Nano Seminars

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University, "Identifying Electrolyte Reaction Mechanisms at Battery Electrodes Toward PFAS-Free Electrolytes" (host: Theresa Schoetz)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Haonan Chen CHEM 535 Seminar "Stereoediting via Asymmetric Hydrogen Atom Transfer"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Prof. Prashant Jain, UIUC, "Lights, Computer, Action!"

2:00

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla) "Multiscale dynamics of neuronal bioelectricity"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 3, 2025

Literature Seminar, "Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry Blood Analysis in Forensics”, Jennifer Salaiza

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, "Exploring and Engineering Iron Enzymes", Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, University of Minnesota

3:30 pm 10/07/2025

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Final Defense - Jarom Sederholm, SUSTAINABLE BATTERY ENGINEERING: SINGLE-STEP BATTERY RECYCLING, BATTERY MODELING, AND BATTERY ELECTROLYTE ANALYSIS

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

280 MRL
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Oleg Prezhdo, University of New Mexico, "Quantum Dynamics in Optoelectronic Materials"

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Emma Guo CHEM 575 Seminar "CRISPR - inspired Strategies for RNA - Protein Interactome Investigation"

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium
Frank Zhang CHEM 575 Seminar: Bioremediation 3.0: A Brave New Paradigm

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao) "Soft PhotoElectroChemical Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Erik Lindahl, Stockholm University, "Structure and mechanisms of subtype-specific binding and allosteric modulation in GABAA receptors"

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley "Movement of Polymer Molecules under Electric Fields and Relevance to Rechargeable Batteries" (host: Damien Guironnet)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Seminar, "Iron Carbenes for Olefin Metathesis", Professor Vlad Iluc, University of Notre Dame

3:30 pm

TBD
- Seminar/Symposium
ChBE/NPRE Presents-Prof. Joseph D. Smith, Missouri University of Science and Technology

4:00 pm

Loomis Laboratory of Physics, Room 141
- Seminar/Symposium
Kameron Wildeman CHEM 535 Seminar "Going Sub-Stoichiometric: The Evolution of Samarium(II) Catalysis"

4:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Johnny Bajko CHEM 575 Seminar "Expanding Proximity Proteomics: From nanometer-Scale Mapping to Multicellular Interfaces"

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium
Natalie King CHEM 575 Seminar "Engineering Diazotrophs: Harnessing Bacteria for Sustainable Nitrogen Supply in Cereal Crops"

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 17, 2025

Literature Seminar, "Optimizing Ancient DNA Sequencing through Sample Preparation", Nina Wang

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ariel Furst, MIT (host: Paul Kenis)

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Seminar, "Peptide Frameworks as Microcosms of Proteins", Professor Andy Nguyen, University of Illinois Chicago

3:30 pm

1024 CHEM ANNEX
- Seminar/Symposium
M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership Informational Webinar

7:00 pm
- Webinar

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Prof. Yang Yang, UW Madison, "Bridging Quantum and Classical: An Efficient Framework for Capturing Zero-Point Effects in Hydrogen-Related Chemistry"

2:00 - 3:00 pm

CLSL B102
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

"The Realities of a Practicing Data Scientist", Alix Schmidt, Sr Data Scientist Dow Chemical, Core R&D Information Research

5:00 - 6:00 pm

163 Noyes Lab
- Informational

Friday, October 24, 2025

"Charting Cellular Landscapes in Biomedical Research with Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry", Professor Jeff Spraggins, Vanderbilt University

4:00 pm

RAL116
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

Professor Amy Weeks, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "New Enzyme Chemistry to Decipher Post-translational Modification Function"

4:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband) "Macromolecules: Friend or Foe?"

2:00 pm

116 Roger Adams Lab
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

CHEM 545 Practice Seminars

2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm

Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

Kinshuk Malik CHEM 575 Seminar: "From Poison to Messenger: Cyanide As An Emerging Gasotransmitter"

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium
Rowan Glover CHEM 575 Seminar: "Preventing the Next Pandemic: The Potential for Broad Spectrum Antivirals through Host-Targeting Therapeutics

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 31, 2025

FINAL DEFENSE: Chloe Litts "Non-Traditional Catalysis by Plasmonic Nanostructures" Advisor: Prashant Jain

2:00 pm

Roger Adams Lab 419
- Seminar/Symposium
Literature Seminar, "Do Sweat It: Recent Developments In Non-Invasive Sweat Sensors for Biomolecule Detection”, Levi Dumpert

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium
Literature Seminar, “Fingerprints: Who, What, and now When”, Ella Pickell

4:00 pm

RAL 116
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 1, 2025

37th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference

8:00 am

Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
- Conference/Workshop