Mechanical Engineering

Kimani C. Toussaint

Visiting Associate Professor 2014-2015 Associate professor, Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Affiliate faculty, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Affiliate, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

MIT Sponsors:
- Peter So, Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Background

Kimani C. Toussaint, Jr. is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, and an affiliate faculty in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, as well as the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds a PhD and MS in electrical engineering from Boston University and a BA in African-American studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Interests

Toussaint directs the laboratory for Photonics Research of Bio/nano Environments (PROBE Lab) at UIUC, an interdisciplinary research group which focuses on developing advanced optical techniques for both quantitatively imaging collagen-based biological structures, and investigating the optical properties of plasmonic nanostructures for light-driven control of matter.