Members

Katie Kidder (she/her)

Postdoctoral Researcher

kkidder@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Chemistry – Pennsylvania State University

B.A. Chemistry, Mathematics – Franklin & Marshall College

Viviana Palacio Betancur (she/her)

Postdoctoral Researcher

vpalacio@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Molecular Engineering – University of Chicago

B.S. Chemical Engineering, M.S. Materials Science – Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín

Vishnu Raghuraman (he/him)

Postdoctoral Researcher

vishnura@illinois.edu

Ph.D. Physics – Carnegie Mellon University

B.Tech Engineering Physics – IIT Delhi

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

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

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

Reesa Espera (she/her)

respera2@illinois.edu

UIUC – ChBE Expected ’26

Isaac Christensen (he/him)

ichri2@illinois.edu

UIUC – CS + Chemistry Expected ’26