I joined Sandia National Labs in November 1993. My programs span from basic to applied research of novel inorganic materials for separations and waste forms, catalysis and membrane applications.  I am very interested in learning how the nanoscale fundamentals of a system can be tuned to affect bulk scale properties of various materials.  The properties of the materials have a strong focus on environmental cleanup and energy efficient chemical processes. The programs span the range of concept-to-implementation and have typically been in the 3-5 year time range.

The funding sources are broad and reflect the various stages of research and development for the individual programs.  They include internal Sandia grants, external Department of Energy grants and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements, CRADAs. (The CRADAs have teamed us with U.S. Industries including various Catalyst, Chemical, and Ceramic Companies.)

As might be expected, the success of large programs relies on the strong interactions of interdisciplinary team members working in concert with each other. Our teams generally involve staff scientists, program managers, students and postdocs. The diversity of the programs requires a diversity of participants that include synthetic chemists, engineers and computational modelers from national laboratories, universities and industry.