pm
QSQM PI Business Meeting
- Meeting

Monday, December 19, 2022

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Winter Session
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, December 23, 2022

- All Day
Gift Day

Half gift day from President/Chancellor (a.m.), half excused day (p.m.)
- Other

Monday, December 26, 2022

- All Day
Christmas Holiday (observed)
- Other

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

- All Day
Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday
- Other

Wednesday, December 28, 2022

- All Day
Designated Holiday
- Other

Thursday, December 29, 2022

- All Day
Gift day
- Other

Friday, December 30, 2022

- All Day
Gift day
- Other

Monday, January 2, 2023

- All Day
New Year's Day (observed)
- Other

Thursday, January 12, 2023

- All Day
Final Exams - Winter Session
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 16, 2023

- All Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Other

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester
- Other

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- B-102
Professor Siewert-Jan Marrink, University of Groningen, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Matt Jones, Rice University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Peter Rossky, Rice University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, March 11, 2023

- 1:00 pm
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Monday, March 20, 2023

- 7:00 am
Instruction resumes
- Other

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Michael Tsapatsis, Johns Hopkins University (Su)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Abraham Nitzan, University of Pennsylvania, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Robert Gilliard, University of Virginia, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Kara Bren, University of Rochester, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Timothy Berkelbach, Columbia University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 14, 2023

- All Day
- Illini Union Ballroom
CHBE/OXE Research Symposium and Scholarship Awards Ceremony
- Other

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Michael Doherty, University of California Santa Barbara, (Su)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 20, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Shelley Minteer, University of Utah (Su)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Ravi Radhakrishnan, University of Pennsylvania (Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Javier Vela, Iowa State University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

- All Day
Instruction Ends
- Other

Thursday, May 4, 2023

- All Day
Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect
- Other

Friday, May 5, 2023

- All Day
Final Exams Begin
- Other

Saturday, May 13, 2023

- 8:30 am
Commencement
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 15, 2023

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1
- Other

Monday, May 29, 2023

- All Day
Memorial Day Holiday
- Other

Monday, June 12, 2023

- All Day
First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2
- Other

Monday, June 19, 2023

- All Day
Juneteenth
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

- All Day
Independence Day
- Other