Daniel P. Shoemaker
Associate Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Racheff Faculty Fellow
Affiliate, Illinois Quantum Information Science and Technology Center (IQUIST)
1017 Materials Research Laboratory
dpshoema@illinois.edu
Postdoc, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
PhD 2010, Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara
BS 2006, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois
Postdoctoral Researchers
We are currently recruiting postdoc candidates for materials synthesis projects with in-situ imaging and scattering. Prospective candidates should contact Prof. Shoemaker with a CV. Underrepresented candidates should also check out the excellent DRIVE program. Be proactive, because openings tend to be filled quickly.
PhD Students
Juyeon Won, 2020-
BS: Chemistry, Iowa State
juyeonw2@illinois.edu
BS: Chemistry, Iowa State
juyeonw2@illinois.edu
Emma Pappas, 2022-
BS: Mathematics and Physics, McGill
epappas3@illinois.edu
BS: Mathematics and Physics, McGill
epappas3@illinois.edu
Xierong Qian, 2023-
BS: Polymer Chemistry, USTC
xierong2@illinois.edu
BS: Polymer Chemistry, USTC
xierong2@illinois.edu
Jack D’Amelio, 2024-
BS: Chemistry, U. Central Washington
damelio2@illinois.edu
BS: Chemistry, U. Central Washington
damelio2@illinois.edu
Lucca Figari, 2024-
BS: Materials Science and Engineering, U. Minnesota
lfigari2@illinois.edu
BS: Materials Science and Engineering, U. Minnesota
lfigari2@illinois.edu
We are always recruiting stellar PhD and MS students who are interested in inorganic synthesis, characterization, and modeling. Please contact Daniel upon submission of your application to the Illinois MatSE Department.
MS Students
Siddhi Surawar, 2023-
BTech: Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar
surawar2@illinois.edu
BTech: Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar
surawar2@illinois.edu
Undergraduates
Maddie Conrad (Illinois Physics)
Kayla Huang (Illinois MatSE)
Nick Kwentus (Illinois MatSE)
Daniel Matatov (Illinois MatSE)
Akhila Mattapalli (Illinois MatSE)
Pon Pingkarawat (Illinois MatSE)
Shunxin Tu (Illinois MatSE)
Kayla Huang (Illinois MatSE)
Nick Kwentus (Illinois MatSE)
Daniel Matatov (Illinois MatSE)
Akhila Mattapalli (Illinois MatSE)
Pon Pingkarawat (Illinois MatSE)
Shunxin Tu (Illinois MatSE)
We strive to provide independent, high-impact projects for undergraduates. Interested students must enroll in MSE 396 or 397 (Intro to Research) and devote 6+ hours per week in the lab. If you have completed MSE 201 you are probably ready to join. Joining before your junior or senior year gives you time to finish training and work on independent projects. Contact Prof. Shoemaker to indicate your interest.
Alumni
| Postdocs: | (placement after the group) |
| 2018 Soumitra S. Sulekar | Saint-Gobain |
| PhD: | |
| 2024 Zachary W. Riedel | Los Alamos National Laboratory (Postdoc) |
| 2023 Kejian (Oscar) Qu | College of Idaho (Physics) |
| 2023 Mebatsion (Meba) S. Gebre | ASM International NV |
| 2021 Chengxi Zhao | |
| 2021 Manohar Karigerasi | SLAC Postdoc |
| 2020 Shannon E. Murray | Sandia National Laboratory Staff |
| 2019 Zhelong Jiang | SLAC-SSRL Postdoc |
| 2019 Ankita Bhutani | Intel |
| 2018 Rebecca D. McAuliffe | Oak Ridge National Laboratory Staff |
| 2018 Elizabeth A. Pogue | Johns Hopkins (PARADIM) Postdoc |
| MS: | |
| 2023 Jacob A. Christensen | |
| 2023 Yun-Hsuan (Jack) Ling | |
| 2023 Salil A. Paranjape | Cornell – Materials |
| 2022 Michael Coppedge | |
| 2021 Rithika Manchikatla | TSMC |
| 2021 Sai Venkata Gayathri Ayyagiri | Penn State – Materials |
| 2019 Prashant Singh Baghel | TMEIC |
| 2018 Shuai Li | |
| 2018 Jingwen Yu | BASF |
| 2017 Benjamin S. Hulbert | Illinois – MatSE |
| 2016 Insung Han | Michigan – Materials |
| 2016 Arun Ramanathan | Georgia Tech – Materials |
| BS: | (home institution) |
| Rebecca Banner | Skidmore – Chemistry |
| Andrew Baumgartner | UW Lacrosse – Chemistry |
| Piush Behera | Illinois – MatSE |
| Scott Berens | Minnesota – CEMS |
| Andrew Boomer | Oregon – Physics |
| Ashley Hemmingway | Illinois – Aero |
| Allen X. Guo | Illinois – MatSE |
| Charlotte J. Israel | Illinois – MatSE |
| Tyler J. Jensen | Illinois – MatSE |
| Frank P. Kelly | Illinois – MatSE |
| Yongsung Kim | Illinois – Physics |
| Vedant Khanna | Illinois – MatSE |
| Bao H. Lam | Illinois – MatSE |
| Josh Leeman | Illinois – MatSE |
| Sarah M. Longworth | Missouri State – Chemistry |
| Yiyue Luo | Illinois – MatSE |
| Christopher A. Miller | Illinois – MatSE |
| Bonian Pan | Illinois – MatSE |
| Carmen C. Paquette | Illinois Tech – Materials |
| Jai Sharma | Illinois – MatSE |
| Rangarajan (Nitin) Thiruvengadam | Illinois – MatSE |
| Julia L. Zuo | Illinois – MatSE |