Data Engineer
Data Engineer

Biography

Makena Dettmann is a data engineer on the Computing and Data Operations team at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Dettmann has approximately six years of experience with software development and high-performance computing. Dettmann is the lead developer for the Laboratory Information Management System pilot for the Molecular Observation Network (MONet). Dettmann also contributes to some of the large language model (LLM) initiatives related to data search and discovery.

Disciplines and Skills

  • Phonon modeling in small-molecule organic semiconductors
  • LLM-based data search and discovery

Education

  • PhD in materials science and engineering, University of California – Davis
  • BA in math/physics/computer science, Coe College

Publications

2023

Dettmann et al. 2023. "Catching the Killer: Dynamic Disorder Design Rules for Small‐Molecule Organic Semiconductors." Advanced Functional Materials 33 (14) https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202213370

Cavalcante et al. 2023. "Elucidating correlated defects in metal organic frameworks using theory-guided inelastic neutron scattering spectroscopy." Materials Horizon (1) https://doi.org/10.1039/D2MH00914E

2022

Vong et al. 2022. "Quantitative Hole Mobility Simulation and Validation in Substituted Acenes." The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 13 (24), 5530-5537. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00898

2021

Dettmann et al. 2021. "Comparing the Expense and Accuracy of Methods to Simulate Atomic Vibrations in Rubrene." Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 17 (12), 7313-7320. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00747

2019

Kielty et al. 2019. "Luminescence of Ce-doped aluminophosphate glasses." Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 30: 16774–16780. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-01301-4

Li et al. 2019. Effect of processing conditions on additive DISC patterning of P3HT films." Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Issue 2. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC04519D

2017

Budhwani et al. 2017. "Nano and Microbubble Systems for on-demand Cancer Drug Delivery." Current Nanoscience 14 (1)10.2174/1573413713666171009160858

Tillman et al. 210. "High-density scintillating glasses for a proton imaging detector." Optical Materials 68: 58-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2016.10.015

Kielty et al. 2017. "Investigation of Ce<sup>3 +</sup>luminescence in borate-rich borosilicate glasses." Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 471: 357-361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2017.06.022

Dettman et al. 2017. "Radiation Hard Plastic Scintillators for a New Generation of Particle Detectors." Journal of Instrumentation 12. 10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03017

2016

Vu et al. 2016. "A Neutron Detector Based on Boron-10 Enriched Scintillating Glasses." Additive Manufacturing and Strategic Technologies in Advanced Ceramics 258: 57-68. DOI: 10.1002/9781119236016.ch6