Contact Information
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology
3247 Beckman Institute
405 N. Mathews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
Biography
Charles M. Schroeder is a Professor and Ray and Beverly Mentzer Faculty Scholar in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He is also an Affiliate in the Departments of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and Bioengineering, and he is a member of the Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology and the Institute for Genomic Biology in Biosystems Design. His research focuses on single molecule studies of polymer dynamics and biological systems, and his recent work has extended the field of single polymer dynamics to new materials. Professor Schroeder has been recognized by several awards, including the Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, an NSF CAREER Award, the Arthur B. Metzner Award from the Society of Rheology, and a Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering. Professor Schroeder joined the department in 2008. He received his B.S. (1999) in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, followed by an M.S. (2001) and Ph.D. (2004) in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley.
Research Description
The Schroeder Research Group studies the dynamics of polymers, proteins, and soft materials using single molecule techniques. A major goal of our research is to understand how microscopic phenomena give rise to the emergent, macroscopic properties of soft materials.
For more information: Schroeder Research Group
Awards and Honors
Center for Advanced Study, Beckman Fellow, University of Illinois, 2014
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2013
NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2013
Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, University of Illinois, 2013
Arthur B. Metzner Early Career Award, Society of Rheology, 2012
U.S. Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, 2012
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Head, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dr. Ray & Beverly Mentzer Faculty Scholar, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Professor, Center for Biophysics & Quantitative Biology
Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Professor, Bioengineering
Professor, Materials Science & Engineering
Professor, Materials Research Lab
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science & Technology
Honors & Awards
Center for Advanced Study, Beckman Fellow, University of Illinois, 2014
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, 2013
NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation, 2013
Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, University of Illinois, 2013
Arthur B. Metzner Early Career Award, Society of Rheology, 2012
U.S. Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, 2012
Recent Publications
Chaudhary, S., Velankar, S. S., & Schroeder, C. M. (2024). Dynamics of meniscus-bound particle clusters in extensional flow. Journal of Rheology, 68(3), 397-413. https://doi.org/10.1122/8.0000805
Kalutantirige, F. C., He, J., Yao, L., Cotty, S., Zhou, S., Smith, J. W., Tajkhorshid, E., Schroeder, C. M., Moore, J. S., An, H., Su, X., Li, Y., & Chen, Q. (2024). Beyond nothingness in the formation and functional relevance of voids in polymer films. Nature communications, 15(1), Article 2852. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46584-2
Kim, S., & Schroeder, C. M. (2024). Scaling up discovery. Nature Synthesis, 3(5), 562-564. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-024-00498-5
Burks, G. R., Yao, L., Kalutantirige, F. C., Gray, K. J., Bello, E., Rajagopalan, S., Bialik, S. B., Barrick, J. E., Alleyne, M., Chen, Q., & Schroeder, C. M. (2023). Electron Tomography and Machine Learning for Understanding the Highly Ordered Structure of Leafhopper Brochosomes. Biomacromolecules, 24(1), 190-200. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.2c01035
Jang, S., Hernandez Alvarez, E. I., Chen, C., Jing, B. B., Shen, C., Braun, P. V., Schleife, A., Schroeder, C. M., & Evans, C. M. (2023). Control of Lithium Salt Partitioning, Coordination, and Solvation in Vitrimer Electrolytes. Chemistry of Materials, 35(19), 8039-8049. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01353