Samridhi Satija is a third-year doctoral candidate in nuclear chemistry at Michigan State University and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams. In her work with FRIB, she harvests rare isotopes that can be used for a range of applications that benefit society. A graduate student from New Delhi, India, Satija was selected for a 2021-22 Leadership Development Fellowship by the MSU Graduate School and an Online Learning Academy Fellowship from MSU to develop digital teaching and learning skills.
I got interested in nuclear chemistry — radiochemistry and isotope harvesting, in particular — only after I joined MSU. Once my adviser, Dr. Greg Severin, introduced me to the project I would be working on, there was no going back for me. I had no prior background in this, but even then, I could sense how big of an impact isotope harvesting would make to nuclear science in general, and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in particular. I just didn’t want to miss out on being a part of it, and this feeling has only strengthened with time. After all, who wouldn’t want to work at the world’s leading rare isotope facility?!
The opportunities I got by working at a leading rare isotope research facility are immense, and I get to learn from the leaders in nuclear chemistry, nuclear physics and engineering on a daily basis. FRIB will produce rare isotopes that have applications in fields as varied as medicine, materials science, astrophysics and environmental studies to name a few.
I got interested in nuclear chemistry — radiochemistry and isotope harvesting, in particular — only after I joined MSU. Once my adviser, Dr. Greg Severin, introduced me to the project I would be working on, there was no going back for me. I had no prior background in this, but even then, I could sense how big of an impact isotope harvesting would make to nuclear science in general, and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams in particular. I just didn’t want to miss out on being a part of it, and this feeling has only strengthened with time. After all, who wouldn’t want to work at the world’s leading rare isotope facility?!
The opportunities I got by working at a leading rare isotope research facility are immense, and I get to learn from the leaders in nuclear chemistry, nuclear physics and engineering on a daily basis. FRIB will produce rare isotopes that have applications in fields as varied as medicine, materials science, astrophysics and environmental studies to name a few.