I am materials chemist and have worked in materials synthesis, processing, and formulations with many application arenas. I am currently the deputy group leader for the Energetic Materials Formulations team. Here I am focused on developing new materials and processes for Advanced Manufacturing of energetic materials

PhD Chemistry University of California San Diego 20011, MS Chemistry University of California San Diego 2008, BA Chemistry California State University of Los Angeles 2003

H.P Martinez, Bukovsky, E.V., Grapes, M,D., Reeves, R.V., Sullivan, K.T., Gash, A.E.

“Cast Cure formulations of LLM-105”, JANNAF/ 41^st Propellant and Explosive Development and Characterization conference proceedings

Nerine J. Cherepy, Stephen A. Payne, Nicholas M. Harvey, Daniel Åberg, Zachary M. Seeley, Kiel S. Holliday, Ich C. Tran, Fei Zhou, H. Paul Martinez, Jessica M. Demeyer, Alexander D. Drobshoff, Alok M. Srivastava, Samuel J. Camardello, Holly A. Comanzo, Deborah L. Schlagel, Thomas A. Lograsso, “Red-emitting manganese-doped aluminum nitride phosphor.” Optical Materials, V. 54, 2016, 14-21

H.P. Martinez, I. Pawelczak N. Zaitseva, A. Glenn, L. Carman, S. Payne.  “Pulse shape discrimination in non-aromatic plastics.”  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 771, 2015, 28-31.

Pawelczack, I., Glenn, A.M., Martinez, H.P., Carman, L., Zaitseva, N., Payne, S.  “Boron-loaded plastic scintillator with neutron-gamma pulse shape discrimination capability.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 2014, 751, 62-69.

Zaitseva, N., Glenn, A., Martinez, H.P., Carman, L., Pawelczak, I., Faust, M., Payne, S.  “Pulse shape discrimination with lithium-containing organic scintillators.”  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 2013, 729, 747-754.

Favalli, A., Lliev, M.L., Chung, C., Hurlbut, C., Martinez, H.P., Swinhoe, M.T., Zaitseva, N.P., Ianakiev, K.D.  Pulse shape discrimination properties of neutron-sensitive organic scintillators.  IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 2013, 60, 1053-56.

Carman, L., Zaitseva, N., Martinez, H.P., Rupert, B.L., Pawelczak, I., Glenn, A., Mulcahy, H., Leif, R., Lewis, K., Payne, S.  “The effect of material purity on the optical and scintillation properties of solution-grown trans-stilbene crystals.”  Journal of Crystal Growth 2013, 368, 56–61.

Zaitseva, N., Rupert, B.L., Pawelczak, I., Glenn, A., Martinez, H.P., Carman, L., Faust, M., Cherepy, N., Payne, S.  “Plastic scintillators with efficient neutron/gamma pulse shape discrimination.”  Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 2012, 668, 88–93.

Martinez, H.P., Grant, C.D., Reynolds, J.G., Trogler, W.C.  “The detection and separation of high explosives on surface functionalized silica substrates.” J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 2908-2914.

Ta, C.N., Liberman, A., Martinez, H.P., Barback, C.V., Mattrey, R.F., Kono, Y., Trogler, W.C., Kummel, A.C., Wu, Z.  “Integrated processing of contrast pulse sequencing ultrasound imaging for enhanced active contrast of hollow gas filled silica nanoshells and microshells.”  J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 2012, 30, 02C104-1-6.

System and plastic scintillator for discrimination of thermal neutron, fast neutron, and gamma radiation.  2013, US20130299702 A1       

Lithium-Glass Based Composite Scintillator.  2013, Provisional Patent application 61/831477

2020                 WCI-WPD Silver Award

2013                 LLNL Directors Award

2012                 Physical Life Sciences Directorate Award

2012                 R&D 100 Award