People
Principal Investigator
Paul Braun
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Email pbraun@nospam662b82065e6cc.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@nospam662b82065ff19.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant Professor
Office 104 MRL
Research Group Administrator
Karyn A Traum
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Email traum@nospam662b82066169d.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@nospam662b820663e9b.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 274 ESB
Michael Caple
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Email mcaple2@nospam662b8206651e0.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Chen Chen
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Email chenc12@nospam662b820665f3d.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 274 ESB
Yunkyu Choi
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Email yunkyuc2@nospam662b8206669db.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Sujan Dewanjee
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Email sujand2@nospam662b820667aae.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Mechanical Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Co-advised w/ N. Miljkovic
Co-advised w/ N. Miljkovic
Nikita Duggar
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Email nduggar2@nospam662b820668547.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Micro & Nanotechnology Lab
Office 2251 MNTL
Co-advised w/ L. Goddard
Co-advised w/ L. Goddard
Alexandru Grindeanu
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Email agrind2@nospam662b82066905a.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Rosy Huang
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Email yujujh2@nospam662b82066a1bb.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office Co-advised w/ D. Cahill
Hyewon Jeong
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Email hyewonj2@nospam662b82066a7d4.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Imani Jones
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Email imanij2@nospam662b82066b835.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 140 ESB
Carlos Juarez-Yescas
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Email carlosj3@nospam662b82066dea4.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 140 ESB
Mingyo Jung
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Email mingyoj2@nospam662b82066ec31.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Patrick Kwon
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Email pjkwon4@nospam662b8206710e2.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 164 ESB
Youngbum Lee
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Email yblee3@nospam662b820671dc9.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 274 ESB
Brian (Jr Wen) Lin
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Email jrwenwl2@nospam662b820673cf4.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Alex Littlefield
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Email ajl8@nospam662b82067604b.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@nospam662b820676d11.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemistry
Office 274 ESB
Peilin Lu
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Email peilin2@nospam662b8206777ba.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Saeed Moradi
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Email moradi3@nospam662b820679c9e.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Mayur Prabhudesai
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Email mayursp2@nospam662b82067c7f5.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@nospam662b82067d6f9.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Falak Sher
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Email falaks2@nospam662b82067e53b.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 245 ESB
Jack Sun
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Email shijies6@nospam662b82067f814.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Huy Tran
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Email huyt2@nospam662b820680aef.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Baichuan Wang
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Email bw10@nospam662b820682ae8.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Fu Wu
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Email fwu26@nospam662b820684596.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Office 140 ESB
Dajie Xie
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Email dajiex2@nospam662b820685439.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 247 ESB
Jingyi Zhou
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Email jz77@nospam662b820686191.illinois.edu
Title Graduate Student
Department Materials Science and Engineering
Office 247 ESB
Postdoctoral Researchers & Visiting Scientists
Dr. Sung Bum Kang
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Email kang135@nospam662b82068899c.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Lihong Lao
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Email ll27@nospam662b8206895f1.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 276 ESB
Dr. Changyong Park
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Email cypark22@nospam662b82068a43b.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scientist
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Arghya Patra
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Email arghyap2@nospam662b82068ae87.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 164 ESB
Dr. Abigail Serrano
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Email avserran@nospam662b82068b7a0.illinois.edu
Title Visiting Scientist
Office 276 ESB
Dr. Jay Taylor
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Email jmt22@nospam662b82068c57f.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Office 140 ESB
Dr. Jonathan Turnley
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Email jturnley@nospam662b82068cf07.illinois.edu
Title Postdoctoral Research Associate
Undergraduate Students
Alexander Ahmari
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Email aahmari2@nospam662b82068e8c6.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Daniel Brudniak
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Email danielb9@nospam662b820690771.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Jac Copeland
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Email jacobac6@nospam662b820691552.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Daniel Cudzich
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Email dcudzi2@nospam662b820692313.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Joshua Garcia
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Email jgarc372@nospam662b820693938.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
Vishwa Patel
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Email vmpatel2@nospam662b8206972e5.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
August Sasaki
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Email asasaki2@nospam662b8206981c3.illinois.edu
Title Undergraduate Researcher
