Seminars of Interest

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 117 Roger Adams Lab
Mr. Chih-Cheng Yeh, Final Defense, UIUC, “In Vitro Selection of Deoxyribozymes for O-Glycoside Cleavage"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 20, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 419 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE: Amy Carruthers (Huang lab) - “BIOCHEMICAL AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF RNA DAMAGE AND REPAIR IN BACTERIA”
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Colin A. Wraight Awardee: Dr. Mara Livezey, University of Detroit Mercy (Shapiro lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 30, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Prof. David Sarlah, UIUC, Seminar of Special Interest, "Dearomative Functionalization and Synthesis of Natural Products"
Seminar of Special Interest
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Fuson Student Talks: Yaroslav Boyko, "Title: TBA", Andrew Zahrt, "Title: TBA", Jinpeng Zhao, "Title: TBA"
Organic Chemistry New Student Welcome Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Dr. D. Sangeeta, Amazon, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 5, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor David Ginger, University of Washington - Seattle, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 6, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Professor Matthias Waegele, Boston College Title: "Elucidating the Molecular Origins of the Product Selectivity of Electrocatalytic Reactions"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Kenneth Suslick, UIUC, "Seminar on Seminars"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Surbhi Jain (Zhao lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 12, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Dr. Victor Klimov, Los Alamos National Lab, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 13, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Sangjin Kim (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), "Long-distance interactions between RNA polymerases via DNA supercoiling"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 16, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Gottlieb Lecture: Professor Sarah O'Connor, John Innes Centre, Title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
JI Eun Kim (Shapiro lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Logan Hurst (Fratti lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 19, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Fengqi You, Cornell University
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Karen Gleason, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Paul Walton, University of York - UK, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Joe Seimetz (Kalsotra lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Kisurb Choe (Sweedler lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 26, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Paul Walton, University of York - UK, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Lynn Loo, Princeton University
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Max Baymiller (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Paige Daniels (van der Donk lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 4, 2019

- 4:00
- B102 CLSL
15th Annual Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium, Prof. Toni Kutchan, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, title "TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

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

Wednesday, October 9, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Heather Young (Procko lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Imran Rahman (van der Donk lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 10, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Kelly Schultz, Lehigh University
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Yu Huang, University of Californa - Los Angeles, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

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

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- TBA
Dr. Kristin Finch, Pennsylvania State University, Title TBA
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Quan Lam (Lu lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Savanna Sharum (Zhang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 19, 2019

- 8:30 am
- Grange Grove, just west of Memorial Stadium
ChBE Alumni & Friends Homecoming Tailgate
- Social/Informal Event

Monday, October 21, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C. S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Erick M. Carreira, ETH Zurich, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of Chemical Life Sciences Laboratory
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C. S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Erick M. Carreira, ETH Zürich, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C. S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Erick M. Carreira, ETH Zurich, "Title: TBD"
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
C. S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Erick M. Carreira, ETH Zürich, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Andrew Buechler (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Sushant Bangru (Kalsotra lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 24, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Parr Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Prof. Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Prof. Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 28, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of Chemical Life Sciences Laboratory
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Brian M. Hoffman, Northwestern University, Title "TBD"
Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

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

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Nikita Modi (Chen lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Xuankun Zeng (Huang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 31, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Andrea Nikolai, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Francis Alcorn, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Stanley Bram, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 1, 2019

- 5:00 pm
- Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana
Nelson J. Leonard Distinguished Lecture: Professor Zhenan Bao, Stanford University
Reception immediately following in the Atrium of the Alice Campbell Alumni Center.
- Lecture

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Justin Wilson, Cornell University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Lawrence Wang (Shapiro lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Payel Mondal (Zhang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 7, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Andrew Greenlee, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Katherine Stawiasz, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
CHEM 585 Literature Seminar: Priti Kharel, UIUC, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 11, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R. C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Emily Balskus, Harvard University, "Title: TBD"
Reception immediately following lecture in 'A' Atrium of Chemical Life Sciences Laboratory
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R. C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Emily Balskus, Harvard University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R. C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Emily Balskus, Harvard University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
R. C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Emily Balskus, Harvard University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Josephine Watson (Das lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Yves Yao (Silverman lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 18, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Novartis Lecture: Company rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Novartis Lecture: Professor Janine Cossy, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris Tech), "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 19, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Herbert E. Carter Fellow: Xingcheng Dong (Chen lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Vinh Vu (Leckband lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 21, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar. Speaker/Title TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Nick Lai (van der Donk lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Yuanyuan Hu (Cronan lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 5, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Ralph Colby, Penn State University, "Flow-Induced Crystallization of Engineering Thermoplastics"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dayu Zhang (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Xinyu Kong (Leckband lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, December 12, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Chris Murray, University of Pennsylvania, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, December 21, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Winter 2019 Convocation
The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will hold a winter convocation ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, in Room 116 of Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 South Mathews Ave., Urbana. More information about registration and the convocation speaker will be shared here when it becomes available.
- Ceremony/Service

Monday, January 27, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Aldrich Lecture: Prof. Todd Hyster, Princeton University, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Arpita Chakravarti (Huang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Lauren Carnevale (Das lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 3, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Prof. Alison Narayan, University of Michigan, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 5, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Adedolapo Ojoawo (Rienstra lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Darjan Durjaki (Shapiro lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Ing Ongpipattanakul (Nair lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Qiqi Tian (Zhao lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, February 17, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Prof. Amilra De Silva, Queen's University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Emily Que, University of Texas - Austin, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Herbert E. Carter Fellow: Ullas V. Chembazhi (Kalsotra lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Xuejiao Song (Cronan lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Charles F. Kade Fellow: Zhenglin Yang (Lu lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Kevin Gill (Procko lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Andrew Blake (Burke lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Zac Dewald (Kalsotra lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Jimmy Do (Tajkhorshid lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Qi Zou (Cronan lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Santanu Ghosh (Shapiro lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Westcott Biosciences Fellow: Andrea Hernandez Garcia (Nair lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 3, 2020

- 12:00 - 6:00 pm
- CLSL A-Atrium and B102 CLSL Auditorium
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium and Awards Ceremony
- Other

Monday, April 6, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- TBA
Prof. Xin Zhang, Penn State, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Prof. Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Prof. Tianquan (Tim) Lian, Emory State, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Isaac Kim (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Qianqiao Liu (Rienstra lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

- 2:00 pm
Prof. Tatyana Polenova, University of Delaware, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Adrika Raybarman (Huang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Xiaodan Lin (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Prof. James McCusker, Michigan State University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Brendan Sullivan (Leckband lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Yannan Tian (Huang lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Che Yang (Zhao lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chunyu Wu (van der Donk lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2020

- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Naomi Halas, Rice University "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Naomi Halas, Rice University, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Nelson J. Leonard Lecture, Professor Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- TBD
Nelson J. Leonard Lecture, Professor Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University
- Seminar/Symposium