Materials Research Laboratory

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

- 11:00 am
- 217 Noyes Lab
Chemical Biology Faculty Candidate Seminar: Dr. Monica Neugebauer, Broad Institute of MIT, "Biocatalyst Discovery and Evolution: Halogenases and Base Editors"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Error correction in quantum computers and beyond," Aleksander Kubica, Amazon Web Services Center for Quantum Computing

Speaker: Aleksander Kubica, Research Scientist, Amazon Web Services Center for Quantum Computing
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Tagbo Niepa, University of Pittsburgh, "Nanocultures: High-throughput Platform for Assessing Microbial Community Dynamics in Sessile Drops" (host: Prof. Brendan Harley)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Acoustic, microwave and photonic devices in thin film lithium niobate," Ogulcan Orsel, Bahl Group

Speaker: Ogulcan Orsel, Bahl Group, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 2:50 pm
- UIUC: 190 Engineering Sciences Building | SLAC: 335 McCullough Building
QSQM Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Chen-Yu Liu (UIUC): "Goldilocks and the three bears or: How we made the most precise neutron lifetime measurement and why."
- Lecture

Friday, February 3, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 280 MRL
MRL Spanish Conversation Group
- Social/Informal Event
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Anomalies in (2+1)D symmetry-enriched topological phases"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 pm
- B102 Chem Life Sciences Laboratory (Charles G. Miller Auditorium)
Timothy Precord, UIUC, Final Defense, "Investigation of Radical SAM-Mediated Thioether Installation in RiPP Natural Products"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 6, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Jed Pixley
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

- 10:00 am
- CLSL B102
Materials Faculty Candidate: Dr. Elena Meirzadeh, Columbia University, "From small molecules to infinite superatomic sheets""
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Robust decoding of quantum orders in NISQ devices," Jong Yeon Lee, University of California Santa Barbara

Speaker: Jong Yeon Lee, University of California Santa Barbara
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 2008 MRL and zoom
I-MRSEC IRG2 meeting
- Meeting

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Lintao Li, Covey Group

Speaker: Lintao Li, Covey Group, Department of Physics, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physic Colloquium: Marc Kamionkowski (Johns Hopkins), Title: Hubble trouble and the early Universe
- Lecture

Thursday, February 9, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Special Institite for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Jong Yeon Lee
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 10, 2023

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "More layers are different: designing quantum matter with assembled heterostructures"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 13, 2023

- 10:00 am
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Faculty Candidate Matthew Chalkley, UC San Francisco, "Cooperativity in Chemical Catalysis and Biological Binding" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Ian Hayes
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum Computational Advantage: Recent Progress and Next Steps," Xun Gao, Harvard University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Kimberly See, Cal Tech, "One is the Loneliest Number: Multivalent and Multielectron Processes for Next-Generation Batteries" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Ian George, Chitambar Group

Speaker: Ian George, Chitambar Group, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Siewert-Jan Marrink, University of Groningen, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation of an Entire Cell"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Kate Scholberg (Duke University), Title: Scattering in Neutrino Alley
- Lecture

Thursday, February 16, 2023

- 9:15 am
- CLSL B102
Inorganic Faculty Candidate Anastasia Manesis, Northwestern, "Metals, Microbes, and Metabolism: A Journey Through the First Row Transition Metals" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Special Institite for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Zhu-Xi Luo
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, February 17, 2023

- 10:00 am
- CLSL B102
Inorganic Faculty Candidate Majed Fataftah, Yale, "Electron localization and metal-metal bonding in biomimetic clusters" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- 280 MRL
MRL Spanish Conversation Group
- Social/Informal Event
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Pengjie Wang, Princeton University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 20, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Han Ma
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
IQUIST Seminar: Sandy Irani, University of California, Irvine

Speaker: Sandy Irani, Professor, Computer Science, University of California, Irvine
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group

Speaker: Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Emanuele Berti (Johns Hopkins), Title: The future of gravitational-wave astronomy: challenges and opportunities
- Lecture

Thursday, February 23, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Special Institite for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Daniel Parker
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 24, 2023

Monday, February 27, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 190 ESB
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: Hart Goldman
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Schrödinger cat states of a 16-microgram mechanical oscillator," Yiwen Chu, ETH Zürich

Speaker: Yiwen Chu, Professor, Department of Physics, ETH Zürich
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Leif Hammarstrom, Uppsala Universitet, “Molecular Mechanisms of Artificial Photosynthesis” (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Will Huie, Covey Group

Speaker: Will Huie, Covey Group, Department of Physics, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Matt Jones, Rice University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 2:50 pm
- UIUC: 190 Engineering Sciences Building | SLAC: 335 McCullough Building
QSQM Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Mike Crommie (Berkeley), Title TBA
- Lecture

Thursday, March 2, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 217 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Elisia Meyle, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 3, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 280 MRL
MRL Spanish Conversation Group
- Social/Informal Event
- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Designing Quantum Properties and Functionalities in Heterostructures"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

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

Speaker:
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Peter Rossky, Rice University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium
- Lecture

Saturday, March 11, 2023

- 1:00 pm
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

- 4:00 pm
Physics Colloquium: No Colloquium
- Lecture

Friday, March 17, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 280 MRL
MRL Spanish Conversation Group
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, March 20, 2023

- 7:00 am
Instruction resumes
- Other

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Shruti Puri, Yale University

Speaker: Shruti Puri, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Yale University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Michael Tsapatsis, Johns Hopkins University (Su), "Manufacturing of Metal-Organic Framework Membranes "
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 2008 MRL and zoom
I-MRSEC IRG2 meeting
- Meeting

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Michael Mollenhauer, Pfaff Lab

Speaker: Michael Mollenhauer, Pfaff Lab, Department of Physics, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Abraham Nitzan, University of Pennsylvania, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Cynthia Keeler (Arizona State University), Title: TBA
- Lecture

Thursday, March 23, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 217 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Morgan Gugger, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Christopher J.K. Richardson, University of Maryland
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Won Kyu Calvin Sun, Covey Group

Speaker: Won Kyu Calvin Sun, Covey Group, Department of Physics, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Haiyan Gao (Duke University), Title: TBA
- Lecture

Friday, March 31, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 280 MRL
MRL Spanish Conversation Group
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

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

Speaker: Brian Smith, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oregon
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 2008 MRL and zoom
I-MRSEC IRG2 meeting
- Meeting
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Robert Gilliard, University of Virginia, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Mengdi Zhao, Fang Group

Speaker: Mengdi Zhao, Fang Group, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 2:50 pm
- UIUC: 190 Engineering Sciences Building | SLAC: 335 McCullough Building
QSQM Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: TBA
- Lecture

Thursday, April 6, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 217 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Nohemy Celis Chance, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Roni Harnik, Fermilab

Speaker: Roni Harnik, Senior Scientist, Quantum Theory Department Head, Fermilab; Science Thrust Leader, Superconducting Quantum Materials and Systems Center (SQMS)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Kara Bren, University of Rochester, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Vijaya Begum-Hudde, Schleife Group

Speaker: Vijaya Begum-Hudde, Schleife Group, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
Professor Timothy Berkelbach, Columbia University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: TBA
- Lecture

Thursday, April 13, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 217 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Diego Orea, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 14, 2023

- All Day
- Illini Union Ballroom
CHBE/OXE Research Symposium and Scholarship Awards Ceremony
- Other
- 12:00 pm
- 280 MRL
MRL Spanish Conversation Group
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

- 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
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Michael Doherty, University of California Santa Barbara (Su) "Integrated Chemical Reaction Process Systems: From Alan Turing to Martin Feinberg"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 2008 MRL and zoom
I-MRSEC IRG2 meeting
- Meeting

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Xi Cao, Pfaff Lab

Speaker: Xi Cao, Pfaff Lab, Department of Physics, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Paul Chaikan (New York University), Title TBA
- Lecture

Thursday, April 20, 2023

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

Monday, April 24, 2023

- 3:30 pm
Professor Vivian Yam, Hong Kong University, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

- 3:30 pm
Professor Vivian Yam, Hong Kong University, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: David Kribs, University of Guelph

Speaker: David Kribs, Professor, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Guelph
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Ashwith Prabhu, Goldschmidt Lab

Speaker: Ashwith Prabhu, Goldschmidt Lab, Department of Physics, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141 and via Zoom
Physics Colloquium: Leslie Schoop (Princeton), Title TBA
- Lecture

Thursday, April 27, 2023

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Max Robb, Cal Tech, (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 28, 2023

- 12:00 pm
- 280 MRL
MRL Spanish Conversation Group
- Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Dan Carney, Berkeley National Laboratory

Speaker: Dr. Daniel Carney, Staff Scientist, Berkeley National Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Ravi Radhakrishnan, University of Pennsylvania (Shukla), "AI-enabled Physics-Based Models in Cancer and Nanomedicine"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 2008 MRL and zoom
I-MRSEC IRG2 meeting
- Meeting
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Javier Vela, Iowa State University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

- All Day
Instruction Ends
- Other
- 12:00 - 12:50 pm
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Brian Doolittle, Chitambar Group

Speaker: Brian Doolittle, Chitambar Group, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 2:50 pm
- UIUC: 190 Engineering Sciences Building | SLAC: 335 McCullough Building
QSQM Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium