Adele Frances Panasci-Nott

(she/her)

Portrait of  Adele Frances Panasci-Nott
  • Title
    Analytical Chemist, Staff Scientist
  • Email
    panascinott1@llnl.gov
  • Phone
    (925) 423-5354
  • Organization
    PLS-MSD-MATERIALS SCIENCE DIVISION
  • Research interests

    • Development and implementation of analytical techniques to characterize small molecules, with an emphasis on liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry
    • Identification of unknown trace impurities and degradation products of materials using high resolution mass spectrometry
    • Support material aging and compatibility studies of solid high explosives
    • Implementation of automation and robotics to improve efficiency, currently bringing in an automation system to improve sample preparation in the HE analytical lab.

    Current position(s)

     Analytical Chemist, Staff Scientist

    Career path

    • Research Scientist – Gilead Sciences, Inc.
    • Postdoc – NACS LLNL

     

    Highlights

     

     

    Subject Matter Expertise

    Liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, explosives analytical analysis, degradation and impurity determination

     

Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, University of California, Davis, 2014

B.S., Chemistry, Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, 2009

B.S., Business Administration, Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, 2009

  1. Selected publications

    J. G. Reynolds, A. Racoveanu, A. K. Burnham, J. Moore, K. R. Coffee, A. F. Panasci-Nott, K. Morrison, G. L. Klunder, and J. Van Horn. "Isotopic Substitution in Energetic Materials Facilitates Understanding of Decomposition Mechanisms in Abnormal Thermal Environments." Bulletin of the American Physical Society (2023)

    A. K. Burnham, K. R. Coffee, G. L. Klunder, A. F. Panasci‐Nott, and J. G. Reynolds. "Towards a heat‐and mass‐balanced kinetic model of TATB decomposition." Prop., Explos., Pyrotech (2023): e202300121.

    H. E. Mason, C. A. Colla, A. Racoveanu, K. R. Coffee, A. F. Panasci-Nott, E. M. Kahl, and J. G. Reynolds, “Probing the Structural Effects of Hydrogen Bonding in 1,3,5-Triamino-2,4,6-trinitrobenzene (TATB): Experimental Evidence by 15N NMR Spectroscopy”, JPC C 2022, 126 (44), 18802-18812.

    K. R. Coffee, A. F. Panasci-Nott, B. J. Stewart, J. A. Olivas, A. M. Williams, J. Reynolds, “Trace Compound Analysis in TATB by Liquid Chromatography coupled with Spectroscopic and Spectrometric Detection”, Prop., Explos., Pyrotech, 2022, 47, e202100224.

    A. F. Panasci-Nott, S. J. Harley, M. Zavarin, W. H. Casey, “Kinetic Studies of the [NpO2(CO3)3]4- Ion at Alkaline Conditions Using 13C NMR”, Inorg. Chem., 2014, 53 (8) 4202-4208.

    A. F. Panasci-Nott, C. A. Ohlin, S. J. Harley, W. H. Casey, “Rates of Water Exchange on the [Fe-4(OH)2(hpdta)2(H2O)4]0 Molecule and Its Implications for Geochemistry”, Inorg. Chem., 2012, 51(12) 6731-8.

    A. F. Panasci-Nott, J. G. McAlpin, C. A. Ohlin, S. Christensen, J. C. Fettinger, R. D. Britt, J. Rustad, W. H. Casey, “Cooperation between bound waters and hydroxyls in controlling isotope-exchange rates”, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 2012, 78, 18-27.

    R.L. Johnson, S. J. Harley, C. A. Ohlin, A. F. Panasci-Nott, W. H. Casey, “Multinuclear NMR Study of the Pressure Dependence for Carbonate Exchange in the [UO2(CO3)3]4- (Aq) Ion”, ChemPhysChem, 2011, 12, 2903-2906.

    S. J. Harley, C. A. Ohlin, R. L. Johnson, A. F. Panasci-Nott, W. H. Casey, “The Pressure Dependence of Oxygen Isotope Exchange Rates Between Solution and Apical Oxygen Atoms on the [UO2(OH)4]2- Ion”, Angew. Chem. 2011, 50, 4467-4469.

    For a full list, see: ORCID