I am interested in developing new ways to understand matter at the extreme conditions found in laser-material interactions, additive manufacturing, and high-speed flight. This includes investigating optical damage, developing new measurement and material processing capabilities, and enabling material development efforts. Research interests Laser-material interactions Optical metrology, diagnostics, and imaging High temperature materials Hypersonic wind tunnels Career path 2020-present, Lawrence Livermore National Lab 2019-2020, Research Associate, Corning R&D Inc. 2017-2019 Director of Engineering / Principal Engineer, Prellis Biologics 2015-2017, Senior Engineer, Intel Corp., Optical Metrology 2013-2015 Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University / Brookhaven National Laboratory, jointly appointed Subject Matter Expertise Applied optics, spectroscopy, hypersonics, optical diagnostics, material science, additive manufacturing

PhD, Physical Chemistry, University of California - Davis, Davis, California

BS, Chemistry, California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, California

Selected publications

In-situ Optical Detection for Ultrasonic Characterization of Materials in a Mach 10 Hypersonic Wind Tunnel, Phys. Rev. Appl., doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.18.044062

A design strategy for intramolecular singlet fission mediated by charge-transfer states in donor-acceptor organic materials, Nature Materials, doi:10.1038/nmat4175

Multiphonon relaxation slows singlet fission in crystalline hexacene, Journal of the American Chemical Society, doi:10.1021/ja503980c

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Patents

Systems and methods for deflecting optical beams by translating metasurfaces

Machine-readable optical label including spectrally encoded data storage patterns

Methods and systems for three-dimensional printing

Optically-induced auto-encapsulation

Molecular compositions, materials, and methods for efficient multiple exciton generation

Design strategy for intramolecular singlet fission mediated by charge-transfer states in donor-acceptor organic materials

• LLNL Bronze Award, 2021
• Merck Innovation Award, 2019
• Peter A. Rock Fellow in Physical Chemistry, 2012

Memberships

Optica, member

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