Nano Seminars

R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Seth Herzon, Yale University, "Discovery and Mechanism of Action of KL-50, a Potential Treatment for Drug-Resistant Brain Cancers"

4:00 pm 10/1/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

Prof. Seogjoo Jang, City University of New York, "Rate Theories and Computational Methods for Quantum Transitions and Dynamics of Molecular Excitons"

2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/2/2024

CLSL B102

Seminar/Symposium

2nd Changwoo Park-Walter Klemperer Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Allerton Conference

8:30 am 10/5/2024

Allerton Park and Retreat Center

Conference/Workshop

2024 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor Judith Klinman, UC Berkeley, "In Appreciation of 'Slow' Science: Biochemical Conversions of Amino Acids to Quinones"

7:00 pm 10/7/2024

B102 CLSL

Ceremony/Service

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Richards, Northwestern University, "Engineering the Conductivity of Electrically Active Suspensions" (host: Rogers)

2:00 pm 10/8/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

2024 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: Professor Judith Klinman, UC Berkeley, "A New Approach to Understanding Enzyme Catalysts: The Role of Solvent to Active Site Protein Networks in the Initiation of Chemical Reactivity"

3:30 pm 10/8/2024

1024 Chem Annex

Ceremony/Service

Prof. Emilie Ringe, University of Cambridge, "Magnesium Plasmonics"

2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/9/2024

CLSL B102

Seminar/Symposium

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Reika Katsumata, “ 'Slower' Processes in Polymers: From Nanocomposites to Homopolymers", University of Massachusetts Amherst (host: Sing, Diao)

2:00 pm 10/10/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

Jared Anderson, Iowa State; "Understanding the Nanoscale Ordering of Ionic Liquids and Deep Eutectic Solvents for Enhanced Separation Performance"

4:00 pm 10/11/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

Professor Peter Wolczanski, Cornell University, "Ruminations in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry by a Grumpy Old Man" (I)

3:30 pm 10/15/2024

1024 Chem Annex

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Marc Hartmann, UIUC, "Recent Advances in Cysteine-Specific Bioconjugation"

4:00 pm 10/15/2024

116 Roger Adams Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Aiden Houck, UIUC, "Biodegradation of Per- and Polyfluorinated Forever Chemicals"

12:00 pm 10/17/2024

163 Noyes Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

3M Lecture: Professor Craig J. Hawker, University of California, Santa Barbara, "The Power of Organic Chemistry in Functional Polymer Synthesis"

4:00 pm 10/17/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

Samuel W. Parr Lecture in Chemical Engineering, Prof. Craig Hawker, University of California Santa Barbara, "Pushing the Limits of Polymeric Materials through High-throughput Synthesis and Characterization"

3:00 pm 10/18/2024

2079 Natural History Building (NHB)

Lecture

CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Marcel Schreier, University of Wisconsin Madison, " Controlling Electrocatalytic C-H and C-C Bond Transformation and Fuel Formation to Enable a Sustainable Chemical and Fuels Industry" (host Prof. Paul Kenis)

2:00 pm 10/22/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Kelly Chacon, Reed College, "Adventures in X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy" (I)

3:30 pm 10/22/2024

1024 Chem Annex

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Henry Cavanaugh, UIUC, "Mechanistic Intricacies of Photochemical Deracemization"

4:00 pm 10/22/2024

116 Roger Adams Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

FINAL DEFENSE, Siying Yu, "Size- and Composition-Controlled Specialty Nanocatalysts for Fuel Cell and Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production"

2:00 pm 10/23/2024

117 RAL

Ceremony/Service

Jonnathan Marin-Toledo, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Second-Generation Amphotericin B Molecular Prosthetics for Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy in Cystic Fibrosis"

1:00 pm 10/24/2024

2055 Sydney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Clare Wells, UIUC, "Recent Advances in Pharmacologic Treatments for Opioid Use Disorder"

4:00 pm 10/24/2024

116 Roger Adams Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Senter Symposium of Frontiers in Organic Chemistry - Speakers: Prof. Bianxiao Cui, Stanford University; Prof. Mark Levin, University of Chicago, Prof. Song Lin, Cornell University; Prof. Evan Miller, University of California, Berkeley; Prof. Tim Newhouse, Yale University

8:30 am 10/26/2024

Beckman Institute

Conference/Workshop

Prof. Tobias Brixner, Universität Würzburg, "Space–Time-Resolved Sppectroscopy of Multi-Particle Interactions"

2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/28/2024

CLSL B-102

Seminar/Symposium

Aldrich Lecture: Professor Nilay Hazari, Yale University, "Fundamental and Applied Studies of Ni-Catalyzed Cross-Electrophile Coupling"

4:00 pm 10/28/2024

116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

ChBE Alumni and Friends Reception at AIChE

8:00 - 10:00 pm 10/28/2024

San Diego Convention Center, Room 26 AB

Social/Informal Event

Emerging Leaders Seminar: Professor Shiyu Zhang, Ohio State University, "Elucidating the Role of Unsymmetric Features in Bimetallic Active Sites" (I)

3:30 pm 10/29/2024

1024 Chem Annex

Ceremony/Service

Prof. Vojtech Vlcek, University of California Santa Barbara, "Towards Ab Initio Simulations of Driven and Non-equilibrium Systems Through Novel Theoretical and Numerical Approaches"

2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/30/2024

Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium

Seminar/Symposium

CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Samantha Dye, UIUC, "Leveraging Raman Spectroscopy for Cancer Biomarker Detection with Enhanced Molecular Sensitivity"

12:00 pm 10/31/2024

163 Noyes Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Dinh Nguyen, Final Defense, UIUC, "Post-Translational Modifications as a Route to New Chemistry and Useful Enzymes"

3:00 pm 10/31/2024

612 Institute for Genomic Biology

Seminar/Symposium