PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Nick Jackson (he/him)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry,
AI for Materials Group Leader, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Faculty Affiliate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Faculty Affiliate, Materials Science and Engineering
e: jacksonn@illinois.edu
POSTDOCS
Katie Kidder (she/her)
Postdoctoral Researcher
kkidder@illinois.edu
Ph.D. Chemistry – Pennsylvania State University
B.A. Chemistry, Mathematics – Franklin & Marshall College
Vishnu Raghuraman (he/him)
Postdoctoral Researcher
vishnura@illinois.edu
Ph.D. Physics – Carnegie Mellon University
B.Tech Engineering Physics – IIT Delhi
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Eliza Asani (she/her)
Graduate Student
elizaa2@illinois.edu
B.S. Chemistry, Computer Science – The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Jingdan Chen (he/him)
Graduate Student
jingdan2@illinois.edu
B.S. Chemistry – Wuhan University
Anna DeBernardo (she/her)
Graduate Student
ad60@illinois.edu
B.S. Chemistry, Mathematics – Case Western Reserve University
David Friday (he/him)
Graduate Student
friday1@illinois.edu
M.S. Chemistry – UIUC
B.S. Chemistry – United States Air Force Academy
Shruti Iyer (she/her)
Graduate Student
shrutii2@illinois.edu
Integrated M.S. Chemistry – Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Seonghwan Kim (he/him)
Graduate Student (co-advised w/Prof. Schroeder)
sk77@illinois.edu
B.S. Physics – Seoul National University
Charlie Maier (he/him)
Graduate Student
jcmaier2@illinois.edu
B.S. Physics, Mathematics – University of Virginia
Huihang Qiu (he/him)
Graduate Student
huihang2@illinois.edu
M.S. Chemical Engineering – University of Tokyo
B.S. Chemistry – Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Matthew Too (he/him)
Graduate Student
mtoo2@illinois.edu
B.S. Biochemistry, Mathematics – State University of New York Brockport
Archana Verma (she/her)
Graduate Student
archana3@illinois.edu
B.S. Chemical Engineering – Stanford University
Jason Wu (he/him)
Graduate Student – (co-advised w/Prof. Schroeder)
jasonlw3@illinois.edu
B.S. Chemistry, B.A. Computer Science – Boston College
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Reesa Espera (she/her)
respera2@illinois.edu
UIUC – ChBE Expected ’26
Isaac Christensen (he/him)
ichri2@illinois.edu
UIUC – CS + Chemistry Expected ’26
Zylle Constantino (she/her)
acons3@illinois.edu
UIUC – ChBE Expected ’25
Aidan Lindsay (he/him)
aidancl3@illinois.edu
UIUC – Chemistry Expected ’25
Remec & Morisato Scholar
Sofia Sivilotti (she/her)
sofials3@illinois.edu
UIUC – CS + Chemistry Expected ’25
Remec & Morisato Scholar
ALUMNI
Chun-I Wang (PD 2021-2024) – Assistant Professor at CUNY Lehman College
Zheng Yu (PD 2022-2024) – CSI Fellow at Princeton University
Andriy Bilobokyy (UG 2023) – Associate Software Engineer I at Northrop Grumman
Andrew Qin (UG 2022-2023) – Ph.D program in Molecular Engineering at UChicago
Rohini Ramabadran (UG 2021) – Software Engineer at SeatGeek