Claire Corkhill

Affiliation

University of Bristol

Biography

Dr. Claire Corkhill is a research fellow in mineralogy and materials science at the University of Sheffield (UK) and currently holds an EPSRC Early Career Research Fellowship. Her research focuses on understanding the relationship between surface chemistry, microstructure and dissolution kinetics in nuclear waste materials. Her particular focus is oxide ceramics (e.g. UO2), aluminoborosilicate glass and cement materials. Recent work includes development of synchrotron-based diffraction and spectroscopy methodologies to observe slow dissolution processes over long timescales, relevant to geological disposal of nuclear waste.