Outstanding science by the future generation of clay-radwaste scientists was specifically highlighted at the 9th Clay Conference.
Scientists belonging to one of the following three groups were invited to participate in the poster award.
Congratulations to all winners!
are enrolled in a tertiary education programme at any university, including
doctoral studies/PhD, Master and Bachelor students.
The winners are:
Camille Rolland
from EPFL for her poster “Harnessing microbial processes consuming hydrogen in radioactive waste repositories”. She is invited to present her work at the BioGeo Colloquium of the University of Jena.
Han Ming Lai
from Imperial College London for his poster “Implications of groundwater composition on the performance of bentonite components in nuclear waste disposal facilities”. He is invited to present his work at the EURAD-2 WP ANCHORS PhD School 2025.
Nadine J. Kanik
from Polish Academy of Science, Krakow for her poster “Tracking bentonite-water interactions by stable-H- and O-isotope exchange over a thermal gradient: First isotopic results from the Alternative Buffer Materials 2 and 5 bentonites”. She is invited to present her work at the AIPEA Early Career Clay Scientists (ECCS) webinar.
Rushan Wang
from WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF for her poster “Differentiation of fractures and rock mass deformation in clay rocks by Machine Learning”. She is invited to present her work at the EURAD-2 Lunch & Learn Webinar.
Example 1: Robin Smith is enrolled in a PhD programme in Geoscience at the University of Capital City and wants to present his research at the Clay Conference 2024.
Example 2: Lisa Williams is a master student in Computing in Civil Engineering and wants to present her research results at the Clay Conference 2024.
highest tertiary degree has been awarded within the last 5 years
before the Clay Conference 2024.
The winners are:
Dr. Eriko Minari
from National Institute of Environmental Studies for her poster “Study on the construction of disposal scenarios and a tentative migration modelling of cesium for the final disposal of radioactively contaminated waste outside of Fukushima Prefecture”. She is invited to present her work at the BGR Radwaste Colloquium.
Gilles Corman
from University of Liège for his poster “3D Hydro-Mechanical modelling to support the design of the REG experiment in the Callovo-Oxfordian Claystone”. He is invited to present his work at the Webinar at Swiss society “Geotechnik Schweiz“.
Dr. Theresa Hennig
from German Research Centre for Geosciences for her poster “Neptunium migration in Opalinus Clay – one experiment with multiple numerical geochemical solutions”. She is invited to present her work at the Belgian Programme Webinar.
Norihisa Osawa
from Taiheiyo Consultant Co., Ltd. for his poster “Experimental Study on Evaluation Method of Apparent Erosion Rate Constant of Bentonite using X-ray CT Images”. He is invited to present his work at Geo Colloquium of the University of Jena.
Example 1: Mary Miller has received her PhD in 2022 and works now at a research center as a post doc.
Example 2: Laura Peterson has received her PhD in 2020 and worked in the field of cavern storage. She has shifted careers to radioactive waste and started working at BASE in 2023. She cannot apply for “Radwaste Starters poster award“ because she finished her PhD less than 5 years ago.
highest tertiary degree has been awarded more than 5 years before the Clay Conference 2024 but they have started working in the radwaste field less than 3 years before the Clay Conference 2024.
The winner is:
Anna Golubko
from German Research Centre for Geosciences for her poster “Current status of the in-situ interaction experiment at the Bukov URF”. She is invited to present her work at the EURAD-2 Lunch & Learn Webinar.
Example: Michael Jones has received his PhD in 1985 and worked in the oil industry for the last 35 years. He has shifted careers to radioactive waste and started working at BGE in 2022.
Winners of the poster award will be announced at the closing ceremony on Thursday Nov. 28, 2024 and shall be announced on the conference’s website to offer long-term promotion of the awardees. Moreover, the winners will receive the opportunity to present their research in more detail in the aftermath of the Clay Conference 2024 to a professional audience. For that, the awardees will be invited to give a talk in (virtual) seminars in organisations and institutes working in the research field of the presented work. Details will be organised between the host organisations and the winners of the poster award with support by the Clay Conference 2024 local organising committee.
If you have selected one of the above mentioned groups and have been selected to present your research as a poster at the Clay Conference 2024 you will be invited to: