People
Principal Investigator
Paul Braun
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Email pbraun@nospam5f67d48b2036f.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 Group Administrator
Karyn A Traum
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Email traum@nospam5f67d48b212e0.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@nospam5f67d48b22d6b.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Michael Caple
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Email mcaple2@nospam5f67d48b239e6.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Chen Chen
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Email chenc12@nospam5f67d48b24081.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 BI
Nathan Fritz
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Email njfritz2@nospam5f67d48b245fa.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Junrou Huang
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Email junrouh2@nospam5f67d48b24bfb.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 3016 Supercon
Hyewon Jeong
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Email hyewonj2@nospam5f67d48b25114.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Patrick Kwon
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Email pjkwon4@nospam5f67d48b255b3.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Kai-Wei Lan
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Email kwlan2@nospam5f67d48b25c0e.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Youngbum Lee
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Email yblee3@nospam5f67d48b261dc.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 BI
Alex Littlefield
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Email ajl8@nospam5f67d48b2692f.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Office 2251 MNTL
Christian Ocier
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Email cocier@nospam5f67d48b26e65.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Arghya Patra
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Email arghyap2@nospam5f67d48b273ad.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 160 ESB
Subing (Alan) Qu
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Email squ6@nospam5f67d48b27c88.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Corey Richards
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Email coreyar2@nospam5f67d48b28221.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Gaurav Singhal
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Email gauravs3@nospam5f67d48b287f3.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Maxwell Walde
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Email walde2@nospam5f67d48b28e23.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 470 MRL
Dajie Xie
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Email dajiex2@nospam5f67d48b29339.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Postdoctoral Researchers & Visiting Scientists
Dr. Dijo Damien
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Email ddamien@nospam5f67d48b2b100.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scholar
Office 140 ESB
Sung Bum Kang
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Dr. Sungbong Kim
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Email seanbk@nospam5f67d48b2b998.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 241 ESB
Dr. Ravichandran Kollarigowda
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Email rhk3@nospam5f67d48b2c232.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 3325 BI
Dr. Pengcheng Sun
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Email pcsun85@nospam5f67d48b2c8d5.gmail.com
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Jay Taylor
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Email jmt22@nospam5f67d48b2cfaa.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Beniamin Zahiri
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Email beniamin.zahiri@nospam5f67d48b2d708.gmail.com
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Undergraduate Students
Jonah Messinger
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Email jonahfm2@nospam5f67d48b30b02.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher