In 2011, I arrived at the Nuclear Chemistry Summer School (NCSS) Brookhaven National Laboratory site with a limited working knowledge of nuclear and radiochemistry and the potential research opportunities associated with the field. Over the course of the school, nuclear and radiochemistry topics were discussed through a series of academically rigorous classroom discussions and hands on laboratory experiments with nuclear professionals from around the country. The school extended outside the bounds of the classroom through tours of lab facilities and personal interactions with visiting lecturers. It was through this design that NCSS sparked my interest in nuclear fuel cycle research and introduced me to my current research advisor. After graduating the school and obtaining my undergraduate in chemistry from Huntingdon College, I began working towards my PhD in Radiochemistry at UNLV in 2012. My current research focuses on the nuclear fuel cycle and uranium metallic fuels and their fuel cladding chemical reactions with respect to burnup.

Path to a PhD: From a summer to a career

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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