Luke Miller

Graduate Research Assistant

Education

• Ph.D. Candidate in Materials Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, June 2007-Present
• B.S. in Chemistry from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2007

Industry Experience

• Research Assistant, ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge MA, Summers 2005 and 2006

Research: Bio-inspired energy-dispersive composites

Nature had developed efficient mechanisms for enduring high-energy impacts and interactions, which we are currently studying in order to develop new energy-dispersive composites for eventual development into personal protective systems. The three methods of current interest are: (i) sacrificial bonds and hidden lengths, (ii) graded structures, and (iii) order at several length scales. To study these, our focus is on metal ion and histidine based complexations, creating polymeric density and strength based gradients, and creating a mesostructure inside a compressible lattice.

Publications

1. Luke A. Miller, Maurice A. Marsini and Thomas R. R. Pettus, Chemoselective Reactions of 3-Benzyloxy-1,2-o-Quinone with Organometallic Reagents Organic Letters 11, 1955-1958 (2009)
2. Brian J. Jordan, Michael A. Pollier, Luke A. Miller, Christopher Tiernan, Gilles Clavier, Pierre Audebert and Vincent M. Rotello, Redox-Modulated Recognition of Tetrazines Using Thioureas Organic Letters 9, 2835-2838 (2007)

Contact

lmiller [at] chem.ucsb.edu