Materials Research Laboratory

Monday, January 25, 2021

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

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

- 11:00 am
IQUIST seminar: Saikat Guha, Ph.D., Dept. of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
Speaker: Saikat Guha, Ph.D., University of Arizona
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Thursday, January 28, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81843577458?pwd=VHN1QmxUN25GWUJ2bGg3aW1jcTk3QT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Kathryn Whitehead, Carnegie Mellon University, "From Farm to Pharmacy: A Strawberry-Derived Solution to Oral Protein Delivery" (host: Prof. Brendan Harley)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, January 29, 2021

- 1:00 pm
- via Zoom
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Hall anomalies in metals and superconductors."
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 1, 2021

- 3:00 pm
Yiran Huang, UIUC, "Development of Multifunctional Compounds for the Modulation and Detection of Aβ Species" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - "Semiconductor-Based Hybrid Superconducting Circuits"
- Lecture

Friday, February 5, 2021

- 1:00 pm
- via Zoom
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Lattice-like models for protected edges with no symmetry."
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

- 11:00 am
IQUIST seminar: Lijian Zhang, Ph.D., Artificial Intelligence, Nanjing University
Speaker: Lijian Zhang, Ph.D., Nanjing University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83400748472?pwd=Skg3dDJTYmZTbVU2RHg3aU0yV2d5QT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Karthish Manthiram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Controlling Interfacial Electron and Atom Transfer Reactions for Chemical Synthesis", (host: Prof. Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://go.illinois.edu/ProfSaoumaSeminar
Professor Caroline Saouma, University of Utah, "Thermodynamic and mechanistic studies of CO2 reduction catalysts"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Sudharsan Dwaraknath, UIUC, "TBD" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
Prof. Frank Huo, University of Rochester, "New Theoretical Approaches to Investigate Chemical Reactions Enabled by Quantum Mechanical Behavior"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - "Quantum Science With Alkaline Earth Atom Arrays"
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
Special Seminar: Professor Robert J. Hickey
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 15, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Virtual Event via Zoom (link will be provided)
Professor Wei-chen Chang, North Carolina State University, "Mechanistic Studies and Potential Application of Non-heme Iron Enzymes in Natural Product Biosynthesis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

- 11:00 am
IQUIST seminar: Alexander Ling, Ph.D., National University of Singapore
Speaker: Alexander Ling, Ph.D., National University of Singapore
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88160954706?pwd=NHRaMWg3RXpRdWhiK2JzKzQwL2dKdz09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Matthew Paszek, Cornell University (host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

- 8:30 am
Day Off - no classes
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85172746102?pwd=NTBFeWJiTWdLNUJybGlEZ2tNMFZBUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Yvonne Chen, University of California, Los Angeles, "Engineering Next-Generation T Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy" (host: Prof. Huimin Zhao)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - "New Tools for the Quantum Many-Body Problem"
- Lecture

Thursday, February 25, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- TBD
Ms. Susanna Barrett, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 26, 2021

- 1:00 pm
- via Zoom
Condensed Matter Seminar - Charles Marcus, University of Copenhagen/Microsoft
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/84655510013?pwd=Q2NEb1FrWkRjMGV0TFR2dXRobWtqUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Lisa Biswal, Rice University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Gabriela Schlau-Cohen, MIT, "Action at the nanoscale: Single-molecule studies of protein motion"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Thursday, March 4, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Mr. Robert Boyd, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 5, 2021

- 1:00 pm
- via Zoom
Condensed Matter Seminar - Leonid Glazman, Yale University
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor David Powers, Texas A&M University, "Development of High-Valent Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - "Quantum Computing with Atoms"
- Lecture

Thursday, March 11, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Mr. Adam Sawyer, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 18, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Ms. Autumn Frerk, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

- 11:00 am
IQUIST seminar: Konrad Lehnert, Ph.D., Dept. of Physics, Jila, University of Colorado, Boulder
Speaker: Konrad Lehnert, Ph.D., Jila, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89104261420?pwd=WGpRc1pvRm41UktZMFpFOEc4b2N6UT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jinsang Kim, University of Michigan, "Designing Conjugated Polymers and Organic Emitters for Smart Chemical and Bio Sensors"(host: Prof. Hyunjoon Kong)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

- 8:30 am
Day Off - no classes
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, March 25, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Mr. Shravan Dommaraju, UIUC, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83367847299?pwd=azNZbVdKZGhsaDRZUXhLYjNlUlRWQT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Reid Van Lehn, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "Molecular and Data-Centric Modeling of the Nano-Bio Interface" (host: Prof. Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Zoom TBD
Professor Eric Bloch, University of Delware, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Kristie Koski, University of California - Davis, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Thursday, April 1, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Mr. Michael Mulligan, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- Zoom TBD
Professor Jonathan Barnes, Washington University in St. Louis, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Thursday, April 8, 2021

- 12:00 pm
Mr. Joel Roberts, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88963165628?pwd=VkJNSit3MzBrLzBBeG90ZHZwcjlGQT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jeffrey Gray, Johns Hopkins University, (host: Prof. Diwakar Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 9, 2021

- 1:00 pm
- via Zoom
Condensed Matter Seminar - Phuan Ong, Princeton University
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

- 8:30 am
Day Off - no classes
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Friday, April 16, 2021

- 1:00 pm
- via Zoom
Condensed Matter Seminar - Katja Nowack, Cornell University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Sara Mason, University of Iowa, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Friday, April 23, 2021

- 12:55 pm
- via Zoom
Condensed Matter Seminar - Mark Eriksson, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - 2020 McMIllan Award Lecture
- Lecture

Thursday, April 29, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83764184287?pwd=bG9McFVEODlGaDJnWSt1czY2SU9TUT09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Dr. Chih-Jen Shih, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, "How van der Waals Forces Transmit Through One-atom-thick Materials" (host: Prof. Ying Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Inorganic Student Select Seminar: Professor Harry Gray, Caltech, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85872343278?pwd=N0hEcm95MDZ6YlM3dEVBMDNHR0VsZz09&from=addon
CHBE 565 Seminar, Dr. Xiao-Ying Yu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, "Dynamic Multimodal Chemical Imaging of Biological, Environmental, and Material Interfaces" (host: Prof. Mary Kraft)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

- All Day
Instruction Ends
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Thursday, May 6, 2021

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

Friday, May 7, 2021

- All Day
Final Exams Begin
- Other

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Saturday, May 15, 2021

- 8:30 am
Commencement
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 17, 2021

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

Monday, May 31, 2021

- All Day
Memorial Day Holiday
- Other

Monday, June 14, 2021

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

Monday, October 4, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Prof. Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- TBD
Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Philip Power, University of California - Davis, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium