Sandra Davern

Affiliation

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Biography

Sandra Davern leads the Radioisotope Research and Development Section in the Radioisotope Science and Technology Division of the Isotope Science and Engineering Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. At ORNL, she has worked on and led multiple projects, including establishing quality assurance systems for Ac-227 isotope production, microfluidics for separations chemistry and radiobiology, inkjet printing of thin film actinides, and nano-constructs for radiotherapeutics. She has a degree in Biotechnology from Dublin City University and a PhD in Pharmacology from University College Dublin, Ireland. Her post-doc was at ORNL on Targeted Alpha Therapies using phage display for novel targeting vectors.