Seminars of Interest

Monday, March 30, 2020

• • 9:00 am
    

  Joe Nugent, UIUC, "Monoarylation of Ammonia Using Simple Nickel Salts and Dehydrogenation of Ammonia Borane with Cobalt Pincer Complexes" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 11:00 am
    

  Mr. Riley Svec, Final Defense, UIUC, "Development of Imidazotetrazines for the Treatment of Glioblastoma and as Synthetic Precursors to Diazo Species" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**Organic Student Selected Seminar: Prof. Donna Blackmond, Scripps Research Institute, "Models for the Origin of Biological Homochirality "

  • Lecture
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 99 Roger Adams Lab

  Ms. Marina C. Philip, UIUC Final Defense Title: "Hyphenation of Analytical Techniques to Single Cell Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • Via Zoom

  Mr. Yanhua Xu, Final Defense, UIUC, "Self-amplifying Degradable Polyurethanes and Their Application"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Laboratory

  CANCELLED: CHBE 565 Seminar, Prof. Pushkar Lele, Texas A&M University (host: Prof. Chris Rao), "The Bacterial Sense of Touch"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:00 pm
    
  • Via Zoom

  Ms. Hannah Huff, Final Defense, UIUC, "From Macromolecular Crowding to Transcriptional Regulation: Exploring the Complexities of Cytochrome P450s, Cannabinoids, and Inflammation" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 1024 Chem Annex

  CANCELLED: Professor David Powers, Texas A&M University, "Development of High-Valent Aerobic Oxidation Catalysis"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • via Zoom

  Ms. Annie Hooper, UIUC, "Enzymatic Catalysis in Total Synthesis"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • Via Zoom

  Mr. Krishna Anapindi, Final Defense, UIUC, "Liquid Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry Based Characterization Methods to Understand the Role of Neuropeptides in Various Physiological Conditions and Disease States"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:00 pm
    
  • B102

  CANCELLED Prof. Sara Mason, University of Iowa, "Designed Metal Release from Complex Metal Oxides"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, April 2, 2020

• • 9:30 am
    

  Junfeng Chen, UIUC, "Single-Chain Nanoparticle based Catalysts" *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 pm
    
  • 279 Davenport

  FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. Daniel Bregante, "Catalytic Consequences of Inner- and Outer-Sphere Interactions at the Solid-Liquid Interface in Zeolites"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 3:30 pm
    
  • 116 Roger Adams Lab

  **CANCELED**C.S. Marvel Postdoc Symposium: Speakers: Dr. Anastassia Matviitsuk, "Enantio- and Diastereoselective, Lewis Base-Catalyzed, Cascade Sulfenoacetalization of Alkenyl Aldehydes", Dr. Stephen Motika, "A Gram-Negative Antibiotic Active Through Inhibition of an Essential Riboswitch", Dr. Yun Liu, "Stereochemistry as a Probe of Force-Based Mechanochemistry"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Friday, April 3, 2020

• • 10:00 am
    
  • Via Zoom

  Mr. Meng Wu, Final Defense, UIUC, “Hard and Soft Coatings on Gold Nanoparticles at the Nano-Bio Interface” *This exam will be executed remotely and by invitation only*

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 12:00 - 6:00 pm
    
  • CLSL A-Atrium and B102 CLSL Auditorium

  CANCELLED: Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Awards Ceremony

  • Other
• • 1:00 pm
    
  • 117 RAL

  FINAL DEFENSE, Mr. William Ballance, "Engineering Tough, Hygroscopic, and Active Hydrogels for Surgical SImulation and Anti-Biofouling"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 4:00 pm
    
  • 116 RAL

  CANCELLED Professor Dan Fu, University of Washington, Title: "Quantitative chemical imaging of structure and function in living biological samples: from single cells to animals"

  • Seminar/Symposium