Spring 2026 - CBE Seminar List
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Department Seminars are held Tuesday (or sometimes Thursday) at 11:30 in LGRT 201 (unless otherwise noted). Refreshments are available ~11:15 in LGRT 201. The public is cordially invited to attend. Here is the list in pdf (updated 2/6/26).
Department Links: Linktree, Quicklinks Page, Google Calendar Page and Google Sites Calendar Page. There is also the COE Events page.
Also: Chemistry Events, Polymer Science Events, Material Sciences Events (see right hand side).
(Updated 9/9/25)
FEBRUARY 2026
Tuesday, Feb 3 Community Engagement & Belonging Forum
Wednesday, Feb 4 Last Day to Add/Drop
Tuesday, Feb 10 Seminar: Stephen Lam, UMass Lowell, "AI-Guided Chemical Science for Advanced
Nuclear Energy Systems: Chemistry, Structure, and Properties Across the Periodic Table" (Maroudas & Chen)
Monday, Feb 16 Holiday: President's Day
Tuesday, Feb 17 Seminar: Rajamani P. Gounder, Purdue University, "Dynamic Interactions Between Copper
Active Sites in Zeolites During NOx Pollution Abatement Catalysis”" (Fan)
Thursday, Feb 19 Monday class schedule at UMass
Tuesday, Feb 24 Seminar: William Phillips, University of Notre Dame, "High-Throughput Membrane Characterization to
Guide Materials and Process Innovation at the Water-Energy Nexus" (Schiffman)
MARCH
Tuesday, March 3 Community Engagement & Belonging Forum
Friday, Mar 13 Research Day
Friday, Mar 13 March Break begins after last class
Tuesday, Mar 31 Seminar: Elizabeth Biddinger, CUNY, "TBD" (Chen)
APRIL
Tuesday, April 7 Seminar: John Kitchin, Canegie Mellon, "Large machine-learned potentials for materials design
with catalysis and energy applications" (Zagalskaya)
Tuesday, April 14 Exxon Mobil Seminar: Edward Maginn, Univ. of Notre Dame, "Keeping it Cool:
Leveraging Molecular Simulation and Data-Driven Methods for Next-Generation Refrigeration" (Bai and Chen)
Friday, Apr 17 Monday class schedule will be followed
Monday, Apr 20 Patriot's Day
Tuesday, Apr 21 Seminar: Razi Epsztein, Israel Institute of Technology, "Targeting solute-solute
selectivity in membrane separation" (Schiffman)
MAY
Tuesday, May 5 Community Engagement & Belonging Forum
Friday, May 8 Last Day of Classes
Monday, May 11 Finals begin
Friday, May 15 Finals end and Commencement Weekend begins
Thursday, May 21 Final grades due by Midnight
End of May: Qualifying Exams (May 19), Faculty Retreat
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Updated: February 4, 2026
Maria Wallace (wallace@ecs.umass.edu) manages the schedule, Amity Lee (lee@umass.edu) updates this web page.
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