Seminars of Interest

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

- 3:00 pm
- Beckman Institute Auditorium
2024 Beckman-Brown Lecture on Interdisciplinary Science: Dr. Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate in Physics

Dr. Steven Chu is a Nobel Laureate in Physics as well as the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Physics, of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, and of Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University. From January 2009 to April 2013, Dr. Chu served as U.S. Secretary of Energy under President Barack Obama. During his tenure, he began , including ARPA.
- Lecture
- 3:00 pm
- Beckman Institute Auditorium, 405 N Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
2024 Beckman-Brown Lecture on Interdisciplinary Science: Dr. Steven Chu, Nobel Laureate in Physics - "The Challenges in Getting to Net-Zero GHG Emissions"
- Lecture

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Gregory Hartland, University of Notre Dame, "Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Single Plasmonic Nanostructures"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 20, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Joe Sanfilippo (University of Illinois) - "Bacterial stress responses and surface adhesion in shear flow"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Fernando Lima, "A Process Systems Framework for Design, Optimization and Control of Modular Energy Systems" West Virginia University (host: Rao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Kara Bren, University of Rochester, "Biomolecular and Bioinspired Catalysts for Carbon Dioxide Reduction" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 26, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amish Patel, University of Pennsylvania, "Characterizing Protein Hydration to Inform its Interactions" (host: Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Ive Hermans, University of Wisconsin, Madison, "The Role of Heterogeneous Catalysis in the Defossilization of the Chemical Industry" (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 27, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Carey Nadell - Dartmouth University: "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Katherine Willets, Temple University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 30, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 4, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Priyatansh Gurha (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) - "Epigenetic regulation of Cardiac myocyte maturation and heart failure."
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 5, 2024

- 8:30 am
- Allerton Park and Retreat Center
2nd Changwoo Park-Walter Klemperer Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, October 7, 2024

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Emilie Ringe, Rice University, "Magnesium Plasmonics"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 10, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Reika Katsumata, “ 'Slower' Processes in Polymers: From Nanocomposites to Homopolymers", University of Massachusetts Amherst (host: Sing, Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 11, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Julia Qu (University of Southern California): "Lung Immunity, Inflammation and Cancer."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Jared Anderson, Iowa State; TITLE:
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 12, 2024

- 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
I-CHEM: Illinois Chemistry Virtual Visit
- Informational

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Peter Wolczanski, Cornell University, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Marc Hartmann, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Rachel Martini (van der Donk Lab) -"Native and Engineered Glycocin Modifications."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Rebecca Schneider (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 17, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Aiden Houck, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture: Professor Craig J. Hawker, University of California, Santa Barbara, "The Power of Organic Chemistry in Functional Polymer Synthesis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 18, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Abhishek Shrivastava - Arizona State University: "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm
- 2079 Natural History Building (NHB)
Samuel W. Parr Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Prof. Craig Hawker, University of California Santa Barbara
- Lecture

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Kelly Chacon, Reed College, TBD (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Henry Cavanaugh, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

- 4:00 pm
Rayeed Ihsan (Cronan Lab) - "Initiation of Biotin Synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae."
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 24, 2024

- 1:00 pm
- 2055 Sydney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building
Jonnathan Marin-Toledo, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Shiyu Zhang, Ohio State University, TBD (I)
- Ceremony/Service
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Clare Wells, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 25, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lici Shurig Briccio (Abbott Diagnostics) "TBA"
- Ceremony/Service

Saturday, October 26, 2024

- 8:30 am
- TBD
Senter Symposium of Frontiers in Organic Chemistry - Speakers: Prof. Bianxiao Cui, Stanford University; Prof. Mark Levin, University of Chicago, Prof. Song Lin, Cornell University; Prof. Evan Miller, University of California, Berkeley; Prof. Tim Newhouse, Yale University
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, October 28, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Aldrich Lecture: Professor Nilay Hazari, Yale University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 8:00 - 10:00 pm
- San Diego Convention Center, Room 26 AB
ChBE Alumni and Friends Reception at AIChE
- Social/Informal Event

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

Thursday, October 31, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Samantha Dye, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 1, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Yang Yang (University of California - Santa Barbara), "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 2, 2024

- 8:00 am
- Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
36th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop

Monday, November 4, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Chuan He, University of Chicago, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Chuan He, University of Chicago, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 5, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 612 Institute for Genomic Biology
Susanna Barrett, Final Defense, UIUC, "Insights Into Rotaxane Formation Enable Cyclase Engineering For Lasso Peptide Diversification."
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminars (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Sevi Agiakloglou, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Thursday, November 7, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Suja Thakali, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Xiaofang Jiang, NIH, "Uncovering Microbial and Phage Enzymes through Genomic Analysis"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Chong Liu, University of Chicago, TBD (M)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: William Krueger, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 8, 2024

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

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminars (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Anuradha Sharma (Sanfilippo) - "Host-relevant micromolar H2o2 doses stress Pseudomonas aeruginosa"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Kaylee Kuzelka (Nair Lab) : "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 15, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Jason McLellan - University of Texas - Austin: "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 18, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor F. Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Cynthia Reinhart-King, Vanderbilt University, "The Mechanometabolism of Metastatic Cell Migration: The Role of Energetics and Cellular Force in Driving Motion" (host: Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminars (TBD) (I)
- Ceremony/Service
- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Alexandre Bisson, Brandeis University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor F. Dean Toste, University of California, Berkeley, "title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

- 4:00
Alex Shuppara (Sanfilippo Lab) - "Fluid flow overcomes antimicrobial resistance by boosting delivery."
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 21, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Rui Wang, University of California Berkeley (host: Sing, Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Chem 585 Literature Seminars: Yichen Li, UIUC (TBD), Riyo Das, UIUC (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Emma Mize, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 22, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yongsheng Shi (University of California-Irvine) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 25, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor J. P. Gerdt, Indiana University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 2, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Vanessa Reyes Lopez, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Jonathan Rittle, University of California, Berkeley, TBD (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Nathan Gehrke, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "The Role of Nuclear Poly(A) Binding Protein in Cardiac Maturation and Function"
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, December 5, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Laboratory
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Justin Ahrens, UIUC, "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminar: (TBD) 585 Literature Seminar: Tathagata Chatterjee, UIUC (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 6, 2024

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Biochemistry Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Kai Zhang (University of Illinois)- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Janine Mauzeroll, McGill University, Title: TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Betar Gallant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Schoetz)kla)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 515 Literature Seminars (TBD) (I)
- Ceremony/Service

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Thursday, December 12, 2024

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Chem 585 Literature Seminars: Sindy Liu, UIUC (TBD), Sohini Mandal, UIUC (TBD) (M)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, December 13, 2024

- 4:00 pm
- B102 CLSL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium: Keynote Speaker Michael Fischbach, Stanford University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 16, 2024

- 2:00 pm
- 161 Noyes Laboratory
Chiyoung Ahn, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, December 21, 2024

- 10:00 - 11:00 am
- Lincoln Hall, 702 S Wright St, Urbana, IL 61801
ChBE 2024 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 2024 Winter Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House