Materials Research Laboratory

Monday, October 26, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- via Zoom
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: "Strange metals as ersatz Fermi liquids: emergent symmetries, anomalies, and experimental tests"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium - “Can Research “Graduate?” Paths for Research Impact Beyond Academia”
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

- 11:00 am
- Zoom
IQUIST Seminar: "Applications of the information-theoretic method in quantum computation"
Speaker: Ashwin Nayak, University of Waterloo
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- Meeting URL: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/88633830917?pwd=SHRCVFNRcGovZkYySHNFTjNPY1JmUT09&from=msft
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Arthi Jayaraman, University of Delaware, "Predicting Structure and Thermodynamics in Macromolecular Materials with Specific and Directional Intermolecular Interactions"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Jiho Choi, "Towards a deeper understanding of thixotropy via transient nonlinear rheology and scattering"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/97603207522?pwd=aUJoSXhBbVJaN0k3RDBvRVZLZ3RpZz09
Prof. Eric Neuscamman, University of California - Berkeley, "Electronic Structure Theory for Excited States"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - "The Information Paradox in the Age of Holographic Entanglement Entropy"
- Lecture

Thursday, October 29, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Mr. Alex Battiste, UIUC, "Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Entry Into and Exit From a Persister State"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94559177874?pwd=bVpGV2JUTTJ5V3g3NUs0NTZBYTg3QT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Kim Kelly, UIUC, "19F-Based NMR Sensors for the Enhancement, Selectivity, and Quantification of Biologically Relevant Metal Ion Signals"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94559177874?pwd=bVpGV2JUTTJ5V3g3NUs0NTZBYTg3QT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Saman Fatima, UIUC, "Extraction of f-block elements using biomolecules"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 30, 2020

- 1:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Renaissance in the Ruthenates: some Ruminations on a Resolution"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
Physics (CPLC/iPoLS) Seminar: "The Hidden Mechanisms of Bacterial Transcription Termination Revealed by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Measurements
- Lecture
- 2:00 pm
- via zoom (see description for info)
The Hidden Mechanisms of Bacterial Transcription Termination Revealed by Single-Molecule Fluorescence Measurements
- Lecture

Monday, November 2, 2020

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85131053358?pwd=WThvVEtRUjdsbmk3cXU5ZlhZclJrdz09
Prof. David Limmer, University of California Berkeley, "Charge separation in systems away from equilibrium"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Physics Colloquium - "Engaging Students in Authentic Scientific Practices in Physics Lab Courses"
- Lecture

Thursday, November 5, 2020

- 9:00 am
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Xiaoyi Wang, "Regulation and Switching in Bacterial Gene Expression Networks in Response to Nutrients"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ms. Amanda Smith, UIUC, "Imaging Cellular Forces Using Tension Probes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/96831325915?pwd=SCtsb1FWbGowWm54R1ltNzA3R0Q3QT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Xueyong Zhang, UIUC, "Recent Advances in Transition Metal Carbide/Nitride core @ Noble Metal Shell nanoparticles"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 6, 2020

- 1:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Synthesis of Topological Nanomaterials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 9, 2020

- 8:30 am
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- via Zoom
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: "Nigel Cooper"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

- 11:00 am
IQUIST seminar: "Distributing quantum information in superconducting circuits through parametric conversion in Josephson junctions"
Speaker: Wolfgang Pfaff, Illinois
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/82985278780?pwd=LzRmUmppTmk1NWgzdmYrWXYrdERTQT09
Professor Sen Zhang, University of Virginia, "Atomically Precise Nanocrystals Surfaces and Interfaces for Electrocatalysis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/97310516293?pwd=cERKKzZtY3Zyb0NJRVhtbjlaZ0dpUT09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Anupriya Edappalil Satheesan, UIUC, "Single nanoparticle photoelectrochemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/97310516293?pwd=cERKKzZtY3Zyb0NJRVhtbjlaZ0dpUT09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Jack Burke, UIUC, "Coherent Control of Nuclear Motion Driving Charge and Spin Ordering in Molecular and Extended Solids"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Thursday, November 12, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ms. Karna Terpstra, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 13, 2020

- 1:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Non-Fermi Liquids and Novel Broken Symmetries in Multipolar Quantum Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
Sambarta Chatterjee, UIUC, "TBD" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 16, 2020

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

- 11:00 am
IQUIST seminar: Peter Shor
Speaker: Peter Shor, MIT
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89738886604?pwd=VmcvUW10LzdZMHMrU1BzZ2R1cHBjdz09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Noah Bender, UIUC, "Multicavity Coordination Cages for Segregated Guest Binding"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/95669371961?pwd=eHkyd0dvc3ZBUThjSTBTSVBsYjhldz09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Benjamin Gilbert, UIUC, "Toppling Mechanism of the S-component in Group II ECF Transporters: How Bacteria Get Their Vitamins"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/95669371961?pwd=eHkyd0dvc3ZBUThjSTBTSVBsYjhldz09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Daniel Gray, UIUC, "Modulating Protein Stability by Engineering the n→π* Interactions"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/95669371961?pwd=eHkyd0dvc3ZBUThjSTBTSVBsYjhldz09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Oliver Lin, UIUC, "Singlet Fission beyond Organic Molecular Systems"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Thursday, November 19, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Mr. Andrew Rice, UIUC, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94112711966?pwd=RzlCdXpYbE5sVHRqS1ZkcHV0N2N0UT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Heidari Hirbod, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94112711966?pwd=RzlCdXpYbE5sVHRqS1ZkcHV0N2N0UT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Jingxiang Wang, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 20, 2020

- 1:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Condensed Matter Seminar - TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 21, 2020

- All Day
Thanksgiving Break Begins
- Other

Monday, November 23, 2020

- 4:00 pm
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
NO COLLOQUIUM - THANKSGIVING BREAK
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 26, 2020

- All Day
Thanksgiving Day
- Other

Friday, November 27, 2020

- All Day
Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday
- Other

Monday, November 30, 2020

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

- 11:00 am
IQUIST seminar: Felix Leditzky
Speaker: Felix Leditzky, University of Waterloo
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Carlos Rinaldi, University of Florida, "Diffusion of Nanoparticles in Polymer Solutions and Biological Fluids"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85718002300?pwd=clJWV09STnc4MTJVU0hSYlVyZjZ6dz09
Professor Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech, "Energy and Electron Transfer in Metal Organic Framework Arrays"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Kelly Gaffney, Student Select Seminar, Stanford University, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for information
Physics Colloquium - "Optically-Trapped Interacting Fermi Gases"
- Lecture

Thursday, December 3, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/96410069308?pwd=U1V6MEhZWVNsaUxQYTRZTGRXTmFsQT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Angelo Melari, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/96410069308?pwd=U1V6MEhZWVNsaUxQYTRZTGRXTmFsQT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Annika Holm, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 4, 2020

- 1:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Condensed Matter Seminar - TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 7, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- via Zoom
Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar: "Sera Cremonini"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
Materials Science and Engineering Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 8, 2020

- 11:00 am
IQUIST seminar: Lilian Childress
Speaker: Lilian Childress, McGill University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Steven Caliari, University of Virginia, "Designing Biomaterials to Understand Mechanical Regulation of Fibrosis and Tissue Regeneration"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91873928803?pwd=Z1NxZ1RRU0ltZTNNUTl4Q0NYb3kwQT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Anita Wo, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91873928803?pwd=Z1NxZ1RRU0ltZTNNUTl4Q0NYb3kwQT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Lauren Boedicker, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

- All Day
Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Thursday, December 10, 2020

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

Friday, December 11, 2020

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

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

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

Thursday, December 24, 2020

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

Friday, December 25, 2020

- All Day
Christmas Holiday
- Other

Monday, December 28, 2020

- All Day
Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday
- Other

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

- All Day
Gift day
- Other

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

- All Day
Gift day
- Other

Thursday, December 31, 2020

- All Day
Gift day
- Other

Friday, January 1, 2021

- All Day
New Year's Day
- Other

Monday, January 18, 2021

- All Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Other

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

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

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

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

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

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

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Frank Huo, University of Rochester, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

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

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

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

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Gabriela Schlau-Cohen, MIT, TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

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 link
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Saturday, March 13, 2021

- 8:30 am
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

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

Monday, March 22, 2021

- All Day
Instruction resumes
- Other

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

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

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

- 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 link
Physics Colloquium - TBD
- Lecture

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

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

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

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

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

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

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor David Goldberg, John Hopkins University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

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

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

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

Thursday, April 29, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Inorganic Student Select Seminar: Professor Harry Gray, Caltech, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

- All Day
Instruction Ends
- Other
- 4:00 pm
- Via ZOOM - see description for link
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 link
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