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Christine Duval
                    Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of Engineering
      
      
                    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
      
      
Research Information
Research Interests
We develop advanced materials and processes to separate f-elements (lanthanides and actinides) with applications in recycling used nuclear fuel, nuclear medicine, and recovering rare earth elements from waste streams. For more information on current projects, .
Awards and Honors
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
      
            2025
      
      CSE Research Award
      
            2024
      
      Crain's Cleveland Business 40 under 40
      
            2024
      
      CWRU John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring
      
            2024
      
      NAE US Frontiers in Engineering
      
            2023
      
      NSF CAREER award
      
            2023
      
      NAMS Young Membrane Scientist Award
      
            2022
      
      CSE Graduate Teaching Award
      
            2022
      
      DOE Early Career Research Award
      
            2020
      
      CSE Undergraduate Teaching Award
      
            2020
      
      Publications
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2025
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	Monge Neria, R; Zeeshan, M; Kapoor, A; Gurkan, B; Duval, CE; Saylor, RA; Kisley, L. “Super-resolution imaging reveals resistance to mass transfer in functionalized stationary phases.” Accepted and in press. 
2024
- Kent, K; Dean-Kersten, W; Duval, CE; Servis, A. “Distributed Sustainable Metals Production: Opportunities for Intensifying Separations & Alternative Feedstocks” Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering.
- Suresh, P; Johnson, L; Duval, CE. “Membrane adsorbers with copolymer coatings for the separation of actinides from lanthanides (UO22+ and La3+).” ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03288
- Johnson, L; Schneider, B; Mithaiwala, H ; Green, MD; Renner, JN; Duval, CE. “Electrospun Membranes Modified with Lanmodulin-Derived Peptides for Lanthanide Adsorption.” ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2024, 2, 10, 2441-2453.
- Kersten, B; Hawthorne, K; Williamson, M; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. “Insight into electrodeposition inefficiencies of Am from AmCl3-LiCl-KCl through diffusion-reaction modeling, voltammetry and potentiometry.” Journal of the Electrochemical Society.
- Verma, G; Hostert, J; Summerville, S; Robang, AS; Paravatsu, A; Getman, R; Duval, CE; Renner, JN. “Investigation of Rare Earth Element Binding to a Surface-Bound Affinity Peptide Derived from EF-Hand Loop I of Lanmodulin.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 13, 16912-16926.
2023
- Kersten, B; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. “An electrochemical technique for sensing uranium adsorption.“ Analytica Chimica Acta. 2023, 1284, 34200-342003.
- Sepesy, M; Banik, T; Scott, J; Johnson, A; Schneider, BL; Sibley, MM; Duval, CE. “Chemically stable, styrenic electrospun membranes with tailorable surface chemistry.” Membranes.13(11), 870; “Women in Membrane Science” issue edited by Isabel Escobar.
- Hostert, JD; Sepesy, M; Renner, JN; Duval, CE. “Clickable polymer scaffolds enable Ce recovery with peptide ligands.” Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 2823-2831.
2022
- Kersten, B; Hawthorne, K; Williamson, M; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. “Synthesis of americium trichloride via chlorination of americium oxide using zirconium tetrachloride in LiCl-KCl molten salt.” J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2022, 331, 4913-4918.
- Suresh, P; Che, A; Yu, M; Pataroque, K; Kulbacki, D; Duval, CE. “Including non-binding ‘spacer’ monomers in polymeric phosphonate ligands can tune ligand-ion affinity for rare earth element, La.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2022, 4, 9, 6710-6722.
- Sepesy, M; Fugate, B; Duval, CE. “Amine-functionalized membranes to capture copper from acidic solutions.” ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2022. Special Issue: Early Career Forum (invited).
2021
- Kersten, B; Hawthorne, K; Williamson, M; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. “Future of Nuclear Energy: Electrochemical Reprocessing of Fuel Takes Center Stage.” ECS Interface. Fall 2021. (invited)
2020
- Suresh, P; Duval, CE. “Poly(acid) grafted membranes to sequester uranium from seawater.” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2020, 59, 26, 12212-12222.
- Yu, M; Renner, JN; Duval, CE. “A lysine-modified polyethersulfone (PES) membrane for lanthanide recovery.” Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020. Special Edition for Women in Science: Chemistry.
2019
- Duval, CE; Hardy, W; Pellizzeri, S; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. “Phosphonic acid and alkyl phosphate-derivitized resins for the simultaneous concentration and detection of uranium in environmental waters” Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2019 (137), 133-139.
2018
- Duval, CE; Darge, AW; Ruff, CL; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. “Rapid sample preparation for alpha spectroscopy with ultrafiltration membranes” Analytical Chemistry. 2018 (90) 6, 4144-4149.
Prior to CWRU
- Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. "Extractive scintillating polymer sensors for trace-level detection of uranium contaminated ground water" Analytica Chimica Acta. 2016 (947), 1-8. *Featured on cover
- Thies, S; Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. “Creating Monodisperse Polymer Microspheres Using Membrane Emulsification” Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2016 (44593), 1-9.
- Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Wade, EC; Seliman, AF; Bliznyuk, VN; Husson, SM. "Stability of polymeric scintillating resins developed for ultra-trace level detection of alpha- and beta-emitting radionuclides" Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2016 310 (2), 583-588.
- Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. “Evaluation of resin radius and column diameter for the implementation of extractive scintillating resin in flow-cell detectors” Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2016 (307), 2253-2258.
- Blyzniuk, VN; Duval, CE; Apul, OG; Seliman, AF; Husson, SM; DeVol, TA. “High porosity scintillating polymer resins for ionizing radiation sensor applications” Polymer. 2015 (56), 271-279.
- D. Kim, D. Donahue, B. Kuncharam, C. Duval and B. Wilhite, “Toward an integrated ceramic micro-membrane network: Effect of Ethanol Reformate on Palladium Membranes” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2010 49 (21), 10254-10261.
Education
PhD
      
            Chemical Engineering
      
            Clemson University
      
            2017
      
      BS
      
            Chemical Engineering
      
            University of Connecticut
      
            2011
      
      