Materials Research Laboratory

Monday, November 3, 2025

Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Seminar - Yves Kwan (Dallas), "Strongly-correlated topological phenomena in graphene multilayers"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

IQUIST Seminar: "The Quantum Intranet", Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Wolfgang Pfaff, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- Seminar/Symposium
Anthony J Leggett Institute for Condensed Matter Theory Special Seminar - Eytan Grosfeld (Ben Gurion University, Israel), "Shining Light on Bose-Hubbard Models: From Equilibrium Theory to Exotic Steady States"

12:00 - 1:00 pm

ESB Lab 3110
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Literature Seminar, MOF-based Photosensitizers as Nanoplatforms for Enhanced Photodynamic Therapy, Husna Azhakath Valappil

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium
Inorganic Literature Seminar, Revisiting Zintl Chemistry: The Contemporary Shape of a Traditional Field, Akra Ghosh

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

IQUIST Young Researchers Seminar: "Probing Quantum Devices with Scanning Resonators," Zhanzhi Jiang, Kou Group

11:00 - 11:50 am

190 Engineering Sciences Building, 1101 W Springfield Ave, Urbana, IL 61801

Speaker: Zhanzhi Jiang, Kou Group
- Seminar/Symposium
Prof. Peng Chen, Cornell University, "Single polymer growth dynamics at single-monomer resolution"

2:00 - 3:00 pm

Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102
- Seminar/Symposium
The Physics Colloquium "Quantum Voyages, Cosmic Journeys: Our Shared Stories" (2025 AIP Andrew Gemant Award)

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Loomis Lab 141
- Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, November 6, 2025

Mahima Rana CHEM 575 Seminar: "Engineered Virus-Like Particles (VLPs) for Efficient Delivery of Gene Editors"

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium
Nicholas Korosec CHEM 575 Seminar: "Small-Molecule Based Cellular Reprogramming to Control Stem Cell Fate"

12:00 pm

Noyes Lab, 505 S. Mathews Ave, 163 NL
- Seminar/Symposium
FINAL DEFENSE: Brittany Prempin "Secondary Structure Effects on Molecular Conductance of Peptoid Oligomers" Advisors: Jeffrey Moore and Charles Schroeder

1:30 pm

RAL 171
- Seminar/Symposium
Materials Literature Seminar, "Dynamic Covalent Chemistry in Polymer Science to Improve Recyclability for Plastics", Elizabeth Vrana

3:30 pm

Chem Annex 1024
- Seminar/Symposium

Friday, November 7, 2025

Condensed Matter Seminar - "Exploring Ultrafast Collective Dynamics of Emergent Materials"

1:00 pm

ESB 190
- Seminar/Symposium
STC-QCB / Biological Physics Seminar: Jeff Nivala (University of Washington) “TBA”

2:00 pm

3269 Beckman Institute (3rd floor tower room).
- Seminar/Symposium