Chemistry - Physical Chemistry Seminars

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

• • 2:00
  • CLSL B102

  Prof. Prashant Jain, UIUC, "Lights, Computer, Action!"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102

  Prof. Oleg Prezhdo, University of Southern California, "Quantum Dynamics in Optoelectronic Materials"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • CLSL B102

  Prof. Erik Lindahl, Stockholm University, "Structure and mechanisms of subtype-specific binding and allosteric modulation in GABAA receptors"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • CLSL B102

  Prof. Yang Yang, UW Madison, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm   3:00 pm
  • Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium

  CHEM 545 Practice Seminars

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102

  Prof. Peng Chen, Cornell University, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm   3:00 pm
  • Chemical Life Sciences Lab, 601 S. Goodwin Ave, CLSL B102 Auditorium

  CHEM 545 Practice Seminars

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

• • 2:00 - 2:30 pm
  • CLSL B-102

  CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Eliza Asani, UIUC, "Machine Learning for Thermodynamically-Consistent Equations of State"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:30 - 3:00 pm
  • CLSL B-102

  CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Omkar Chaudhari, UIUC, "Plasmon–Hydron Resonance Leads to Quantum Friction and Electron Cooling"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

• • 2:00 - 2:30 pm
  • CLSL B-102

  CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Miko Miwa, UIUC, " Pushing the Limits of Liquid-State NMR with Dynamic Nuclear Polarization"

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 2:30 - 3:00 pm
  • CLSL B-102

  CHEM 545 Literature Seminar: Matthew Too, UIUC, "Quantum Chemical Calculations on Quantum Processors"

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • CLSL B102

  Prof. Randall Goldsmith, UW Madison, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102

  Prof. Jacob Olshansky, Amherst College, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

• • 2:00 pm
  • CLSL B102

  TBD, Professor Teri W. Odom, Northwestern University

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • CLSL B102

  Prof. Marissa Weichman, Princeton, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 15, 2026

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • CLSL B102

  Prof. Andres Montoya Castillo, CU Boulder, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • CLSL B102

  Prof. Tian Lan, U Penn, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

• • 2:00 - 3:00 pm
  • Chemical & Life Sciences Lab, 601 S Goodwin Ave, B-102

  Prof. Tom Truskett, University of Texas at Austin, TBD

  • Seminar/Symposium