Fall 2026
Each fall, many faculty give research presentations for first-year students who may be interested in joining their research group. Below you will find a link to a Google sheet with dates and times of faculty presentations specifically intended for first-year students. This Google sheet will be updated as we receive information from faculty, but please do not consider this an exhaustive list of potential advisors who are taking students into their groups. You are welcome to contact individual faculty members to request a meeting or learn more about their research groups.
All first-year students are required to attend this DGS presentation:
Monday, August 17, 2026, 9:00–10:00 AM, 1024 Chem Annex, "How to Choose a Research Group" Seminar
Professor Jeff Moore, Director of Graduate Studies
You should not schedule any meetings with individual faculty until after this DGS presentation.
Faculty presentations:
(these two links go to the same Google sheet)
http://go.illinois.edu/ChemistryFacultyPresentations
http://go.illinois.edu/ChemFacPres
Faculty Directory
If you are interested in the research of a faculty member who did not give a presentation or you were unable to attend their presentation, then please contact them directly to set up a meeting. Faculty Directory