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Damien Guironnet - professor of chemical and bimolecular engineering

Damien Guironnet

Professeur

guironne@illinois.edu

  • 2025-Present | Professor
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 2021-2025 | Associate Professor
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 2014-2021 | Assistant Professor
    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • 2011-2014 | Senior Research Scientist
    BASF Corporation - Charlotte, NC
  • 2009-2011 | CENTC Postdoctoral Fellow
    The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2005-2009 | Ph.D. in Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude
    Universitat Konstanz - Germany
    Research advisor: Prof. Stefan Mecking
  • 2001-2005 | MS in Chemical Engineering
    Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie de Mulhouse - France

Graduate Students

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Michael Taleff

5th Year ChBE Graduate Student

mtaleff2@illinois.edu

Education

BS in Chemical Engineering (2018-2022)

BS in Chemistry (2018-2022)

University of Texas - Austin, TX

Research

I am investigating termination rates in fast initiating polymerizations.

Hobbies

I like to ride my bike and play volleyball. I'm trying to learn Japanese.

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Joanna Vo

4th Year Chemistry Graduate Student

jnvo2@illinois.edu

Education

BS in Chemistry (2019-2023)

University of Texas at Dallas - Dallas, TX

Research

My research focuses on the synthesis of bottlebrush polymers with an emphasis on photonics.

Hobbies

I like playing flag football, volleyball, and ultimate frisbee, reading, eating good food, playing L4D2, and spending time with friends and family.

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Elizabeth Vrana

3rd Year Chemistry Graduate Student

evrana2@illinois.edu

Education

BS in Chemistry (2020-2024)

The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH

Research

My research focuses on the synthesis of shape-controlled diblock bottlebrush copolymers.

Hobbies

I love running, biking, hiking, and doing anything outdoorsy. I spend my free time hanging out with friends, volunteering at the Wildlife Medical Clinic Ambassador program, and spending time with my 4 cats (Felis catus), 2 snakes (Python regius and Heterodon nasicus), 2 blue-tongued skinks (Tiliqua scincoides), and leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius). 

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Kyle Kirkendall-Jones

3rd Year ChBE Graduate Student

kylek6@illinois.edu

Education

BS in Chemical Engineering (2019-2023)

BS in Chemistry (2019-2023)

University of Wisconsin - Madison - Madison, WI

Research

My research focuses on the exploration of autocatalytic chemistry and its uses in chemically induced frontal polymerization.

Hobbies

I love to workout at the gym, run Iron Man races, play soccer and volleyball, reading, hiking, fishing, exploring, playing dominion,  and playing left 4 dead 2 with the group.

Undergraduate Students

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Kael Schwarckopf

  3rd Year Undergraduate Student in ChBE

kaelds2@illinois.edu

Mentor: Michael Taleff

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Edgar Dobra

4th Year Undergraduate Student in ChBE

edobra2@illinois.edu

Mentor: Damien Guironnet

Alumni

  • Camille Boucher-Jacobs ('19)- Solugen

  • Muhammad Rabnawaz ('17)- Associate professor at Michigan State University

  • Scott Hicks ('15)- University of Rochester

  • Kaitlyn Wiegand ('26)

  • Jerry Rong ('26)- Kingfa

  • Alfons Pineda-Knauseder ('25)- Essential Industries Inc.

  • Keelee McCleary-Petersen ('25)- Air Force Research Laboratory

  • Vanessa DaSilva ('25)- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation

  • Yash Kamble ('24)- Postdoc at Texas A&M University (Hsiao Lab)

  • Susannah Miller ('23)- EcoLab

  • Brian VanDyke (Masters '22)- Crystal Pharmatech

  • Nicholas Wang ('22)- Braskem

  • Danielle Harrier ('22)- Exponent

  • Alexander Horn ('21)- 3M

  • Tianwei Yan ('21)- Postdoc at University of Delaware (Epps/Korley Lab)

  • Dylan Walsh ('20)- Postdoc at MIT (Jensen/Olsen Lab)

  • Micheal Hyatt ('20)- Postdoc at University of Minnesota (Mahanthappa/Bates Lab)

  • Jaimie Kurtz (Masters '18)- University of Illinois (College of Education)

  • Carl Schultz ('21)- Boston start-up

  • Marjorie Bridgewater ('21)- JPL National Lab

  • Lingze Wei (Masters '17)- Graduate student at Stanford University

  • Celia Colucci

  • Dareall Acheampong

  • Yating Feng

  • Ava Chen

  • Jay Lim

  • David Yang

  • Devin Schinski

  • Thomas Johnston

  • Bugra Sahin

  • Robert Schneider

  • Muneeb Ansari

  • Mikaela Dressendorfer

  • Kristen Lee

  • Pak Wing Chen

  • Chengling Qiu

  • Bryan Scheulin

  • SiiHong (Will) Lau

  • Regev Trigalo

  • Tola Okesanjo

  • Eric Su

  • Yasheen Jadidi

  • Evan Richter

  • Michael Kubacki

  • David Braker

  • Joseph Schlude

  • Brett Llewellyn

  • Rahul Gogia

*Please contact Michael Taleff (mtaleff2@illinois.edu) to update your information*