Sambasiva R. Bheemireddy (Sam)

Postdoctoral Appointee, Argonne National Laboratory.

• Research and development of new molecules and salts for Li-ion batteries and      redox flow batteries

• Capacity auto-balance in Li-ion batteries.

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Research Scientist, Nanosyn, Inc.

• Synthetic strategy design and multi-step synthesis of organic small and         

  macromolecules.

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Scientist, Seeo, Inc.
• Design, synthesis and characterization of polymers (polymer electrolytes, nano-              structured conductive block copolymer separators and binders), oligomers and small      molecule additives for fully solid-state Li metal batteries with improved capacity and      cycle life.
• Designed and synthesized several small molecule additives including a Li stable lead       dioxazolone analogues.
• Synthesized variety of polyamines, polyamides, polyureas, polyacrylates, polyolefins

  (polystyrene, polybutadiene, etc.), polyesters (thermally/UV curable), epoxy, etc., by 

  utilizing various polymerization techniques such as polycondensation, anionic,

  cationic, ring-opening, free radical (ATRP, RAFT, NMP, etc.), ROMP, etc., and

  produced several invention disclosures for patent filing.
• Collaborated with engineering team to determine Li-ion conductivity and voltage

   stability of polymer films.
• Used advanced separation and characterization techniques such as Combiflash, GC-

   MS, GPC, TGA, DSC, etc., for purification and characterization of monomers, small

   molecule additives and polymers.

Research Scientist, Maxterial, Inc.
• Worked on identifying and designing new organic small molecule additives to improve

   the quality and stability of metal protective coatings.

• Demonstrated the stability of Maxterial© coating on carbon steel by electrodeposition

   and electroless deposition.
 

Graduate Research Assistant, Southern Illinois University
• Developed an efficient method for the synthesis of cyclopenta-fused polycyclic

   aromatic hydrocarbons.
• Synthesized and characterized cyclopenta-fused polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

   based fully conjugated low-bandgap small molecules and polymers for semiconductor

   applications.
• Worked on surface modification of silicon substrates and thin film deposition of

   polymers/small molecules for semiconductor device fabrication and measurement.
• Utilized advanced material characterization techniques of small molecules and

   polymers including HPLC, GC, CV, DSC, TGA, GPC, NMR, UV-Vis spectrometry and       mass Spectrometry.
 

Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
• Developed novel synthetic methods for the preparation pyrrolo (1,2-a) pyrazine,

   pyrrolo (1,2-a) quinoxalines, benzothiazoles, n-aryl pyrroles and β-amino ketones.