Urbana Campus Research Calendar (OVCRI)
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10:00 am 2/10/2026Transportation Building 204 -
11:00 am 2/10/2026Transportation Building 204 -
2:00 - 2:50 pm 2/10/20261028 Lincoln HallGuodong Pang (Rice) will talk about stochastic epidemic models.
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3:00 - 3:50 pm 2/10/20261028 Lincoln HallGuodong Pang (Rice) will talk about "Ergodic risk-sensitive control of diffusions."
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3:00 pm 2/10/20261005 Forbes Natural History Building, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign -
4:00 - 4:50 pm 2/10/20264025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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11:00 - 11:50 am 2/11/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Yuntao Guan, Bradlyn Group
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/11/2026W109 - Turner Hall -
12:00 - 12:50 pm 2/11/2026Everitt 2310 -
4:00 pm 2/11/2026Carle's Mills Cancer Center, 3rd floor conference roomCarle's Suguna Pappu and Beckman's Deana McDonagh will present.
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11:00 am 2/12/2026Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
11:00 am 2/12/2026Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSLAssociate Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
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11:00 am - 12:15 pm 2/12/2026Room 4045, 614 E. Daniel Street & ZoomDashun Wang will present "Airplanes for the mind" as part of the AImpact Speaker Series.
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 2/12/2026ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866 -
10:00 - 10:50 am 2/13/2026Newmark Lab - Yeh Center Rm 2311Coral larval settlement is a critical factor in reef restoration strategies. However, it is also a highly selective process governed by the integration of multiple environmental cues. Identifying and controlling these cues will help to maximize restoration outcomes in degraded coral reef ecosystems.
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1:00 - 2:00 pm 2/13/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Sam Garratt, Associate Research Scholar, Princeton University
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1:00 - 5:00 pm 2/13/2026Levis Faculty Center, Room 210, 919 W. Illinois St -
3:00 pm 2/13/2026W-109 Turner Hall -
4:00 - 5:00 pm 2/13/2026Siebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 2405 -
1:00 pm 2/16/2026Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
5:00 pm 2/16/2026Coble Hall -
11:00 am 2/17/2026Transportation Building 204 -
12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/17/20263269 Beckman InstituteCutler Phillippe will present on Analysis of Parachute Microstructural Strains in 3D with Micro-Computed Tomography and Image Segmentation
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12:00 pm 2/17/2026612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyAdam Arkin, PHD Dean A. Richard Newton Memorial Professor of Bioengineering University of California, Berkeley "Engineering Microbial Systems for Transformation, Protection, and Function Across Extreme Environment"
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3:00 pm 2/17/2026Forbes Natural History Building -
4:00 - 4:50 pm 2/17/20264025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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11:00 - 11:50 am 2/18/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Sarah Hagen, Chitambar Group
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12:00 pm 2/18/2026612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology“Single-Molecule Spatial Organization and Dynamics of Nuclear Speckle Components Revealed by MINFLUX Nanoscopy” Minxue Liu, PhD Candidate – Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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12:00 - 12:50 pm 2/18/2026Everitt 2310 -
12:30 pm 1:30 pm 2/19/2026Gregory Hall, Room 336 -
2:00 - 3:00 pm 2/19/2026ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866 -
11:00 am 2/20/2026Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
3:00 pm 2/20/2026W-109 Turner Hall -
1:00 pm 2/22/2026Riggs Beer Company, 1901 S High Cross Rd, Urbana, IL 61802Science on Tap is a monthly seminar series that brings scientists to the public to talk about their research in an informal setting.
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1:00 pm 2/23/2026Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
11:00 - 11:50 am 2/24/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Qian Xu, Sherman Fairchild Postdoctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology
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12:00 pm 2/24/2026612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyAngad Mehta, PhD Department of Chemistry; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Synthetic biology for evolutionary studies and human health"
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4:00 - 4:50 pm 2/24/20264025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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11:00 - 11:50 am 2/25/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Stephen Zhou, Leditzky Group
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 2/25/2026W109 - Turner Hall -
12:00 pm 2/25/2026612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology“Effect of PGC1α expression on mitochondrial biogenesis and pathogenesis in Fragile X syndrome” Vipendra Kumar Visiting Research Scientist, Prof. Nien-Pei Tsai’s lab Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois
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12:00 - 12:50 pm 2/25/2026Everitt 2310 -
11:00 am 2/26/2026Charles Miller Auditorium, B102, CLSLAssociate Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
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12:30 pm 1:30 pm 2/26/2026Siebel Center for Design- Sunset Studio 1050 -
12:30 pm 2/26/2026NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040 -
1:00 - 2:00 pm 2/26/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Ethan Lake, Miller Fellow, University of California - Berkeley
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11:00 am 2/27/2026Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
3:00 pm 2/27/2026W-109 Turner Hall -
3:00 pm 2/27/2026NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana IL 61801 Room 1040 -
1:00 pm 3/2/2026Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
11:00 - 11:50 am 3/3/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Rahul Trivedi, Research Group Leader, Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics
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12:00 pm 3/3/2026612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyShai Bel, PhD Azrieli Faculty of Medicine; Bar-Ilan University “Partners in Slime: Host-Microbiota Interactions in the Gut Mucus Layer”
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4:00 - 4:50 pm 3/3/20264025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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11:00 - 11:50 am 3/4/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Hannah Day, Pfaff Group
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12:00 pm 01:30 pm 3/4/2026Conference Room 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL -
All Day 3/5/2026 - 3/6/2026Siebel Center for DesignIn collaboration with The Grainger College of Engineering and Siebel Center for Design, the Human-Centered Engineering Consortium is hosting the first symposium on human-centered engineering. The symposium will bring together educators, practitioners and researchers from all engineering disciplines. Attendance is free and all are welcome! Come join us in the conversation.
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11:00 am - 12:15 pm 3/5/2026Room 4045, 614 E. Daniel Street & ZoomJoel Waldfogel will present "AI and the quantity and quality of creative products: have LLMs boosted creation of valuable books?" as part of the AImpact Speaker Series.
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12:30 pm 1:30 pm 3/5/2026Siebel Center for Design- Sunset Studio 1050 -
1:00 pm 3/5/2026TBDSpeaker: Lauren Childs (Virginia Tech)
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1:00 - 2:00 pm 3/5/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Hong-Ye Hu, Harvard Quantum Initiative (HQI) Fellow, Harvard University
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 3/5/2026ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866 -
11:00 am 3/6/2026Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
2:00 pm 3/6/2026Beckman 3269 (third floor tower room) -
3:00 pm 3/6/2026W-109 Turner Hall -
4:00 - 5:00 pm 3/6/2026Siebel School of Computing and Data Science Room 2405 -
1:00 pm 3/9/2026Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
4:00 - 4:50 pm 3/10/20264025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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11:00 - 11:50 am 3/11/2026190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801Speaker: Jared Gibson, Kou Group
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/11/2026W109 - Turner Hall -
12:00 pm 01:30 pm 3/11/2026Conference Room 1201 W. Nevada St., Urbana, IL -
4:00 pm 3/11/2026Carle's Mills Cancer Center, 3rd floor conference roomFull details coming soon
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2:00 - 3:00 pm 3/12/2026ICT, 1611 Titan Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866 -
11:00 am 3/13/2026Rhondale Tso Seminar Room, Loomis 236 -
3:00 pm 3/24/2026Forbes Natural History Building -
4:00 - 4:50 pm 3/24/20264025 Campus Instructional FacilityLectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
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12:00 - 1:00 pm 3/25/2026W109 - Turner Hall -
12:00 pm 3/25/2026612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic BiologyOraya Zinder, PhD Candidate Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois
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12:00 pm 01:30 pm 3/25/2026Room 210 – Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana, IL -
12:00 - 12:50 pm 3/25/2026Everitt 2310 -
12:30 pm 1:30 pm 3/26/2026Siebel Center for Design- Sunset Studio 1050 -
1:00 pm 3/26/2026161 Noyes HallSpeaker: Yue Liu (Purdue University)



