Seminars of Interest - School of Chemical Sciences for Digital Signage

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
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)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
Haonan Chen CHEM 535 Seminar "Stereoediting via Asymmetric Hydrogen Atom Transfer"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

- 2:00
- CLSL B102
Prof. Prashant Jain, UIUC, "Lights, Computer, Action!"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 2, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla) "Multiscale dynamics of neuronal bioelectricity"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 3, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, "Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry Blood Analysis in Forensics”, Jennifer Salaiza
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 7, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Dr. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm 10/07/2025
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Inorganic Chemistry Seminar, "Exploring and Engineering Iron Enzymes", Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, University of Minnesota
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- 280 MRL
Final Defense - Jarom Sederholm, SUSTAINABLE BATTERY ENGINEERING: SINGLE-STEP BATTERY RECYCLING, BATTERY MODELING, AND BATTERY ELECTROLYTE ANALYSIS
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
Prof. Oleg Prezhdo, University of New Mexico, "Quantum Dynamics in Optoelectronic Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Emma Guo CHEM 575 Seminar "CRISPR - inspired Strategies for RNA - Protein Interactome Investigation"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Frank Zhang CHEM 575 Seminar: Bioremediation 3.0: A Brave New Paradigm
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao) "Soft PhotoElectroChemical Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Erik Lindahl, Stockholm University, "Structure and mechanisms of subtype-specific binding and allosteric modulation in GABAA receptors"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 10, 2025

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
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)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- TBD
Inorganic Seminar, "Iron Carbenes for Olefin Metathesis", Professor Vlad Iluc, University of Notre Dame
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Loomis Laboratory of Physics, Room 141
ChBE/NPRE Presents-Prof. Jospeh D. Smith, Missouri University of Science and Technology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 116 RAL
Kameron Wildeman CHEM 535 Seminar "Going Sub-Stoichiometric: The Evolution of Samarium(II) Catalysis"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 16, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Johnny Bajko CHEM 575 Seminar "Expanding Proximity Proteomics: From nanometer-Scale Mapping to Multicellular Interfaces"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Natalie King CHEM 575 Seminar "Engineering Diazotrophs: Harnessing Bacteria for Sustainable Nitrogen Supply in Cereal Crops"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 17, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Nina Wang
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 21, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ariel Furst, MIT (host: Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
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Inorganic Seminar, "Peptide Frameworks as Microcosms of Proteins", Professor Andy Nguyen, University of Illinois Chicago
- Seminar/Symposium
- 7:00 pm
M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering Leadership Informational Webinar
- Webinar

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
- CLSL B102
Prof. Yang Yang, UW Madison, "Bridging Quantum and Classical: An Efficient Framework for Capturing Zero-Point Effects in Hydrogen-Related Chemistry"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 23, 2025

- 5:00 - 6:00 pm
- 163 Noyes Lab
"The Realities of a Practicing Data Scientist", Alix Schmidt, Sr Data Scientist Dow Chemical, Core R&D Information Research
- Informational

Friday, October 24, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- RAL116
"Charting Cellular Landscapes in Biomedical Research with Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry", Professor Jeff Spraggins, Vanderbilt University
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, October 27, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Amy Weeks, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "New Enzyme Chemistry to Decipher Post-translational Modification Function"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm
- Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium
CHEM 545 Practice Seminars
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 30, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Kinshuk Malik CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
- Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
Rowan Glover CHEM 575 Seminar
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, October 31, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- Roger Adams Lab 419
FINAL DEFENSE: Chloe Litts "Non-Traditional Catalysis by Plasmonic Nanostructures" Advisor: Prashant Jain
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Ella Pickell
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- RAL 116
Literature Seminar, TBD, Levi Dumpert
- Seminar/Symposium

Saturday, November 1, 2025

- 8:00 am
- Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
37th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop