Seminars of Interest

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    

  CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Joe Lastowski, UIUC, "Recent Developments in Synthetic Americium Chemistry"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    

  CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Katie Greskovich, UIUC, "Recent Advances in Peptide- and Protein-Based MRI Contrast Agents"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 23, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    

  CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Sagnik Chakrabarti, UIUC, "Inverted Ligand Fields: Implications on Electronic Structure and Reactivity"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

• • 10:30 am
    
  • ZOOM

  FINAL DEFENSE - Logan Hurst (Fratti lab) - The Regulation of Yeast Homotypic Vacuole Fusion and Membrane Trafficking Events by Sphingolipids, Ergosterol, and Lipid Rafts.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, July 30, 2020

• • 3:00 - 4:00 pm
    
  • Zoom

  Conversation with Leadership: Looking Back and Looking Ahead

  • Reception/Open House

Thursday, August 6, 2020

• • 1:30 pm
    
  • Online Event

  Mr. Chad Ungarean, Final Defense, UIUC, "1. Total Synthesis of Sesquiterpene Tropolones 2. Dearomative Hydroamination and Applications to the Synthesis of Aminoglycosides"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 14, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    

  Ashesh Ghosh, UIUC, "Role of Strong Attractive Forces on the Dynamics and Mechanics of Glass and Gel Forming Soft Materials" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 21, 2020

• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Via Zoom

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Rutilio "Rudy" Fratti (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, August 24, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Virtual Event via Zoom (link will be provided)

  Fuson Student Talks: David Dennis, Raundi Quevedo, Jiabao Zhang

  Organic Chemistry New Student Welcome Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 28, 2020

• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Via Zoom link to be provided

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Erik Procko (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, August 31, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Prof. Jonathan Sczepanski, Texas A&M University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 4, 2020

• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Via Zoom- link to be provided

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Kai Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    

  Prof. Tim Lian, Emory University, TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Page Daniels (van der Donk lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Quan Lam (Lu lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 14, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Virtual Event via Zoom (link will be provided)

  Prof. Emily Derbyshire, Duke University, "Chemical Tools to Reveal Plasmodium Parasite Vulnerabilities"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    

  Prof. James McCusker, Michigan State University, TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Imran Rahman (van der Donk lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Savanna Sharum (Zhang lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 18, 2020

• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Via Zoom link to be provided

  Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. David Shapiro (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, September 26, 2020

• • 8:30 am
    
  • TBD

  Senter Symposium on Frontiers in Organic Chemistry **POSTPONED UNTIL 2021**

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Junfeng Chen, UIUC, Klemperer Award Seminar, "Single-Chain Nanoparticle Based Catalysts"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 5, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Postponed, date TBD, Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Craig M. Crews, Yale University, "Title: TBA"

  Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  *Postponed to 2021, date TBD*Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Craig M. Crews, Yale University, "Title: TBA"

  Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL

  • Lecture

Wednesday, October 7, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Max Baymiller (Martinis lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Sushant Bangru (Kalsotra lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 8, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Virtual Event via Zoom (link will be provided)

  Prof. Ian Seiple, University of California, San Francisco, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 171 RAL

  Michael Counihan, UIUC, "Dynamic Measurement and Control of Electrochemical Interfaces for Energy Storage and Conversion"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Andrew Buechler (Martinis lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Arpita Chakravarti (Huang lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 19, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Virtual visit, link provided later

  Professor Hans Renata, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    

  Professor Aimin Liu, University of Texas San Antonio, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Lawrence Wang (Shapiro lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Nikita Modi (Chen lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    

  Prof. Eric Neuscamman, University of California - Berkeley, TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Lauren Carnevale (Nair lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Xuankun Zeng (Huang lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Darjan Duraki (Shapiro lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Kisurb Choe (Sweedler lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 7, 2020

• • All Day
    
  • Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

  Postponed to 2021: Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Sen Zhang, University of Virginia, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  JI Eun Kim (Shapiro lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Kevin Gill (Procko lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 13, 2020

• 

  • 12:00 pm
    
  • Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory

  Rabinowitch-Govindjee Seminar: Dr. Yifan Cheng (University of California, San Francisco), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 16, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Virtual visit, link provided later

  Aldrich Lecture: Prof. Keary Engle, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

• • 8:30 am
    
  • TBD

  Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry: Professor Philip Power, University of California - Davis, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Ing Ongpipattanakul (Nair lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Xuejiao Song (Cronan lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech, "Energy and Electron Transfer in Metal Organic Framework Arrays"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Carter Biochemistry Fellow: Ullas Valiya Chembazhi (Kalsotra lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Qiqi Tian (Zhao lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 1, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  C. S. Marvel Lecture, Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, "Title: TBD"

  Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  C. S. Marvel Lecture, Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, "Title: TBD"

  Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  C. S. Marvel Lecture, Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  C. S. Marvel Lecture, Prof. Scott J. Miller, Yale University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 3, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Kade Biochemistry Fellow: Zhenglin Yang (Lu lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Qi Zou (Cronan lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Andrew Blake (Burke lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Mashiat Chowdhury (Jin lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Sarah Gardner (Chan lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Zac Dewald (Kalsotra lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Santanu Ghosh (Shapiro lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Andrea Hernandez Garcia (Nair lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 1, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Eli Lilly Lecture: Eli Lilly rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Eli Lilly Lecture: Prof. Yoshiaki Nakao, Kyoto University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Isaac Kim (Martinis lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Qianqiao Liu (Stadtmueller lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 4, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  C. S. Marvel Postdoc Symposium, Speakers: TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, March 8, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Janssen Lecture: Janssen rep: TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Janssen Lecture: Prof. Lee Cronin, University of Glasgow, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor David Powers, Texas A&M University, "Development of High-Valent Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Adrika Raybarman (Huang lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Xiaodan Lin (Martinis lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, March 11, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Fuson Student Talks: Speakers TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Brendan Sullivan (Leckband lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Yannan Tian (Huang lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 2, 2021

• • 11:00 am
    
  • ZOOM

  Department of Biochemistry Annual Graduate Student Symposium

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

• • 2:00 pm
    

  Prof. Sara Mason, University of Iowa, TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Che Yang (Zhao lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Chunyu Wu (van der Donk lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 8, 2021

• • 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 12, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL.

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  Reception immediately following in the 'A' Atrium of CLSL.

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  R.C. Fuson Lecture, Professor Abigail G. Doyle, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • ZOOM

  Shukun Yang (Silverman lab) -

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 15, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Merck Lecture, Dr. Greg Hughes, Merck, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Merck Lecture, Prof. Masayuki Inoue, University of Tokyo, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 19, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  3M Lecture, Dr. Mike Wendland, 3M rep, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  3M Lecture, Prof. Oren A. Scherman, University of Cambridge, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 22, 2021

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Genentech Lecture: Genentech rep: Dr. Mike Siu, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • TBD

  Genentech Lecture: Prof. Eiji Yashima, Nagoya University, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 29, 2021

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Inorganic Student Select Seminar: Professor Harry Gray, Caltech, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    

  Flygare Memorial Lecture, Prof. Naomi Halas, Rice University, TBA

  • Seminar/Symposium