Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign cecilial.matse.illinois.edu | She/Her(s)
Joined February 2015
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21 Dec 2025
Hey @AmericanAir it’s 48 hours delay, two nights in airport hotels on a journey Chicago - Honolulu. Can you get your people to do their job???? 🤬
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11 Dec 2024
Very nice to see this tremendous and collaborative work published. It took us a long time, but I’m very proud of it.
8 Dec 2024
Diet-Induced Obesity Modulates Close-Packing of Triacylglycerols in Lipid Droplets of Adipose Tissue | JACS @uofigrainger @UofIllinois @IllinoisMatSE @BIOENGatIL @CancerCenterIL #DietInduced #Obesity #Triacylglycerols #LipidDroplets #Adipose #Tissue pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jac…
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18 Sep 2024
Happy to have contributed to this @Nature paper with Nancy Sottos and others. We determined how the polymer chains align within these new patterned materials ☺️ @IllinoisMatSE
18 Sep 2024
Beckman researchers used a process called frontal polymerization to create materials that mimic the patterned structure that makes natural organisms resilient. 💪
Their study appeared today in @Nature.
📓doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-0…
📰bit.ly/3XRbZUY
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12 Sep 2024
I really like @UofIllinois tradition where the Library lets you laminate a book of your choice when you are promoted. I chose F. Pessoa. Here's why:
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27 Jun 2024
Come on @AmericanAir 1 HOUR on the tarmac??? You better wait for me so I catch the last flight home 🤬🤬🤬🤬
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5 Dec 2023
Biology is complex but when @coledeforest is explaining it to us, it’s just a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing your amazing work at the very last 2023 @IllinoisMatSE colloquium. It was great! #materials #biomaterials
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22 Nov 2023
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16 Oct 2023
All #lipid people join me in Seattle Spring 2024!! We have a great line up. Abstracts due Oct 18. Symposium SB07-Lipid Materials—Theory, Fundamentals and Applications: mrs.org/meetings-events/spri…
13 Oct 2023
👉 MRS.org/Spring2024 Alert!
Be part of a groundbreaking April event! Abstract submissions close October 18.
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#MaterialsScience #ScienceConference #S24MRS
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20 Sep 2023
Martinis to toast the MD Martini simulations on lipid-polymer hybrid membranes by @StattAntonia @MacroJrnls_ACS paper #materials
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7 Aug 2023
I have used this platform to complain about airlines but now I feel compelled to do the opposite. THANK YOU @united for swiftly rebooking my trip to Portugal after cancellations due to weather. The travel plan is as good as it could be. Well done! 👏🏼
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1 Jul 2023
Come on @AmericanAir . Arrived at the gate 12 min before departure and you won’t let me in?!!! It’s the last flight!! I was late because you guys didn’t give us a gate at arrival from BOS to ORD
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29 Jun 2023
Liquid Crystals GRC is almost done. I’m so happy to bring together a lot of fun people doing great science!
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28 Jun 2023
Thanks Kim (Shi En Kim) for the news article highlighting our work. I like the title! "Labyrinthine lipid nanoparticles may boost RNA delivery" cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/… via @cenmag
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26 Jun 2023
Happy about this one: we show how LNP nanostructure impacts endosomal escape in live cells:) 🙏🏼@NIGMS “Lipid nanoparticle topology regulates endosomal escape and delivery of RNA to the cytoplasm”| PNAS pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.23…
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24 Jun 2023
Indeed an inspiring group of people! Thanks so much Shikha, Harm-Anton, and Vivek for having me. I enjoyed the science, seeing old friends, and making new ones 🤗
24 Jun 2023
Thank you @Odeslab @ShikhaNangia @KlokLab for bringing together a fun, diverse, and inspiring group in an absolutely gorgeous venue! I learned so much this week!! @TellurideSci
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19 Jun 2023
I am spending the day @NorthwesternEng . I always forget how beautiful it is here. This lake view!
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9 Jun 2023
A nice @cenmag article by Shi En Kim where I give my two cents on current LNP research ☺️ #materials cen.acs.org/pharmaceuticals/… via @cenmag
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8 Jun 2023
Thank you. I’m honored and humbled at the same time for this @UofIllinois recognition.
Congrats, @leal_prof! 👏👏👏
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