People
Principal Investigator
Paul Braun
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Email pbraun@nospam6483a7bc5b9ee.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@nospam6483a7bc5df92.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant Professor
Office 104 ESB
Research Group Administrator
Karyn A Traum
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Email traum@nospam6483a7bc60a0d.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@nospam6483a7bc63a22.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 274 ESB
Keon Beigzadeh
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Email keonb2@nospam6483a7bc64417.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Michael Caple
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Email mcaple2@nospam6483a7bc64ffb.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Chen Chen
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Email chenc12@nospam6483a7bc6596c.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 274 ESB
Yunkyu Choi
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Email yunkyuc2@nospam6483a7bc662b8.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Sujan Dewanjee
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Email sujand2@nospam6483a7bc66b97.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Mechanical Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Co-advised w/ N. Miljkovic
Co-advised w/ N. Miljkovic
Junrou Huang
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Email junrouh2@nospam6483a7bc67459.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 278 ESB
Co-advised w/ C. Evans
Co-advised w/ C. Evans
Rosy Huang
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Email yujujh2@nospam6483a7bc67d0c.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office Co-advised w/ D. Cahill
Hyewon Jeong
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Email hyewonj2@nospam6483a7bc685dc.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Imani Jones
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Email imanij2@nospam6483a7bc68f16.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Carlos Juarez-Yescas
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Email carlosj3@nospam6483a7bc6980f.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 140 ESB
Patrick Kwon
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Email pjkwon4@nospam6483a7bc6a1a5.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Youngbum Lee
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Email yblee3@nospam6483a7bc6aade.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 274 ESB
Brian (Jr Wen) Lin
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Email jrwenwl2@nospam6483a7bc6b396.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Alex Littlefield
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Email ajl8@nospam6483a7bc6bcee.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Office 2251 MNTL
Co-advised w/ L. Goddard
Co-advised w/ L. Goddard
Jiayu Liu
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Email jiayul8@nospam6483a7bc6c577.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 274 ESB
Peilin Lu
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Email peilin2@nospam6483a7bc6ce1d.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Saeed Moradi
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Email moradi3@nospam6483a7bc6d6cc.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Arghya Patra
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Email arghyap2@nospam6483a7bc6df8f.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Mayur Prabhudesai
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Email mayursp2@nospam6483a7bc6e95a.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 247 ESB
Co-advised w/ S. Sinha
Co-advised w/ S. Sinha
Jarom Sederholm
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Email jaromgs2@nospam6483a7bc6f200.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Gaurav Singhal
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Email gauravs3@nospam6483a7bc70408.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Huy Tran
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Email huyt2@nospam6483a7bc70d00.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Fu Wu
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Email fwu26@nospam6483a7bc715a2.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Dajie Xie
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Email dajiex2@nospam6483a7bc71e02.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 247 ESB
Jingyi Zhou
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Email jz77@nospam6483a7bc72b10.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@nospam6483a7bc75166.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Lihong Lao
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Email ll27@nospam6483a7bc77e53.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 276 ESB
Dr. Yuting Luo
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Email yutingl@nospam6483a7bc78c5c.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Changyong Park
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Email cypark22@nospam6483a7bc798c4.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scientist
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Abigail Serrano
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Email avserran@nospam6483a7bc7a5be.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scientist
Office 276 ESB
Dr. Jay Taylor
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Email jmt22@nospam6483a7bc7b2d5.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Undergraduate Students
Alexander Ahmari
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Email aahmari2@nospam6483a7bc7e0d3.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Daniel Brudniak
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Email danielb9@nospam6483a7bc7ed69.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Ryan Bushell
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Email rbushell@nospam6483a7bc7f84f.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Jac Copeland
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Email jacobac6@nospam6483a7bc803b0.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Dylan Mendez
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Email dmende24@nospam6483a7bc818e8.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Jaehong Park
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Email jaehong3@nospam6483a7bc83bef.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Vishwa Patel
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Email vmpatel2@nospam6483a7bc83ddb.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
