Department of Chemistry Master Calendar

This calendar includes all events from the following individual calendars: Department of Chemistry Alumni Events, Department Events (events of general interest and/or relevant to all research areas), and events related to specific research areas and programs (Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program, Inorganic Chemistry & Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry), as well as Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminars & Events.

Tuesday, November 3, 2020

- 10:00 am
- Virtual Presentation: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/83948331065
Mr. Xiaorui Guo, University of Illinois, Final Defense: "Genomics-guided, Reactivity-based Discovery and Characterization of Natural Products"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85131053358?pwd=WThvVEtRUjdsbmk3cXU5ZlhZclJrdz09
Prof. David Limmer, University of California Berkeley, "Charge separation in systems away from equilibrium"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 5, 2020

- 9:00 am
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Xiaoyi Wang, "Regulation and Switching in Bacterial Gene Expression Networks in Response to Nutrients"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ms. Amanda Smith, UIUC, "Imaging Cellular Forces Using Tension Probes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00
- Virtual Presentation: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89397894995
Mr. Joshua Laffoon, Final Defense, UIUC, "Harnessing Kinetic Driving Forces in Transition Metal Catalysis for the Synthesis of Small Molecules and Complex Architecture"
Advisor: Prof. Jeff Moore
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/96831325915?pwd=SCtsb1FWbGowWm54R1ltNzA3R0Q3QT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Xueyong Zhang, UIUC, "Recent Advances on Nonprecious Metal Carbide/Nitride Core@Precious Metal Shell Nanoparticles"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81690942934?pwd=TVVVSGJocFMyZy9RQnBhc2Z0NVlKZz09
Professor Song Lin, Cornell University, "Amping Up Organic Synthesis with Electrochemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 6, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89357722207?pwd=NU5jYkZ4SVkzTG1Fbm9HNVAwUUIvZz09 Password: 231900
Professor Aaron Wheeler, University of Toronto, Title: Microfluidic Techniques for Single-Cell Manipulation and Analysis
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 7, 2020

- All Day
- Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
Postponed to 2021: Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

- 1:00 pm
- Virtual Presentation: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89094735710
Ms. Sarah Perlmutter, University of Illinois, Final Defense: "The Influence of Positively Charged Nitrogen Species on Compound Accumulation and Activity in Gram-Negative Bacteria"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/82985278780?pwd=LzRmUmppTmk1NWgzdmYrWXYrdERTQT09
Professor Sen Zhang, University of Virginia, "Atomically Precise Nanocrystals Surfaces and Interfaces for Electrocatalysis"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Zoom link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/92706692360?pwd=Sk9qRkNnbjRjNXc1TDRaak1SVVZMZz09
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Ms. Mara Paterson, UIUC, "Ring Expansion Methods for the Synthesis of Cyclic Polymers"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/97310516293?pwd=cERKKzZtY3Zyb0NJRVhtbjlaZ0dpUT09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Anupriya Edappalil Satheesan, UIUC, "Single nanoparticle photoelectrochemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/97310516293?pwd=cERKKzZtY3Zyb0NJRVhtbjlaZ0dpUT09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Jack Burke, UIUC, "Coherent Control of Nuclear Motion Driving Charge and Spin Ordering in Molecular and Extended Solids"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Behnam Enghiad, "Development and Applications of Programmable DNA-guided Argonaute-based Artificial Restriction Enzymes"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 12, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Ms. Karna Terpstra, UIUC, "Implications of mTOR Misregulation in Lysosomal Storage Diseases"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:30 pm
Ryan Ash, UIUC, "Probing the Reaction Coordinate of Photoinduced Spin-Crossover with Femtosecond M-edge XANES" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 13, 2020

- 3:30 pm
Sambarta Chatterjee, UIUC, "PATH INTEGRAL APPROACHES TOWARDS ACCURATE QUANTUM DISSIPATIVE DYNAMICS" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, November 16, 2020

- 4:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/81601602440?pwd=bEpoSjEySUUxZ1RobWx0WXBwbFZNZz09
Aldrich Lecture: Prof. Keary Engle, Scripps Research Institute, "Universal Alkene Functionalization as an Aspirational Driver"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/89738886604?pwd=VmcvUW10LzdZMHMrU1BzZ2R1cHBjdz09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Noah Bender, UIUC, "Multicavity Coordination Cages for Segregated Guest Binding"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Zoom link: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/92706692360?pwd=Sk9qRkNnbjRjNXc1TDRaak1SVVZMZz09
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Ms. Selena Hernandez, UIUC, "The Development and Optimization of Azide-based Bioorthogonal Reactions"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/95669371961?pwd=eHkyd0dvc3ZBUThjSTBTSVBsYjhldz09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Benjamin Gilbert, UIUC, "Toppling Mechanism of the S-component in Group II ECF Transporters: How Bacteria Get Their Vitamins"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/95669371961?pwd=eHkyd0dvc3ZBUThjSTBTSVBsYjhldz09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Daniel Gray, UIUC, "Modulating Protein Stability by Engineering the n→π* Interactions"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/95669371961?pwd=eHkyd0dvc3ZBUThjSTBTSVBsYjhldz09
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Oliver Lin, UIUC, "Singlet Fission in Conjugated Oligomer Systems"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 19, 2020

- 12:00 pm
- Join Zoom Meeting: https://illinois.zoom.us/j/91476440185?pwd=TmRuNnR5VFNGUk94Z2dGZDc0dmRBQT09
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Mr. Andrew Rice, UIUC, "It's Electric! Protein Nanowires in Geobacter sulfurreducens"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94112711966?pwd=RzlCdXpYbE5sVHRqS1ZkcHV0N2N0UT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Hirbod Heidari, UIUC, "Engineering Heme Proteins for Carbene Transfer reactions"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- https://illinois.zoom.us/j/94112711966?pwd=RzlCdXpYbE5sVHRqS1ZkcHV0N2N0UT09
CHEM 515 Literature Seminar: Jingxiang Wang, UIUC, "Single Electron Transfer in Frustrated Lewis Pair"
- Seminar/Symposium