People
Principal Investigator
Paul Braun
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Email pbraun@nospam6011fd400696c.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@nospam6011fd4009736.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@nospam6011fd400d493.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Michael Caple
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Email mcaple2@nospam6011fd400e04a.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Chen Chen
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Email chenc12@nospam6011fd400ea5b.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 BI
Nathan Fritz
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Email njfritz2@nospam6011fd400f43e.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Junrou Huang
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Email junrouh2@nospam6011fd400fe42.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 3016 Supercon
Hyewon Jeong
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Email hyewonj2@nospam6011fd4010829.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Patrick Kwon
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Email pjkwon4@nospam6011fd401126e.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Hosang Lee
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Email hosang2@nospam6011fd4011b91.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Youngbum Lee
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Email yblee3@nospam6011fd40125c9.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 BI
Alex Littlefield
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Email ajl8@nospam6011fd4013080.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Office 2251 MNTL
Arghya Patra
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Email arghyap2@nospam6011fd4013d94.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Corey Richards
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Email coreyar2@nospam6011fd40146de.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Jarom Sederholm
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Email jaromgs2@nospam6011fd401513d.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Gaurav Singhal
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Email gauravs3@nospam6011fd4015b48.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Maxwell Walde
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Email walde2@nospam6011fd40164a6.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 470 MRL
Dajie Xie
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Email dajiex2@nospam6011fd4016ebe.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Carlos Juarez Yescas
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Email carlosj3@nospam6011fd401793f.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 140 ESB
Postdoctoral Researchers & Visiting Scientists
Dr. Dijo Damien
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Email ddamien@nospam6011fd4019fa6.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scholar
Office 140 ESB
Saiful Islam
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Email msislam@nospam6011fd401ae68.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scientist
Dr. Sung Bum Kang
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Email kang135@nospam6011fd401c10c.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Sungbong Kim
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Email seanbk@nospam6011fd401d059.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Pengcheng Sun
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Email pcsun85@nospam6011fd401e125.gmail.com
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Jay Taylor
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Email jmt22@nospam6011fd401f0fc.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 3325 BI
Dr. Beniamin Zahiri
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Email beniamin.zahiri@nospam6011fd401ffe4.gmail.com
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Undergraduate Students
Daniel Cudzich
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Email dcudzi2@nospam6011fd4022804.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Zhaoxuan Ge
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Email zg10@nospam6011fd4023698.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Derek De Jong
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Email ddejong2@nospam6011fd4024299.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Elias Lu
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Email eliaslu2@nospam6011fd4024fb8.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Manushi Shah
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Email mshah212@nospam6011fd4025948.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher