Seminars of Interest

Sunday, August 25, 2019

- 5:00 - 8:00 pm
- UNION Kitchen & Tap Gaslamp
ACS San Diego - Chemistry at Illinois Alumni & Friends Reception
Please join us at the American Chemical Society National Meeting & Expo in San Diego for the Chemistry at Illinois Alumni & Friends ACS Reception. Faculty, students, alumni, and friends will gather for a hosted bar and hors d’oeuvres to share stories about our time on campus. No tickets or preregistration required.
- Reception/Open House

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Colin A. Wraight Awardee: Dr. Mara Livezey, University of Detroit Mercy (Shapiro lab) - Linking the Anticipatory Unfolded Protein Response to Necrotic Cancer Cell Death
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, August 29, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 171 Roger Adams Laboratory
Tanner Culpitt, UIUC, "Development Of Non-Born-Oppenheimer Methods For Ground And Excited State Molecular Properties"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, August 30, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium (B102 CLSL)
Biochemistry/Biophysics Seminar: Dr. Ido Golding (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), "Illuminating Cellular Individuality"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor 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, "The Total Synthesis of Isomalabaricanes and a Blueprint for Stereochemically Diverse Terpenoid Architectures," Andrew Zahrt, "Prediction of Higher-Selectivity Catalysts by Computer-Driven Workflow and Machine Learning," Jinpeng Zhao, "Chemoselective Methylene Oxidation in Aromatic Molecules"
Organic Chemistry New Student Welcome Reception immediately following in 'A' Atrium of CLSL
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
Dr. D. Sangeeta, Amazon, Career Seminar
- 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

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Prof. Joel Yuen-Zhou, University of California San Diego, "Polariton Chemistry: Molecules in Optical Cavities"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 12, 2019

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Dr. Victor Klimov, Los Alamos National Lab, "Hidden Powers of Tiny Particles: From Solar Windows and Lighting Panels to Nanolasers and Ultrastable Sources of Quantum Light"
- 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
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Nicholas Manicke, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Title: "New Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Detection of Synthetic Drugs, Chemical and Biological Warfare Agents, and Clinical Protein Markers"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, September 16, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Gottlieb Memorial Lecture: Professor Sarah E. O'Connor, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, "Chemistry and Biology of Plant Natural Products"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Tenure Seminar, Prof. Josh Vura-Weis, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, September 19, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Fengqi You, Cornell University, "Multi-Scale Systems Analytics for Energy and Environment"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, September 20, 2019

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Karen Gleason, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Vapor Deposited Polymers: from Fundamentals to Commercialization"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Paul Walton, University of York - UK, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Ms. Amanda East, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Prof. David Beratan, Duke University, "Mechanisms of Electron Brokering and Redox Signaling in Biology"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Mr. Raymond Sarksian, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
- 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

Thursday, October 3, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
Mr. Michael Lee, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 4, 2019

Monday, October 7, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Seminar of Special Interest: Dr. Andy Thomas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Mechanism Driven Approaches Facilitate the Development of Transition Metal Mediated Methods"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 8, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Mr. Matthew Bock, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
- 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, "Characterizing the Evolution of Gel Scaffolds Using Passive Microrheology"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Yu Huang, University of Californa - Los Angeles, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 11, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- Third Floor Atrium, Natural History Building
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Alumni Awards Reception
The event will recognize recipients of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Alumni Awards and graduate students who have won fellowships. 4 p.m.: Ceremony 5 p.m.: Reception
- Ceremony/Service

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Mr. Nicholas Angello, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
- 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

Thursday, October 17, 2019

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
Ms. Jazmin Aguilar-Romero, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Ou Chen, Brown University, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 18, 2019

- 8:00 am
ChBE Graduate Research Symposium
The Graduate Research Symposium allows graduate students to present their work in the form of either a poster or an oral presentation. Research areas include a range of topics. Judges are alumni from industry and academia.
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, October 19, 2019

- 9:00 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

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
Ms. Emily Desormeaux, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Parr Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Prof. Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan
- 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
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Mr. Antonio LaPorte, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
- 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

- 12:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
Mr. Dinh Nguyen, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Roseanna Zia, Stanford University
- 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
- Lecture
- 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
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Mr. Travis Menard, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
- 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
Ms. Rebecca Ulrich, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 9, 2019

- All Day
- Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop

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

- 9:30 am
- 171 Roger Adams Lab
Ms. Linna An, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"
Advisor: Prof. Wilfred van der Donk
- Seminar/Symposium
- 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
Yves Yao (Silverman lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 15, 2019

- 2:00 pm
TBD - Keith Cassidy
TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Daniel Schwartz, University of Colorado, Boulder; Title: "Single Molecule/Particle Characterization of Dynamics in Confined Environments"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 18, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Novartis Lecture: Dr. Duncan Shaw, "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 Roger Adams Lab
Ms. Rachel Farmer, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
- 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, "Negative Diffusion Coefficients in Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 2, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Masayuki Wasa, Boston College, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Mr. Christopher Parnell, UIUC, Title "TBD"
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Student Select Seminar: Prof. William Moerner, Stanford University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
JI Eun Kim (Shapiro lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Nick Lai (van der Donk 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

Friday, December 6, 2019

- 2:00 pm
TBD - Kristy Wan
TBD
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, December 9, 2019

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Song Lin, Cornell University, "Title: TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Jim Pfaendtner, University of Washington, "Structure-function Relationships at the Bio/Nano Interface"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

- 2:00 pm
- B102
Prof. Alexander Govorov, Ohio University, TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Dayu Zhang (Martinis lab) -
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Josephine Watson (Das 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