Adam Schwartz

Laboratory Director

Phone: 515-294-2770
Email: adamames@ameslab.gov
Office: Remote
Photograph of Adam Schwartz

Credentials

Education

  • Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering
    University of Pittsburgh, 1991
  • M.S., Metallurgical Engineering
    University of Pittsburgh, 1989
  • B.S., Metallurgical Engineering
    University of Pittsburgh, 1985

Professional Appointments

  • 2014 – present: Director, Ames Laboratory
  • 2014 – present: Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University
  • 2014 – present: Critical Materials Institute Advisory Board, Ames Laboratory
  • 2013 – 2014: Leadership Team, Developing Substitutes Focus Area Leader, Critical Materials Institute, Ames Laboratory led DOE Energy Innovation Hub
  • 2010 – 2014: Division Leader, Condensed Matter and Materials Division, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • 2009 – 2010: Acting Program Leader for Dynamic Materials Properties, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • 2009 – 2010: Acting Program Leader for Physics and Engineering Models, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • 2009 – 2010: Group Leader, Actinide Science and Characterization, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • 2005 – 2008: Adjunct Research Professor, Washington State University
  • 2002 – 2004: Board of Directors, Valley Children’s Museum, San Ramon, CA
  • 1994 - 2014: Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • 1991 – 1994: Post Doctoral Research Associate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Areas of Expertise

  • Accelerating advanced material discovery, development, and deployment
  • Critical Materials
  • Rare earth elements, alloys, and compounds
  • Structure - property - processing - performance relationships in materials
  • High pressure and dynamic properties of materials

Research

Research Interests

  • Accelerating advanced material discovery, development, and deployment
  • Critical materials
  • Rare earth elements, alloys, and compounds
  • Structure - property - processing - performance relationships in materials
  • High pressure and dynamic properties of materials

Patents

  • United States Patent Number: US 6,397682 B2, June 4, 2002, Mukul Kumar, Adam Schwartz, Wayne King, “Intergranular Degradation Assessment Via Random Grain Boundary Network Analysis.”