The Team
Meet our lab members!
Reach out directly to Prof. Chazot (cchazot@northwestern.edu) for any inquiry about our open positions. Provide information about you, your research and outreach interest, and how it relates to the SPIn lab activities.
Current NU graduate students, please contact our graduate students (spin_lab@northwestern.edu) for research inquiries and collaborations.
Cécile A. C. Chazot
Principal Investigator
Cécile Chazot (she/her/hers) joined Northwestern University in January 2023. She earned her PhD in Materials Science & Engineering (DMSE) at MIT in May 2022, where she worked as a MathWorks fellow under the supervision of Prof. A. John Hart on the development of low temperature manufacturing methods based on interfacial polymerization. She received a M.Sc in Materials Science and Engineering from Mines Paristech (France). Prior to pursuing a PhD at MIT, she led research in bio-inspired photonics and optical properties of materials in academia and industry across the US, the UK, and France. Her work lies at the interface of polymer chemistry, mechanical engineering, photonics, and fiber-based materials. Cécile also strives to fuse educational initiatives with innovation in materials and manufacturing, which led her to receive the Arthur Nowick Award and a Silver Graduate Student Award at the 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting. She is also a co-founder of the Materials Initiative for Comprehensive Research Opportunity (MICRO), a remote educational program to empower minoritized undergraduates to conduct materials research.
Graduate Students
Eleanor Grosvenor
Graduate Student
BS (Materials Science & Engineering) University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Research Interests
Biodegradable colorimetric materials based on polysaccharides
Joined Group
Fall 2022
Sara Johnson
Graduate Student
BS (Composite Materials Engineering & Materials Chemistry) Winona State University, Winona, MN
Research Interests
Thermoformable and biodegradable structural composites
Joined Group
Fall 2022
Simona Fine
Graduate Student
BS (Materials Science & Engineering) Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Research Interests
Structurally-colored fibers based on cellulose and its derivatives
Joined Group
Fall 2022
Tianna Green
Graduate Student – Co-advised with Prof. Jeffrey Lopez
BA (Physics) Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Research Interests
Polymer binder design for battery applications
Joined Group
Fall 2022
Isabelle Behrman
Graduate Student – Co-advised with Prof. Kenneth Shull
BS (Chemistry) Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Research Interests
Interfacial chemistry and design of crosslinked biopolymers
Joined Group
Fall 2023
Kevin Chhen
visiting Masters Student – advised by Prof. bart jan ravoo
BS (Chemistry) University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Research Interests
Thermoplastic bio-copolymers for biodegradable and recyclable packaging
Joined Group
Fall 2024
Undergraduate Students
Gabrielle Wood
underGraduate Student
Chemical Engineering, Howard University, Washington, DC
Research Interests
Chemical recycling methods for textile fiber blends
Joined Group
Fall 2022
Serafina France Tribe
underGraduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Research Interests
Structure-property relationship in natural wool fibers
Joined Group
Winter 2023
Malachi Cohen
underGraduate Student
Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Research Interests
Fiber design for high-performance swimsuits
Joined Group
Summer 2023
Emma Sellin
UNDERGraduate StudenT
Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Research Interests
Spinning of photonic fibers from cellulose derivatives
Joined Group
Summer 2023
Paloma Lee
UNDERGraduate StudenT – Co-advised with Prof. Vinayak Dravid
Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Research Interests
Structure-property relationship in natural wool fibers
Joined Group
Winter 2024
Ben Hirschboeck
UNDERGraduate StudenT – Co-advised with Prof. Dayne Swearer
Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Research Interests
Catalysis for degradation of aromatic and aromatic-aliphatic polyesters
Joined Group
Winter 2024
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Contact
Email: cchazot AT northwestern DOT edu
2220 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208-3108, USA