Biography
Prior to joining LLNL, Deirdre spent 5 years in the polymer industry as an Applications Development chemist at additives companies. After arriving at LLNL in mid-2021 her focus has shifted to energetic formulations while leveraging prior expertise in additives, such as plasticizer migration and aging characteristics. In addition to traditional energetics formulations, Deirdre is also interested in new developments in additive manufacturing and machine learning.
Research Interests
- Energetic and non-energetic formulations
- New additive manufacturing techniques for formulation and fabrication of energetics
- Coupling machine learning with traditional formulation chemistry
Education
- M.S. Polymer Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon B.S. Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon