Jessica K. Kustas
Analytical Chemistry
Biography
Dr. Jessica Kustas is an analytical chemist at Sandia National Laboratories located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Recruited from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Champaign Illinois, her career has been focused heavily on mass spectrometry analysis of materials and the role of chemistry in material functionality. As part of the Analytical Research Laboratory at Sandia, her research centers on molecular and elemental material characterization, including surface and outgassing analysis, to support all of Sandia’s mission-space.
Education
- ORISE Postdoc, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Illinois (2018)
- Ph.D., Chemistry, Purdue University, Indiana (2015)
- B.S., Chemistry, Carroll University, Wisconsin (2010)
Research Interests
Research spans the basic to applied research areas of material synthesis, characterization and testing. Particular focus is given to understanding the role chemistry and morphology have on material properties and how to control those properties.
- Molecular and elemental analysis by mass spectrometry
- Material surface-property relationships, both natural and synthesized materials with unique functionality, such as superhydrophobicity, anti-corrosion, self-cleaning, etc.
- Peptide and polymer synthesis, characterization, and property analysis
Publications
Jessica Jungwirth, Jessica Kustas, (2022). National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC Technical Assistance With Dine College (Final CTAP Report) https://doi.org/10.2172/1887645 Publication ID: 80207
Jessica Kustas, Erica Redline, Curtis Mowry, (2022). “Did you eat a MOLEcule today?” An Interactive Demonstration of Molecular Weight with Real-Time Breath Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry for All Ages Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry https://doi.org/10.1021/jasms.2c00047 Publication ID: 80698
Brynal Benally, Benjamin Juba, David Schafer, Adam Pimentel, Jessica Kustas, (2021). Lessons Learned—Lithium Silicide Hydration Fire Journal of Chemical Health and Safety https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chas.1c00040 Publication ID: 79583
Benjamin Juba, Curtis Mowry, Raymond Fuentes, Adam Pimentel, Jessica Kustas, (2021). Lessons Learned – Fluoride Exposure and Response ACS Chemical Health and Safety https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chas.0c00108 Publication ID: 75405
Brad Jones, Chad Staiger, Jackson Powers, Jeremy Herman, Jessica Kustas, (2021). Selectively Depolymerizable Polyurethanes from Unsaturated Polyols Cleavable by Olefin Metathesis Macromolecular Rapid Communications https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202000571 Publication ID: 71915
Jessica Kustas, Jacob Hoffman, David Alonso, Julian Reed, Andrew Gonsalves, Junho Oh, Sungmin Hong, Kyoo Jo, Catherine Dana, Marianne Alleyne, Nenad Miljkovic, Donald Cropek, (2020). Analysis of cicada wing surface constituents by comprehensive multidimensional gas chromatography for species differentiation Microchemical Journal https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2020.105089 Publication ID: 73715
Junho Oh, Jacob Hoffman, Sungmin Hong, Kyoo Jo, Jessica Kustas, Julian Reed, Catherine Dana, Donald Cropek, Marianne Alleyne, Nenad Miljkovic, (2020). Dissolvable Template Nanoimprint Lithography: A Facile and Versatile Nanoscale Replication Technique Nano Letters https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01547 Publication ID: 74477
Jessica Kustas, Jacob Hoffman, Julian Reed, Andrew Gonsalves, Junho Oh, Longnan Li, Sungmin Hong, Kyoo Jo, Catherine Dana, Nenad Miljkovic, Donald Cropek, Marianne Alleyne, (2020). Molecular and Topographical Organization: Influence on Cicada Wing Wettability and Bactericidal Properties Advanced Materials Interfaces https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202000112 Publication ID: 73212
Curtis Mowry, Russell Jarek, Jessica Kustas, Amber Telles, Adam Pimentel, (2020). Gas Analysis by Mass Spectrometry https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1630394 Publication ID: 72596
Yuliya Preger, Heather Barkholtz, Armando Fresquez, Daniel Campbell, Benjamin Juba, Jessica Kustas, Summer Ferreira, Babu Chalamala, (2020). Degradation of Commercial Lithium-Ion Cells as a Function of Chemistry and Cycling Conditions Journal of the Electrochemical Society https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abae37 Publication ID: 74546
Curtis Mowry, Lance Miller, Jessica Kustas, Adam Pimentel, Raymond Fuentes, Jason Brown, (2019). So Which Is It? In-column Thermal Isomerization of Volatile Acid Emitted from Urethane Conformal Coating and Determining Confidence https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1640674 Publication ID: 69036
Julian Reed, Andrew Gonsalves, Jessica Kustas, Junho Oh, Hyeongyun Cha, Catherine Dana, Marco Toc, Sungmin Hong, Jacob Hoffman, Juan Andrade, Kyoo Jo, Marianne Alleyne, Nenad Miljkovic, Donald Cropek, (2019). Ultra-scalable Multifunctional Nanoengineered Cu and Al surfaces for anti-biofouling applications ACS Applied Bio Materials https://doi.org/10.1021/acsabm.8b00765 Publication ID: 69203
Jessica Kustas, Junho Oh, Kyoo Jo, Catherine Dana, Marianne Alleyne, Nenad Miljkovic, Donald Cropek, (2019). Determination of Molecular and Topographical Organization on Cicada Wings: Mass Spectrometry’s Impact on Material Characterization and Design https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1640695 Publication ID: 68870
Curtis Mowry, Lance Miller, Jessica Kustas, Adam Pimentel, Rafael Fuentes, Jason Brown, (2019). So Which Is It? In-column Thermal Isomerization of Volatile Acid Emitted from Urethane Conformal Coating and Determining Identification Confidence https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1639202 Publication ID: 66684
Raymond Fuentes, Curtis Mowry, Jessica Kustas, (2019). Conformal Coating Outgassing and the Difficult Identification Due to Product Thermal Rearrangement https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1639245 Publication ID: 67240
Jessica Kustas, Junho Oh, Kyoo Jo, Catherine Dana, Marianne Alleyne, Nenad Miljkovic, Donald Cropek, (2019). Comparative Study of Cicada Wing Nanoscale Surfaces for Species-Linked Molecular Organization Studies https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1639261 Publication ID: 67254
Jessica Kustas, Junho Oh, Kyoo Jo, Catherine Dana, Marianne Alleyene, Nenad Miljkovic, Donald Cropek, (2018). Comparative Study of Cicada Wing Nanoscale Surfaces for Species-Linked Molecular Organization Studies https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1761093 Publication ID: 60431
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