Lindsay Shuller-Nickles

I am an associate professor in Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at Clemson University, where I teach in our undergraduate Geology program (Mineralogy), teach and coordinate our undergraduate minor in Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, and teach in our graduate Nuclear Environmental Engineering and Sciences program. My research focuses on the thermodynamic controls of energy and Earth materials (e.g., garnet-structured batteries, nuclear fuels, nuclear waste forms). With an eye on the interface of crystallography and crystal chemistry, I strive to uncover atomistic and electronic controls at the nanoscale that drive key mineralogical processes including nucleation and growth, alteration and dissolution, and phase transitions.  Always striving to impassion others in mineralogical conceptions, I am interested in pursuing a research-focused approach to assess some of my teaching strategies, particularly related to game-based learning.