Seminars of Interest

Thursday, June 24, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89253673105?pwd=NmxQUFJ3WW9MUThLdUJacmtobG9ZQT09
Lilly Lecture: Lilly Rep: Mr. Timothy D. White, "Development of a Continuous, High-Pressure Reductive Amination"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, June 25, 2021

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- https://go.chemistry.illinois.edu/AAPICelebration
Asian American Pacific Islanders Celebration: Dr. Marinda Wu, A Personal & Professional Journey
Alumna Marinda Wu (PhD, ‘76, Drago) will share her personal and professional journey as a chemist, from her family roots to her PhD in chemistry at Illinois and a long career in the chemical industry, primarily with Dow Chemical Company in research and development but also experiences with small chemical companies and startups.
- Lecture

Monday, June 28, 2021

- 10:00 am
FINAL DEFENSE, Ms. Uzoma Nwabara, "Developing durable electrodes for selective electroreduction of CO2 to value-added intermediates"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- https://utexas.zoom.us/j/97714469674
Travis Buchanan, UIUC, Final Defense, "Development of Three-Component Alkene and 1,3-Diene Carbofunctionalization Reactions"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Thursday, July 1, 2021

- 9:00 am
Belinda Johnson, UIUC, "TBD" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83857370574?pwd=RHlHdmxuK3pkMzBCTDZLRDlkcW1wUT09
FINAL DEFENSE, Ms. Marjorie Potter, "Micro-photovoltaic Materials and Systems for Solar Energy Harvesting and Light Management"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
Kori Sye, UIUC, "TBD" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, July 23, 2021

- 2:00 pm
Yiming Wang, UIUC, "TBD" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, August 5, 2021

- 4:30 - 5:30 pm
- https://go.chemistry.illinois.edu/WhatsUpQandA
What's Up in the Department? Q&A with the Head of Chemistry
Mark your calendars for this virtual event, which will be a great opportunity before the start of the 2021-2022 academic year for all graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to meet with department Head Catherine J. Murphy for a question-and-answer session.
- Other

Thursday, August 26, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Professor Channing Der, University of North Carolina, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, August 30, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Professor Matthew Francis, University of California, Berkeley, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 9, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, National Institute of Health, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Akif Tezcan, University of California San Diego, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Professor Melanie Ohi, University of Michigan, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 20, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Professor Frank Leibfarth, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Title: "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

- 4:00 pm
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Speaker TBD, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 4, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Virtual Event via Zoom (link will be provided at later time)
Prof. Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 5, 2021

- 4:00 pm
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Speaker TBD, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 8, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- Zoom Webinar link: TBA
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program and the Dept. of Biochemistry Seminar: Prof. Pamela Silver (Harvard Medical School) "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
17th Annual Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium, Pam Silver, Ph.D., Duke University, title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 11, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- Virtual visit, link provided later
Professor Yaoqiu Zhu, University of Texas at El Paso, Title: "Integrative Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology Studies for Reviving Natural Product Drug Discovery and Solving Clinical Pharmacotherapy Conundrums"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 12, 2021

- 4:00 pm
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Speaker TBD, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 18, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dr. Eugenia Trushina, Mayo Clinic, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 21, 2021

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Professor Virginia Cornish, Columbia University, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

- 4:00 pm
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Speaker TBD, Title TBD
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, November 4, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- TBD
Professor Christina Li, Purdue University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

- 4:00 pm
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Speaker TBD, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

- 3:30 pm
- TBD
Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Philip Power, University of California - Davis, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 18, 2021

- 4:00 pm
Professor Michael Jewett, Northwestern University, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

- 4:00 pm
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Speaker TBD, Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 3, 2021

- 12:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Professor Erin Adams, University of Chicago, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 3, 2022

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Marvel Postdoc Symposium: 'TBD'
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 10, 2022

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Fuson Student Talks: "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 4, 2022

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
AbbVie Lecture: AbbVie rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- TBD
AbbVie Lecture: Prof. Stefan Matile, University of Geneva, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 11, 2022

Monday, April 25, 2022

Friday, May 6, 2022