College of LAS: For Faculty & Staff

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- 2:00 pm
  11/1/2022
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Delia Milliron, The University of Texas at Austin (Diao), "Switchable Optical Materials from Metal Oxide Nanocrystals"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
  11/1/2022
- Chem Annex 1024
Chem 515 Literature Seminars: Shounak Nath, UIUC "The Family of Phosphatetrahedranes" and Yusuff Moshood, UIUC, "Quadruple Bonds Involving Main Group Elements"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:45 pm
  11/1/2022
- Kaler Classroon, Astronomy Building
Astronomy Colloquium "The Supermassive Black Hole - Galaxy Connection"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/1/2022
- RAL 116
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Jamie Berry, "Iridium Catalyzed C-H Borylation"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/1/2022
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Student Seminar: Isabelle Lakis/Whitaker Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:55 pm
  11/1/2022
Deadline: Career Diversity Workshop

HWW’s Career Diversity Summer workshop is a 2-week, immersive career diversity experience for 20 PhD students in the humanities. The workshop provides tools, values exercises, and space for individuals to imagine their professional futures.
- Other
- 12:00 pm
  11/2/2022
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Dr. Jayakrishnan Nandakumar, University of Michigan

Dr. Jayakrishnan Nandakumar, University of Michigan: "The story of human telomerase recruitment to the telomere: from the beginning to the end"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 - 5:00 pm
  11/2/2022
Faculty Meeting
- Meeting
- 11:00 am
  11/3/2022
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Deniz Atasoy, University of Iowa " Role of medial hypothalamic opioid signaling in appetite regulation"

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Pharmacology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
  11/3/2022
- 163 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Riley Carter, UIUC, "Going with the Grain: Bringing N2 Fixation to Cereals"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
  11/3/2022
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Emily Pentzer, Texas A&M University (Rogers), "Interfacial Polymerizations in Pickering Emulsions to Architect Hybrid Materials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
  11/3/2022
- Chem Annex 1024
Chem 585 Literature Seminar: Brittany Prempin, UIUC, "Synthetic Polymers Digital Polymers for Data Storage Applications" and Seth Croslow, UIUC, "Magnetically Controllable Microrobots for Targeted Cell Delivery"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
  11/3/2022
- Chem Annex 1024
Chem 585 Literature Seminar: Brittany Prempin, UIUC, "Synthetic Polymers Digital Polymers for Data Storage Applications" and Seth Croslow, UIUC, "Magnetically Controllable Microbots for Targeted Cell Delivery"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
  11/3/2022
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Marvin Whiteley, Georgia Institute of Technology -- "Using bacterial human infection transcriptomes to guide pre-clinical model development"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/3/2022
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 422
Medical Humanities Lecture: "Translational Humanities for the Next Pandemic"

Drawing from her research on hundreds on translational humanities responses to the pandemic from dozens of countries around the world, Professor Ostherr will offer new methods for addressing human health grounded in cultural and historical context.
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
  11/3/2022
- 116 RAL
Dr. Andrew Zahrt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Reinventing Discovery and Optimization in Synthetic Organic Chemistry Using Data Science, Automated Experimentation, and Applied Quantum Chemistry"
- Lecture
- 4:00 pm
  11/4/2022
- 116 RAL
Mr. Abdur-Rahman (AR) Siddiqui, UIUC Title: Recycling and Repurposing Optical Drives for Scientific Applications
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/4/2022
- 116 RAL
Ms. Yanqi Tan, UIUC Title: Nanopore long-read sequencing: A comprehensive insight into cancer genomes
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:30 pm
  11/4/2022
- Levis Faculty Center, first floor
HRI Graduate Student Social

Graduate students in the humanities, arts and related fields: you are cordially invited to join us for a casual, relaxed gathering on the first floor of Levis Faculty Center!
- Social/Informal Event
- All Day
  11/5/2022
- Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference
- Conference/Workshop
- 10:00 - 11:00 am
  11/7/2022
- 311 GH
Graduate Student Financial Aid Workshop
- Informational
- 3:00 pm
  11/8/2022
- B124 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
Mingkuan Lyu, UIUC, Final Defense, "Methods and Applications of Using DNA-Cleaving DNAzymes to Cleave Double-Stranded DNA”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
  11/8/2022
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Nate Szymczak, University of Michigan, "Moving Beyond the Metal: Assisted Small Molecule Activation" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
  11/9/2022
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Career Development Seminar - Dr. Evangeline Pianfetti, Illinois Extension, College of ACES, UIUC

"Illini Science Policy Program: Using your knowledge and expertise at the intersection of policy and public service," Dr. Evangeline Pianfetti, UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
  11/9/2022
- CLSL B102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Matthew Cloyd, UIUC, "Utilizing Near-Infrared Light Quantum Effects to Measure the Fingerprint Mid-Infrared Region"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
  11/9/2022
- CLSL B102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Romans Grant, UIUC, "Resolving the Structural Adaptation and Resulting Bioactivity Challenge of Cyclic Peptides by Multi-Scale Molecular Dynamics Methods"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 - 4:30 pm
  11/9/2022
- 1064 Lincoln Hall
Graduate Studies Committee Meeting
- Meeting
- 10:00 - 11:00 am
  11/10/2022
- 300C GH
Proseminar for First-Year students
- Meeting
- 11:00 am
  11/10/2022
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Hye Young Lee, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio "Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying FXS Pathophysiology and its Gene-Therapy Strategies"

Assistant Professor, Cellular & Integrative Physiology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
  11/10/2022
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Philippe Sautet, UCLA (Mironenko), "Evolution of Catalytic Active Sites During Reaction"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
  11/10/2022
- Chem Annex 1024
Brown University Chemistry’s Graduate Ambassador Award Lecture: Mr. Stephen Kocheril (BS, '16, UIUC Chemistry), Brown University: “Photoelectron Imaging of Laser Vaporized Cryogenically-Cooled Atomic Cluster Anions"

Alumnus Stephen Kocheril (BS, Chemistry, '16) is the recipient of Brown University Chemistry's Graduate Ambassador Award, which is given annually to graduate students who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and service. Reception immediately following in Chem Annex 1025.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  11/10/2022
- 319 GH
Graduate Student Financial Aid Workshop
- Informational
- 3:30 pm
  11/10/2022
- Chem Annex 1024
Chem 585 Literature Seminar: Kaitlyn Weigand, UIUC, "Recent Advances in Combining the Fields of Polymer Continuous Flow and Microwave-Assisted Chemistry" and Heryn Wang, UIUC, "Bio-inorganic Hybrid Material for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/10/2022
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Professor Zachary K. Wickens, University of Wisconsin, Madison, "Selective Synthesis Using Light and Electricity"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
  11/10/2022
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. David Baltrus, University of Arizona -- "Developing phage-derived bacteriocins as strain specific agricultural antibacterials"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 6:00 - 7:00 pm
  11/10/2022
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 208
Kyriakos Efthymiou Reads Constantine P. Cavafy (and his own poetry)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
  11/11/2022
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
CANCELLED - Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Leifu Chang (Purdue University), "Structure and mechanism of type V CRISPR-Cas12 effectors"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  11/11/2022
- Lucy Ellis Lounge
Dr. Evan Dutmer Colloquium
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm
  11/11/2022
- Beckman 4269 4th Floor Tower Room
FINAL DEFENSE, Katherine Stawiasz, UIUC, "Thermoset Materials Fabricated via Frontal Polymerization: Material Properties and Photoinitiation Approaches", Advisor: Jeffrey Moore
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/11/2022
- 116 RAL
Ms. Alexis Miller, UIUC Title: Energy-efficient Advancements in Smart Windows
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/11/2022
- 116 RAL
Mr. Amos Shiau, UIUC Title: Microanalytical Techniques: Applications In Nuclear Forensics
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/14/2022
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture, 3M rep: Dr. Mike Wendland, "Porous Materials Research in the Modern Business World: Application Driven Materials Development"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 5:00 pm
  11/14/2022
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
3M Lecture, Professor Oren Scherman, University of Cambridge, "Dynamic Supramolecular Materials: Imparting Function through Molecular Level Understanding"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
  11/15/2022
- Chem Annex 1024
Chem 515 Literature Seminar: Alyssa Mohr "CO2 Fixation Using Aluminum Catalysts". and Tarek El Sayed "Pnictogens: Alternatives to Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling", UIUC
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:45 pm
  11/15/2022
- Kaler Classroon, Astronomy Building
Astronomy Colloquium - "The Impact of Supermassive Black Hole Feedback on Galaxy Evolution"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/15/2022
- 116 RAL
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Dylan Brandt, "Radically Rethinking Biocompatibility: Radical Polymerizations in Living Systems"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/15/2022
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Student Seminar: Joel Rivera Cardona/Brooke Lab and Laura Suttenfield/Whitaker Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/15/2022
- TBD
REEEC New Directions Lecture: Alena Levina and Anna Shulik
- Lecture
- 11:55 pm
  11/15/2022
Deadline: Grand Research Challenge Application

The Humanities Without Walls Grand Research Challenge (GRC) funds collaborative and interdisciplinary humanities research projects that demonstrate a commitment to methodologies of reciprocity and redistribution.
- Other
- 12:00 pm
  11/16/2022
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: CDB Early Career inclusive Excellence - Dr. Alice Accorsi, Stowers Institute for Medical Research

"Pomacea canaliculata: a new organism to study camera-type eye regeneration", Dr. Alice Accorsi, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 - 12:45 pm
  11/16/2022
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 210
The Seven Wonders Project: From Page to Digital Book
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
  11/16/2022
- CLSL B102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Brandon Rasmussen, UIUC, "Supercharged!: Advances in Superabsorbance for the Development of Quantum Batteries"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
  11/16/2022
- CLSL B102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Laura Smith, UIUC, "X-Ray Vision: Seeing Art in a New Light"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm
  11/16/2022
- CLSL B102
CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Sreelekshmi Venu UIUC, "Super Resolution Microscopy for the Study of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/16/2022
- 105 Gregory Hall
Fall 2022 History Undergraduate Showcase
- Meeting
- 11:00 am
  11/17/2022
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSL
Dr. Kristy Brown, Weill Cornell Medical College "Obesity and Breast Cancer: Novel insights from BRCA mutation carriers"

Associate Professor, Biochemistry in Medicine
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
  11/17/2022
- 163 Noyes Lab
CHEM 575 Literature Seminar: Daniel Greenan, UIUC, "Probing the Mechanism of Age-Related Muscle Atrophy with Small Molecules"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm
  11/17/2022
- Chem Annex 1024
Chem 585 Literature Seminar: Autumn Cook, UIUC, "Incorporating Nanomaterials into Masks to Better Protect Against Covid-19": Brittany Prempin, UIUC, "Synthetic Polymers Digital Polymers for Data Storage Applications": Seth Putnam, UIUC, "Tuning Interfacial Chemistry of 2D Materials through Twist Angle: The Quest for the Magic Angles"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
  11/17/2022
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Jolene Ramsey, Texas A&M University -- "A bacteriophage-encoded antimicrobial peptide is essential for host cell lysis""
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
  11/18/2022
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical and Life Science Laboratory
Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Timothy A. Ryan (Weill Cornell Medicine), "The synaptic energy crisis & ways to confer synaptic resilience"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/18/2022
- 116 RAL
Ms. Kerui (Kerry) Xu, UIUC Title: Applications of Expansion Microscopy in Brain Tissue Imaging
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5:00 pm
  11/22/2022
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Seminar: Dr. Seema Lakdawala, University of Pittsburgh -- "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 9:00 am
  11/29/2022
- 171 Roger Adams Laboratory
Ms. Yuanya Zhao, UIUC Final Defense: Optimizing selectivity and activity in heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis for chemical production
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm
  11/29/2022
- 306 Coble Hall (801 S. Wright St., Champaign, IL 61820)
REEEC Noontime Scholars Lecture: Ailuna Utegenova, "Eurasian Integration After Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Kazakhstan's Policy"
- Lecture
- 3:30 pm
  11/29/2022
- Chem Annex 1024
Professor Leslie Murray, University of Florida, "Weak-Field Ligated Polynuclear Metal Assemblies as Sites for Small Molecule Activation" (I)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:45 pm
  11/29/2022
- Kaler Classroon, Astronomy Building
Astronomy Colloquium - "Multi-Messenger Diagnostics of the Supernova Engine"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/29/2022
- 116 Roger Adams Laboratory
CHEM 535 Literature Seminar: Kyle Abo, "A Tale of Two Stereoisomers: Thianthrene-Mediated Allylic Amination"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/29/2022
- Charles Miller Auditorium, B102 Chemical & Life Sciences Laboratory Building, Urbana, IL
Microbiology Student Seminar: Yutong "Gloria" Hou/Vanderpool Lab and Ivan Sosa Marquez/Heath Lab
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm
  11/29/2022
- Levis Faculty Center, Room 304
Info Session | Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Public Humanities

Learn more about the Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Public Humanities, which is open to PhD and MFA students enrolled in humanities or arts terminal degree programs—including the humanities-inflected social sciences—from the Urbana-Champaign campus. This information session is appropriate for both interested graduate students and potential faculty mentors.
- Informational
- 12:00 pm
  11/30/2022
- Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL
Cell and Developmental Biology Seminar: Career Development Seminar - Dr. Luis Mejia, Nature Neuroscience

"What a journal editor does: the job and the publishing process," Dr. Luis Mejia, Nature Neuroscience
- Seminar/Symposium