Millicent A. Firestone

Chemist

Materials Science Division; Bldg. 200
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Ave.
Argonne, IL 60439

phone: 630-252-8298
fax: 620-252-9151
email: firestone@anl.gov

Education

• B.S., 1984 Chemistry, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• M. A, 1988 Chemistry, University of Arizona
• Ph.D., 1993 Chemistry, Northwestern University

Activities

• Leader of DOE-BES research program on Biomolecular Materials, 2002-current
• Co-leader of Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) Bionanocomposite theme
• Elected member of the APS User Organization Steering Committee, 2005-current
• Organizer of Materials Research Society Symposium on Hybrid Bio-Inorganic Interfaces, 2004
• Co-organizer of APS Workshop on Membrane Science using X-ray Techniques, 2004
• Co-organizer of ANL’s First Nanoscience Research Summer School, 2003

Interests

• Self-asssembled nanostructures, polymers, liquid crystals and gels
• Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering applied to soft materials, nanostructures and biomembranes.

Research Description

Selected Recent Publications