Seminars of Interest

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:30 pm
- Illini Union, Room 104
IMPA Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session
- Other

Monday, August 4, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
Brett Cain, Final Defense, UIUC, "Synthesis And Translation of Novel Gram-Negative Antibacterial Agents"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 8, 2025

- 3:00 - 4:00 pm Central Time
Student Research Showcase (Virtual Event)

Curious about Chemistry at Illinois research and students? Join us to hear from our undergraduates as they share about their experience as researchers in Chemistry labs this summer. This virtual event will feature short presentations and Q&A with each student researcher.
- Lecture

Monday, August 11, 2025

- 1:30 pm
- B102 CLSL
Physical Chemistry Final Defense, "Probing Light-Matter Interactions with Differential Polarizations: From Chiral Nanostructures to Molecular Sensing" Ojasvi Verma
- Other

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

- 10:00 am 1:00 pm
- 116 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "MULTISCALE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTROCHEMICAL SEPARATIONS: FROM MOLECULAR DESIGN OF REDOX-MOIETIES TO INTERFACIAL CHARACTERIZATION AND PROCESS SIMULATION""
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, August 17, 2025

- 5:00 - 7:00 pm
- Washington, DC (see registration link for location)
ACS Washington, DC - 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

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Fuson Student Talks: Zach Firestein, UIUC, "Palladium/SOX Catalyzed C(sp3)-N(sp2) Allylic Aryl Amination"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, August 28, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Tenure Seminar: Prof. Angad P. Mehta, UIUC, "Synthetic Biology for Evolutionary Studies and Human Health"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 29, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ji Zhang (Indiana University School of Medicine)- "Targeting Amino Acid Metabolism in Blood Cancers"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Alex Shuppara (Sanfilippo Lab): "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 4, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ryan Poling-Skutvik, University of Rhode Island (host: Simon Rogers) "The Yield Transition: can we define, and can we design?"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 8, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Thomas M. Makris, North Carolina State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Alex Spokoyny, University of California, Los Angeles, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Graham Hatfull, University of Pittsburgh "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 11, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta (host: Baron Peters)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
“Seminar on Seminars”, Professor Ken Suslick
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 12, 2025

- 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
- Illini Union Room 314
2025 Gender Equity in Chemical Sciences Conference
- Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 CHEM ANNEX
Inorganic Seminar, Professor Selvan Demir, Michigan State University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Peter Nordlander, Rice University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Anu Sharma (Sanfilippo Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 18, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Daeyeon Lee, University of Pennsylvania (host: Kong) "AI‑Driven Microfluidic Foundry: Bridging Discovery to Scalable Functional Particles"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Materials Seminar, Professor Adam Jaffe, University of Notre Dame, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
David Gottlieb Memorial Lecture: Prof. Gerard ‘Gerry’ Wright

The 2025-26 Gotlieb Lecture — honoring the legacy of David Gottlieb, best known for his isolation of chloramphenicol from Streptomyces venezuelae at the University of Illinois — will feature Dr. Gerard (Gerry) Wright, who is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University.
- Lecture

Wednesday, September 24, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Rayeed Ihsan (Cronan Lab) - TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 26, 2025

- 1:30 - 3:30 pm
- Noyes Laboratory
ChBE Unit Operations Lab - Open House/Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service
- 4:30 - 7:00 pm
- 2079 Natural History Building (NHB) and 2nd Floor Atrium NHB
ChBE Alumni and Graduate Awards Ceremony and Reception
- Ceremony/Service

Saturday, September 27, 2025

- All Day
- Near Memorial Stadium (TBD)
ChBE Homecoming Tailgate
- Sporting Event

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University, "Identifying Electrolyte Reaction Mechanisms at Battery Electrodes Toward PFAS-Free Electrolytes" (host: Theresa Schoetz)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California, Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 3, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Aimin Liu (University of Texas San Antonio) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

- All Day
- 314A Illini Union
2025 Nelson J. Leonard Distinguished Lecture Symposium: Frontiers of Electrochemistry: From Energy Storage to Environmental Solutions
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Arnold Mathijssen (University of Pennsylvania) - 'TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- TBD
TBD, 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

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Petra Levin, Washington University in St. Louis, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 17, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Ian Wilson (The Scripps Research Institute) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

- 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, Dr. Andy Nguyen, University of Illinois Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Fellow: Jorge Calderin - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley (host: Damien Guironnet)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 24, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. John Calarco (University of Toronto) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 25, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, October 26, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- 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

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 1, 2025

- 8:00 am
- Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
37th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

- 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 pm
- 116 RAL
Akshita Gopal (Wu Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Brenda Bass (University of Utah) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

- 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

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Kade Fellow: Dipta Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"
- 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
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Out in Chem (OiC) Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 14, 2025

- 1:30 - 5:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium: Nick Polizzi, Harvard University, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 17, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Gregory C. Fu, California Institute of Technology: "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dabich Fellow: Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 RAL
Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"
- 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
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Matthew Bogyo, Columbia University, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Evan Hebner (Leckband) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 RAL
Owen Ouyang (Wu Lab) - 'TBA"
- 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

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

- 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

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
- 116 RAL
Rebecca Tang (Huang Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

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