Seminars of Interest

FINAL DEFENSE: Armando Santiago Carboney "Investigating the Composition, Electrochemical Performance, and Dynamics of Redox-Active Microemulsions" Advisor: Professor Joaquin Rodriguez-Lopez

Time: 9:00 am 8/10/2026
Location: 165 Noyes Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Final Defense of Darien Raymond "ELECTRIFYING CHEMICAL PROCESSES: ADVANCING CRITICAL ELEMENT RECOVERY AND WATER ELECTROLYSIS""

Time: 1:00 pm 8/10/2026
Location: 2045 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

Seminar/Symposium

Christopher Rakowski, UIUC, Final Defense, "Deuteration Attenuates Higher-Order Aggregation of Iron-Mobilizing Small Molecules"

Time: 2:30 pm 8/10/2026
Location: Chemistry Annex, 601 S Mathews Ave, Urbana, IL, Room 1024

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FINAL DEFENSE: Tarek El Sayed, "Ligand Design for Metal-Based Imaging Agents: Mn²⁺ MRI Contrast Agents and Cu-Based PET Radiopharmaceuticals for Neurodegenerative Disease Application”. Advisor: Professor Liviu Mirica

Time: 2:30 pm 8/10/2026
Location: 2079 Natural History Building

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FINAL DEFENSE: Shounak Nath, "C1 Chemistry at Nickel: Model Complexes for Bioinspired and Oxidative Transformations". Advisor: Professor Liviu Mirica

Time: 12:00 pm 8/13/2026
Location: 116 RAL

Ceremony/Service

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

Seminar/Symposium

Final Defense of Changhyun Hwang, "TBD"

Time: 2:00 pm 8/19/2026
Location: 2045 Sidney Lu Mechanical Engineering Building

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

ACS Chicago - Chemistry at Illinois Alumni & Friends Reception

Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm 8/23/2026
Location: Chicago (see registration link for location)

Please join us for a networking reception in conjunction with the ACS National Meeting in Chicago

Reception/Open House

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

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

Seminar/Symposium

Jessica Derham - (Kalsotra Lab) - "Dynamic Expression of a Splicing Factor Promotes Cell Migration and Proliferation Following Drug-Induced, Acute Liver Injury".

Time: 4:00 pm 9/2/2026
Location: 116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

Abigail Spaulding (Shapiro Lab) - "Chemotherapy-induced cell stress facilitates NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity of breast cancer cells”

Time: 4:30 pm 9/2/2026
Location: 116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Professor Mei Shen, UIUC, TBD

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

Seminar/Symposium

Tenure Talk: Professor Mei Shen, "TBA"

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

Seminar/Symposium

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Chang Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Mechanism, Structure and Inhibitor Design of Human Ribonucleotide Reductase"

Time: 12:00 pm 9/4/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Qian Chen, University of Illinois

Time: 3:30 pm 9/10/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang (UT Southwestern Medical Center) - "Phospho-BRD4 IDR-Targeting Compounds as Antiviral and Anticancer Agents"

Time: 12:00 pm 9/11/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

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

Seminar/Symposium

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/14/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

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

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Seminar on Seminars, Professor Kenneth Suslick, University of Illinois

Time: 3:30 pm 9/15/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

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

Seminar/Symposium

C.S. Marvel Lecture: Professor Melanie Sanford, University of Michigan, "Title TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/15/2026
Location: 116 Roger Adams Lab

Seminar/Symposium

Final Defense of Genesis Rios-Adorno "TBA"

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Hong Jin (Univeristy of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "Translation beyond Initiation, Elongation and Termination"

Time: 12:00 pm 9/18/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Time: 3:30 pm 9/22/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

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

Seminar/Symposium

Emma Thames (Stadtmueller Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 9/23/2026
Location: 116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Chemistry at Illinois Alumni Dinner

Time: 5:00 - 8:00 pm Central Time 9/24/2026
Location: Lincoln Park Zoo

Ceremony/Service

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. C. Shan Xu (Yale) - "Enhanced FIB-SEM: A High-Resolution 3D Imaging Platform for Biology"

Time: 12:00 pm 9/25/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

Prof. Lauren Rajakovich, University of Washington, "Title: TBD"

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

Seminar/Symposium

Prof. Martin Mosquera, Montana State University, TBD

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Yan Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) - "TBA"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/2/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Alumni and Graduate Awards

Time: 4:30 pm 10/2/2026
Location: Levis Faculty Center, Room 300

Ceremony/Service

ChBE Homecoming Tailgate

Time: All Day 10/3/2026
Location: Gies Memorial Stadium and surrounding area

Sporting Event

Chemistry Tailgate at Illinois Homecoming!

Time: All Day 10/3/2026
Location: Grange Grove

Social/Informal Event

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

Seminar/Symposium

'Fola Adesanya (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/7/2026
Location: 116 RAL

Ceremony/Service

Diptatanu Das (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:30 pm 10/7/2026
Location: Roger Adams Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Symposium: Kyle Lancaster, Cornell University, "TBD"

Time: 1:30 10/9/2026
Location: B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Neal Devaraj, University of California, San Diego, "TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/12/2026
Location: RAL 116

Seminar/Symposium

Prof. Yelena Simine, McGill University, TBD

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

Seminar/Symposium

Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Matthew Becker, Duke University

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

Seminar/Symposium

Materials Seminar, TBD, Professor Matthew Becker, Duke University

Time: 3:30 pm 10/15/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Sam Sternberg (Columbia University) - "RNA-guided and RNA-templated antiviral immunity"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/16/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

BMS Lecture: BMS rep: TBD

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

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

Seminar/Symposium

Inorganic Seminar, TBD, Professor Josh Buss, University of Michigan

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

Seminar/Symposium

Prof. Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University, TBD

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

Seminar/Symposium

Qianjin Jiang (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/21/2026
Location: Roger Adams Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Time: 3:30 pm 10/27/2026

Seminar/Symposium

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

Time: 3:30 pm 10/27/2026
Location: Chem Annex 1024

Seminar/Symposium

Prof. Saumya Saurabh, New York University, TBD

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

Seminar/Symposium

Sam Belsky (Jin Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 10/28/2026
Location: Roger Adams Laboratory

Seminar/Symposium

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Tom Cooper (Baylor College of Medicine) - "Mechanistic insights of RNA toxicity and disrupted RNA processing from modeling Myotonic Dystrophy in mice"

Time: 12:00 pm 10/30/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

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

Time: 3:30 pm 11/2/2026
Location: TBD

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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: B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Subhashis Natua (Kalsotra Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/4/2026
Location: 116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

Seung Jun Lee (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:30 pm 11/4/2026
Location: 116 RAL

Seminar/Symposium

Ada Doisy Lectures in Biochemistry: Dr. Andrew Dillin (University of California Berkeley ) - "TBA"

Time: 3:30 pm 11/5/2026
Location: 180 Bevier Hall

Seminar/Symposium

Faculty Research Webinar – Prof. Liviu Mirica

Time: 5:30 - 6:30 pm Central Time 11/5/2026

Lecture

Ada Doisy Lectures in Biochemistry: Dr. Navdeep Chandel (Northwestern University) - " Mitochondrial signaling in physiology and disease"

Time: 12:00 pm 11/6/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

38th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference

Time: 8:00 am 11/7/2026
Location: Allerton Park, Monticello, IL

Conference/Workshop

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Biochemistry Seminar: Dr. Lucas Meirelles (Harvard/Mass General) - "Dynamic Host-Pathogen Co-Adaptation in Chronic Airway Infections”

Time: 12:00 pm 11/13/2026
Location: Charles G. Miller Auditorium, B102 CLSL

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Xinyi Dai (Shapiro Lab) - "TBA"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/18/2026

Seminar/Symposium

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

Seminar/Symposium

Chemistry-Biology Interface Training Program Seminar: Andrew Haak, Mayo Clinic, "TBD"

Time: 4:00 pm 11/19/2026
Location: RAL 116

Seminar/Symposium

Professor Yangguang Ou, University of Vermont, Analytical Seminar

Time: 4:00 pm 11/20/2026
Location: RAL 116

Ceremony/Service