Her research on uranium and associated actinides and fission products focuses on enabling safe disposal of commercial spent nuclear fuel and on the chemistry needed to retrieve high-level radioactive waste from the Hanford waste tanks. She also is known as an advocate and mentor for graduate students and junior researchers.

“This recognition by the ACS is actually a tribute to all of my former students, postdocs, visiting scientists, and my collaborators at PNNL, WSU, and beyond,” Clark said. “The opportunity to work with such fantastic people and learn from them has been incredibly rewarding.”

Clark earned her Ph.D. in inorganic and radiochemistry at Florida State University and has produced more than 136 publications. Her work has been cited more than 1,600 times by other scientists building on her research.

Awards

2020 Seaborg Award: Sue Brannon Clark