Research Seminars @ Illinois

Tailored for undergraduate researchers, this calendar is a curated list of research seminars at the University of Illinois. Explore the diverse world of research and expand your knowledge through engaging sessions designed to inspire and enlighten.

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- 11:00 am 5/19/2025
- Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory Room 1311
PhD Final Defense – Ayush Pandey
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am 5/20/2025
- CSL-B02
A Stability-Theory Perspective into Accelerated Optimization
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 - 4:00 pm 5/20/2025
- 2100 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building, 206 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
NPRE Special Seminar Series - Alan Durif

Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 5/29/2025
- 171 Roger Adams Lab
Casey Olen, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:30 pm 5/30/2025
- 1002 Lincoln Hall
Joenisse Rosado-Rosa, UIUC, Final Defense, "Metabolomic Insights Into Pseudomonas aeruginosa Behavior, Secretome, and Biofilm Development Using Mass Spectrometry Imaging"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 5/30/2025
- RAL 116
"Electrocatalysis in environmental management: Tuning the interface to achieve reaction selectivity", Professor Carlos M. Sánchez-Sánchez, Sorbonne Université
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm 6/3/2025
- RAL 419
"Probing Functionalized Interfaces for Carbon Capture Using Spectroelectrochemistry", Abdur-Rahman Siddiqui, Final Defense
- Seminar/Symposium
- 11:00 am 6/5/2025
- 1024 Chemistry Annex
Joe Forzano, UIUC, Final Defense, "Development of ALDH1A1-Activated Photosensitizers for Targeted Photodynamic Therapy"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:30 pm 6/5/2025
- 307 Gregory Hall
FINAL DEFENSE, James Griebler, "Novel Understandings of Yielding in Soft Materials Through Recovery Rheology Techniques""
- Seminar/Symposium
- 1:00 pm 6/12/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
FINAL DEFENSE, Rachel Gaines "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 - 3:00 pm 6/13/2025
- 3217 Everitt Laboratory, 1406 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801
NPRE Special Seminar Series - Ferry Roelofs

Lectures and discussions on current work in research and development in nuclear engineering and related fields by staff, advanced students, and visiting speakers.
- Seminar/Symposium
- 9:00 am 6/18/2025
- 419 RAL (Rose Room)
Final Defense: Arthur Zou (Leckband Lab) - "Epidermal growth factor receptor is an essential component in E-cadherin force-transduction complexes"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 3:00 pm 7/1/2025
- 419 Roger Adams Lab
Sungjong Lee, UIUC, Final Defense, "Title TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 10:00 am 1:00 pm 8/12/2025
- 116 RAL
FINAL DEFENSE, Riccardo Candeago, "TBA"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 8/28/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Tenure Seminar: Prof. Angad Mehta, UIUC, "Synthetic Biology for Evolutionary Studies and Human Health"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm 9/3/2025
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
The Unofficial ZEN Blue Player's Guide: Advanced Tricks and Secrets

"The Unofficial ZEN Blue Player's Guide: Advanced Tricks and Secrets" Matt Curtis, Product Application Sales Specialist
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 9/4/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ryan Poling-Skutvik, University of Rhode Island (host: Simon Rogers)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 9/11/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Joao Soares, University of Alberta (host: Baron Peters)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 9/18/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Daeyeon Lee, University of Pennsylvania (host: Joon Kong)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm 9/24/2025
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Dissecting sub-millisecond stepping dynamics of dynein with MINFLUX

"Dissecting sub-millisecond stepping dynamics of dynein with MINFLUX" Joseph Slivka, PhD Candidate, Yildiz & Limmer Group - Physics, University of California, Berkley
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 9/30/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jeffrey Lopez, Northwestern University (host: Theresa Schoetz)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 10/2/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Karthik Shekhar, University of California, Berkeley (host: Diwakar Shukla)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 10/7/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Shailendra Bordawekar, AbbVie (host: Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 12:00 pm 10/8/2025
- 612 Conference Center Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
Lunch with the Core: An Introduction to the LSM 980

"An Introduction to the LSM 980" Umnia Doha, Research Scientist,Core Facilities Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 10/9/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Erin Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology (host: Ying Diao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 10/23/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Nitash Balsara, University of California, Berkeley (host: Damien Guironnet)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 10/28/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley (host: Deborah Leckband)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 4:00 pm 11/10/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
Kenneth L. Rinehart Lecture in Chemical Biology: Professor Jeffery W. Kelly, Scripps Research Institute, "Title: TBD"
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 11/11/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Justin Notestein, Northwestern University, (co-hosts: Chris Rao, Paul Kenis)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 11/13/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Jovan Kamcev, University of Michigan (host: Xiao Su)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 12/4/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Mark Blenner, University of Delaware (host: Chris Rao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 12/9/2025
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Brandon DeKosky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (host: Huimin Zhao)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 2/19/2026
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Wenlin Zhang, Dartmouth College (host: Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium
- 9:00 am - 5:30 pm 3/6/2026
- TBD
Unit for Criticism Symposium on “Technocracy”
- Seminar/Symposium
- 2:00 pm 3/12/2026
- 116 Roger Adams Lab
CHBE 565-International Paper Co Seminar-Prof. Hee Jeung Oh, Penn State University (host: Charles Sing)
- Seminar/Symposium