Jillian Newmyer

Affiliation

Oregon State University

Biography

Jillian Newmyer is a PhD candidate at Oregon State University in Radiation Health Physics. Her current research deals with understanding the uptake mechanisms of radionuclides and responses in medicinal plants native to the Southwestern United States. She holds a BS in Nuclear Engineering with a minor in physics from the University of Tennessee. She enjoys doing nuclear science outreach and is a Science Communication Fellow at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. She also enjoys playing video games and hiking the great Oregon outdoors.