Materials Research Laboratory

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • Via Zoom

  Mr. Krishna Anapindi, Final Defense, UIUC, "Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Based Characterization Methods to Understand the Role of Neuropeptides in Various Physiological Conditions and Disease States"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
    
  • 190 ESB, 1101 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana

  IQUIST seminar: Vito Scarola

  Speaker : Vito Scarola, Virginia Tech

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102

  CANCELLED Prof. Sara Mason, University of Iowa, "Designed Metal Release from Complex Metal Oxides"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2020

• • 9:30 am
    

  Junfeng Chen, UIUC, "Single-Chain Nanoparticle based Catalysts" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 279 Davenport

  FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Daniel Bregante, "Catalytic Consequences of Inner- and Outer-Sphere Interactions at the Solid-Liquid Interface in Zeolites"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 3, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • Via Zoom

  Mr. Meng Wu, Final Defense, UIUC, “Hard and Soft Coatings on Gold Nanoparticles at the Nano-Bio Interface” *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 - 6:00 pm
    
  • CLSL A-Atrium and B102 CLSL Auditorium

  CANCELLED: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Awards Ceremony

  • Other
• • 1:00 pm
    
  • 117 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. William Ballance, "Engineering Tough, Hygroscopic, and Active Hydrogels for Surgical SImulation and Anti-Biofouling"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
    
  • 190 ESB, 1101 W. Springfield Ave., Urbana

  IQUIST Seminar: Sophia Economou

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2020

• • 9:00 am
    

  Sumeng Liu, UIUC, "Platinum ω-Alkenyl Compounds. Synthesis and Characterization of Pt[CH2CMe2CH2CH=CH2]2 and Related Compounds, and Their Use as Chemical Vapor Deposition Precursors" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
    

  Huy Nguyen, UIUC, "DYNAMIC IMAGING OF NANOPARTICLES ON FEMTOSECONDS TO MINUTES TIME SCALE AT ATOMIC RESOLUTION" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**Professor Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Chemical Biology of Protein Aggregation in Membraneless Organelles and the Stressed Proteome"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

• • 1:00 pm
    

  Daniel Hofmann, UIUC, “Syntheses and Transformations of Multimetallic Nanoparticles” *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  RESCHEDULED: Professor Akif Tezcan, University of California San Diego, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. David Hibbitts, University of Florida (host: Prof. David Flaherty), "Understanding Reactions and Counting Reaction Site Requirements on Curved and Crowded Catalyst Surfaces"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    

  Kevin Harnden, UIUC, "Expanding the Chemistry of a Cupredoxin by Designing Nonnative Active Sites and Using Abiological Metals" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 13, 2020

• • 8:30 am
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  RESCHEDULED: Inorganic Student Select Seminar: Professor Harry Gray, Caltech, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:00 pm
    
  • 117 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Dylan Walsh, "Engineering Approaches To Control Polymer Architecture"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED** Professor Emily R. Derbyshire, Duke University, "Chemical Tools to Reveal Plasmodium Parasite Vulnerabilities"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Reid Van Lehn, University of Wisconsin-Madison (host: Prof. Charles Sing), "Thermodynamic and Data-Centric Modeling of Solvent Effects"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102

  CANCELLED Prof. Eric Neuscamman, University of California Berkeley, "Excited State Specific Quantum Chemistry"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 144 Loomis Lab

  CPLC Seminar: John F. Marko (Northwestern University)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  CANCELLED: Professor Aimin Liu, University of Texas at San Antonio, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Zoom Online Seminar

  Chem 515 Literature Seminar: Brian van Dyke UIUC, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102

  CANCELLED: Prof. James McCusker, Michigan State University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jian Qin, Stanford University (host: Prof. Charles Sing), "Effects of Polarity, Solvation, and Interfacial Polarization on Charge-Driven Assembly"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Dr. Jacob Spendelow (host: Prof. Paul Kenis), Los Alamos National Laboratory, "New Fuel Cell Catalysts and Electrode Structures"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  RESCHEDULED: Professor David Goldberg, John Hopkins University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**Professor Jonathan Sczepanski, Texas A&M University, "Title TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  CANCELLED: Professor William Dichtel, Northwestern University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2020

• • 1:00 pm
    
  • 190 ESB

  Condensed Matter Seminar: Priscila Ferrari Silveira Rosa

  Speaker Priscila Ferrari Silveira Rosa, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
    
  • B102

  CANCELLED: Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Naomi Halas, Rice University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Brian Rosen (host: Prof. Paul Kenis), Tel Aviv University,

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 7:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  RESCHEDULED: Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Philip Power, University of California - Davis, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

• • All Day
    

  Instruction Ends

  • Other

Thursday, May 7, 2020

• • All Day
    

  Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

  • Other

Friday, May 8, 2020

• • All Day
    

  Final Exams Begin

  • Other

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 171 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Rajeev Chorghade, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, May 16, 2020

• • All Day
    
  • Memorial Stadium

  Commencement

  • Other

Sunday, May 17, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

  CANCELLED: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Convocation

  • Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2020

• • All Day
    

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

  • Other

Monday, May 25, 2020

• • All Day
    

  Memorial Day Holiday

  • Other

Monday, June 15, 2020

• • All Day
    

  First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

  • Other

Friday, July 3, 2020

• • All Day
    

  Independence Day (observed)

  • Other

Thursday, September 10, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 14, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Prof. Emily Derbyshire, Duke University, "Chemical Tools to Reveal Plasmodium Parasite Vulnerabilities"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Inorganic Student Select Seminar: Professor Harry Gray, Caltech, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  TBD, UIUC, Klemperer Award Seminar, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 5, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Craig M. Crews, Yale University, "Title: TBA"

  Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Akif Tezcan, University of California San Diego, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor David Goldberg, John Hopkins University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

• • 8:30 am
    
  • TBD

  Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Philip Power, University of California - Davis, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium