Ralf Haiges September 2018 QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS • Leading expert in Inorganic Chemistry, Crystallography, Energetic Materials, Polynitrogen Chemistry, and Fluorine Chemistry with over 20 years of research experience and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers. • Consultant for NASA/JPL for energetic materials and reaction systems. • Principle Investigator for research programs funded by ONR, DTRA and AFOSR. • Advisor of graduate and undergraduate students; Instructor of courses in X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, Nanomaterials and Energetic Materials. • Associate editor for RSC Advances and guest editor for Crystals. • US citizen, fully bilingual in English and German. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2010-pres Associate Professor (Research) and Director of the X-ray Crystallographic Facility • Co-leader of a research group in Inorganic Chemistry, Energetic Materials, Superacid and Fluorine Chemistry. • Expert in Inorganic Chemistry, Polynitrogen Compounds, High-Oxygen Carriers, Nitro and Nitramine Compounds, Nitration Reactions, Azides, Superacid Chemistry, Fluorine Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry and Metallic Compounds. • Instructor of graduate and undergraduate courses in X-ray Crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, Chemical Nanotechnology and Chemical Research. • Director of the X-ray Crystallographic Facility and Crystallographer. • Chair of the chemical safety committee. • Author of publications, patents and grant proposals. Royal Society of Chemistry 2013-2017 Associate Editor for RSC Advances American Chemical Society, Division of Fluorine Chemistry 2013-2017 Vice/Chair (2013-2015) and Chair of the Division • Oversight and advisement of the Executive Committee of the Division. • Representation of the Division at ACS Headquarters. • Advisor to fellow scientists, journalists and the public. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 2001-2010 Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer • Research in Polynitrogen, Fluorine, and Energetic Materials Chemistry. • Prepared scientific peer-review publications and gave scientific presentations. University of Wuppertal, Germany 2000-2001 Postdoctoral Fellow • Research in Organometallic and Organofluorine chemistry. • Synthesis of isotopic labeled compounds such as silanes. Page 1 of 2 Ralf Haiges September 2018 EDUCATION Ph.D., Chemistry - 2000 University of Wuppertal, Germany with Prof. Reint Eujen Thesis title: “Difluorocarbene-Reactions of Bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium: Synthesis of partially fluorinated organic compounds” M.Sc. (Diplom), Chemistry - 1997 University of Wuppertal, Germany with Prof. Reint Eujen Thesis title: “The Chemistry of Bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium: Reactions with covalent inorganic halides” B.Sc. (Vordiplom), Chemistry - 1994 University of Wuppertal, Germany Chemical-technical Assistant - 1990 Chemical Institute Dr. Flad, Stuttgart, Germany CERTIFICATION & TRAINING • APEX DUO with Fixed Chi Stage Maintenance Certification, Bruker AXS, 2011 HONORS & AWARDS • Robert Bau Award of the University of Southern California, 2011 • Arthur Adamson Award of the University of Southern California, 2004 • Research Stipend of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, 2001 • Award for Excellence in Master’s Thesis, University of Wuppertal, 1994 • Work was featured on the covers of Angewandte Chemie, Inorganic Chemistry and Chemistry - A European Journal, and was highlighted in Angewandte Chemie and Chemical & Engineering News. AFFILIATIONS • American Chemical Society, ACS • Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, GdCh (German Chemical Society) • American Crystallographic Association, ACA Page 2 of 2 Ralf Haiges List of Publications Energetic Materials Publications 1. Christe, K. O.; Boatz, J. A.; Gerken, M.; Haiges, R.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Tham, F. S.; Vij, A.; Vij, V.; Wagner, R. I.; Wilson, W. W., Synthesis and characterization of the - - - SO2N3 , (SO2)2N3 , and SO3N3 anions. Inorganic Chemistry 2002, 41 (16), 4275-4285. 2. Gerken, M.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., Improved synthesis of CsN3. Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 2002, 628 (5), 909-910. 3. Christe, K. O.; Gerken, M.; Haiges, R.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Tsyba, I.; Bau, R., The - (SO2)2N3 anion. Inorganic Chemistry 2003, 42 (2), 416-419. 4. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Vij, A.; Gerken, M.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Christe, K. O., Polyazide chemistry: Preparation and characterization of Te(N3)4 and [P(C6H5)4]2[Te(N3)6] and evidence for [N(CH3)4]Te(N3)5]. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2003, 42 (47), 5847-5851. 5. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. O., The binary group 4 azides [Ti(N3)4], [P(C6H5)4)][Ti(N3)5], and [P(C6H5)4]2[Ti(N3)6] and on linear Ti-N-NN coordination. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2004, 43 (24), 3148-3152. 6. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Vij, A.; Vij, V.; Gerken, M.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. O., Polyazide chemistry: Preparation and characterization of As(N3)5, Sb(N3)5, and [P(C6H5)4][Sb(N3)6]. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2004, 43 (48), 6676-6680. 7. Haiges, R.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Christe, K. O., High-energy-density materials: + - + - + - + - Synthesis and characterization of N5 [P(N3)6] , N5 [B(N3)4] , N5 [HF2] ·nHF, N5 [BF4] , + - + - N5 [PF6] , and N5 [SO3F] . Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2004, 43 (37), 4919- 4924. 8. Haiges, R.; Vij, A.; Boatz, J. A.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Gerken, M.; Christe, K. O., First structural characterization of binary As-III and Sb-III azides. Chemistry - A European Journal 2004, 10 (2), 508-517. 9. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Bau, R.; Schneider, S.; Schroer, T.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. - O., Polyazide chemistry: The first binary group 6 azides, Mo(N3)6, W(N3)6, [Mo(N3)7] , and - - - [W(N3)7] , and the [NW(N3)4] and [NMo(N3)4] ions. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2005, 44 (12), 1860-1865. 10. Haiges, R.; Schroer, T.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. O., The syntheses and structures of Ph4EN3 (E = P, As, Sb), an example for the transition from ionic to covalent azides within the same main group. Zeitschrift fur Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 2005, 631 (13- 14), 2691-2695. 11. Schroer, T.; Haiges, R.; Schneider, S.; Christe, K. O., The race for the first generation of the pentazolate anion in solution is far from over. Chemical Communications 2005, (12), 1607-1609. 12. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Schroer, T.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. O., Experimental evidence for linear metal-azido coordination: The binary Group 5 azides [Nb(N3)5], - - [Ta(N3)5], [Nb(N3)6] , and [Ta(N3)6] and 1 : 1 acetonitrile adducts [Nb(N3)5)(CH3CN)] and [Ta(N3)5)(CH3CN)]. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2006, 45 (29), 4830-4835. 13. Jones, C. B.; Haiges, R.; Schroer, T.; Christe, K. O., Oxygen-balanced energetic ionic liquid. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2006, 45 (30), 4981-4984. Page 1 of 9 Ralf Haiges 14. Kunikeev, S. D.; Taylor, H. S.; Schroer, T.; Haiges, R.; Jones, C. J. B.; Christe, K. O., New signal processing method for the faster observation of natural-abundance 15N NMR spectra + and its application to N5 . Inorganic Chemistry 2006, 45 (1), 437-442. 15. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Yousufuddin, M.; Christe, K. O., Monocapped trigonal-prismatic 2- transition-metal heptaazides: Syntheses, properties, and structures of [Nb(N3)7] and 2- [Ta(N3)7] . Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007, 46 (16), 2869-2874. 16. Klapötke, T. M.; Krumm, B.; Scherr, M.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., The binary - 2- selenium(IV) azides Se(N3)4, [Se(N3)5] , and [Se(N3)6] . Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2007, 46 (45), 8686-8690. + 17. Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R.; Wilson, W. W.; Boatz, J. A., Synthesis and Properties of N7O . Inorganic Chemistry 2010, 49 (3), 1245-1251. 18. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Christe, K. O., The Syntheses and Structure of the Vanadium(IV) 2- - and Vanadium(V) Binary Azides V(N3)4, [V(N3)6] , and [V(N3)6] . Angewandte Chemie- International Edition 2010, 49 (43), 8008-8012. 19. Christe, K. O.; Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Brooke Jenkins, H. D.; Garner, E. B.; Dixon, D. A., + − + − Why Are [P(C6H5)4] N3 and [As(C6H5)4] N3 Ionic Salts and Sb(C6H5)4N3 and Bi(C6H5)4N3 Covalent Solids? A Theoretical Study Provides an Unexpected Answer. Inorganic Chemistry 2011, 50 (8), 3752-3756. 20. Haiges, R.; Boatz, J. A.; Williams, J. M.; Christe, K. O., Preparation and Characterization 2− of the Binary Group 13 Azides M(N3)3 and M(N3)3⋅CH3CN (M=Ga, In, Tl), [Ga(N3)5] , 3− and [M(N3)6] (M=In, Tl). Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2011, 50 (38), 8828- 8833. 21. Haiges, R.; Rahm, M.; Dixon, D. A.; Garner, E. B.; Christe, K. O., Binary Group 15 − 2– 2– Polyazides. Structural Characterization of [Bi(N3)4] , [Bi(N3)5] , [bipy·Bi(N3)5] , 3– [Bi(N3)6] , bipy·As(N3)3, bipy·Sb(N3)3, and [(bipy)2·Bi(N3)3]2 and on the Lone Pair Activation of Valence Electrons. Inorganic Chemistry 2012, 51 (2), 1127-1141. − 22. Bélanger-Chabot, G.; Rahm, M.; Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., [BH3C(NO2)3] : The First Room-Temperature Stable (Trinitromethyl)borate. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2013, 52 (42), 11002-11006. 23. Haiges, R.; Christe, K. O., Energetic High-Nitrogen Compounds: 5-(Trinitromethyl)-2H- tetrazole and -tetrazolates, Preparation, Characterization, and Conversion into 5- (Dinitromethyl)tetrazoles. Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52 (12), 7249-7260. 24. Haiges, R.; Jones, C. B.; Christe, K. O., Energetic Bis(3,5-dinitro-1H-1,2,4- triazolyl)dihydro- and dichloroborates and Bis(5-nitro-2H-tetrazolyl)-, Bis(5- (trinitromethyl)-2H-tetrazolyl)-, and Bis(5-(fluorodinitromethyl)-2H- tetrazolyl)dihydroborate. Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52 (9), 5551-5558. 25. Haiges, R.; Rahm, M.; Christe, K. O., Unprecedented Conformational Variability in Main + - Group Inorganic Chemistry: the Tetraazidoarsenite and -Antimonite Salts A [M(N3)4] (A = NMe4, PPh4, (Ph3P)2N; M = As, Sb), Five Similar Salts, Five Different Anion Structures. Inorganic Chemistry 2013, 52 (1), 402-414. 26. Haiges, R.; Buszek, R. J.; Boatz, J. A.; Christe, K. O., Preparation of the First Manganese(III) and Manganese(IV) Azides. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition 2014, 53 (31), 8200-8205.