Marcus A. Worsley

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  • Title
    Group Leader, Applied & Emerging Materials
  • Email
    worsley1@llnl.gov
  • Phone
    (925) 424-4831
  • Organization
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Research Interests

  • Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials for energy, environmental, and defense applications
  • Developing aerogel materials with improved (e.g. mechanical) and novel (e.g. thermoelectric) properties to expand their range of useful applications

Current projects include the development of aerogels and porous materials for hydrogen storage and generation, catalysis, electrical energy storage, and armor technologies.

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 2006

M.S., Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, 2003

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Michigan State University, 2001

Marcus Worsley has over 20 patents and 100 articles in refereed journals.

  1. A. Pinongcos, X. Xue, S. Chandrasekaran, M.A. Worsley, Y. Li, “Innovative Electrode Design for Low-Temperature Electrochemical Energy Storage: A Mini Review,” Energy & Fuels, accepted (2025).
  2. Y. Zhou, A. Orhan, J. Ye, N. Leport, M.A. Worsley, L. Pilon, “Superior electrochemical performance and reduced heat generation in 3D printed vs. 2D tape-casted NMC622 electrodes,” Journal of Power Sources, 8 235861 (2025).
  3. (Invited) S. Chandrasekaran, D. Lin, Y. Li, M.A. Worsley, “Aerogels, additive manufacturing, and energy storage,” Joule, 7 866 (2023).
  4. B. Yao, S. Chandrasekaran, H. Zhang, A. Ma, J. Kang, L. Zhang, X. Lu, F. Qian, C. Zhu, E.B. Duoss, C.M. Spadaccini, M.A. Worsley, Y. Li, “3D-Printed Structure Boost the Kinetics and Intrinsic Capacitance of Pseudocapacitive Graphene Aerogels,” Advanced Materials, 32 1906652 (2020).
  5. B. Yao, S. Chandrasekaran, J. Zhang, W. Xiao, F. Qian, C. Zhu, E.B. Duoss, C.M. Spadaccini, M.A. Worsley, Y. Li, “Efficient 3D Printed Pseudocapacitive Electrodes with Ultrahigh MnO2 Loading,” Joule, 3 459 (2019).
  6. J.T. Cahill, S. Turner, J. Ye, B. Shevitski, S. Aloni, T.F. Baumann, A. Zettl, J.D. Kuntz, M.A. Worsley, “Ultra-high temperature ceramic aerogels,” Chemistry of Materials, 31 3700 (2019).
  7. R.M. Hensleigh, H.Cui, J.S. Oakdale, J. Ye,  E.B. Duoss, C.M. Spadaccini, X. Zheng, M.A. Worsley,  “Additive Manufacturing of Hierarchical Three-dimensional Micro-architected Graphene Aerogels,” Materials Horizons, 5 1035 (2018). (featured on front cover)
  8. C. Zhu, T. Liu, F. Qian, W. Chen, S Chandrasekaran, B. Yao, Y. Song, E.B. Duoss, J.D. Kuntz, C.M. Spadaccini, M.A. Worsley, Y. Li, “3D Printed Functional Nanomaterials for Electrochemical Energy Storage,” Nano Today, 15 107 (2017).
  9. S. Chandrasekaran, P.G. Campbell, T.F. Baumann, M.A. Worsley, “Carbon Aerogel Evolution: Allotrope, Graphene-Inspired, and 3D-Printed Aerogels,” Journal of Materials Research, 32 4166 (2017).
  10. C. Zhu, T. Y.-J. Han, E. B Duoss, A. Golobic, J. D. Kuntz, C. M. Spadaccini, and M. A. Worsley, “Highly Compressible 3D Periodic Graphene Aerogel Microlattices,” Nature Commun., DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7962, 2015. (Highlighted in C&EN.)
  11. M. A. Worsley, S. Charnvanichborikarn, E. Montalvo, S. J. Shin, E. D. Tylski, J. H. Satcher, Jr., J. Biener, T. F. Baumann, and S. O. Kucheyev, “Toward macroscale, isotropic carbons with graphene-sheet-like electrical and mechanical properties,” Advanced Functional Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201400316 (2014).
  12. M. Rousseas, A. P. Goldstein, W. Mickelson, M. A. Worsley, L. Woo, and A. Zettl, “Synthesis of Highly Crystalline sp2-bonded boron nitride aerogels,” ACS Nano, 10.1021/nn402452p (2013).
  13. P. J. Pauzauskie, M. A. Worsley, T. Laurence, A. L. Kilcoyne, Y. M. Wang, T. Willey, K. Visbeck, S. Fakra, W. Evans, and J. H. Satcher, “Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline diamond aerogel,” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 108 8550 (2011). (Highlighted in Nature.)
  14. M. A. Worsley, P. J. Pauzauskie, T. Y. Olson, J. H. Satcher, and T. F. Baumann, “Synthesis of graphene aerogel with high electrical conductivity,” J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 132 14067 (2010).
  15. M. A. Worsley, S. O. Kucheyev, J. H. Satcher, A. V. Hamza, and T. F. Baumann, “Mechanically robust and electrically conductive carbon nanotube foams,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 94 073115 (2009). (Selected by Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology.)
  • LLNL Physical and Life Sciences Directorate Award
  • R&D 100 Award
  • LLNL WCI Gold Award
  • FLC (Far West Region) Outstanding Technology Development Award
  • LLNL Mid-Career Award
  • LLNL Excellence in Publication Award
  • Diablo Magazine 40 under 40
  • LLNL Engineering Directorate Award
  • LLNL Director’s Science & Technology Award
  • USPTO Featured Innovator
  • Nano Today Young Scientist Award
  • LLNL Distinguished Service Award
  • IBM Ph.D. Fellowship
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Ford Foundation Fellowship

Associate Program Leader for Energy Storage Materials

Director of Materials and Chemistry Institute

Scientific Editor (2023-2024) for Science & Technology Review