CURRICULUM VITAE

Anna Shelyug

PhD in Materials Sciences and Engineering

e-mail: adckgn@r.postjobfree.com

ORCID: 0000-0003-3233-1632

EDUCATION

Dec 2018

PhD in Material Sciences and Engineering

University of California-Davis, USA

Jan 2014

Engineering degree in Analytical Chemistry

Ural Federal University, Russia

WORK EXPERIENCE & SKILLS

Mar 2019 – now

Senior Scientist

Institute of Solid-State Chemistry, Russia

Synthesis and characterization of transitional metal carbides (MAX and MXene phases)

Sintering: controlled atmosphere furnaces, dilatometry

Analyses: thermal analysis (TGA-DSC), microscopy (SEM), structural analysis (XRD), mechanical properties (Vickers hardness)

Oct 2014 – Dec 2018

Graduate research associate

University of California-Davis

Thermodynamics of materials related to nuclear fuel cycle (U and Th containing oxides and phosphates, silicides)

Stability, enthalpies of formation, defects from irradiation, order-disorder transitions, red-ox reactions

Radioactive laboratory management (was responsible person): materials logistics, safety checks (liquid scintillation counter), SOPs, training, mentoring

Wet lab skills: synthesis of single-phase samples by reverse precipitation or solid-state routes, glovebox, hot-cells, hoods, controlled environment furnaces

Characterization skills: potentiometric titration, XRD, BET, FTIR, EPMA, NMR, TGA-MS/DSC, High temperature drop solution calorimetry

Other skills: oral and poster presentations at conferences. Peer reviewing for journals. Teaching assistantship

Sep 2013 – Jul 2014

Senior laboratory assistant

Institute of Geology and Geochemistry, Russia

Sample preparation for isotope geochronology

Work in a clean room (ISO6/Class1000): mineral spiking and digestion, separation of rare-earth groups in ion exchange column chromatography, ICP-MS, isotopic ratios (TIMS and LA-ICP-MS)

Sep 2008 – Jan 2014

Undergraduate student researcher

Ural Federal University, Russia

Intensive coursework on Analytical Chemistry

Internship in Institute of Organic Chemistry: selective extraction of metals into organic phase (crown-ethers). Atomic spectroscopy analyses. IR spectroscopy. Thermodynamic modeling (HSC 6.0, Terra)

Internship in Institute of Solid State Chemistry: synthesis of solid-solutions using gel-combustion (glycine-nitrate) route

PUBLICATIONS

Google scholar stats (as of 03/17/2019): total citations – 109; h-index – 6; i10 index – 4

1.T. Beirau, A. Shelyug, A. Navrotsky, H. Pöllmann, and E.K.H. Salje

Avalanches during recrystallization in radiation-damaged pyrochlore and allanite: Statistical similarity to phase transitions in functional materials

Appl. Phys. Lett. 115 (23), 231904

doi: 10.1063/1.5133439

2.C. E. Reissner, U. Bismayer, D. Kern, M. Reissner, S. Park, J. Zhang, R.C. Ewing, A. Shelyug, A. Navrotsky, C. Paulmann, R. Škoda, L. A. Groat, H. Pöllmann and T. Beirau

Mechanical and structural properties of radiation-damaged allanite-(Ce) and the effect of thermal annealing

Phys. Chem. Min. (2019) 1-13

doi: 10.1007/s00269-019-01051-z

3.T. Subramani, M.R. Rafiuddin, A. Shelyug, S. Ushakov, A. Mesbah, N. Clavier, D. Qin, S. Szenknect, E. Elkaim, N. Dacheux, A. Navrotsky

Synthesis, crystal structure and enthalpies of formation of churchite-type REPO4 · 2 H2O (RE = Gd to Lu) materials

Cryst. Growth Des. 19-201*-****-****

doi: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00524

4.C. Chung, X. Guo, G. Wang, T.L Wilson, J.T. White, A.T. Nelson, A. Shelyug, H. Boukhalfa, P. Yang, E.R. Batista, A.A. Migdisov, R.C. Roback, A. Navrotsky, and H.Xu

Enthalpies of formation and phase stability relations of USi, U3Si5 and U3Si2,

J. Nucl. Mater. 523 (2019) 101-110

doi: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.05.052

5.A. Shelyug and A. Navrotsky

Thermodynamic stability of the fluorite phase in the CeO2 − CaO − ZrO2 system,

J. Nucl. Mater. 517 (2019) 80–85

doi: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.01.043

6.M. Lang, E. O'Quinn, R. Palomares, C.-K. Chung, A. Shelyug, J. Neuefeind, A. Navrotsky

Novel insight into defect behavior of irradiated materials: Combined neutron total scattering and high temperature calorimetry investigation

Abstracts of papers of the American Chemical Society

7.H. Schlenz, J. Dellen, P. Kegler, C. Gatzen, C. Schreinemachers, A. Shelyug, M. Klinkenberg, A. Navrotsky, D. Bosbach

Structural and thermodynamic mixing properties of La1-xNdxPO4 monazite-type solid solutions

J. Solid State Chem. 270 (2019) 470–478

doi: 10.1016/j.jssc.2018.11.040

8.A. Shelyug, A. Mesbah, S. Szenknect, N. Clavier, N. Dacheux, A. Navrotsky

Thermodynamics and stability of rhabdophanes, hydrated rare earth phosphates REPO4 · nH2O

Front. Chem. 6 (2018)

doi: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00604

9.A. Shelyug, R.I. Palomares, M. Lang, A. Navrotsky

Energetics of defect production in fluorite structured CeO2 induced by highly ionizing radiation

Phys. Rev. Mater. 2 (2018) 93607

doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.093607

10.C. Chung, A. Shelyug, J. Shamblin, E.O. Quinn, I. Gussev, M. Asta, M. Lang, A. Navrotsky

Thermodynamic and structural evolution of Dy2Ti2O7 pyrochlore after swift heavy ion irradiation

Acta Mater. 145 (2018) 1–26

doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2017.12.044

11.Hirsch, P. Kegler, I. Alencar, J. Ruiz-Fuertes, A. Shelyug, L. Peters, C. Schreinemachers, A. Neumann, S. Neumeier, H.P. Liermann, A. Navrotsky, G. Roth

Structural, vibrational, and thermochemical properties of the monazite-type solid solution

La1–xPrxPO4

J. Solid State Chem. 245 (2017) 82–88

doi: 10.1016/j.jssc.2016.09.032

12.S. Neumeier, P. Kegler, Y. Arinicheva, A. Shelyug, P.M. Kowalski, C. Schreinemachers, A. Navrotsky, D. Bosbach

Thermochemistry of La1−xLnxPO4-monazites (Ln = Gd, Eu)

J. Chem. Thermodyn. 105 (2017) 396–403

doi: 10.1016/j.jct.2016.11.003

13.S. Finkeldei, P. Kegler, P.M. Kowalski, C. Schreinemachers, F. Brandt, A.A. Bukaemskiy, V.L. Vinograd, G. Beridze, A. Shelyug, A. Navrotsky, D. Bosbach

Composition dependent order-disorder transition in NdxZr1−xO2−0.5x pyrochlores: A combined structural, calorimetric and ab initio modeling study

Acta Mater. 125 (2017) 166–176

doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.11.059

14.P. Zietlow, T. Beirau, B. Mihailova, L.A. Groat, T. Chudy, A. Shelyug, A. Navrotsky, R.C. Ewing, J. Schlüter, R. Škoda, U. Bismayer

Thermal annealing of natural, radiation-damaged pyrochlore

Zeitschrift Für Krist. - Cryst. Mater. 232 (2017) 25–38

doi: 10.1515/zkri-2016-1965

15.L. Zhang, A. Shelyug, A. Navrotsky

Thermochemistry of UO2 – ThO2 and UO2 – ZrO2 fluorite solid solutions

J. Chem. Thermodyn. 114 (2017) 48–54

doi: 10.1016/j.jct.2017.05.026

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