PNNL

Marvin G. Warner is a senior materials scientist and group leader for Engineered Materials at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), a Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science laboratory located in Richland, Washington. Warner’s research has focused on the synthesis, assembly, and characterization of multifunctional materials—semiconductor quantum dots, noble metal nanoparticles, diamond nanoparticles, and various two-dimensional materials—to discern new optical, electrical, mechanical, and quantum properties. He is focused on solving chemistry challenges present in materials systems for applications in quantum information science.

An experimental researcher by training, Warner has significantly expanded his collaborations over the last decade to include theoreticians and applied mathematicians for the explicit purpose of understanding a priori how materials design and synthesis impact function. Warner is the PNNL project manager for the Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage (C2QA), a multimillion-dollar DOE center funded in response to the National Quantum Initiative. The C2QA’s principal aim is to bring about functional improvements in the various parts of the quantum computing stack—materials, devices, software, and algorithms—through the deliberate application of co-design principles learned through the decades of classical computer design.

• Quantum materials
• Quantum computing
• Materials characterization
• Computational materials
• Data science for materials and chemistry
• Nondestructive evaluation of materials
• Advanced manufacturing
• Chemical purification of materials feedstocks

• PhD in chemistry, University of Oregon
• MS in chemistry, University of Oregon

• Member of the American Physical Society, 2014-present
• Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004-present
• Member of the Materials Research Society, 2004-present

• National Security Directorate “Of the Year” nominee for Project Manager 2016 and NSD “Of the Year” winner for Project Team 2017
• PNNL Scientific and Technical Achievement Recognition Award Recipient, 2010 and 2015
• PNNL Laboratory Director’s Award for Early Career Exceptional Achievement (Ronald L. Brodzinski Award), 2010
• Invitation to attend National Academy of Engineering, U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium in Irvine, CA, September 10-12, 2009. 
• Mickey Leland Minority Fellowship Mentor, 2006
• Chet L. Cooper Mentor of the Year Award, PNNL Fundamental Science Directorate, 2005
• PNNL Outstanding Performance Awards, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2016, 2017
• National Science Foundation scholarship to attend the 6th Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Washington, D.C., 2002

• Nell, K.; Johnson, D.W.; Pittman, J.; Chouyyok, W.; Addleman, R.S.; Warner, M.G. "Polyfunctional sorbent material". U.S. Patent Number 10,315,185; 2019.
• Yantasee, W.; Warner, M.G.; Warner, C.L.; Toloczko, M.B.; Addleman, R.S.; Timchalk, C.A.; Fryxell, G.E. "Functionalized magnetic nanoparticle analyte sensor". U.S. Patent Number 8,679,458; 2014. 
• Hutchison, J. E.; Woehrle, G. H.; Warner, M. G.; Brown, L. O. "Nanoparticles and method to control nanoparticle spacing". WO 2006/127675 A2, 30.11.2006; 2006.

2020

• Battu, A.K.; Pope, T.R.; Varga, T.; Christ, J.F.; Fenn, M.D.; Rosenthal, W.S.; Kuang, W.; Thomas, M.; Arnold, A.M.; Schram, M.; Warner, M.G.; Barrett, C.A.; Kennedy, Z.C. “Build orientation dependent microstructure in polymer laser sintering: Relationship to part performance and evolution with aging.” Additive Manufacturing, 2020, 36, 101464. DOI: 1016/j.addma.2020.101464
• Rosenthal, W.S.; Grogan, F.C.; Li, Y; Barker, E.I.; Crist, J.F.; Pope, T.R.; Battu, A.K.; Varga, T.; Barrett, C.A.; Warner, M.G.; Peles, A. “Sintering” Models and In-Situ Experiments: Data Assimilation for Microstructure Prediction in SLS Additive Manufacturing of Nylon Components. MRS Advances 5, 1593–1601 (2020). DOI: 10.1557/adv.2020.125

2019

• Hutchison, J.R.; Brooks, S.M.; Kennedy, Z.C.; Pope, T.R.; Deatherage, B.L.; Victry, K.D.; Warner, C.L.; Oxford, K.L.; Omberg, K.M.; Warner, M.G. “Polysaccharide-based liquid storage and transport media for non-refrigerated preservation of bacterial pathogens.” PLoS ONE, 2019, 14(9). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221831

2018

• Wunschel, D.S.; Warner, M.G. “Proteomic signatures differentiating Bacillus anthracis Sterne sporulation on soil relative to laboratory media.” Analyst 2018, 143, 123. DOI: 10.1039/C7AN01412K

2017

• Kennedy, Z. C.; Stephenson, D.E.; Christ, J.F.; Pope, T.R.; Arey, B.W.; Barrett, C.A.; Warner, M.G. "Enhanced anti-counterfeiting measures for additive manufacturing: coupling lanthanide nanomaterial chemical signatures with blockchain technology." J. Mater. Chem. C 2017, 5(37), 9570-9578. DOI: 10.1039/c7tc03348f
• Kennedy, Z. C.; Christ, J. F.; Evans, K. A.; Arey, B. W.; Sweet, L. E.; Warner, M. G.; Barrett, C. A. “3D-printed poly (vinylidene fluoride)/carbon nanotube composites as a tunable, low-cost chemical vapour sensing platform.” Nanoscale, 2017, 9(17), 5458-5466. DOI: 10.1039/C7NR00617A
• Kennedy, Z.C.; Barrett, C.A.; Warner, M.G. “Direct Functionalization of an Acid-Terminated Nanodiamond with Azide: Enabling Access to 4-Substituted-1,2,3-Triazole-Functionalized Particles.” Langmuir, 2017, 33(11), 2790-2798. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04477
• Arey, B.; Barrett, C.A.; Arslan, I.; Kennedy, Z.; Warner, M.G.; Schroder, H. “Investigating 3D printing with microscopy and spectroscopy techniques.” Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2017, 23(S1), 312-313. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927617002240

2016

• O’Hara, M.J.; Carter, J.C.; Warner, C.L.; Warner, M.G.; Addleman, R.S. “Magnetic iron oxide and manganese-doped iron oxide nanoparticles for the collection of alpha- emitting radionuclides from aqueous solutions” RSC Adv. 2016, 6, 105239-105251. DOI: 10.1039/c6ra22262e
• Kennedy, Z.C.; Cardenas, A.J.P.; Corbey, J.F.; Warner, M.G. “2,6-diiminopiperidin-1-ol: an overlooked motif relevant to uranyl and transition metal binding on pol(amidoxime) adsorbents” Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 8802-8805. DOI: 10.1039/C6CC02488B
• Gill, G.A.; Kuo, L.-J.; Janke, C.J.; Park, J.; Jeters, R.T.; Bonheyo, G.T.; Pan, H.-B.; Wai, C.; Khangaonkar, T.; Bianucci, L.; Wood, J.R.; Warner, M.G.; Peterson, S.; Abrecht, D.G.; Mayes, R.T.; Tsouris, C.; Oyola, Y.; Strivens, J.E.; Schafer, N.J.; Addleman, R.S.; Chouyyok, W.; Das, S.; Kim, J.; Buesseler, Brier, C.; D’Alessandro, E.  “The Uranium from Seawater Program at PNNL: Overview of Marine Testing, Adsorbent Characterization, Adsorbent Durability, Adsorbent Toxicity, and Deployment Studies.” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2016, 55(15), 4264-4277. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03649
• Chouyyok, W.; Warner, C.L.; Mackie, K.E.; Warner, M.G.; Gill, G.A.; Addleman, R.S. “Nanostructured Metal Oxide Sorbents for the Collection and Recovery of Uranium from Seawater.” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2016, 55(15), 4195-4207. DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b03650
• Chouyyok, W; Pittman, J.W.; Warner, M.G.; Nell, K.M.; Clubb, D.C.; Gill, G.A.; Addleman, R.S. “Surface Functionalized Nanostructured Ceramic Sorbents for the Effective Collection and Recovery of Uranium from Seawater.” Dalton Trans. 2016. DOI: 10.1039/c6dt01318j
• Leggett, C. J.; Parker, B.; Teat, S.; Zhang, Z.; Dau, P.; Lukens, W.; Peterson, S. J.;. Cardenas, A. J. P.; Warner, M. G.; Gibson, J.; Arnold J.; Rao, L. “Structural and spectroscopic studies of a rare non-oxido V(V) complex crystallized from aqueous solution.” Chem. Sci., 2016, 7, 2775–2786. DOI: 10.1039/C5SC03958D
• Nell, K.M.; Fotenot, S.A.; Carter, T.G.; Warner, M.G.; Warner, C.L.; Addleman, R.S.; Johnson, D.W. “Non-Covalent Functionalization of High-Surface Area Nanomaterials: A New Class of Sorbent Materials.” Environ. Sci. Nano 2016, 3, 138-145. DOI: 10.1039/C5EN00170F

2015

• Deatherage-Kaiser, B.L.; Wunschel, D.S.; Sydor, M.A.; Warner, M.G.; Wahl, K.L.; Hutchison, J.R. “Improved proteomic analysis following trichloroacetic acid extraction of Bacillus anthracis spore proteins.” J. Microbiol. Meth. 2015, 118, 18-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2015.08.008
• Grate, J.W.; Mo, K.-F.; Shin, Y.; Vsadekis, A.;  Warner, M.G.; Kelly, R.T.; Orr, G.; Hu, D.; Dehoff, K.J.; Brockman, F.J.; Wilkins, M.J. “Alexa Fluor-Labeled Fluorescent Cellulose Nanocrystals for Bioimaging Solid Cellulose in Spatially Structured Microenvironments.” Bioconj. Chem. 2015, 26 (3), 593-601. DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.5b00048

2014

• Ewing, R. G.; Heredia-Langner, A.; Warner, M. G. “Optimizing detection of RDX vapors using designed experiments for remote sensing.” Analyst 2014, 139 (10), 2440-2448. DOI: 10.1039/C4AN00125G

2013

• Blair, M. W.; Muenchausen, R. E.; Bennett, B. L.; Smith, N. A.; Warner, M. G. “Correlated spin systems in undoped CdSe quantum dots.” J. Nanopart. Res. 2013, 15:1953. DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1953-2
• Grate, J. W.; Warner, M. G.; Pittman, J. W.; Dehoff, K. J.; Wietsma, T. W.; Zhang, C.; Oostrom, M. “Silane modification of glass and silica surfaces to obtain equally oil-wet surfaces in glass-covered silicon micromodel applications.” Water Res. Research 2013, 49 (8), 4724-4729. DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20367
• Grate, J.W.; Zhang, C.; Wilkins, M.; Warner, M.G.; Anheier, N.C.; Suter, J.; Kelly, R.; Oostrum, M. "Chemical sensing and imaging in microfluidic pore network structures relevant to natural carbon cycling and industrial carbon sequestration ", Proc. SPIE 8725, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications V, 872522 (June 4, 2013). DOI:10.1117/12.2018520
• Lumetta, G. J.; Gelis, A. V.; Braley, J. C.; Carter, J. C.; Pittman, J. W.; Warner, M. G.; Vandegrift, G. F. “The TRUSPEAK concept: combining CMPO and HDEHP for separating trivalent lanthanides from the transuranic elements.” Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange 2013, 31 (3), 223-236. DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2012.670595

2012

• Grate, J.W.; Dehoff, K.J.; Warner, M.G.; Pittman, J.W.; Wietsma, T.W.; Zhang, C.; Oostrum, M. “Correlation of Oil-Water and Air-Water Contact Angles of Diverse Silanized Surfaces and Relationship to Fluid Interfacial Tensions.” Langmuir, 2012, 28(18), 7182-7188. DOI: 10.1021/la204322k
• Warner, C.L.; Chouyyok, W.; Mackie, K.E.; Neiner, D.; Saraf, L.; Droubay, T.C.; Warner, M.G.; Addleman, R.S. “Mn-doping of Magnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles: Tailoring Surface Reactivity for a Regenerable Sorbent for Heavy Metals in Natural Waters.” Langmuir, 2012, 28(8), 3931-3937. DOI: 10.1021/la2042235
• Sinkov, S.I.; Lumetta, G.J.; Pittman, J.W.; Warner, M.G. “Binding of Stereognostically Designed Ligands to Trivalent, Pentavalent, and Hexavalent f-Block Elements.” Radiochimica Acta, 2012, 100, 1-9. DOI: 10.1524/ract.2012.1931

2011

• Zhang, C.; Oostrom, M.; Grate, J. W.; Wietsma, T. W.; Warner, M. G. “Liquid CO₂ Displacement of Water in a Dual-Permeability Pore Network Micromodel.” Environ. Sci. Techn., 2011, 45(17), 7581-7588. DOI: 10.1021/es201858r
• Zhang, C.; Oostrom, M.; Wietsma, T. W.; Grate, J. W.; Warner, M. G. “Influence of Viscous and Capillary Forces on Immiscible Fluid Displacement: Pore-Scale Experimental Study in a Water-Wet Micromodel Demonstrating Viscous and Capillary Fingering.” Energy & Fuels, 2011, 25, 3493-3505. DOI: 10.1021/ef101732k
• O’Hara, M.; Carter, J.C.; MacLellan, J.A.; Warner, C.L.; Warner, M.G.; Addleman, R.S. “Investigation of Magnetic Nanoparticles for the Rapid Extraction and Assay of Alpha-Emitting Radionuclides from Urine: Demonstration of a Novel Radiobioassay Method.” Health Physics, 2011, 101(2), 196-208. DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3182166ed1
• Lee, B.; Lopez-Ferrer, D.; Kim, B.C.; Bin Na, H.; Il Park, Y.; Weitz, K.K.; Warner, M.G.; Hyeon, T.; Lee, S.W.; Smith, R.D.; Kim, J. “Rapid and Efficient Protein Digestion Using Trypsin-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles Under Pressure Cycles.” Proteomics, 2011, 11(2), 309-318. DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201000378

2010

• Grate, J.W.; Zhang, C.; Wietsma, T.W.; Warner, M.G.; Anheier, N.C.; Bernacki, B.E.; Orr, G.; OOstrum, M. “A Note On The Visualization Of Wetting Film Structures And A Nonwetting Immiscible Fluid In A Pore Network Micromodel Using A Solvatochromic Dye” Water Resources Research, 2010, 46, W11602. DOI: 10.1029/2010WR009419
• Yantasee, W.; Rutledge, R.D.; Chouyyok, W.; Sukarotwat, V.; Orr, G.; Warner, C.L.; Warner, M.G.; Fryxell, G.E.; Waicek, R.J.; Timchalk, C.; Addleman, R.S. “Functionalized Nanoporous Silica for the Removal of Heavy Metals from Biological Systems: Adsorption and Application” ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2010, 2(10), 2749-2758. DOI: 10.1021/am100616b
• Grate, J.W.; Ozanich, R.M.; Warner, M.G.; Marks, J.D.; Bruckner-Lea, C.J. “Advances in Assays and Analytical Approaches for Botulinum Toxin Detection.” TrAC, 2010, 29(10), 1137-1156 (invited and 1 of 3 articles listed on the cover). DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2010.07.005
• Rutledge, R.D.; Warner, C.L.; Pittman, J.W.; Addleman, R.S.; Engelhard, M.E.; Chouyyok, W.; Warner, M.G. “Thiol-Ene Click Chemistry Induced Diphosphonic Acid Functionalization of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles” Langmuir, 2010, 26(14), 12285-12292. DOI: 10.1021/la101362y
• Warner, C.L.; Addleman, R.S.; Cinson, T.; Droubay, T.; Davidson, J.; Engelahrd, M.; Yantasee, W.; *Warner, M.G. “Facile Preparation of High Performance Superparamagnetic Nanoparticle Based Sorbents with Excellent Affinity for Common Heavy Metal Contaminants.” ChemSusChem, 2010, 3(6), 749-757. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.2010.00.027

2009

• Warner, M.G.; Grate, J.W.; Ozanich, R.M.; Miller, K.D.; Tyler, A.J.; Lou, J.; Marks, J.D.; Bruckner-Lea, C.J. “Quantum Dot Immunoassays in Renewable Surface Column and 96-well Plate Formats for the Fluorescence Detection of Botulinum Neurotoxin Using High-Affinity Antibodies.” Biosens. Bioelectron., 2009, 25, 179-184. DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2009.06.031
• Ozanich, R.M.; Grate, J.W.; Warner, M.G.; Antolick, K.; Miller, K.D.; Lou, J.; Marks, J.D.; Bruckner-Lea, C.J. “Enhanced Immunoassay for Botulinum Neurotoxin Using a Microbead Trap/Flow-Cell with Multiplexed Flow Cytometry Detection.” Anal. Chem., 2009, 81(14), 5783-5793. DOI: 10.1021/ac9006914
• Grate, J.W.; Warner, M.G.; Ozanich, R.M.; Antolick, K.C.; Dockendorff, B.P.; Edberg, H.C.; Tyler, A.J.; Miller, K.D.; Lou, J.; Marks, J.D.; Bruckner-Lea, C.J. “Renewable Surface Fluorescence Sandwich Immunoassay Sensor for Rapid Sensitive Botulinum Toxin Detection in and Automated Fluidic Format.” Analyst, 2009, 134, 987-996. DOI: 10.1039/b900794f
• Fernandez, C.A.; Bekhazi, J.G.; Hoppes, E.M.; Wiacek, R.J.; Fryxell, G.E.; Wang, C.; Bays, J.T.; Warner, M.G.; Wiacek, R.J.; Addleman, R.S. “Advancements Toward the Environmentally Benign Processing of Engineered Nanomaterials – Effect of the Ligand Shell Composition on the Dispersibility and Transport of Gold Nanocrystals in Near-Critical Solvents”  Langmuir, 2009, 25(9), 4900-4906. DOI: 10.1021/la804058x
• Fernandez, C.A.; Bekhazi, J.G.; Hoppes, E.M.; Wiacek, R.J.; Fryxell, G.E.; Bays, J.T.; Warner, M.G.; Wang, C.; Hutchison, J.E.; Addleman, R.S. “Advancements Toward the Greener Processing of Engineered Nanomaterials - Effect of Core Size on the Dispersibility and Transport of Gold Nanocrystals in Near Critical Solvents.” Small, 2009, 5(8), 961-969. DOI 10.1002/smll.200801207

2008

• Fernandez, C.A.; Wiacek, R.J.; Ponnusany, N.; Pierson, A.M.; Warner, C.L.; Warner, M.G.; Addleman, R.S. “A Simple Method for the Prevention of Non-Specific Adsorption by Nanocrystals onto Surfaces.”  J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., 2008, 8, 5781-5786. DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.320
• Fernandez, C.A.; Hoppes, E.M.; Bekhazi, J.G.; Wang, C.; Wiacek, R.J.; Warner, M.G.; Fryxell, G.E.; Addleman, R.S. “Tuning and Quantifying the Dispersibility of Gold Nanoparticles in Liquid and Supercritical Solvents.” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 112, 13947-13957. DOI: 10.1021/jp8038237
• Yantasee W.; Warner, C.L.; Choi, D.; Toloczko, M.B.; Warner, M.G.; Fryxell, G.E.; Addleman, R.S.; Timchalk, C. "Direct Detection of Pb in Urine and Natural Waters using Electrochemical Sensors Immobilized with DMSA Functionalized Magnetic Nanoparticles."  Analyst, 2008, 133, 348-355. DOI: 10.1039/b711199a

2007

• Yantasee, W.; Warner, C.L.; Sangvanich, T.; Addleman, R.S.; Carter, T.G.; Wiacek, R.J.; Fryxell, G.E.; Timchalk, C.; Warner, M.G. “Removal of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Systems with Thiol Functionalized Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles.” Environ. Sci. Tech. 2007, 41(14), 5114-5119. DOI: 10.1021/es0705238
• Ozanich, R.M.; Antolick, K.C.; Bruckner-Lea, C.J.; Dockendorff, B.P.; Easterday, A.N.; Edberg, H.C.; Grate, J.W.; Iyer, S.; Johnson, L.H.; Straub, T.; Valdez, C.O.; Warner, M.G.  "Use of a Novel Fluidics Microbead Trap/Flow-cell Enhances Speed and Sensitivity of Bead-Based Bioassays."  JALA 2007, 12, 303-310. DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2007.05.002

2006

• Varnum, S.M.; Warner, M.G.; Dockendorff, B.P.; Anheier, Jr., N.C.; Marks, J.D.; Smith, L.A.; Grate, J.W.; Feldhaus, M.F.; Bruckner-Lea, C.J. “ELISA protein micorarray and a fluidic renewable surface immunoassay for Botulinum neurotoxin detection using high-affinity anti-BoNT recombinant antibodies.” Anal. Chim. Acta 2006, 570, 137-143. DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2006.04.047

2004

• Woehrle, G.H.; Warner, M.G.; Hutchison, J.E. “Molecular-Level Control of Feature Separation in One-Dimensional Nanostructure Assemblies Formed by Biomolecular Nanolithography.” Langmuir, 2004, 20, 5982. DOI: 10.1021/la049491h
• Hutchison, J.E.; Foster, E.W.; Warner, M.G.; Reed, S.M.; Weare, W.W. “Synthesis of small phosphine-stabilized gold nanoparticles.” Inorg. Synth., 2004, 34, 228.

2003

• Warner, M.G.; Hutchison, J.E. “Linear assemblies of nanoparticles electrostatically organized on DNA scaffolds.” Nature Mater. 2003, 2, 272. Highlighted in News and Views in Nature Materials 2003, 2, 214. DOI: 10.1038/nmat853

2002

• Woehrle, G.H.; Warner, M.G.; Hutchison, J.E.  “Subnanometer gold nanoparticles via ligand exchange.” J. Phys. Chem. B, 2002, 106, 9979. DOI: 10.1021/jp025943s

2001

• Warner, M.G.; Hutchison, J.E. “Gas-phase synthesis and column chromatography of 5,10,15,20 meso-tetraphenylporphyrin: A green organic chemistry experiment.” Green Chem., 2001, 3, 267. DOI: 10.1039/b107999a

2000

• Weare, W.W.; Reed, S.M.; Warner, M.G.; Hutchison, J.E. “Improved synthesis of small phosphine-stabilized gold nanoparticles.” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2000, 122, 12890. DOI: 10.1021/ja002673n

• Warner, M.G.; Reed, S.M.; Hutchison, J.E. “Small, water-soluble, ligand-stabilized gold nanoparticles synthesized by interfacial ligand exchange reactions.” Chem. Mater. 2000, 12, 3316. DOI: 10.1021/cm0003875