Paul Braun received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1998. He is an associate professor in the U of I Department of Materials Science and Engineering and a part-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute 3D Micro and Nanosystems group. His field of interest covers a wide range of materials science disciplines, with a general focus on the formation and study of nano and microstructures through self and directed assembly including photonic bandgap structures, conducting polymers, nanostructured ceramics, semiconductors, and biomaterials.
Honors: Willett Faculty Scholar Award (2002) and Xerox Award for Faculty Research (2004), both from the U of I College of Engineering; 3M Nontenured Faculty Award (2001-2004); Robert Lansing Hardy Award from TMS (2002); and the Beckman Young Investigator Award (2001).