People
Principal Investigator
Paul Braun
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Email pbraun@nospam607e067c78f75.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@nospam607e067c7b9b5.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@nospam607e067c7df28.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Michael Caple
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Email mcaple2@nospam607e067c7e6f1.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Chen Chen
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Email chenc12@nospam607e067c7f019.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 BI
Sujan Dewanjee
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Email sujand2@nospam607e067c7f8cb.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Mechanical Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Nathan Fritz
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Email njfritz2@nospam607e067c80120.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Junrou Huang
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Email junrouh2@nospam607e067c80883.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 3016 Supercon
Hyewon Jeong
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Email hyewonj2@nospam607e067c80f8c.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Patrick Kwon
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Email pjkwon4@nospam607e067c8165a.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Hosang Lee
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Email hosang2@nospam607e067c81da8.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Youngbum Lee
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Email yblee3@nospam607e067c82567.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 BI
Alex Littlefield
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Email ajl8@nospam607e067c82f94.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Office 2251 MNTL
Arghya Patra
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Email arghyap2@nospam607e067c836b3.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Corey Richards
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Email coreyar2@nospam607e067c83e62.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Jarom Sederholm
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Email jaromgs2@nospam607e067c8452d.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Gaurav Singhal
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Email gauravs3@nospam607e067c851d8.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Maxwell Walde
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Email walde2@nospam607e067c85948.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 470 MRL
Dajie Xie
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Email dajiex2@nospam607e067c860d7.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Carlos Juarez Yescas
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Email carlosj3@nospam607e067c86ada.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 140 ESB
Postdoctoral Researchers & Visiting Scientists
Dr. Dijo Damien
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Email ddamien@nospam607e067c899e8.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scholar
Office 140 ESB
Saiful Islam
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Email msislam@nospam607e067c8b308.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scientist
Dr. Sung Bum Kang
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Email kang135@nospam607e067c8d1ac.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Sungbong Kim
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Email seanbk@nospam607e067c8ee87.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Pengcheng Sun
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Email pcsun@nospam607e067c90f0a.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Jay Taylor
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Email jmt22@nospam607e067c92a2a.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 3325 BI
Dr. Beniamin Zahiri
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Email beniamin.zahiri@nospam607e067c946a6.gmail.com
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Undergraduate Students
Daniel Cudzich
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Email dcudzi2@nospam607e067c99838.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Hyunwoong Han
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Email hh5@nospam607e067c9cc9a.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Derek De Jong
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Email ddejong2@nospam607e067c9eb51.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Elias Lu
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Email eliaslu2@nospam607e067ca0ada.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Manushi Shah
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Email mshah212@nospam607e067ca2282.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher