b'Dr. Aysenur Toptan Dr. Thibaut Lecrivain Dr. Shuxiang ZhouOutstanding Postdoc Award Glenn T. Seaborg DistinguishedGlenn T. Seaborg Distinguished In September 2020, Dr. AysenurPostdoctoral Associate Postdoctoral AssociateToptan was recognizedDr. Thibaut Lecrivain Dr. Shuxiang Zhou became a as the winner of the 2020joined INLs National &Distinguished Postdoctoral INL Outstanding PostdocHomeland Security directorateAssociate after completing an Award. The award recognizesafter earning a doctorate inINL Graduate Fellowship and Toptans exemplary researchAnalytical, Environmentalearning a doctorate in Material contributions and leadershipChemistry and RadiochemistryScience & Engineering from resulting in a positive, significantfrom Washington Statethe University of Wisconsin-impact on the laboratorysUniversity. His studies focusMadison. His research programmatic efforts and statuson the separation of actinideinterests lie in nuclear material in the scientific community.and fission products in liquidperformance, including Toptan began her postdocsolutions with applicationphonon behavior, elastic appointment with INL in Augustto the fuel cycle and isotopeproperties, and electron and 2019. During her short tenure atproduction. thermal transports under the lab, she has made significantvarious conditions using contributions on multipleadvanced computational projects, yielding three journalmethods, such as density papers as first author, anotherfunctional theory and article as co-author, and twomachine learning.book chapters as co-author. Her research highlights while at INL include the development of a better model for the thermal conductivity of UO2, mathematical verification of code correctness for BISON and MOOSE, and explanation of ceramic and metallic fuel properties. She was brought on as a regular hire in spring 2020.2020 Annual Report 16'