Faculty Research Presentations

Fall 2024

Each fall, many faculty give research presentations for students who may be interested in joining their research group. Below is a list of scheduled faculty presentations specifically geared towards first-year students. Other faculty have instead requested to meet individually with students interested in their research. These lists will be updated as we receive information from faculty, but please do not consider this an exhaustive list of faculty 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:

Tuesday, September 3, 2024, 7:00–8:30 pm, 1024 Chemistry Annex, "How to Choose a Research Group" Seminar
Professor Gregory Girolami, Director of Graduate Studies

You should not schedule any meetings with individual faculty until after this DGS presentation.

List of individual faculty presentations:

For more information about an individual faculty member, we have a Faculty Directory on our website. To view the faculty directory, either click on the link or click on "People" in the navigation menu at the top of this page and then "Faculty". From the faculty directory you may also choose "Faculty by Research Area" in the menu on the right.

Upcoming faculty research presentations for Fall 2024 will be added to the list below. We encourage you to reach out to faculty members who have research that interests you. This listing will be updated once daily until all presentations have occurred. Past presentations will be listed in a separate section below the upcoming presentations.

Upcoming Presentations:

M. Christina White - Thursday, October 24 at 5:30 PM, Riggs Beer Company (1901 S. High Cross Rd. Urbana, IL)

Past Presentations:

Huimin Zhao - Thursday, September 5 at 5:30 PM, 117 RAL

Anastasia Manesis - Thursday, September 5 at 6:00 PM, A133 CLSL

Paul Hergenrother - Monday, September 9 at 5:00 PM, 217 NL

Hee-Sun Han - Monday, September 9 at 6:00 PM, 117 RAL

Wilfred van der Donk - Tuesday, September 10 at 5:30 PM, 419 RAL

Lisa Olshansky - Wednesday, September 11 at 4:30 PM, 117 RAL

Jonathan Sweedler - Wednesday, September 11 at 5:00 PM, A133 CLSL

Greg Girolami - Thursday, September 12 at 5:00 PM, 1024 CA

Scott Silverman - Thursday, September 12 at 5:30 PM, 117 RAL

Joaquin Rodriguez Lopez - Thursday, September 12 at 7:30 PM, 171 RAL

Diwakar Shukla - Monday, September 16 at 5:00 PM, 293 RAL

Nick Jackson - Monday, September 16 at 6:00 PM, 353 NL

Samy Meroueh - Tuesday, September 17 at 5:00 PM, 419 RAL

Angad Mehta - Tuesday, September 17 at 6:00 PM, 117 RAL

Liviu Mirica - Wednesday, September 18 at 4:00 PM, A446 CLSL

Prashant Jain - Thursday, September 19 at 5:00 PM, 353 NL

Majed Fataftah - Thursday, September 19 at 5:00 PM, B124 CLSL

Vicky Jun - Thursday, September 19 at 5:30 PM, 117 RAL

Stephan Link - Monday, September 23 at 5:00 PM, 161 NL

Christy Landes - Monday, September 23 at 5:30 PM, 100 NL

Cathy Murphy - Tuesday, September 24 at 6:00 PM, A133 CLSL

Ben Snyder - Wednesday, September 25 at 4:30 PM, A133 CLSL

Zan Luthey-Schulten - Wednesday, September 25 at 4:30 PM, A552 CLSL

Mayuko Isomura - Friday, September 27 at 8:00 PM, Zoom

Xiaotang Lu - Wednesday, October 2 at 4:30 PM, 353 NL

If you are interested in the research of a faculty member who did not hold a presentation or you were unable to attend their presentation, then please contact them directly to set up a meeting. Faculty Directory

The following faculty will not be giving a presentation but are pleased to meet with students individually. Please email them directly to set up a meeting, learn more about their research, and discuss joining their research group.

Department of Chemistry