2025 St. Elmo Brady Symposium

The UIUC Student Chapter of NOBCChE is excited to present the Spring 2024 St. Elmo Brady Symposium. The St. Elmo Brady Lecture Series is held each semester to honor Illinois Chemistry Alumni St. Elmo Brady (PhD, ’16). This year’s event will feature breakfast at 9:30am preceding a lecture from our esteemed speaker Segun Victor Obisesan Ph.D. from Evonik Corporation at 10:00am in Illini Union Room 104, which will be followed by concurrent informational panels and a poster session in the afternoon.

This event is supported by the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,
the Department of Chemistry, & the School of Chemical Sciences


All students, faculty, and staff are welcome – you do not have to be a NOBCChE member to attend!

AttireBusiness Casual
DateFeb 15, 2025
Time9:30am – 3:30pm (lecture at 10:00am)
LocationIllini Union 104
Time  Event  Location  
9:00-10:00 AM Registration  Illini Union Room 104  
9:30-10:00 AM  Breakfast  Illini Union Room 104  
10:10-11:00 AM Spring 2025 St. Elmo Brady Lecturer: Segun Obisesan, Ph.D., Evonik Corporation  
“Mechanism of reaction and process optimization of a nitrile derived dialkylamine” 
Illini Union Room 104  
11:00-12:00 PM  Career Panel  Illini Union Room 104  
Grad School Panel  Illini Union Room 103 
12:00-1:00 PM Lunch Illini Union Room 104/103  
1:15-2:15 PM Poster session Illini Union Room 103  
2:15-2:30 PM Concluding Remarks Illini Union Room 104  
2:30-3:30 PM  Rented Bowling Lane(s) and Card games Illini Union Basement