Materials Research Laboratory

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Toward Entanglement Swapping between Moving Platforms," John Floyd, Kwiat Group

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: John Floyd, Kwiat Group
- Seminar/Symposium
CHEM 545 Practice Seminars

2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm

Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium "Chirality Meets Quantum"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Kinshuk Malik CHEM 575 Seminar: "From Poison to Messenger: Cyanide As An Emerging Gasotransmitter"

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium
Rowan Glover CHEM 575 Seminar: "Preventing the Next Pandemic: The Potential for Broad Spectrum Antivirals through Host-Targeting Therapeutics

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Yaakov Nahmias, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (host: CHBE/IGB/BioE) "Bionic Human Organoids & Fundamental Mechanisms of Disease"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 31, 2025

Condensed Matter Seminar - "Quantum geometry and response functions: the Bures metric and beyond"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium
FINAL DEFENSE: Chloe Litts "Non-Traditional Catalysis by Plasmonic Nanostructures" Advisor: Prashant Jain

2:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab 419
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 3, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yves Kwan (Dallas), "Strongly-correlated topological phenomena in graphene multilayers"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "The Quantum Intranet", Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - Eytan Grosfeld (Ben Gurion University, Israel), "Shining Light on Bose-Hubbard Models: From Equilibrium Theory to Exotic Steady States"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB Lab 3110
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Literature Seminar, MOF-based Photosensitizers as Nanoplatforms for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy, Husna Azhakath Valappil

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Literature Seminar, Revisiting Zintl Chemistry: The Contemporary Shape of a Traditional Field, Akra Ghosh

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Probing Quantum Devices with Scanning Resonators," Zhanzhi Jiang, Kou Group

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Zhanzhi Jiang, Kou Group
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Peng Chen, Cornell University, "Single polymer growth dynamics at single-monomer resolution"

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium "Quantum Voyages, Cosmic Journeys: Our Shared Stories" (2025 AIP Andrew Gemant Award)

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Mahima Rana CHEM 575 Seminar: "Engineered Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) for Efficient Delivery of Gene Editors"

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium
Nicholas Korosec CHEM 575 Seminar: "Small-Molecule Based Cellular Reprogramming to Control Stem Cell Fate"

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium
FINAL DEFENSE: Brittany Prempin "Secondary Structure Effects on Molecular Conductance of Peptoid Oligomers" Advisors: Jeffrey Moore and Charles Schroeder

1:30 pm

RAL 171
- Seminar/Symposium
Materials Literature Seminar, "Dynamic Covalent Chemistry in Polymer Science to Improve Recyclability for Plastics", Elizabeth Vrana

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025

Condensed Matter Seminar - "Exploring Ultrafast Collective Dynamics of Emergent Materials"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium
STC-QCB / Biological Physics Seminar: Jeff Nivala (University of Washington) “TBA”

2:00 pm

3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 10, 2025

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

MRL 280

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs meeting.
- Social/Informal Event
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Olexei Motrunich (CalTech)

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium
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"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "Hidden time-reversal symmetry in dissipative quantum systems: from exact solutions to engineering many-body entanglement," Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Aashish Clerk, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis) "Selective Oxidations and Oxygenate Production over Nanostructured and Well-Defined Oxide Catalysts"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Seminar, "Heavy Elements in Nature: From Waste Management to Precision Medicine", Professor Rebecca Abergel, University of California, Berkeley

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Santiago Vargas-Daniels, Anderson Group

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Santiago Vargas-Daniels, Anderson Group
- Seminar/Symposium
CHEM 545 Practice Seminars

2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm

Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium "Gravitational Wave Detection in Space"

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 13, 2025

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su) "Controlling the Selectivity of Charged Polymer Membranes"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Cookies & Coffee Hour

2:30 - 3:30 pm

MRL 280

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

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Sonam Rani

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2025

Condensed Matter Seminar - James McIver, Columbia University

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium
STC-QCB / Biological Physics Seminar: Rohit Pappu (Washington University) "Complex phase behaviors of RNA binding proteins."

2:00 pm

3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 17, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Tyler Ellison (Purdue), "Universal quantum computation with group surface codes"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "Quantum Computing Enhanced Sensing," Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Soonwon Choi, Assistant Professor of Physics, MIT
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Cayden Jasek

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Jon Haidet

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "High-Q fluxonium as an ancilla for bosonic control," Jasper Bradford, Pfaff Group

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Jasper Bradford, Pfaff Group
- Seminar/Symposium
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Eliza Asani, UIUC, "Machine Learning for Thermodynamically-Consistent Equations of State"

2:00 - 2:30 pm

CLSL B-102
- Seminar/Symposium
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Omkar Chaudhari, UIUC, "Plasmon–Hydron Resonance Leads to Quantum Friction and Electron Cooling"

2:30 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B-102
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium McMillan Award: Fractional Quantum Anomalous Hall Effects in Rhombohedral Graphene.

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 20, 2025

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Aleksandra Vojvodic, University of Pennsylvania (host: Alex Mironenko)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Faith Kern

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Justine You

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Fall break begins

8:30 am
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Thanksgiving Day

All Day
- Other

Friday, November 28, 2025

Day After Thanksgiving - Designated Holiday

All Day
- Other

Monday, December 1, 2025

Instruction resumes

All Day
- Other
Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

MRL 280

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs meeting.
- Social/Informal Event
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yiming Wu (Stanford)

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Adrienne Kanihan

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Katy Knecht

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Amanda Gatto, Hughes Group

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Amanda Gatto, Hughes Group
- Seminar/Symposium
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Miko Miwa, UIUC, " Pushing the Limits of Liquid-State NMR with Dynamic Nuclear Polarization"

2:00 - 2:30 pm

CLSL B-102
- Seminar/Symposium
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Matthew Too, UIUC, "Quantum Chemical Calculations on Quantum Processors"

2:30 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B-102
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium Bonnie Fleming (Fermi Lab) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 4, 2025

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Chetan Prasad

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Emma Robinson

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 8, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Veit Elser (Cornell)

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Christina (Tina) K. Kim, Princeton University, "Molecular Recorders for Activity-Dependent Protein Tagging in the Brain"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Liang Jiang, Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao) "Scalable Approaches to Study and Engineer Immune Receptors"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Literature Seminar, TBD, Andrew Norris

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Last Day of Instruction, Fall Semester

All Day
- Other
The Physics Colloquium Adam Kaufman (CU Boulder) TBD

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Reading Day - IT No Change Period in effect

All Day
- Other
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Dilshan Kuttikanda Vidanelage

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium
Materials Literature Seminar, TBD, Trent Papenmeier

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 12, 2025

Final Exams Begin

8:30 am
- Ceremony/Service

Saturday, December 20, 2025

ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation

10:00 - 11:00 am

Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
- Ceremony/Service
ChBE 2025 Winter Convocation Reception

11:00 am - 1:00 pm

Latzer Hall in the University of Illinois YMCA, 1001 S Wright St, Champaign, IL 61820
- Reception/Open House

Monday, December 22, 2025

First Day of Instruction, Winter Session

All Day
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Gift Day

All Day
- Other

Thursday, December 25, 2025

Christmas Holiday

All Day
- Other

Friday, December 26, 2025

Day after Christmas - Designated Holiday

All Day
- Other

Monday, December 29, 2025

President Designated Holiday

All Day
- Other

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Gift Day

All Day
- Other

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Gift day

All Day
- Other

Thursday, January 1, 2026

New Year's Day

All Day
- Other

Friday, January 16, 2026

Final Exams Begin

8:30 am
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 19, 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

All Day
- Other

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Spring Semester

All Day
- Other

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Cookies & Coffee Hour

2:30 - 3:30 pm

MRL 280

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

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Prof. Lukas Muechler, Penn State, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B-102
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 9, 2026

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

MRL 280

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

Wednesday, February 18, 2026

IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 19, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Cookies & Coffee Hour

2:30 - 3:30 pm

MRL 280

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Hannah Day, Pfaff/Kahn Group

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Hannah Day, Pfaff Group
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 9, 2026

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

MRL 280

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

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

Prof. Randall Goldsmith, UW Madison, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 12, 2026

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Cookies & Coffee Hour

2:30 - 3:30 pm

MRL 280

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

Saturday, March 14, 2026

Spring Vacation Begins

1:00 pm
- Other

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Prof. Jacob Olshansky, Amherst College, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 23, 2026

Instruction resumes

7:00 am
- Other

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

TBD, Professor Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University

2:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2026

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

MRL 280

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

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Prof. Marissa Weichman, Princeton, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2026

ChBE/OXE Undergraduate Research Symposium

12:00 - 4:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE Scholarship Awards Ceremony & Reception

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Levis Faculty Center, Room 300
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Raúl Hernandez Sanchez, Rice University

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2026

Cookies & Coffee Hour

2:30 - 3:30 pm

MRL 280

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

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Prof. Tian Lan, U Penn, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2026

Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD

5:00 pm

TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Speaker, TBD, Professor Christophe Copéret, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, TBD

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: Prince, Chitambar Group

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Xinan Chen, Chitambar Group
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Tom Truskett, University of Michigan, TBD

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2026

Monthly MRSEC Grad students and Postdocs Meeting

11:30 am - 12:30 pm

MRL 280

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

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Instruction Ends

All Day
- Other

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Reading Day/IT No Change Period in effect

All Day
- Other

Friday, May 8, 2026

Final Exams Begin

All Day
- Other

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Piper Inorganic Thesis Award, TBD

3:30 pm

1024 CHEM ANNEX
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2026

Cookies & Coffee Hour

2:30 - 3:30 pm

MRL 280

Cookies & Coffee Hour by I-MRSEC & IQUIST.
- Ceremony/Service
Klemperer Materials Thesis Award Seminar, TBD

3:30 pm

1024 CHEM ANNEX
- Ceremony/Service

Saturday, May 16, 2026

Commencement

8:30 am

Memorial Stadium
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, May 18, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 1

All Day
- Other

Monday, May 25, 2026

Memorial Day Holiday

All Day
- Other

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

First Day of Instruction, Summer Term 2

All Day
- Other

Friday, June 19, 2026

Juneteenth

All Day
- Ceremony/Service

Friday, July 3, 2026

Independence Day (observed)

All Day
- Other