Dr. John Engel

Los Alamos National Lab Scientist researching nuclear forensics

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

I’m hiring a 3-year postdoc into nuclear forensics here at Los Alamos National Lab! We’ll combine U-Th-Ra, U-Pa-Ac, and Pu-Am-Np age dating of uranium to search for diagnostic signatures of production: perfect for geos looking to enter the DOE system!

https://t.co/kLQVCMl1zL

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

The link seems to only last a day - the posting can be searched on LANLs external jobs page using this code: IRC130360

https://t.co/PpKPViBWHe

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

I’m hiring a 3-year postdoc into nuclear forensics here at Los Alamos National Lab! We’ll combine U-Th-Ra, U-Pa-Ac, and Pu-Am-Np age dating of uranium to search for diagnostic signatures of production: perfect for geos looking to enter the DOE system!

https://t.co/kLQVCMl1zL

[Mark Nelson @energybants]

Tennessee Valley Authority's Browns Ferry nuclear plant is one building containing three powerful reactors.

It makes steady, carbon-free power for 3 million people for the incomprehensibly low production cost of $15 per MWh in 2021.

It was built for an inflation-adjusted 2023-$ cost of $1260/kW, long since paid off, and half the cost of today's cheapest Chinese plants.

It runs on 24-month refueling cycles for extreme uptime and thus lower costs.

It has been running for almost 50 years, will last for many more decades, and in the end may not need to ever retire because the reactor vessels are doing well and that's pretty much the only part we haven't yet successfully replaced in a nuclear plant.

TVA is socialism, so it's the American people's wealth that is stacking up here.

This may be the finest energy project in the world.

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

@IsotopeDude Looks like a tough place for field work, better take it easy!

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

Here's our second paper from my @LosAlamosNatLab #postdoc!

We used a stacked TEVA-DGA resin combo to create single-element fractions of Pu, Am, and Np from a U matrix. It will help make nuclear forensic investigations 4x faster!

https://t.co/fUkHgdY8jf

[Ola Morpheus Lasisi @Morpheuspraim]

I am happy to announce that I will be reviewing documents and paying the grad school application fees of 15 African Anthropology students applying this Fall. Pls use this form to indicate your interest by June 15; https://t.co/vGdh6WMRoT

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

Our Trace Radiochemistry team at @LosAlamosNatLab is hiring a research technologist to conduct actinide separation R&D.

Great opportunity for any geochemists looking to enter the National Lab system and Department of Energy! DM with any questions!

https://t.co/HVDZBkDUUH

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

First paper of my LANL postdoc! New precipitation and chromatography method to purify Pa from U-Nb alloys. This work helps make U-Pa model ages possible from these challenging alloys to support nuclear forensics investigations

https://t.co/2MYx1iq7TZ

[Primal Space @thePrimalSpace]

Orion has now reached the Moon, here's how it will get back to Earth on the 11th of December.

[Physics Today @PhysicsToday]

The forgotten history of radiometric dating https://t.co/7wrQ4SxemY

[Josephine Brown @drjobrown.bsky.social @JosephineRBrown]

New 2-yr postdoc position in palaeoclimate modelling with Laurie Menviel (UNSW), Russell Drysdale and me. The project involves conducting simulations of glacial climate and examining Southern Hemisphere hydroclimate responses to DO and Heinrich events.
https://t.co/cJoW5iV1o7

[Samuel C Boone @DrSamuelCBoone]

Congrats to Malcolm McMillan on the 1st paper from his PhD out in @AGU_GCubed!

Teaming up w/ @Rafiki_PN, we investigate the enigmatic geodynamic origins of the misty Nyika Plateau (>2500 m), towering above the tropical grasslands of Malawi and Zambia.

https://t.co/VyVkAS8yoH

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

Rejection email today for a big grant. It's always hard. Today's coping mechanism was to make Beef Wellington - it's not all bad

#postdoc

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

@ThePhDPlace This your nuke??

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

@mars_stu @IsotopeDude maybe something to aim for exactly this time next year haha!

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

@briankeating How old is this cave?

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

@HaydenDaltonGeo @SciMelb @UniMelb @UnimelbESPG Great job, congratulations!

[Dr. John Engel @John_Volcano_]

@HorstRider Way to go Jessie, congratulations!

[Nick Scroxton @StalagNick]

Dream postdoc still available for speleothem peeps out there. Peruvian stalagmites, hydroclimate reconstructions, multi-archive comparisons, 3 year position. There's a lot to like.