Seminars of Interest

Thursday, April 2, 2020

• • 9:30 am
    

  Junfeng Chen, UIUC, "Single-Chain Nanoparticle based Catalysts" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 279 Davenport

  FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Daniel Bregante, "Catalytic Consequences of Inner- and Outer-Sphere Interactions at the Solid-Liquid Interface in Zeolites"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**C.S. Marvel Postdoc Symposium: Speakers: Dr. Anastassia Matviitsuk, "Enantio- and Diastereoselective, Lewis Base-Catalyzed, Cascade Sulfenoacetalization of Alkenyl Aldehydes", Dr. Stephen Motika, "A Gram-Negative Antibiotic Active Through Inhibition of an Essential Riboswitch", Dr. Yun Liu, "Stereochemistry as a Probe of Force-Based Mechanochemistry"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 3, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • Via Zoom

  Mr. Meng Wu, Final Defense, UIUC, “Hard and Soft Coatings on Gold Nanoparticles at the Nano-Bio Interface” *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 - 6:00 pm
    
  • CLSL A-Atrium and B102 CLSL Auditorium

  CANCELLED: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Awards Ceremony

  • Other
• • 1:00 pm
    
  • 117 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. William Ballance, "Engineering Tough, Hygroscopic, and Active Hydrogels for Surgical SImulation and Anti-Biofouling"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CANCELLED Professor Dan Fu, University of Washington, Title: "Quantitative chemical imaging of structure and function in living biological samples: from single cells to animals"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 6, 2020

• • 9:00 am
    

  Sumeng Liu, UIUC, "Platinum ω-Alkenyl Compounds. Synthesis and Characterization of Pt[CH2CMe2CH2CH=CH2]2 and Related Compounds, and Their Use as Chemical Vapor Deposition Precursors" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 1:00 pm
    

  Huy Nguyen, UIUC, "DYNAMIC IMAGING OF NANOPARTICLES ON FEMTOSECONDS TO MINUTES TIME SCALE AT ATOMIC RESOLUTION" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**Professor Xin Zhang, Pennsylvania State University, "Chemical Biology of Protein Aggregation in Membraneless Organelles and the Stressed Proteome"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

• • 1:00 pm
    

  Daniel Hofmann, UIUC, “Syntheses and Transformations of Multimetallic Nanoparticles” *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • via Zoom

  Ms. Brenna Budaitis, UIUC, "Advancements in Z-Selective Olefin Cross Metathesis"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  RESCHEDULED: Professor Akif Tezcan, University of California San Diego, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 171 Roger Adams Lab

  Ms. Xi (Cassie) Zhang, UIUC Final Defense Title: Quantification of Molecular-Level Events at Nanoparticle-Biological Interfaces *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 9, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. David Hibbitts, University of Florida (host: Prof. David Flaherty), "Understanding Reactions and Counting Reaction Site Requirements on Curved and Crowded Catalyst Surfaces"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    

  Kevin Harnden, UIUC, "Expanding the Chemistry of a Cupredoxin by Designing Nonnative Active Sites and Using Abiological Metals" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  **CANCELLED** Prof. J. Gregory Ferry, Pennsylvania State University, "Ralph Wolfe, Acetotrophic Methanogenesis, and a Paradigm Shift in the Methane Cycle"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 10, 2020

• 

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

  ** POSTPONED ** Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Erika A. Taylor (Wesleyan University), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 13, 2020

• • 8:30 am
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

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

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:00 pm
    
  • 117 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Dylan Walsh, "Engineering Approaches To Control Polymer Architecture"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED** Professor Emily R. Derbyshire, Duke University, "Chemical Tools to Reveal Plasmodium Parasite Vulnerabilities"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Reid Van Lehn, University of Wisconsin-Madison (host: Prof. Charles Sing), "Thermodynamic and Data-Centric Modeling of Solvent Effects"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • via Zoom

  Mr. Marko Nesic, UIUC, "Reductive Radical-Polar Crossover Reactions with Carbonyl Groups as Electrophiles"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102

  CANCELLED Prof. Eric Neuscamman, University of California Berkeley, "Excited State Specific Quantum Chemistry"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 16, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**3M Lecture: 3M representative: Dr. Michael S. Wendland: "The Development of Functional Porous Polymers for Use in Chemical Sensors and Air and Water Filtration Products"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**3M Lecture: Professor Oren A. Scherman, University of Cambridge, "Exploiting Dynamic Host-guest Interactions in Supramolecular Systems"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 17, 2020

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  **CANCELLED** Prof. Joseph Petrosino, Baylor College of Medicine

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 144 Loomis Lab

  CPLC Seminar: John F. Marko (Northwestern University)

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 20, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • B126 CLSL

  FINAL DEFENSE: Ipek Tasan (Zhao lab) - "New Tools for Live Cell Imaging of Endogenous Loci in Mammalian Cells"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

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

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**Genentech Lecture: Professor Eiji Yashima, Nagoya University, "Helical Polymers and Supramolecules with Memory of the Helicity for the Development of Unique Switchable Chiral Materials"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  CANCELLED: Professor Aimin Liu, University of Texas at San Antonio, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Zoom Online Seminar

  Chem 515 Literature Seminar: Brian van Dyke UIUC, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • via Zoom

  Mr. Zohaib Siddiqi, UIUC, Title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102

  CANCELLED: Prof. James McCusker, Michigan State University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 23, 2020

• • 9:00 am
    
  • Via Zoom

  Ms. Hailey Knox, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Small-Molecule Probes for Photoacoustic Imaging of Hypoxia"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jian Qin, Stanford University (host: Prof. Charles Sing), "Effects of Polarity, Solvation, and Interfacial Polarization on Charge-Driven Assembly"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • via Zoom

  Mr. Daniel Szczepankiewicz, UIUC, Title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 24, 2020

• • 12:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

  **CANCELLED** Prof. Charles Thornton, University of Rochester Medical Center

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    

  Matt Kromer, UIUC, "TBD" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, April 27, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**Merck Lecture: Merck rep: Dr. Greg Hughes, "The Development of a Commercial Enzymatic Cascade Route to Islatravir"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**Merck Lecture: Professor Masayuki Inoue, University of Tokyo, "Radical-Based Approach for Synthesis of Complex Natural Products"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

• • 9:30 am
    
  • 433 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Lucas Hernandez, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Dr. Jacob Spendelow (host: Prof. Paul Kenis), Los Alamos National Laboratory, "New Fuel Cell Catalysts and Electrode Structures"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • via Zoom

  Mr. Sungjong Lee, UIUC, Title "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  RESCHEDULED: Professor David Goldberg, John Hopkins University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 30, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**Professor Jonathan Sczepanski, Texas A&M University, "Title TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  CANCELLED: Professor William Dichtel, Northwestern University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 1, 2020

• 

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

  **POSTPONED** Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Priyatansh Gurha (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
    
  • B102

  CANCELLED: Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Naomi Halas, Rice University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm   5:00 pm
    
  • CLSL B102

  CANCELLED: Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Naomi Halas, Rice University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 4, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana

  CANCELED: Nelson J. Leonard Lecture, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • Ballroom, Alice Campbell Alumni Center, 601 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana

  Nelson J. Leonard Lecture, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University

  • Lecture

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Brian Rosen (host: Prof. Paul Kenis), Tel Aviv University,

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum

  CANCELED: CAS MillerComm Lecture, Professor Sir J. Fraser Stoddart, Northwestern University: "Mingling Art with Science: Can Science and Art Fuel One Another?"

  • Lecture
• • 7:00 pm
    
  • B102 CLSL

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 8, 2020

• 

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

  ** POSTPONED ** Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Thomas E. Kehl-Fie (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • 171 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Rajeev Chorghade, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 14, 2020

• • 3:00 pm
    
  • 171 RAL

  Ms. Lauren Hagler, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title: TBD" **Limited in-person attendance: speaker and committee ONLY.**

  • Seminar/Symposium

Sunday, May 17, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

  CANCELLED: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Convocation

  • Ceremony/Service

Thursday, May 28, 2020

• 

  • 5:30 pm
    
  • downtown Chicago

  CANCELED: Chicagoland Alumni & Friends Reception

  Networking reception for our Chicagoland alumni and friends. More details coming soon.

  • Reception/Open House

Thursday, June 11, 2020

• • 3:00 pm
    
  • 171 Roger Adams Lab

  Mr. Kaibo Feng, Final Defense, UIUC, "Late-Stage C(sp3)–H Hydroxylation, Amination, and Methylation in Nitrogen-Containing Molecules"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 10, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  Professor Yi Tang, University of California, Los Angeles, "Title: TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 14, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

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

  • Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, September 26, 2020

• • 8:30 am
    
  • TBD

  Senter Symposium on Frontiers in Organic Chemistry, Speakers: TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 1, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  TBD, UIUC, Klemperer Award Seminar, "TBD"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 5, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 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

  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

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Akif Tezcan, University of California San Diego, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor David Goldberg, John Hopkins University, "TBA"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 2, 2020

• • 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, November 3, 2020

• • 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

Thursday, November 12, 2020

• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

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

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

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

  • 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
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  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

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  Professor Amanda Morris, Virginia Tech, "TBA"

  • 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