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Cécile Chazot

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Julia Weertman Professor in Materials Science and Engineering

Contact

2220 Campus Drive
Cook 3051
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

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Website

The Spin Lab

Departments

Materials Science and Engineering

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Education

Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Mines Paristech, Paris, FRANCE


Research Interests

The Sustainable Polymer Innovation Laboratory (SPIn lab) at Northwestern University, led by Professor Cécile Chazot, seeks to develop sustainable manufacturing and recycling of polymers and composites. Our focus areas include fiber-based materials, biopolymers, large-scale processing, structural colors, and green chemistry. Our interdisciplinary work spans from fundamental understanding of materials and their properties to applications and industrial deployment. 


Significant Recognition

  • Materials Research Society Arthur Nowick Graduate Student Award (Fall 2021)
  • Materials Research Society Graduate Student Award, Silver (Fall 2021)

Selected Publications

  • Fine, Simona G.; Branovsky, Sara E.; Chazot, Cécile A.C., Structural Color Out of the Blue, Biomacromolecules (2024).
  • Fine, Simona G.; Chazot, Cécile A.C., Unraveling the Governing Mechanisms Behind the Chiral Nematic Self-Assembly of Cellulose-Based Polymers, Chemistry of Materials (2023).
  • Chazot, Cécile A.C.; Thrasher, Carl J.; Peraire-Bueno, Alexander; Durso, Michael N.; Macfarlane, Robert J.; Hart, A. John, Scalable, Versatile Synthesis of Ultrathin Polyetherimide Films and Coatings via Interfacial Polymerization, Advanced Functional Materials (2023).
  • Chazot, Cécile A.C.; Creighton, Megan A.; Hart, A. John, Interfacial Photopolymerization, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2023).
  • Chazot, Cécile A.C., Disentangling Current Challenges to Weave the Future of Sustainable Textiles, Accounts of Materials Research (2023).
  • Chazot, Cécile A.C.; L'Etoile, Maxwell; Sandland, Jessica G., MICRO, Matter (2023).