Materials Research Laboratory

Monday, October 13, 2025

- 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
- MRL 280
MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Monthly Meeting

Monthly MRSEC Grad students & postdocs meeting.
- Social/Informal Event
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yin-Chen He (Stonybrook), "A Fuzzy Sphere Journey: from 3D Ising to Chern-Simons-matter CFT "
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Broadband quantum-limited amplification and near-ultrastrong nonlinear light-matter coupling with superconducting circuits", Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Speaker: Kevin O'Brien, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB 3110
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - Darius Shi (Stanford)), "Chiral superconductivity from non-Abelian anyon fluids"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley "Movement of Polymer Molecules under Electric Fields and Relevance to Rechargeable Batteries" (host: Damien Guironnet)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- TBD
Inorganic Seminar, "Iron Carbenes for Olefin Metathesis", Professor Vlad Iluc, University of Notre Dame
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Laboratory of Physics, Room 141
ChBE/NPRE Presents-Prof. Jospeh D. Smith, Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

- 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
- HMNTL 1000
Vacuum Science and Thin Film Deposition
- Informational
- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Optimal Sample Complexity of Quantum Hypothesis Testing and its Private Variant," Theshani Nuradha, Leditzky Group

Speaker: Theshani Nuradha, Leditzky Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium Peter Abbamonte (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign) "Conformal Invariance in Strange Metals" TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

- 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
- HMNTL 1000
Vacuum Science and Thin Film Deposition
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Johnny Bajko CHEM 575 Seminar "Expanding Proximity Proteomics: From nanometer-Scale Mapping to Multicellular Interfaces"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Natalie King CHEM 575 Seminar "Engineering Diazotrophs: Harnessing Bacteria for Sustainable Nitrogen Supply in Cereal Crops"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 17, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - "Atom-by-atom characterization of 2D materials with electron ptychography"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
STC-QCB / Biological Physics Seminar: Jamie Williamson (Scripps Research) “Structure and Dynamic Analysis of Bacterial Ribosome Assembly in Cells.”
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum trajectories and stochastic excursions of thermal machines," Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester

Speaker: Gabriel Landi, Associate Professor of Physics, University of Rochester
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ariel Furst, MIT (host: Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Inorganic Seminar, "Peptide Frameworks as Microcosms of Proteins", Professor Andy Nguyen, University of Illinois Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:00 pm
M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership Informational Webinar
- Webinar

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Jierui Hu, Fang Group

Speaker: Jierui Hu, Fang Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Yang Yang, UW Madison, "Bridging Quantum and Classical: An Efficient Framework for Capturing Zero-Point Effects in Hydrogen-Related Chemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect in twisted MoTe₂: discovery and recent advances
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

- 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- MRL 208
Cookies & Coffee Hour

Cookies & Coffee Hour by I-MRSEC & IQUIST.
- Social/Informal Event
- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
"The Realities of a Practicing Data Scientist", Alix Schmidt, Sr Data Scientist Dow Chemical, Core R&D Information Research
- Informational

Monday, October 27, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Sukbum Chung (University of Seoul)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Amy Weeks, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "New Enzyme Chemistry to Decipher Post-translational Modification Function"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Point Defects in Crystals: Trapped Atoms for Quantum Technologies," Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington

Speaker: Kai-Mei Fu, Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: John Floyd, Kwiat Group

Speaker: John Floyd, Kwiat Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
- Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
CHEM 545 Practice Seminars
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium "Chirality Meets Quantum"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Kinshuk Malik CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Rowan Glover CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 31, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Barry Bradlyn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab 419
FINAL DEFENSE: Chloe Litts "Non-Traditional Catalysis by Plasmonic Nanostructures" Advisor: Prashant Jain
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 3, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yves Kwan (Dallas)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

Speaker: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB Lab 3110
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - Eytan Grosfield (Ben Gurion University, Israel), "Shining Light on Bose-Hubbard Models: From Equilibrium Theory to Exotic Steady States"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Akra Ghosh
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Husna Azhakath Valappil
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Zhanzhi Jiang, Kou Group

Speaker: Zhanzhi Jiang, Kou Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Peng Chen, Cornell University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium Smitha Vishveshwara (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign) TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

- 3:30 am
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Elizabeth Vrana
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Mahima Rana CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Nicholas Korosec CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - Haidan Wen, Argonne National Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
STC-QCB / Biological Physics Seminar: Jeff Nivala (University of Washington) “TBA”
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 10, 2025

- 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
- MRL 280
Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs meeting.
- Social/Informal Event
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Olexei Motrunich (CalTech)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "The Scientific Origins of Drugs that Slow Neurodegeneration and the Pharmacological Future of Treating Dementias"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Seminar, "Heavy Elements in Nature: From Waste Management to Precision Medicine", Professor Rebecca Abergel, University of California, Berkeley
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Santiago Vargas-Daniels, Anderson Group

Speaker: Santiago Vargas-Daniels, Anderson Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
- Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
CHEM 545 Practice Seminars
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium Neil Cornish (Montana State University) TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- MRL 280
Cookies & Coffee Hour

Cookies & Coffee Hour by I-MRSEC & IQUIST. Please come and have some cookies, coffee and good conversation.
- Social/Informal Event
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Julia Koldobskiy
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Sonam Rani
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Condensed Matter Seminar - James McIver, Columbia University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
STC-QCB / Biological Physics Seminar: Rohit Pappu (Washington University) "Complex phase behaviors of RNA binding proteins."
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 17, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Tyler Ellison (Purdue)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum Computing Enhanced Sensing," Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Speaker: Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Cayden Jasek
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Jon Haidet
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Jasper Bradford, Pfaff Group

Speaker: Jasper Bradford, Pfaff Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 2:30 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Eliza Asani, UIUC, "Machine Learning for Thermodynamically-Consistent Equations of State"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Omkar Chaudhari, UIUC, "Plasmon–Hydron Resonance Leads to Quantum Friction and Electron Cooling"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall Effects in Rhombohedral Graphene
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Aleksandra Vojvodic, University of Pennsylvania (host: Alex Mironenko)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Faith Kern
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Justine You
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 22, 2025

- 8:30 am
Fall break begins
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, November 27, 2025

- All Day
Thanksgiving Day
- Other

Friday, November 28, 2025

- All Day
Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday
- Other

Monday, December 1, 2025

- All Day
Instruction resumes
- Other
- 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
- MRL 280
Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs meeting.
- Social/Informal Event
- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yiming Wu (Stanford)
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Adrienne Kanihan
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Katy Knecht
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Amanda Gatto, Hughes Group

Speaker: Amanda Gatto, Hughes Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 2:30 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Miko Miwa, UIUC, " Pushing the Limits of Liquid-State NMR with Dynamic Nuclear Polarization"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B-102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Matthew Too, UIUC, "Quantum Chemical Calculations on Quantum Processors"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium Bonnie Fleming (Fermi Lab) TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Chetan Prasad
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Emma Robinson
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 8, 2025

- 12:00 - 1:00 pm
- ESB 190
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Veit Elser (Cornell)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Prof. Christina (Tina) K. Kim, Princeton University, "Molecular Recorders for Activity-Dependent Protein Tagging in the Brain"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Seminar: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Andrew Norris
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

- All Day
Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester
- Other
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Loomis Lab 141
The Physics Colloquium Adam Kaufman (CU Boulder) TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 11, 2025

- All Day
Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect
- Other
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Dilshan Kuttikanda Vidanelage
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Trent Papenmeier
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 12, 2025

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

Saturday, December 20, 2025

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
- Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation
- Ceremony/Service
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Latzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House

Monday, December 22, 2025

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

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

- All Day
Gift Day
- Other

Thursday, December 25, 2025

- All Day
Christmas Holiday
- Other

Friday, December 26, 2025

- All Day
Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday
- Other

Monday, December 29, 2025

- All Day
President Designated Holiday
- Other

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

- All Day
Gift Day
- Other

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

- All Day
Gift day
- Other

Thursday, January 1, 2026

- All Day
New Year's Day
- Other

Friday, January 16, 2026

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

Monday, January 19, 2026

- All Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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

Thursday, January 22, 2026

- 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- MRL 280
Cookies & Coffee Hour

Cookies & Coffee Hour by I-MRSEC & IQUIST. Please come and have some cookies, coffee and good conversation.
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, February 9, 2026

- 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
- MRL 280
Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs meeting.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group

Speaker: Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- MRL 280
Cookies & Coffee Hour

Cookies & Coffee Hour by I-MRSEC & IQUIST. Please come and have some cookies, coffee and good conversation.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

- 11:00 - 11:50 am
- 190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Hannah Day, Pfaff/Kahn Group

Speaker: Hannah Day, Pfaff Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2026

- 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
- MRL 280
Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs meeting.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Randall Goldsmith, UW Madison, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- MRL 280
Cookies & Coffee Hour

Cookies & Coffee Hour by I-MRSEC & IQUIST.
- Social/Informal Event

Saturday, March 14, 2026

- 1:00 pm
Spring Vacation Begins
- Other

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Jacob Olshansky, Amherst College, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 23, 2026

- 7:00 am
Instruction resumes
- Other

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

- 2:00 pm
- CLSL B102
TBD, Professor Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2026

- 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
- MRL 280
Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs meeting.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Marissa Weichman, Princeton, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

- 12:00 - 4:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 - 6:00 pm
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Raúl Hernandez Sanchez, Rice University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

- 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- MRL 280
Cookies & Coffee Hour

Cookies & Coffee Hour by I-MRSEC & IQUIST.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Tian Lan, U Penn, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

- 5:00 pm
- TBD
Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Speaker, TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

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

Speaker: Xinan Chen, Chitambar Group
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Tom Truskett, University of Michigan, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026

- 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
- MRL 280
Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs meeting.
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

- All Day
Instruction Ends
- Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

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

Friday, May 8, 2026

- All Day
Final Exams Begin
- Other

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Piper Inorganic Thesis Award, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

- 2:30 - 3:30 pm
- MRL 280
Cookies & Coffee Hour

Cookies & Coffee Hour by I-MRSEC & IQUIST.
- Ceremony/Service
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Klemperer Materials Thesis Award Seminar, TBD
- Ceremony/Service

Saturday, May 16, 2026

- 8:30 am
- Memorial Stadium
Commencement
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

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

Monday, May 25, 2026

- All Day
Memorial Day Holiday
- Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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

Friday, June 19, 2026

- All Day
Juneteenth
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, July 3, 2026

- All Day
Independence Day (observed)
- Other