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Tracy Mattox

Group Leader
User Services

Contact

tmmattox@lbl.govMailstop: 6R2100510-965-5434 (Mobile)
925-202-5172 (Home)
Location(s): 006-2212C

Responsibilities

Tracy Mattox is the User Office Program Manager. She is responsible for overseeing all user office operations, including registration, proposal submissions, and proposal reviews. Serving as a point of contact for users, she utilizes her expertise in inorganic chemistry to provide specialized support and solutions for ALS users, working to ensure a positive user experience.

 

Biographical Information

Education

  • MiniMBA, Miami University, Ohio (2020)
  • M.S. Chemistry, Miami University, Ohio (2006)
  • B.S. Chemistry, University of Portland, Oregon (2003)

Awards

  • LBNL Director’s Award for Safety (2023)
  • Outstanding Mentor Award (2019)
  • LBNL Director’s Award for Safety (2018)
  • Women @ The Lab (2015)

Prior to joining the ALS, Tracy spent 15 years supporting users with their inorganic synthesis as a staff member at the Molecular Foundry. She has been an active mentor to students and staff throughout her career, providing guidance in both chemistry and career growth, and continues to help set the direction of chemical safety policies across the lab as the chair of the lab’s Chemical Safety Committee. Tracy is also the author of a children’s book series, “Nancy Nano.”

 

Selected Publications

Nancy Nano

T. M. Mattox, A. L. Pham, …, and J.J. Urban, “Performing Hazard Analyses and Setting Triggers for Reevaluation in Lab-Scale Chemical Reactions,” Journal of Chemical Education, 100(3), 1219 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00017

T.M. Mattox, G. Bolek, …, and J.J. Urban, “Calcium Chloride Substitution in Sodium Borohydride,” Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 290, 121499 (2020). DOI:10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121499

T.M. Mattox, C. Falzone, …, and J.J. Urban, “Impact of Source Position and Obstructions on Fume Hood Releases,” Annals of Work Exposures and Health, 63(8), 937 (2019). DOI: 10.1093/annweh/wxz062

C. Groome, I. Roh, T.M. Mattox, and J. J. Urban, “Effects of Size and Structural Defects on Vibrational Properties of Lanthanum Hexaboride Nanocrystals,” ACS Omega, 2(5), 2248 (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00263

T.M. Mattox, A. Agrawal, and D.J. Milliron, “Low Temperature Synthesis and Surface Plasmon Resonance of Colloidal Lanthanum Hexaboride (LaB6) Nanocrystals,” Chemistry of Materials, 27(19), 6620 (2015). DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b02297

T.M. Mattox, A. Bergerud, …, D.J. Milliron, “Influence of Shape on the Surface Plasmon Resonance of Tungsten Bronze Nanocrystals,” Chemistry of Materials, 26(5), 1779 (2014). DOI: 10.1021/cm4030638