Students from the UNLV Radiochemistry Ph.D. program have complete access to program facilities and are encouraged to collaborate and seek innovative approaches to research challenges in this community-based learning program. We invite you to explore the work from our recent graduate students.
Recent Dissertations
2026
- Jason Victor: "The Application of Halides to Nuclear Materials and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Dissolution, Synthesis, and Separation" *Embargoed*
- Rin Ruby :"At the Crossroads of Traditional and Nuclear Forensics: Decontaminating Radiologically Contaminated DNA Evidence Using Magnetic Beads"
- Logan Smith: "Extraction of Tetra- and Hexavalent Actinides from Nitric Acid by HEH[EHP] and T2EHDGA with Applications"
2025
- Nicholas Cicchetti: Chemical and Electrolytic Techniques for Neptunium Oxidation State Control: An Investigation of Heptavelaent Neptunium in Acidic Media and the Development of Microfluidic Approaches for Neptunium Oxidation and Extraction *Embargoed*
2024
- Joel Castillo: Uranium(VI) & Thorium(IV) Speciation In Organic Media Containing Organophosphorus & Diglycolamide Extractants
- Eduardo Montoya: Nuclear Fuel Cycle Chemistry: A Density Functional Study
- Harry Jang: Development of Uranium Fluoride Microstructures
- Hannah K Patenaude: Boron-Doped Diamond as a Resilient Electrode Material in Molten Salts,
2023
- Phillip Hammer: The Room Temperature Electrolysis of F-Elements in Aqueous and Ionic Liquid Media: Synthesis, Dissolution, and Reduction
2022
- Katherine (Thornock) Luebke: Dissolution and Electrochemical Recovery of UO2, UO3, and U3O8 in Ionic Liquids
- Cassara Higgins: The Dissolution and Recovery of Critical Materials (Li2CO3 and UF6) from Ionic Liquid
- James Louis-Jean: Revisiting the Chemistry of Uranium and Rhenium Fluorides: Implication to Fuel Cycle and Nuclear Forensics Science