Seminars of Interest

Monday, June 2, 2025

- 4:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
Career Paths in Patents & Intellectual Property: Pros, Cons, and Contingencies - Dr. Effie Zhou, Patent Agent at Mintz
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- RAL 419
"Probing Functionalized Interfaces for Carbon Capture Using Spectroelectrochemistry", Abdur-Rahman Siddiqui, Final Defense
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, June 5, 2025

- 11:00 am
- 1024 Chemistry Annex
Joe Forzano, UIUC, Final Defense, "Development of ALDH1A1-Activated Photosensitizers for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:30 pm
- 307 Gregory Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, James Griebler, "Novel Understandings of Yielding in Soft Materials Through Recovery Rheology Techniques""
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, June 6, 2025

- 8:30 am - 1:00 pm
- RAL 116
St. Elmo Brady Academic Job Application Workshop
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- 419 RAL (Rose Room)
Final Defense: Chris Hawk (Jin Lab) - "Alleviating Ribosomal Stalls: Functional Characterization of Conserved DRG GTPASES"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 9, 2025

- 10:00 am
- CLSL B102
"Design, Engineering, & Characterization of a PQQ Containing Artificial Metalloenzyme", Final Defense, Peter Thompson
- Other

Thursday, June 12, 2025

- 1:00 pm
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Rachel Gaines "Flow Electrooxidation of Glycerol for Industrial-Scale Applications"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 16, 2025

- 2:00 pm 06/05/2025
- Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S Mathews Ave, room 419
Alexander Battiste, Final Defense, UIUC, "Discovery and Characterization of a Set of Peptide-Modifying Heme Oxygenase-Like Domain-Containing Oxidases'
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

- 10:00 am
- RAL 471
"Nitrogen Cycle Electro-catalysis”, Akhil Paliwal, Final Defense
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am
- CLSL B102
“Proteomics and Peptidomics for Investigating Metabolic and Neurological Disorders via Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry”, Final Defense, Yanqi Tan
- Other

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

- 9:00 am
- 419 RAL (Rose Room)
Final Defense: Arthur Zou (Leckband Lab) - "Epidermal growth factor receptor is an essential component in E-cadherin force-transduction complexes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm
- CLSL B102
"Exploring the Cross-Coupling Reactivity of Ni Pyridinophanes Through Static and Transient Spectroscopy", Final Defense, Annika Holm
- Other

Monday, June 23, 2025

- 1:30 pm
- CLSL B102
"Development of spatial and single-cell omics methods for biochemical profiling of the brain", Final Defense, Marisa Asadian
- Other

Friday, June 27, 2025

- 10:00 am
- CLSL B102
"Detailed Analysis of Ligands on Gold Nanoparticles", Final Defense, Katherine Hatzis
- Other
- 1:00 pm 06/05/2025
- Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S Mathews Ave, room 419
Karna Terpstra, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Multi-Purpose Agents for Alzheimer’s Disease"
- Seminar/Symposium

Monday, June 30, 2025

- 1:00 pm 06/05/2025
- Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116
Nolan Green, Final Defense, UIUC, "Modular Synthesis for Cooperative Small Molecule Ligands and Chemical Education"
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

- 3:00 pm
- 419 Roger Adams Lab
Sungjong Lee, UIUC, Final Defense, "I. Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Sannamycin B II. Reversible RNA Acylation for Enhanced Stability and Capture in Hydrogel Beads"
- Seminar/Symposium