People

Principal Investigator

Paul Braun

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Email pbraun@nospam65f950e1e9006.illinois.edu
Title Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering; Professor of Materials Science and Engineering; Professor of Chemistry; Director of the Materials Research Laboratory
Office 2016 MRL

Research Assistant Professor

Dr. Beniamin Zahiri

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Email bzahiri@nospam65f950e1eb254.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant Professor
Office 104 MRL

Research Group Administrator

Karyn A Traum

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Email traum@nospam65f950e1ed108.illinois.edu
Title Coordinator of Research Programs
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 312H MSEB

Graduate Students

Pushan Bal

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Email ppbal2@nospam65f950e1f0e4b.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 274 ESB

Keon Beigzadeh

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Email keonb2@nospam65f950e1f1ca7.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering

Michael Caple

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Email mcaple2@nospam65f950e1f293c.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB

Chen Chen

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Email chenc12@nospam65f950e1f35a1.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 274 ESB

Yunkyu Choi

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Email yunkyuc2@nospam65f950e201317.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Sujan Dewanjee

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Email sujand2@nospam65f950e202958.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Mechanical Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Co-advised w/ N. Miljkovic

Nikita Duggar

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Email nduggar2@nospam65f950e2036ca.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Micro & Nanotechnology Lab
Office 2251 MNTL
Co-advised w/ L. Goddard

Alexandru Grindeanu

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Email agrind2@nospam65f950e20441b.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Rosy Huang

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Email yujujh2@nospam65f950e205118.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office Co-advised w/ D. Cahill

Hyewon Jeong

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Email hyewonj2@nospam65f950e205dbd.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB

Imani Jones

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Email imanij2@nospam65f950e206b65.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 140 ESB

Carlos Juarez-Yescas

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Email carlosj3@nospam65f950e20781e.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 140 ESB

Mingyo Jung

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Email mingyoj2@nospam65f950e208425.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering

Patrick Kwon

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Email pjkwon4@nospam65f950e20918b.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB

Youngbum Lee

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Email yblee3@nospam65f950e209ea0.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 274 ESB

Brian (Jr Wen) Lin

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Email jrwenwl2@nospam65f950e20aabb.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Alex Littlefield

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Email ajl8@nospam65f950e20b989.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Office 2251 MNTL
Co-advised w/ L. Goddard

Jiayu Liu

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Email jiayul8@nospam65f950e20c60d.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 274 ESB

Peilin Lu

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Email peilin2@nospam65f950e20d214.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Saeed Moradi

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Email moradi3@nospam65f950e20dea8.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Mayur Prabhudesai

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Email mayursp2@nospam65f950e20eab8.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 247 ESB
Co-advised w/ S. Sinha

Jarom Sederholm

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Email jaromgs2@nospam65f950e20f7c5.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Falak Sher

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Email falaks2@nospam65f950e2104c0.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 245 ESB

Jack Sun

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Email shijies6@nospam65f950e21116c.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering

Huy Tran

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Email huyt2@nospam65f950e211e51.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Baichuan Wang

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Email bw10@nospam65f950e212c14.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Fu Wu

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Email fwu26@nospam65f950e213b1b.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Dajie Xie

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Email dajiex2@nospam65f950e21481d.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 247 ESB

Jingyi Zhou

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Email jz77@nospam65f950e2154f8.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 247 ESB

Postdoctoral Researchers & Visiting Scientists

Dr. Sung Bum Kang

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Email kang135@nospam65f950e21804e.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB

Dr. Lihong Lao

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Email ll27@nospam65f950e218e01.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 276 ESB

Dr. Changyong Park

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Email cypark22@nospam65f950e219cc2.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scientist
Office 140 ESB

Dr. Arghya Patra

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Email arghyap2@nospam65f950e21abd3.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 164 ESB

Dr. Abigail Serrano

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Email avserran@nospam65f950e21b964.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scientist
Office 276 ESB

Dr. Jay Taylor

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Email jmt22@nospam65f950e21c6b4.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB

Dr. Jonathan Turnley

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Email jturnley@nospam65f950e21d493.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate

Undergraduate Students

Alexander Ahmari

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Email aahmari2@nospam65f950e21fc94.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Saleem Awan

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Email awan4@nospam65f950e221281.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Sam Brown

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Email seb9@nospam65f950e22151a.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Daniel Brudniak

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Email danielb9@nospam65f950e221741.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Jac Copeland

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Email jacobac6@nospam65f950e2224b6.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Daniel Cudzich

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Email dcudzi2@nospam65f950e223058.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Mary Fowler

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Email maryrf3@nospam65f950e223bbf.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Joshua Garcia

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Email jgarc372@nospam65f950e2253ee.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Zayd Khan

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Email zkhan80@nospam65f950e226100.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Martha Kubakh

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Email mkuba5@nospam65f950e226dad.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Olivia Ori

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Email oori2@nospam65f950e22975c.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Research

Vishwa Patel

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Email vmpatel2@nospam65f950e2299c1.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

August Sasaki

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Email asasaki2@nospam65f950e22a5cd.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Dylan Trott

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Email dntrott2@nospam65f950e22b1e7.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Charlie Wu

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Email feitong4@nospam65f950e22b454.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher