Join the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering for a seminar featuring guest speaker Randall Q. Snurr, the John G. Searle Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University, who will give a presentation titled "Adsorption in Nanoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks: Hysteresis and Effects of Framework Flexibility." The lecture will take place at 3:15-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, in the auditorium of Perlstein Hall, room 131.

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The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering presents its fall seminar series featuring guest speaker Cong Liu, chemist at Argonne National Laboratory, who will give a presentation on “Understanding the Heterogeneity and Dynamic Evolution of Heterogeneous Catalysts via Combined XANES Simulations and First-Principle Mechanistic Studies.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, November 12, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. in room 131 of Perlstein Hall.

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The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering presents a talk with guest speaker Sanja Tepavcevic, a materials scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, who will present “LLTO Scaffold-Based Composite Polymer Electrolyte for Solid-State Li-ion Batteries.” This talk will take place on Wednesday, October 29, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. in room 131 of Perlstein Hall.

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The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering presents its Spring 2025 Seminar Series featuring guest speaker Kevin W. Knehr, assistant chemical engineer in the Chemical Science and Engineering Division at Argonne National Laboratory, who will give a presentation on “Battery Performance and Cost Modeling.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, April 9, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. in Perlstein Hall’s auditorium (room 131).

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Join us on April 2, 2025, from 3:15 – 4:30 p.m. in Perlstein Hall Auditorium, Room 131, for a seminar with Chibueze Amanchukwu from the University of Chicago. He will explore the design of novel electrolytes for next-generation batteries, data-driven electrolyte selection, and advancements in electrocatalysis and environmental remediation.

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The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering presents it fall 2024 seminar series featuring Shadi Salahshoor, a senior program manager at GTI Energy, who will present “Evolving the Natural Gas Network Towards a Net-Zero Emissions Future.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, October 23, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. in room 131 (auditorium) of Perlstein Hall.

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The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering presents its Fall 2024 Seminar Series featuring Seongkyu Yoon, a professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell, who will present “Critical Challenges and Advances in Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV) Biomanufacturing.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, November 6, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. in room 131 (auditorium) of Perlstein Hall.

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The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering presents its fall 2024 seminar series featuring Settimio Pacelli, assistant teaching professor in the department, who will present “Addressing Deficient Angiogenesis in Diabetic Musculoskeletal Tissue Using Hydrogel-Based Models.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, September 11, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. in room 131 of Perlstein Hall.

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The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Hafsa Karroum, principal engineer at GTI Energy, who will give a presentation on “Scaling Up Innovation: GTI Energy’s Path to Sustainable Solutions, Featuring IH2® Technology.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 20, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. in room 108 of Perlstein Hall.

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The Chemical and Biological Engineering Department presents their spring 2024 seminar series featuring guest speaker Maria Cabezas, research assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University, who will give a presentation on “High-Throughput Experimentation Meets Nanotechnology and Synthetic Biology for Programming Cellular Function.” This seminar will take place on Wednesday, March 27, from 3:15–4:30 p.m. in room 108 of Perlstein Hall.

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