Dr. Jennifer Shusterman

Jennifer Shusterman received a BS from Tufts University and a PhD from the University of California, Berkley. She did her postdoc at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. At Hunter College, she teaches courses in radiochemistry and conducts research focused on the investigation of isotope production pathways, materials for heavy metal separations, and radiochemical measurements of nuclear reaction properties for application to the nuclear fuel cycle, medicine, forensics and fundamental nuclear science.

• Tufts University (BS 2010)
• University of California, Berkley (PhD 2015)
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Postdoc)

Research Statement

The research in the Shusterman Lab is focused on the investigation of isotope production pathways, materials for heavy metal separations, and radiochemical measurements of nuclear reaction properties for application to the nuclear fuel cycle, medicine, forensics and fundamental nuclear science.

• Shusterman, J. A.; Scielzo, N. D.; Thomas, K. J.; Norman, E. B.; Lapi, S. E.; Loveless, C. S.; Peters, N. J.; Robertson, J. D.; Shaughnessy, D. A.; Tonchev, A. P. The Surprisingly Large Neutron Capture Cross-Section of Zr-88. Nature 2019, 565, 328–330.
• Abel, E. P.; Avilov, M.; Ayres, V.; Birnbaum, E.; Bollen, G.; Bonito, G.; Bredeweg, T.; Clause, H.; Couture, A.; Devore, J.; et al. Isotope Harvesting at FRIB : Additional Opportunities for Scientific Discovery Isotope Harvesting at FRIB : Additional Opportunities for Scientific Discovery. J. Phys. G Nucl. Part. Phys. 2019, 46 (100501), 1–33.
• Uribe, E. C.; Mason, H. E.; Shusterman, J. A.; Lukens, W. W. Organic Layer Formation and Sorption of U(VI) on Acetamide Diethylphosphonate-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica. Dalt. Trans. 2017, 46 (16).
• Uribe, E. C.; Mason, H. E.; Shusterman, J. A.; Bruchet, A.; Nitsche, H. Probing the Interaction of U(VI) with Phosphonate-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Dalt. Trans. 2016, 45 (25).
• Shusterman, J. A.; Mason, H. E.; Bowers, J.; Bruchet, A.; Uribe, E. C.; Kersting, A. B.; Nitsche, H. Development and Testing of Diglycolamide Functionalized Mesoporous Silica for Sorption of Trivalent Actinides and Lanthanides. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2015, 7 (37).
• Shusterman, J.; Mason, H.; Bruchet, A.; Zavarin, M.; Kersting, A. B.; Nitsche, H. Analysis of Trivalent Cation Complexation to Functionalized Mesoporous Silica Using Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. Dalt. Trans. 2014, 43 (44).