Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (2018-2025)
Ben is from Biloxi, Mississippi and did his undergraduate degree in Chemical Eng. at the University of South Alabama. He studied under Drs. Kevin West and James David for the synthesis and characterization of thermally stable ionic liquids for their thermodynamic properties. In 2018, Ben graduated and moved to Austin for his PhD, joining the Humphrey lab in Fall 2019, researching on pyrazole-based organoarsine ligands and their resulting metal-organic frameworks. His hobbies include Wing Chun, reading philosophy, and baking. He currently works for Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, NM as a postdoctoral appointee.