Marilú Pérez García | Makers at the Lab

AMES National Laboratory

Can you build a molecule the way you'd build a house? ?? Not quite, but Marilú Pérez García helps scientists experiment with different molecules for different properties. The architecture of a molecule might be what allows a material to endure high temperatures, stay flexible, or react a certain way with other chemicals. Her computational chemistry group works on making sure projects like CMI have the right tools for tomorrow's problems.