Seminars of Interest - School of Chemical Sciences for Digital Signage

Final Defense of Changhyun Hwang, "Autonomous experimentation for AI-driven discovery of functional molecules""

Time: 2:00 pm 8/18/2026
Location: 2045 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

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Final Defense of Tiara Torres-Flores, "Iterative Synthesis of Precise Conjugated Oligomers for Understanding Assembly and Photostability"

Time: 10:00 am 8/19/2026
Location: 3269 Beckman

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Final Defense of Song Yin, "Integrating Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Machine Learning for Mechanistic Understanding and Rational Design"

Time: 1:00 pm 8/20/2026
Location: TBD

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Fuson Student Talks: Morgan Gugger, UIUC, "Development of a Sulfa Drug/DHFR Inhibitor Combination for Pseudomonas aeruginosa"; Faith Kern, UIUC, "Pendant Activation: Governed by Interactions Between Mechanophores and Glassy Polymer Networks", Dongchen Ouyang, UIUC, "Chemoinformatic Optimization of the Copper-Bis(Oxazoline)-Catalyzed, Enantioselective Synthesis of Saturated N-Heterocycles"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/1/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Prof. Nick Jackson, UIUC, "AI-Driven Quantum Mechanical Design of Soft Materials"

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9/2/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Varong Pavarajarn, Chulalongkorn University (Host: Prof. Chris Rao) "When Industry Asks "How?", Scientists Ask "Why?": Molecular Interactions Behind Carbon Capture and Surface-Controlled Chemical Transformations"

Time: 2:00 pm 9/3/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

Time: 3:30 pm 9/3/2026
Location: 1024 Chem Annex

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. David Gracias, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Prof. Hyun Joon Kong) "Physical Intelligence at the Interface of Biology and Engineering"

Time: 2:00 pm 9/10/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Materials Seminar, "Electron Videography of Soft, Biological, and Energy Matter at the Nanoscale", Professor Qian Chen, University of Illinois

Time: 3:30 pm 9/10/2026
Location: 1024 CHEM ANNEX

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C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "New Synthetic Methods for C–F Bond Formation: From Fundamental Science to Applications"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/14/2026
Location: Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

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Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

Time: 3:30 pm 9/15/2026
Location: 1024 CHEM ANNEX

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C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalytic Relevance of High Valent Transition Metal Organometallic Complexes"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/15/2026
Location: Roger Adams Lab, 600 S Mathews Ave, Room 116

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Final Defense of Genesis Rios-Adorno "TBA"

Time: 10:00 am 9/16/2026
Location: 3217 Everitt Lab

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Prof. Dayne Swearer, Northwestern University, "Catalytic Chemistry Far from Equilibrium"

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9/16/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Janani Sampath, University of Florida (Host: Prof. Charles Sing)

Time: 2:00 pm 9/17/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Angela Thomas, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

Time: 9:00 am 9/18/2026
Location: Roger Adams Labortatory, 600 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL, Room 419

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R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Harnessing Non-covalent Interactions to Address Selectivity Challenges in Transition Metal Catalysis"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/21/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Parr Lecture in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. Yong Wang, Washington State University (host: Prof. Chris Rao/CHBE) "From Catalytic Insights to Transformative Technologies"

Time: 2:00 pm 9/22/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Marie Christine Daniel, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Time: 3:30 pm 9/22/2026
Location: Chemistry Annex

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R.C. Fuson Lecture: Professor Robert J. Phipps, University of Cambridge, "Harnessing Non-covalent Interactions to Address Selectivity Challenges in Radical Chemistry"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/22/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Prof. Hsing-Ta Chen, University of Notre Dame, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9/23/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenyu Huang, Iowa State University (Host: Prof. Hong Yang)

Time: 2:00 pm 9/24/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Kyle Abo, UIUC, Final Defense, "Chemical Synthesis Towards the Development of Novel Anticancer Compounds Derived from Natural Products and Existing Drugs"

Time: 3:00 pm 9/25/2026
Location: B102 CLSL

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Prof. Lauren Rajakovich, University of Washington, "Microbial Chemistry in Anoxic Host Environments"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/28/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Ashley Hartwig CHEM 535 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/29/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

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Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, "Theory of Extended Bose-Hubbard Systems and Two-Dimensional Materials"

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 9/30/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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Erin Swanson CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/1/2026
Location: 163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

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Krishna Bharadwaj CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/1/2026
Location: 163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sapna Sarupria, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Baron Peters) "Molecular Design of Excipient Formulations for Stable Biologics"

Time: 2:00 pm 10/1/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon C. Bukowski, Johns Hopkins University (Host: Elizabeth Bickel Rogers)

Time: 2:00 pm 10/6/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Erika Huang CHEM 535 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/6/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hongliang Xin, Virginia Tech (Host: Prof. Alex Mironenko)

Time: 2:00 pm 10/8/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Kelsey Hatzell, Princeton University (Host: Prof. Theresa Schoetz)

Time: 2:00 pm 10/8/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Balthazor-Senter Symposium of Frontiers in Organic Chemistry - Speakers: Prof. Connor Coley (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Prof. Betsy Parkinson (Purdue University), Prof. Kevin Brown (Indiana University), Prof. Quentin Michaudel (Texas A&M), Prof. Tianning Diao (New York University).

Time: 8:00 am - 5:30 pm 10/10/2026
Location: Beckman Institute

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Sal Shin CHEM 535 Seminar " Title TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/13/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

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Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/14/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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Giuliana Judge CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/15/2026
Location: 163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

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Sneha Jayaram CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/15/2026
Location: 163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

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Inorganic Seminar, 'Molecular Strategies for Assembling and Disassembling Polymer Networks and using them in Medical Devices', Professor Matthew Becker, Duke University

Time: 3:30 pm 10/15/2026
Location: 1024 CHEM ANNEX

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BMS Lecture: BMS rep: TBD

Time: 4:00 - 4:30 pm 10/19/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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BMS Lecture: Professor Thomas Maimone, University of California, Berkeley, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:30 pm 10/19/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Inorganic Seminar, 'Cartography with Clusters: Mapping Surface Science Mechanisms with Atomic Precision', Professor Josh Buss, University of Michigan

Time: 3:30 pm 10/20/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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Joshua Pack CHEM 535 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/20/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

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Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/21/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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Hannah King CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/22/2026
Location: 163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

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Shuaiqi Yuan CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/22/2026
Location: 163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

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2026 Distinguished Lecture in Inorganic Chemistry, Professor Polly Arnold, University of California Berkley, TBD

Time: 3:30 pm 10/22/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California Berkeley, (Host: Prof. Deborah Leckband)

Time: 2:00 pm 10/27/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Timothy Johstone, University of California Santa Cruz

Time: 3:30 pm 10/27/2026

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Aiden Parente CHEM 535 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/27/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

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Prof. Saumya Saurabh, New York University, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 10/28/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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Danielle Otero CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/29/2026
Location: 163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

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Kellen Sharpe CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/29/2026
Location: 163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

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Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

Time: 5:00 pm 11/2/2026
Location: CLSL B102

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Sujit Datta, California Institute of Technology (Host: Prof. Ying Diao)

Time: 2:00 pm
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Inorganic Seminar, 2026 John C. Bailar, Jr. Lecture: TBD, Professor Alison Butler, University of California Santa Barbara

Time: 3:30 pm 11/3/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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Natalie Shkolnik CHEM 575 Seminar: "Title TBD"

Time: 12:00 pm 11/5/2026
Location: 163 Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave.

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Sophie Mazure CHEM 535 Seminar "Title TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/5/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

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Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology, Professor Christopher J. Chang, Princeton University, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/9/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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2026 Emerging Leader in Inorganic Chemistry Speaker/ACS DIC John C. Bailar Coordination Chemistry Award, TBD, Professor Henry La Pierre, Georgia Tech University

Time: 3:30 pm 11/10/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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Paige Drury CHEM 535 Seminar "Title TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/10/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

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CHBE 565-Thomas J. Hanratty Lecture, Prof. Timothy P. Lodge, University of Minnesota (Host: Prof. Alexa Kuenstler)

Time: 2:00 pm 11/17/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Amanda Marciel, Rice University (Host: Prof. Simon Rogers)

Time: 2:00 pm 11/19/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

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Parker Kintigh CHEM 535 Seminar "Title TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 12/1/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

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Cyrus Chen CHEM 535 Seminar "Title TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 12/8/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews Ave.

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Organic Syntheses Lecture: Professor Dirk Trauner, University of Pennsylvania, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 1/21/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Amgen Lecture: Amgen rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 - 4:30 pm 2/4/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Amgen Lecture w/Professor Huw M. L. Davies, Emory University, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:30 - 5:30 pm 2/4/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Prof. Renee Frontiera, University of Minnesota, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 2:30 pm 2/17/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Felix Castellano, North Carolina State University

Time: 3:30 pm 3/9/2027
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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Prof. Matthew Crane, Colorado School of Mines, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3/10/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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3M Lecture: 3M rep: TBD

Time: 4:00 - 4:30 pm 3/29/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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3M Lecture: Professor Stuart Rowan, University of Chicago, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:30 - 5:30 pm 3/29/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Samantha Yruegas, Rice University

Time: 3:30 pm 3/30/2027
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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Prof. Teresa Head-Gordon, University of California Berkeley, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 3/31/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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Lilly Lecture: Lilly rep: TBD: "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 - 4:30 pm 4/5/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Lilly Lecture: Professor Thorsten Bach, Technical University of Munich, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:30 - 5:30 pm 4/5/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Prof. Allison Squires, University of Chicago, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 4/7/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Brandon Barnett, University of Rochester

Time: 3:30 pm 4/13/2027
Location: 1024 CHEM ANNEX

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Aldrich Lecture: Professor Mary Watson, University of Delaware, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 4/19/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Katlyn Meier, University of Miami

Time: 3:30 pm 4/20/2027
Location: Chem Annex 1024

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Prof. Haw Yang, Princeton University, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 5/5/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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Prof. Martin Zanni, University of Wisconsin Madison, TBD

Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm 5/12/2027
Location: CLSL B102

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