Chemistry - Organic Chemistry Seminars

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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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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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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Angela Thomas, Final Defense, UIUC, "Exploiting Viral proteins for Directed Evolution Studies and Therapeutics"

Time: 9:00 am 9/18/2026
Location: Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S. Mathews Ave, 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Charlie Dixon, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

Time: 2:00 pm 11/4/2026
Location: Roger Adams Laboratory, 600 S. Mathews Ave, Room 419

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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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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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Thomas Trzupek, Final Defense, UIUC, "TBD"

Time: 2:00 pm 11/30/2026
Location: TBD

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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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Devon Fontaine, Final Defense, UIUC, "Title TBA"

Time: 12:00 pm 12/8/2026
Location: Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory, B102 Charles G. Miller Auditorium, 601 S. Goodwin, Urbana, IL

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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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Marvel & Voorhees Postdoc Symposium: speakers TBD

Time: 4:00 pm 3/1/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Fuson Student Talks: "Speakers TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 3/8/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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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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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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Genentech Lecture: Genentech rep: TBD, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:00 - 4:30 pm 4/12/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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Genentech Lecture: Professor Takashi Ooi, Nagoya University, "Title: TBD"

Time: 4:30 pm 4/12/2027
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

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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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