Sue Clark

  1. Emeritus Professor
  2. Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Email Addresss_clark@wsu.edu
Phone509-335-1411

Biography

Education

  • Ph.D. Inorganic and Radiochemistry, 1989
    Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
  • M.S. Inorganic Chemistry, 1987
    Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
  • B.S. Chemistry, 1984
    Lander College, Greenwood, SC

Research

SUE B. CLARK, PhD is a Regents Distinguished Professor of Chemistry with tenure at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington and holds the position of Battelle Fellow in the Energy and Environment Directorate with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. In this joint appointment, she leads a research effort focused on the chemistry and chemical engineering of processing nuclear materials. Her current research areas include chemistry of radioactive waste systems, environmental chemistry, actinide separations, and radioanalytical chemistry. Her research support includes grants and contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration.

She began her academic career at WSU in the Chemistry Department in 1996 as an Assistant Professor and served as Department Chair (Aug. 2005 – Dec. 2007). She also served as Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at WSU’s Tri-Cities campus from Jan. 2008 – Aug. 2008, and Interim Dean of the College of Sciences (WSU system-wide) from July – Dec. 2010. Previously, she held an appointment to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, appointed by President Barack Obama (2011-2014).

Professor Clark is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, the American Chemical Society (ACS), and is the 2012 recipient of the ACS’s Olin-Garvan Medal. She is also an elected member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences. She served as an elected member of the Governing Board for the U.S. Council for Chemical Research from 2009 to 2011. She also served on the National Academy’s Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board from 2004 to 2009, and was a member of many of the study committees established by the Board. She served on the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee for the U.S. DOE (2003 – 2011), and has served as a consultant to Battelle Memorial Institute and the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. Professor Clark is involved in numerous national and international service activities. She has served as a consultant to the Nuclear Energy Agency of France, the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute, and, again, the Battelle Memorial Institute. Prof. Clark has received several awards, including the Westinghouse Professorship (2000 to present), Ford Lecturer at Minnesota State University (2003) the Edward R. Meyer Distinguished Professor of Chemistry (1998 – 2000), the Young Faculty Achievement Award (1998-1999) in the College of Sciences at Washington State University.

Prior to joining Washington State University in 1996, she was an Assistant Research Ecologist at the University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (1992-1996), and Senior Scientist at Westinghouse Savannah River Company’s Savannah River Technology Center (1989-1992).

Publications

  • Morrison SS, CL Beck, JM Bowen, TA Eggemeyer, CC Hines, M Liezers, LA Metz, SM Morley, KR Restis, M Snow, DE Wall, SB Clark, and BN Seiner. 2017. “Determination of tungsten in geochemical reference material basalt Columbia River 2 by radiochemical neutron activation analysis and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 311(1):749-754.  doi:10.1007/s10967-016-5065-1
  • Snow M, SS Morrison, SB Clark, J Olson, and M Watrous. 2017. “237Np Analytical Method using 239Np Tracers and Application to a Contaminated Nuclear Disposal Facility.” Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 172:89-95. doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.02.018
  • Clark SB, MV Buchanan, and B Wilmarth. 2016. Basic Research Needs for Environmental Management. PNNL-25166, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
  • Lines AM, Z Wang, SB Clark, and SA Bryan. 2016. “Electrochemistry and Spectroelectrochemistry of Luminescent Europium complexes.” Electroanalysis 28(9):2109-2117.  doi:10.1002/elan.201600034
  • McDonald LW, JA Campbell, T Vercouter, and SB Clark. 2016. “Characterization of Actinides Complexed to Nuclear Fuel Constituents using ESI-MS.” Analytical Chemistry 88:2614-2621.  doi:10.1021/acs.analchem.5b03352
  • McDonald LW, IV, JA Campbell, and SB Clark. 2014. “Failure of ESI Spectra to Represent Metal-Complex Solution Composition: A Study of Lanthanide-Carboxylate Complexes.” Analytical Chemistry 86(2):1023-1029. doi:10.1021/ac401751r
  • Samuels AC, CA Boele, KT Bennett, SB Clark, N Wall, and AE Clark. 2014. “Integrated Computational and Experimental Protocol for Understanding Rh(III) Speciation in Hydrochloric and Nitric Acid Solutions.” Inorganic Chemistry 53(23):12315-12322.  doi:10.1021/ic501408r
  • M. H. Lee, Y. J. Park, K. Y. Jee, W. H. Kim, and S. B. Clark (2007), “Study of alpha track analysis and fission track analysis for determining hot particles contaminated with Pu and U isotopes”, Applied Radiation and Isotopes 65(1): 85-91
  • A. P. Novikov, S. N. Kalmykov, S. Utsunomiya, R. C. Ewing, F. Horreard, A. Merkulov, S. B. Clark, V. V. Tkachev, and B. F. Myasoedov (2006).  “Colloid transport of plutonium in the far-field of the Mayak Production Association, Russia”, Science, 314:638-641.
  • Z. Zhang, S. B. Clark, G. Tian, P. L. Zanonato, and L. Rao (2006), “ Protonation of D-gluconate and its complexation with Np(V) in acidic to nearly neutral solutions”, Radiochimica Acta, 94(9-11) 531-536.
  • K. L. Nash, G. J. Lumetta, S. B. Clark, and J. Friese (2006), “Significance of the nuclear fuel cycle” in Separations for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle in the 21st Century, ACS Symposium Series 933: 3-20.
  • Douglas M, SB Clark, JI Friese, BW Arey, EC Buck, and BD Hanson. 2005. “Neptunium(V) Partitioning to Uranium(VI) Oxide and Peroxide Solids.” Environmental Science and Technology 39(11):4117-4124.