Professional Background

Emily is a Staff Scientist in the Energetic Materials Formulation and Testing Group within the Materials Science Division at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She is the principal investigator for polymer development efforts supporting energetic materials formulation. Her research includes surface and interface characterization, polymer structure-property relationships, and formulation development for additive manufacturing.

Prior to joining LLNL in 2021, Emily completed a postdoctoral appointment in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University and received her Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Southern Mississippi. Her background includes polymer synthesis, surface modification, and the development of sequence-defined polymers for materials and biochemical applications.

Research interests

• Energetic binder synthesis and formulation
• Surfaces and Interfaces
• Polymers for additive manufacturing
• Polymer characterization and structure-property relationships

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Postdoctoral Research, Cornell University, 2017-2021

Ph.D., Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Southern Mississippi, 2016

B.S., Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 2010

1. Hoff, E.; Weigel, R.; Rangamani, A.; Alabi, C. Discrete Oligothiocarbamates Exhibit Sequence-Dependent Fluorescence Emission and Quenching. ACS Polym. AU. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acspolymersau.2c00070.
2. Hoff, E.; De Hoe, G.; Mulvaney, C.; Hillmyer, M.; Alabi, C. Thiol–Ene Networks from Sequence-Defined Polyurethane Macromers. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 6729.
3. Hoff, E.; Artim, C.; Brown, J.; Alabi, C. Sensitivity of Antibacterial Activity to Backbone Sequence in Constitutionally Isomeric OligoTEAs. ‎Macromol. Biosci. 2018, 18, 1800241.
4. Hoff, E.; Abel, B.; Tretbar, C.; McCormick, C.; Patton, D. Aqueous RAFT at pH Zero: Enabling Controlled Polymerization of Unprotected Acyl Hydrazide Methacrylamides. Polym. Chem. 2017, 8, 4978. Featured in 2017 Polymer Chemistry Pioneering Investigators Themed Issue.
5. Hoff, E.; Abel, B.; Tretbar, C.; McCormick, C.; Patton, D. RAFT Polymerization of “Splitters” and “Cryptos”: Exploiting Azole-N-carboxamides As Blocked Isocyanates for Ambient Temperature Postpolymerization Modification.Macromolecules, 2016, 49, 554.
6. Foster, S.; Hoff, E.; Curtzwiler, G.; Williams, E., Davis, K.; Patton, D.; Rawlins, J. Chemorheology Investigation of a Glassy Epoxy Thermoset on Tensile Plastic Flow and Fracture Morphology. J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2015, 53, 1333. Featured on the cover.
7. Hensarling, R.; Hoff, E.; LeBlanc, A.; Guo, W.; Rahane, S.; Patton, D. Photocaged Pendent Thiol Polymer Brush Surfaces for Post-Polymerization Modifications via Thiol-Click Chemistry. J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 2013, 51, 1079.
8. Bapat, A.; Ray, J.; Savin, D.; Hoff, E.; Patton, D.; Sumerlin, B. Dynamic-Covalent Nanostructures Prepared by Diels–Alder Reactions of Styrene-Maleic Anhydride-Derived Copolymers Obtained by One-Step Cascade Block Copolymerization. Polym. Chem. 2012, 3, 3112.
9. Guo, W.; Hensarling, R.; LeBlanc, A.; Hoff, E.; Braranek, A.; Patton, D. Rapid Synthesis of Polymer Brush Surfaces via Microwave-Assisted Surface-Initiated Radical Polymerization (μW-SIP). Macromol. Rapid. Commun. 2012, 33, 863. Part of a special issue: “Polymer Science – The Next Generation”
10. Ray, J.; Naik, S.; Hoff, E.; Johnson, A.; Ly, J.; Easterling, C.; Patton, D.; Savin, D. Stimuli-Responsive Peptide-Based ABA-Triblock Copolymers: Unique Morphology Transitions With pH. Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2012, 33, 819.  Featured on the cover of special issue: “Polymer Science – The Next Generation”
11. Patton, D. L.; Page, K. A.; Hoff, E.; Fasolka, M. J.; Beers, K. L. A Robust and High-Throughput Measurement Platform for Monomer Reactivity Ratios from Surface-Initiated Polymerization. Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1174.