Professional Background

Bella (Gabriella) is currently working to create materials and composites for operation at high temperatures and is the principal investigator for a project to fabricate and test these materials under extreme environments. She has a background in crystallography, inorganic synthesis, and material characterization, now working primarily on ceramic synthesis and material property characterization. Her materials research focuses on expanding the application of non-oxide ceramics fabricated via advanced manufacturing methods, including Direct Ink Write (DIW), spray drying, gel-casting, spark plasma sintering, and near-net shaped hot pressing.

Research Interests

• High pressure, high temperature synthesis, sintering, and consolidation
• Development of ceramics and composites for cutting/grinding, armor, corrosive, ultra-high temperature environments and other harsh service conditions
• Advanced and Additive Manufacturing of novel materials
• Recycling of lithium materials for energy and defense applications
• Mechanical properties of ceramics
• Additive manufacturing
• Materials chemistry
• Crystallography

PhD, Inorganic Chemistry, Oregon State University (OSU), 2018

BS, Chemistry, University of California Davis (UCD), 2012

 

1. Converse, E. S.; King, G. C. S.; Li, J.; Subramanian, M. A. Bond valence sum analysis of pyrochlore oxides including the novel dielectric Te⁶⁺ pyrochlores: ABiMTeO_7-y (A = Cd, Ca; M = Cr, Ga, Sc, In, Fe). Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2022.100378
2. Sobalvarro, E. C.; Thorpe, F.; Rivera, J.; Charalambous, H.; King, G. C. S.; Cahill, J.; Du Frane, W.; Kuntz, J.; McCormack, S. In-situ Spatially Resolved X-ray Diffraction and Thermal Expansion of TiB₂ up to 3050°C. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.01.050
3. Patent Appl. No. 17/392,686. A. Wat, G. King, J. Cahill, J. Kuntz, W. Du Frane, M. Worsley, L. Bekker, X. Xu, Y. Sun, J. Deotte. Compliant Suture-Based Joinery. Filed 2021.
4. Bustillos, C.; Bora, M.; King, G. C. S.; Du Frane, W.; Kuntz, J.  Moisture Ingress in Commercial Steel Drums: Water Content Determination, Diffusion Modeling, and Predicted Permeation Rates. Packaging Technology and Science, 2022.
5. Bustillos, C.; Bora, M.; King, G. C. S.; Du Frane, W.; Kuntz, J.  Densification and Microstructure Features of Lithium Hydride Fabrication. Annals of Nuclear Chemistry, 2023.
6. C. G. Bustillos, M. Bora, L. Thornley, T. Baumer, G. C. S. King, J. Cahill, J. Kuntz, W. L. Du Frane, Segregation of Impurities in Metallic Lithium Through Melt Settling, 2022 Liquid Metal Processing & Casting Conference Proceedings.
7. Wat, A.; Hall, A. L.; Yang, Q. R.; Lu, R.; Converse, E. S.; Ye, C.; King, G. C. S.; Kuntz, J. D.; Worsley, M. A.; Cahill, J. T.; Du Frane, W. Synthesis of nanograined zirconium diboride microsphere powder feedstock via emulsification of suspensions. Ceramics International, 2021.
8. Cahill, J.T., Du Frane W.L, Soderlind J.C., Sio C.K, Lu, R., King, G.C.S., Worsley, M.A., Kuntz, J.D. Transformation of Boron Nitride from Cubic to Hexagonal Under 1-Atm Helium. Diamond and Related Materials, 2020.
9. Giampaoli, G.; Li, J.; Hermann, R. P.; Sleight, A. W.; Stalick, J. K.; Ramirez, A. P.; Day, B.; Subramanian, M. A. Tuning Functional Properties of Pyrochlore and Related Oxides via Cation and Anion Substitutions. Graduate Dissertation, 2018.
10. Giampaoli, G.; Siritanon, T.; Day, B.; Li, J.; Subramanian, M. A.  Temperature Independent Low Loss Dielectrics Based on Quaternary Pyrochlore Oxides. Progress in Solid State Chemistry, 2018, 50, 16-23.
11. Giampaoli, G.; Li, J.; Hermann, R. P.; Stalick, J. K.; Subramanian, M. A.  Tuning Color through Sulfur and Fluorine Substitutions in the Defect Tin (II, IV) Niobate Pyrochlores. Solid State Sciences, 2018, 81, 32-42.
12. Giampaoli, G.; Li, J.; Ramirez, A. P.; Sleight, A. W.; Subramanian, M. A.  Bi_2-xCa_xIr₂O_6+y Pyrochlore Phases: Structure and Properties with Varied Oxidation State from 3.9+ to 4.3+. Inorganic Chemistry, 2017, 56, 4706-4715.

PLS MSD Spot Award, Going Above and Beyond (2023)

PLS Directorate Award: DEI and Culture (2022)

WCI 2022 Gold Award (2022)

WTE 2022 Bronze Award (2022)

DOE NNSA 2^nd Annual Additive Manufacturing (AM) Conference Organizer (2019)

Milton Harris Teaching Award (2017)

Milton Harris Summer Fellow (2016)

Women in Science Retreat Organizer (2016)

Outstanding Laboratory TA Award (2014)

Chemistry Department Head Teaching Assistant (2013-2017)