Austin D. Ready, Phd Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, California, United States

- Researching Li-ion batteries in the Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division

Los Angeles, California, United States

-Explored how polyhedral boron clusters can be tailor-made as tunable building blocks for materials science-Investigated how synthetic variations of the chemical functional groups on boron clusters can drastically alter both electrochemical and physical properties-Published multiple first-author scientific articles-Trained new users and oversaw the maintenance of various laboratory instruments (ICP-OES, gloveboxes, microwave reactors, FTIR, etc.)-Achieved multiple awards for outstanding research, teaching abilities, and presentations

Los Angeles, California, United States

-TA for a number of courses in the Chemistry and Biochemistry department, including advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level lecture/laboratory courses

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

-Performed summer research as a civilian in the Space Vehicles Directorate-Applied advances in materials chemistry to control thermal regulation of spacecraft-Utilized pulse voltammetry methods to study how the reversible electrodeposition of silver metal on electrode windows could be used to reflect or transmit sunlight, thereby controlling the temperature of internal spacecraft components in Low-Earth Orbit-Investigated the viability of a hydrogen thermal ballast for passive thermal regulation of spacecraft via the reversible adsorption/desorption of hydrogen on metal hydride surfaces

San Diego, California, United States

-Synthesized isocyanide-containing molecules using organic chemistry methods for applications in metal-organic frameworks

Livermore, Ca

-Synthesized and characterized metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) during my two summer internships-Modified the thermal expansion properties of various MOFs through post-synthetic modification of the organic ligand framework thereby tuning bulk properties such as hardness and Young’s modulus-Quantified these change via diamond anvil cell XRD experiments on the beamline at Argonne National Lab-Explored the feasibility of creating photocurable MOF-resin composites from negative thermal expansion (NTE) MOFS to generate 3D-printable materials with tunable thermal expansion properties

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Inorganic Chemistry

Master Of Science - Ms, Inorganic Chemistry

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemistry