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6 Jamie Weaver Washington State University JamieWeaverisaPhDcandidateinthedivisionofAnalyticalEnvironmentalandRadiochemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Washington State University and is a PhD intern at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Her current research interests span the fields of nuclear chemistry analytical methods for solid-state systems glass science archeology and ancient history. She has a B.A. in Art Conservation from the University of Delaware and a B.S. in Physical Science from Washington State University. Ms. Weavers PhD dissertation project investigates the localized chemistry of 99Tc in nuclear waste glasses. In addition to this work she has collaborated on two studies that correlate the alteration of man-made ancient glass analogs to the modeling the durability of nuclear waste glasses. In 2015 she was awarded the Golding Family Fellowship for Women in Science at Washington State University for her research on the alteration of ancient glasses. Scholarship Recipients - Graduate Level - 5000 Rachel Pope Clemson University Rachel Pope graduated from Clemson University in 2014 with a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry. She has continued her education in the Environmental Engineering and Earth Science department pursuing her Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering and Science with a concentration in environmental health physics and radiochemistry. Under the supervision of Dr. Brian Powell Rachel evaluates the performance of engineered bentonite barriers under repository conditions studying the effects of elevated temperatures on the diffusion of 237NpV. Other studies include the effluent analysis of radionuclide transport through soil using field lysimeters as well as hematite surface complexation modeling using isothermal titration calorimetry. Rachel intends on graduating from Clemson University in December 2016 where she will pursue an industrial occupation as well as take the certified health physicist exam. Deepesh Poudel Idaho State University DeepeshisaPh.D.studentatIdahoStateUniversitywithteachingresearchandworkexperience in several fields of radiation protection including nuclear instrumentation radiological environmental analysis external and internal dosimetry and university and medical health physics. His dissertation is focused on the biokinetics of actinides in nonhuman primates. In addition to 2016 Roy G. Post Scholarship Deepesh is also a recipient of Health physics Societys 2014-15 Burton J. Moyer Fellowship and 2015-16 F. Ward Whicker Scholarship. Deepesh graduated with BS High Honors and MS in Physics with Health Physics emphasis from Idaho State University in 2009 and 2011 respectively and hopes to complete his doctoral degree by the end of 2016. Stephanie Thornber University of Sheffield United Kingdom Stephanie Thornber has a background in Materials Science Engineering and graduated with First Class Honours from The University of Sheffield in 2013. Stephanie is now in the third year of her PhD at Sheffield University leading the development of glass-ceramic wasteforms consolidated by hot isostatic pressing for the disposal of Pu-residues at the UKs Sellafield site. During the course of her PhD Stephanie has received multiple awards for her research presented at conferences as well as outreach events and recently discussed her work at an All Party Parliamentary Nuclear Energy Group Meeting at the House of Commons in London which discussed the UKs plutonium policy where her research is a leading project.