People
Principal Investigator
Paul Braun
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Email pbraun@nospam6103018bac0c3.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@nospam6103018bae193.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@nospam6103018bb1350.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Michael Caple
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Email mcaple2@nospam6103018bb263d.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Chen Chen
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Email chenc12@nospam6103018bb35d3.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 BI
Sujan Dewanjee
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Email sujand2@nospam6103018bb468c.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Mechanical Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Nathan Fritz
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Email njfritz2@nospam6103018bb5c54.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Junrou Huang
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Email junrouh2@nospam6103018bb6be6.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 3016 Supercon
Hyewon Jeong
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Email hyewonj2@nospam6103018bbaa18.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Patrick Kwon
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Email pjkwon4@nospam6103018bbc636.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Hosang Lee
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Email hosang2@nospam6103018bbddf8.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Youngbum Lee
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Email yblee3@nospam6103018bbf6bf.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 BI
Alex Littlefield
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Email ajl8@nospam6103018bc1071.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Office 2251 MNTL
Peilin Lu
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Email peilin2@nospam6103018bc2175.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Arghya Patra
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Email arghyap2@nospam6103018bc3061.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Corey Richards
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Email coreyar2@nospam6103018bc4110.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Jarom Sederholm
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Email jaromgs2@nospam6103018bc502d.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Gaurav Singhal
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Email gauravs3@nospam6103018bc620e.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Maxwell Walde
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Email walde2@nospam6103018bc722d.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 470 MRL
Dajie Xie
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Email dajiex2@nospam6103018bc8225.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 3714 Beckman
Carlos Juarez Yescas
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Email carlosj3@nospam6103018bc922f.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 140 ESB
Postdoctoral Researchers & Visiting Scientists
Dr. Dijo Damien
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Email ddamien@nospam6103018bcc030.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scholar
Office 140 ESB
Saiful Islam
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Email msislam@nospam6103018bccf82.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scientist
Dr. Sung Bum Kang
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Email kang135@nospam6103018bcddfa.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Sungbong Kim
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Email seanbk@nospam6103018bcecea.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Pengcheng Sun
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Email pcsun@nospam6103018bcfcbc.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Jay Taylor
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Email jmt22@nospam6103018bd0b47.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 3325 BI
Dr. Beniamin Zahiri
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Email beniamin.zahiri@nospam6103018bd1cac.gmail.com
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Undergraduate Students
Daniel Cudzich
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Email dcudzi2@nospam6103018bd5434.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Hyunwoong Han
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Email hh5@nospam6103018bd755e.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Sydney Hemenway
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Email sydneyh5@nospam6103018bd87fb.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Derek De Jong
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Email ddejong2@nospam6103018bd99f1.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Elias Lu
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Email eliaslu2@nospam6103018bd9b8c.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Richa Sapkota
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Email rsapkota@nospam6103018bdae7f.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Manushi Shah
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Email mshah212@nospam6103018bdbe55.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher