The ACS Nuclear and Radiochemistry Summer School formed the foundation of my career as a radiochemist. This talk will discuss the facets of the NCSS program that inspired me to attend graduate school, succeed within my doctoral program, and find a post-doctoral appointment that complemented my interests. While the content of the classroom training provided during NCSS was vital to attaining undergraduate internships and admission to graduate school, I would like to highlight the aspects of the NCSS experience that can be less easily quantified, such as the location, the instructors, and my fellow students.  I would consider these elements to have influenced my decisions about my career to the greatest extent. As a recent graduate, I would also like to comment on the continued need for radiochemistry education at the undergraduate level and why the NCSS program remains relevant even amidst other new summer opportunities in radiochemistry.

Finding my place in radiochemistry: A recent grad’s letter of gratitude to the NCSS

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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