Seminars of Interest

Monday, February 3, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Prof. Weixin Tang, University of Chicago, "Advancing Epigenetic Profiling and Genome Editing by Enzyme Engineering"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Michael Strauss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Developing General Synthetic Methods Across Molecular Dimensions"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Mark E. Tuckerman, New York University, "Beating the viscosity-conductivity inverse relation barrier to create a breakthrough electrolyte for emerging battery applications: Quantum mechanics holds the key"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 161 Noyes Laboratory
Organic Chemistry Faculty Candidate: Dr. Marissa Lavagnino, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Cross-Couplings Enabled by Photoredox and Main Group Catalysis"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Sounak Saha (Jin Lab): "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 13, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Prof. Shauna M. Paradine, University of Rochester, "Catalytic Strategies for the Selective Construction of sp3-rich Organic Scaffolds"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 14, 2025

- 11:15 am
- TBD
Analytical Seminar - Dr. Dingran Chang, Northwestern University, “Exploring Functional Nucleic Acids for Biosensor Development”
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, February 15, 2025

- 10:00 am
- Illini Union Room 104
2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium

The UIUC Student Chapter of NOBCChE is hosting the Spring 2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium. The keynote speaker is Segun Victor Obisesan, Ph.D., who is a Research, Development, & Innovation Chemist at Evonik Corporation. The St. Elmo Brady Lecture Series is held each semester to honor Illinois chemistry alumnus St. Elmo Brady (PhD, ’16).
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- Illini Union Room 104
2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium: Dr. Segun Victor Obisesan, Evonik Corporation - "Mechanism of reaction and process optimization of a nitril derived dialkylamine"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 17, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Organic Faculty Candidate: Dr. Sophia Shevick, Harvard University, "Chemical Complexity in Catalysis and Synthesis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Alex Horswill, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, "Polymicrobial Cross-talk on the Skin Limits MRSA Colonization and Disease"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Thursday, February 20, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Lilly Lecture: Dr. Hannah L. Vonesh, Lilly, "Process Improvements Towards the Commercialization of Olomorasib"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Lilly Lecture: Professor Sophie Rousseaux, University of Toronto, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 24, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Xiaoyu Zhang, Northwestern University, "Expanding the Druggable Space by Innovative Chemical Biology Approaches"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Megan Robertson, University of Houston, "Enabling Polyolefin Circularity through Melt Functionalization and Upcycling" (host: Damien Guironnet)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Alex Shuppara (Sanfilippo Lab): "Shear flow patterns Antimicrobial gradients across bacterial populatoins"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 RAL
Anu Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 27, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Brandon Greene, University of California, Santa Barbara, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, February 28, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Matt Parsek (University of Washington) - "Secondary messenger signaling at surfaces by Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 3, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Amgen Lecture, Amgen rep: Dr. Heather Johnson, "Continuous Manufacturing and Biocatalysis to Enable the Process Development of a Key Intermediate""
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Amgen Lecture w/Professor Jeffrey W. Bode, ETH Zurich, "Title: TDB"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Amie Boal, Penn State University, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Ashley Holahan (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 RAL
Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 6, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Elizabeth Biddinger, CUNY, (host: Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Marvel/Voorhees Postdoc Symposium: Dr. Bidhan De, "Title: TBD"; Dr. Chandrashekhar Padhi, "Title: TBD"; Dr. Zhenchuang Xu, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture, BMS rep: Dr. Bill Gallagher, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Bristol Myers Squibb Lecture w/Professor Brian Blagg, University of Notre Dame, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- 612 Conference Room, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Pioneers Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Dr. Karen Mulfort, Argonne National Laboratory, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Brett McGuire, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "The Evolution of Aromatic Chemistry in the Interstellar Medium"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dabich Fellow: Jessica Derham (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 13, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Swihart, University at Buffalo, "A Non-equilibrium Flame Aerosol Process to Create High-entropy Nanomaterials" (co-hosts: Hong Yang, Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Fuson Student Talks: Youran Luo, UIUC, "Title: TBD"; Matthew Albritton, UIUC, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, March 14, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ben Warlick -"TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Professor Chibueze Amanchukwu, University of Chicago, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Chemistry Annex 1024
Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Chemistry Annex 1024
Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecture in Chemistry
- Lecture

Sunday, March 23, 2025

- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- San Diego (see registration link for location)
ACS San Diego - Chemistry at Illinois Alumni & Friends Reception

Please join us for a networking reception in conjunction with the ACS National Meeting in San Diego
- Reception/Open House

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Yujia Ji (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 31, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Novartis Lecture: Dr. Raundi Quevedo, Novartis, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Novartis Lecture: Professor Donna Blackmond, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 6:00 8:00 p.m.
- Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center located at 601 S. Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801.
CHBE 121 Poster Session

Please join students and faculty at the annual ChBE 121 Poster Session. This event will take place from 6-8 p.m. at the Richmond Family Gallery in the Alice Campbell Alumni Center. Students in small teams review and prepare a poster describing an Industrial Safety Incident. The posters include details such as an event timeline and immediate and long-term impacts.
- Informational