Indonesian Students Club

Thursday, August 6, 2026

• FINAL DEFENSE: Jubyeong Chae "'Mechanistic Understanding and Development of Nickel-Catalyzed C-C Cross-Coupling Reactions". Advisor: Professor Liviu Mirica

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, August 7, 2026

• FINAL DEFENSE: Cheyenne Mitchell "Quantum-Inspired Super-Resolution via Interferometry" Advisor: Professor Mikael Backlund

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  116 RAL

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, August 10, 2026

• FINAL DEFENSE: Armando Santiago Carboney "Investigating the Composition, Electrochemical Performance, and Dynamics of Redox-Active Microemulsions" Advisor: Professor Joaquin Rodriguez-Lopez

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  165 Noyes Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Defense of Darien Raymond "ELECTRIFYING CHEMICAL PROCESSES: ADVANCING CRITICAL ELEMENT RECOVERY AND WATER ELECTROLYSIS""

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  2045 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Christopher Rakowski, UIUC, Final Defense, "Deuteration Attenuates Higher-Order Aggregation of Iron-Mobilizing Small Molecules"

  Time

  2:30 pm

  Location

  Chemistry Annex, 601 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, Room 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, August 17, 2026

• Warblers, Sparrows, and Thrushes, Oh My!

  Time

  7:00 pm

  Location

  801 N Country Fair Dr, Ste D, Champaign, IL, United States, Illinois 61821

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

• Final Defense of Tiara Torres-Flores, "TBD"

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  3269 Beckman

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Final Defense of Changhyun Hwang, "TBD"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  2045 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, August 20, 2026

• Final Defense of Song Yin, "TBD"

  Time

  1:00 pm

  Location

  TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• Fuson Student Talks: Morgan Gugger, UIUC, "Development of a Sulfa Drug/DHFR Inhibitor Combination for Pseudomonas aeruginosa"; Faith Kern, UIUC, "Pendant Activation: Governed by Interactions Between Mechanophores and Glassy Polymer Networks", Dongchen Ouyang, UIUC, "Chemoinformatic Optimization of the Copper-Bis(Oxazoline)-Catalyzed, Enantioselective Synthesis of Saturated N-Heterocycles"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar Series - Assistant Professor, Meicen Sun

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, "AI-Driven Quantum Mechanical Design of Soft Materials"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao) "When Industry Asks "How?", Scientists Ask "Why?": Molecular Interactions Behind Carbon Capture and Surface-Controlled Chemical Transformations"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 1, 2026

• Fuson Student Talks: Morgan Gugger, UIUC, "Development of a Sulfa Drug/DHFR Inhibitor Combination for Pseudomonas aeruginosa"; Faith Kern, UIUC, "Pendant Activation: Governed by Interactions Between Mechanophores and Glassy Polymer Networks", Dongchen Ouyang, UIUC, "Chemoinformatic Optimization of the Copper-Bis(Oxazoline)-Catalyzed, Enantioselective Synthesis of Saturated N-Heterocycles"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar Series - Assistant Professor, Meicen Sun

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

• Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, "AI-Driven Quantum Mechanical Design of Soft Materials"

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 3, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao) "When Industry Asks "How?", Scientists Ask "Why?": Molecular Interactions Behind Carbon Capture and Surface-Controlled Chemical Transformations"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 Chem Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 10, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. David Gracias, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Prof. Hyun Joon Kong) "Physical Intelligence at the Interface of Biology and Engineering"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Materials Seminar, "Electron Videography of Soft, Biological, and Energy Matter at the Nanoscale", Professor Qian Chen, University of Illinois

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 14, 2026

• C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

• Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar Series - Taek K. Kim, Principal Nuclear Engineer & Dept. Manager, Nuclear Systems Analysis, Argonne National Laboratory

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 16, 2026

• Final Defense of Genesis Rios-Adorno "TBA"

  Time

  10:00 am

  Location

  3217 Everitt Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Prof. Dayne Swearer, Northwestern University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 17, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• MillerComm - Justin Jackson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 210

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Friday, September 18, 2026

• Angela Thomas, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

  Time

  9:00 am

  Location

  Roger Adams Labortatory, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, Room 419

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 21, 2026

• R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Harnessing Non-covalent Interactions to Address Selectivity Challenges in Transition Metal Catalysis"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

• Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE) "From Catalytic Insights to Transformative Technologies"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Marie Christine Daniel, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chemistry Annex

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Harnessing Non-covalent Interactions to Address Selectivity Challenges in Radical Chemistry"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar Series - Areg Danagoulian, Associate Professor, MIT

  Time

  5:00

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

• Prof. Hsing-Ta Chen, University of Notre Dame, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, September 24, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenyu Huang, Iowa State University (Host: Prof. Hong Yang)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 28, 2026

• Prof. Lauren Rajakovich, University of Washington, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• Seminar Series - Rhian Dixon-Yearby, 2026 Edward A. Kolodziej Fellow

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, September 28, 2026

• Prof. Lauren Rajakovich, University of Washington, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

• Seminar Series - Rhian Dixon-Yearby, 2026 Edward A. Kolodziej Fellow

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

• Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 1, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon C. Bukowski, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Elizabeth Bickel Rogers)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 8, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Saturday, October 10, 2026

• Balthazor-Senter Symposium of Frontiers in Organic Chemistry - Speakers: Prof. Connor Coley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Prof. Betsy Parkinson (Purdue University), Prof. Kevin Brown (Indiana University), Prof. Quentin Michaudel (Texas A&M), Prof. Tianning Diao (New York University).

  Time

  8:00 am - 5:30 pm

  Location

  Beckman Institute

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

• Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 15, 2026

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Matthew Becker, Duke University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, October 19, 2026

• BMS Lecture: BMS rep: TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• BMS Lecture: Professor Thomas Maimone, University of California, Berkeley, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Josh Buss, University of Michigan

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• 2026 Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry, Professor Polly Arnold, University of California Berkley, TBD

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California Berkeley, (Host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Timothy Johstone, University of California Santa Cruz

  Time

  3:30 pm

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar Series - Gyudae Kim, 2026 Jeremiah Sullivan Fellow

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

• Prof. Saumya Saurabh, New York University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sujit Datta, California Institute of Technology (Host: Prof. Ying Diao)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar Series - Pranav Thamballapalle, 2026 Edward A. Kolodziej Fellow

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, November 9, 2026

• Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• 2026 Emerging Leader in Inorganic Chemistry Speaker/ACS DIC John C. Bailar Coordination Chemistry Award, TBD, Professor Henry La Pierre, Georgia Tech University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, November 17, 2026

• CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar Series - Katie Worrall, 2026 Jeremiah Sullivan Fellow

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, November 19, 2026

• CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers)

  Time

  2:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• Student Symposium

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, December 1, 2026

• Student Symposium

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Thursday, January 21, 2027

• Organic Syntheses Lecture: Professor Dirk Trauner, University of Pennsylvania, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:00 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, February 9, 2027

• Seminar Series - Ben Cipiti, Principal Member of the Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, February 16, 2027

• Seminar Series - Professor Brenda Wilson, Dept. of Microbiology

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, February 17, 2027

• Prof. Renee Frontiera, University of Minnesota, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 2:30 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, March 9, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Felix Castellano, North Carolina State University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 10, 2027

• Prof. Matthew Crane, Colorado School of Mines, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, March 29, 2027

• 3M Lecture: 3M rep: TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 3M Lecture: Professor Stuart Rowan, University of Chicago, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, March 30, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Samantha Yruegas, Rice University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar Series - Matt Caplan, Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Illinois State University

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 31, 2027

• Prof. Teresa Head-Gordon, University of California Berkeley, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Monday, March 29, 2027

• 3M Lecture: 3M rep: TBD

  Time

  4:00 - 4:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• 3M Lecture: Professor Stuart Rowan, University of Chicago, "Title: TBD"

  Time

  4:30 - 5:30 pm

  Location

  116 Roger Adams Lab

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, March 30, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Samantha Yruegas, Rice University

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

• Seminar Series - Matt Caplan, Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Illinois State University

  Time

  5:00 pm

  Location

  Coble Hall

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, March 31, 2027

• Prof. Teresa Head-Gordon, University of California Berkeley, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, April 7, 2027

• Prof. Allison Squires, University of Chicago, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, April 13, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Brandon Barnett, University of Rochester

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  1024 CHEM ANNEX

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Tuesday, April 20, 2027

• Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Katlyn Meier, University of Miami

  Time

  3:30 pm

  Location

  Chem Annex 1024

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, May 5, 2027

• Prof. Haw Yang, Princeton University, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium

  

Wednesday, May 12, 2027

• Prof. Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin Madison, TBD

  Time

  2:00 - 3:00 pm

  Location

  CLSL B102

  • Seminar/Symposium