Cody Corbin
About Cody Corbin
Cody Corbin is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories with extensive experience in inorganic and organic syntheses, advanced spectroscopic techniques, and undergraduate supervision.
Current Role at Sandia National Laboratories
Since 2017, Cody Corbin has been serving as a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His role involves high-level technical responsibilities and contributions to advanced research projects. In his position, he leverages his extensive background and skills in a range of chemical and material science disciplines to support the laboratory's mission.
Previous Experience at Sandia National Laboratories
Before becoming a Senior Member of the Technical Staff, Cody Corbin worked at Sandia National Laboratories as a Nanomaterials Postdoc from 2016 to 2017. During this period, he focused on the synthesis and application of nanomaterials. This role marked a significant phase in his career development, contributing to his expertise in materials science and nanotechnology.
Academic and Teaching Career
Cody Corbin has extensive teaching experience, having served as an Advanced Inorganic Synthesis Course Instructor at The University of Arizona in 2016 for four months. He also worked as a Graduate Research Assistant and Graduate Teaching Assistant at the same university from 2011 to 2015. His teaching roles included Undergraduate and Graduate levels, where he contributed to the academic development of students in chemistry. Additionally, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, he served as an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant from 2006 to 2010.
Education and Academic Background
Cody Corbin earned his Ph.D. in Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Arizona, completing his studies from 2011 to 2015. Prior to that, he obtained a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, ACS Certified with Honors, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he studied from 2006 to 2010. His academic background laid the foundation for his expertise in both inorganic and organic syntheses.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Cody Corbin possesses a diverse set of technical skills in the field of chemistry. He is proficient in multinuclear NMR techniques including 31P, 13C, 19F, and 1H. His expertise extends to advanced spectroscopic techniques such as IR, UV-Vis, PL, and Raman Spectroscopies. He is experienced in TGA, DSC, and DTA, and adept in ICP-OES. Moreover, his skills include gel-permeation chromatography, gas chromatography, and thin-layer chromatography. Corbin is capable of performing single-crystal X-ray diffraction and crystal structure determination using SHELX in OLEX2. He utilizes software tools such as Microsoft Office, ChemOffice, MestreNova, Conquest, and Mercury for technical writing and analysis.