People

Principal Investigator

Paul Braun

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Email pbraun@nospam63dd4823ed8d9.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
Phone (217) 244-7293

Research Assistant Professor

Dr. Beniamin Zahiri

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Email bzahiri@nospam63dd4823ef322.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant Professor
Office 104 ESB

Research Group Administrator

Karyn A Traum

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Email traum@nospam63dd4823f0cfa.illinois.edu
Title Coordinator of Research Programs
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 312H MSEB
Phone (217) 300-8704

Graduate Students

Pushan Bal

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Email ppbal2@nospam63dd4823f39a5.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3614 BI

Keon Beigzadeh

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Email keonb2@nospam63dd4824004a9.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering

Michael Caple

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Email mcaple2@nospam63dd482401767.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB

Chen Chen

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Email chenc12@nospam63dd4824026bc.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3614 BI

Yunkyu Choi

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Email yunkyuc2@nospam63dd4824034a5.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering

Sujan Dewanjee

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Email sujand2@nospam63dd48240430e.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Mechanical Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Co-advised w/ N. Miljkovic

Junrou Huang

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Email junrouh2@nospam63dd482405ba3.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 278 ESB
Co-advised w/ C. Evans

Rosy Huang

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Email yujujh2@nospam63dd482406bd2.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office Co-advised w/ D. Cahill

Hyewon Jeong

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Email hyewonj2@nospam63dd482407523.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB

Imani Jones

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Email imanij2@nospam63dd4824082ae.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry

Carlos Juarez-Yescas

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Email carlosj3@nospam63dd482408fa2.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 140 ESB

Patrick Kwon

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Email pjkwon4@nospam63dd482409cbe.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB

Youngbum Lee

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Email yblee3@nospam63dd48240aa36.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3614 BI

Brian (Jr Wen) Lin

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Email jrwenwl2@nospam63dd48240b69b.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Alex Littlefield

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Email ajl8@nospam63dd48240c42a.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Office 2251 MNTL
Co-advised w/ L. Goddard

Jiayu Liu

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Email jiayul8@nospam63dd48240d197.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 3614 BI

Peilin Lu

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Email peilin2@nospam63dd48240de84.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Saeed Moradi

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Email moradi3@nospam63dd48240e69b.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Arghya Patra

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Email arghyap2@nospam63dd48240f326.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB

Mayur Prabhudesai

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Email mayursp2@nospam63dd482410016.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3614 BI
Co-advised w/ S. Sinha

Jarom Sederholm

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Email jaromgs2@nospam63dd482410cb2.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Xiaoling Shen

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Email xshen32@nospam63dd4824119b5.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Office 3614 BI

Gaurav Singhal

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Email gauravs3@nospam63dd482412717.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB

Huy Tran

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Email huyt2@nospam63dd4824133bf.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Fu Wu

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Email fwu26@nospam63dd4824140bb.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Dajie Xie

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Email dajiex2@nospam63dd482414e0f.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3614 BI

Jingyi Zhou

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Email jz77@nospam63dd482415b58.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB

Postdoctoral Researchers & Visiting Scientists

Dr. Sung Bum Kang

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Email kang135@nospam63dd482417715.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB

Dr. Lihong Lao

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Email ll27@nospam63dd482417ec2.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 3614 BI

Dr. Yuting Luo

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Email yutingl@nospam63dd482418631.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB

Dr. Changyong Park

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Email cypark22@nospam63dd482418da6.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scientist
Office 140 ESB

Dr. Jay Taylor

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Email jmt22@nospam63dd482419546.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 3325 BI

Undergraduate Students

Alexander Ahmari

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Email aahmari2@nospam63dd48241b2da.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Saleem Awan

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Email awan4@nospam63dd48241ba8d.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Daniel Brudniak

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Email danielb9@nospam63dd48241bbd6.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Jac Copeland

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Email jacobac6@nospam63dd48241c3f8.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Derek DeJong

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Email ddejong2@nospam63dd48241cf2a.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Sifei Du

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Email sifeidu2@nospam63dd48241d71d.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Luke Sangheon Han

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Email shh4@nospam63dd48241d86d.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Martha Kubakh

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Email mkuba5@nospam63dd48241e04d.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Dylan Mendez

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Email dmende24@nospam63dd48241e87d.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Olivia Ori

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Email oori2@nospam63dd48241f06b.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Research

Jaehong Park

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Email jaehong3@nospam63dd48241f868.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Vishwa Patel

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Email vmpatel2@nospam63dd48241f9a4.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Dylan Trott

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Email dntrott2@nospam63dd482420168.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher

Jacky Xiang

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Email jiayix7@nospam63dd482420962.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher