Seminars of Interest

Monday, April 28, 2025

- 1:00 - 3:00 pm
- Loomis 464
Special Biological Physics Seminar- "Chaotic worms: from the dynamics of animal behavior towards a physics of complex, evolved systems"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Lecture: Dr. Daniel Pippel, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, "The Role of “Discovery Process Research” in Acceleration of New Medicines at Johnson & Johnson"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine Lecture: Professor Christo S. Sevov, Ohio State University, "Electrochemical Methods for C-C and C-X Bond-Forming Reactions"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Professor Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran, University of Minnesota, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Alexandre Bisson, Brandeis University, "Life by a Thousand Cuts: Archaea as a Model for Developmental Mechanobiology"
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

- 3:00 - 5:00 pm
- 105 Noyes Laboratory
SCS Academic Advising and Career Services Open House
- Reception/Open House
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Janhavi Borkar (Nair Lab) - "Mechanism of ATP-dependent phosphonate ester formation"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Katrine Dailey (Wu Lab) - "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, May 1, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
Distinguished Inorganic Lecture: Professor Jonas Peter, California Institute of Technology, (TBD) (I)
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 2, 2025

- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B-102
2025 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Emily A. Carter, Princeton University, "Carbon Dioxide Conversion for a Sustainable Future: Research and Policy"
- Lecture
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm
- Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102
2025 Flygare Memorial Lecture: Professor Emily A. Carter, Princeton University, "Carbon Dioxide Conversion for a Sustainable Future: Research and Policy"
- Lecture

Monday, May 5, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 RAL
Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Amanda Smith and Katherine Hatzis, "Obtaining a job as a Chemistry Professor at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

- 9:00 am
- 1306 Everitt Laboratory
FINAL DEFENSE, Kyle Benjamin Timmer, "Development of Multicompartment Biomaterials to Modulate Cellular Environments for Improved Tendon-to-Bone Rotator Cuff Repair"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:30 am
- B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory (CLSL)
Final Defense: Catherine Jalomo, "Nanomaterials as Delivery Systems"; Professor Catherine Murphy, Advisor
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Emily Davidson, Princeton University, (host: Ying Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
- 1024 Chem Annex
"Molecular Catalysts go Nano: Installing Active Sites on Clusters and Nanosheets", Professor Alexandra Velian, University of Washington
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Friday, May 9, 2025

- 12:00 pm
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Dr. Kevin Corbett (University of San Diego): "“Ubiquitination pathways in bacterial innate immunity”
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, May 12, 2025

- 10:00 am
- 161 Noyes Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Anaira Roman Santiago, "Understanding Molecular Level Interactions and Design of Selective Electrochemical Processes for Wastewater Treatment"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- Chem Annex 1024
"Low-valent Nickel and Palladium Compounds Relevant to Cross-coupling Catalysis", Sagnik Chakrabarti, T.S. Piper Award for Outstanding Inorganic PhD Thesis
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, May 15, 2025

Sunday, May 18, 2025

- 9:30 - 11:00 am
- Krannert in Tryon Festival Theatre
ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Ceremony
- Ceremony/Service
- 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
- Illini Union - room ABC
ChBE 2025 Spring Convocation Reception
- Reception/Open House
- 2:00 pm
- Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
May 2025 Chemistry Convocation Cermony
- Ceremony/Service

Thursday, May 29, 2025

- 2:00 pm
- 171 Roger Adams Lab
Casey Olen, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, May 30, 2025

- 3:30 pm
- 1002 Lincoln Hall
Joenisse Rosado-Rosa, UIUC, Final Defense, "Metabolomic Insights Into Pseudomonas aeruginosa Behavior, Secretome, and Biofilm Development Using Mass Spectrometry Imaging"
- Seminar/Symposium