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Dr. Richard I. Foster

Research Assistant Professor

rifoster [at] snu.ac.kr

Research Interests

Nuclear Decommissioning, Radioactive Waste Treatment, Separations and Ion-Exchange, Resource Recovery, X-ray Computed Tomography

Education

University of Manchester

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 2015


University of Manchester

B.S. in Chemistry, 2011

Awards

  • Best Paper Award (Nuclear Engineering and Technology (NET) Journal) (2022)

  • Early Career Researcher Award, Korean Radioactive Waste Society (2021)

  • KRS Autumn Conference Outstanding Paper Award (Oral - Decontamination) (2018)

  • IChemE ChemEngDayUK Prize Winning Poster ('Other Materials') (2014)

Work Experience

  • Research Assistant Professor, Seoul National University (2022-Present)

  • Senior researcher, Seoul National University (2021-2022)

  • Postdoc researcher, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (2016-2021)

  • Research associate, University of Manchester (2016)

  • Refine research associate, University of Manchester (2015-2016)

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