Qian Chen

Qian Chen is an associate professor and Racheff Scholar in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), where she also obtained her PhD degree. She completed her postdoc at the University of California, Berkeley under the Miller Fellowship. She joined the faculty of UIUC in 2015 and has received awards for her group’s research. Her group focuses on the broad scheme of imaging, understanding, and engineering soft materials at the nanoscale, including systems such as colloidal self-assembly, protein aggregation, advanced battery devices, and energy-efficient separation strategies. She can be reached by email at qchen20@illinois.edu.