2023
09/2020 – 11/2023
Position: graduate student
Research: Thermodynamics of critical rare earth minerals
Current: Postdoc at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lorenzo Callejon
05/2023 – 08/2023
Position: visiting graduate student
Research: Thermodynamics properties of lanthanide silicates
Current: University of Montpellier
Chase Morford
05/2022 – 08/2023
Position: undergraduate student
Research: Molten salt thermochemistry
Current: Washington State University
Peter Jensen
08/2022 – 08/2023
Position: graduate student
Research: UO2-CeO2 nanoscale thermodynamics
Current: Washington State University
Vitaliy Goncharov
08/2018 – 05/2023
Position: graduate student
Research: Thermal and thermodynamic investigations of ceramic and molten salt systems relevant to the development of advanced nuclear reactors
Current: Chemist at TerraPower, LLC
Evgeny Alekseev
04/2023 – 04/2023
Position: visiting professor (Jüelich)
Research: Thermodynamics of lithium garnet battery
Current: Professor at Forschungszentrum Jüelich GmbH
12/2019 – 12/2023
Position: graduate student
Research: Thermodynamics and recovery studies of critical elements under ambient and extreme conditions
Current: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Romain Sicard
05/2023 – 08/2023
Position: visiting graduate student
Research: Synthesis and characterizations of CeSiO4-ZrSiO4
Current: University of Montpellier
Michael Schneider
04/2023 – 08/2023
Position: undergraduate student
Research: synthesis training
Current: Washington State University
Matthew Heaney
08/2022 – 07/2023
Position: graduate student
Research: Size-dependent Thermodynamics of nano-UO2/MOX
Current: Washington State University
Changsheng Shan
04/2023 – 07/2023
Position: visiting professor (Hubei U)
Research: Single-atom catalysis
Current: Professor at Hubei University
Jared Kelnhofer
05/2023 – 07/2023
Position: undergraduate student
Research: ML on database
Current: Washington State University
2022
08/2019 – 07/2022
Position: graduate student< /p>
Research: Thermodynamics and structure of lanthanide and actinide silicates and phosphates under extreme conditions
Current: Principal Research Scientist at Northrop Grumman
Robert Collar
08/2022 – 08/2022
Position: visiting graduate student (McGill)
Research: Thermodynamics of carrolite
Current: PhD at McGill University
Rebecca Hsieh
08/2020 – 05/2022
Position: undergraduate student
Research: Uranyl absorption on bentonite
Current: Graduate student at Boston University
08/2018 – 09/2022
Position: graduate student
Research: Thermodynamics of nano-CeO2, UO2, and layered materials
Current: US Army
Tram Tran
09/2021 – 05/2022
Position: undergraduate student
Research: Synthesis training
Current: Washington State University
2021
12/2021 – 12/2021
Position: visiting graduate student (McGill)
Research: Thermodynamics of tourmalines
Current: PhD at McGill University
Wendy Yu
08/2020 – 08/2021
Position: undergraduate student
Research: Microscopic studies of REE phosphates
Current: Graduate student at University of Michigan
01/2021 – 09/2021
Position: undergraduate student
Research: Database of calorimetric data
Current: Graduate student at University of Wisconsin-Madison
2020
03/2020 – 08/2020
Position: visiting scholar (ICSM)
Research: Thermodynamics of U, Ce, Hf, Zr containing silicates
Current: PhD at University of Montpellier
Riley Guttromson
03/2019 – 01/2020
Position: undergraduate student
Research: Radiochemical training
Current: Washington State University
02/2020 – 04/2020
Position: undergraduate student
Research: X-ray tomography
Current: Washington State University
2019
10/2018 – 11/2019
Position: visiting professor (Shanxi University)
Research: Calorimetry of nanotubes
Current: Professor at Shanxi University
Nian Wei
09/2018 – 10/2019
Position: visiting professor (Sichuan University)
Research: Thermodynamics of YAG and CeSiO4 ceramics
Current: Professor at Sichuan University
Brandon Johnson
01/2018 – 05/2019
Position: graduate student
Research: Synthesis of REE phosphates
Current: Adjunct Professor at Wichita State University
10/2019 – 10/2019
Position: visiting postdoctoral scholar (ASU)
Research: X-ray tomography
Current: Wildcat Discovery Technologies
Clément Bourgeois
07/2019 – 08/2019
Position: visiting student (ICSM)
Research: Calorimetry on CeSiO4
Current: University of Paris, Sud