Background and Research Interests

Dorais has a background in mass spectrometry and radioanalytical chemistry. Her current research focuses on developing ultra-trace measurements for nuclear forensics applications using accelerator mass spectrometry at LLNL’s Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS). She previously worked within LLNL’s Nuclear and Chemical Sciences Division as an NNSA Graduate Fellow.

PhD, Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 2019

BS, Environmental Science, Juniata College, 2013

Dorais C., Simonetti A., Corcoran L., Spano T.L., Burns P.C., 2020. Happy Jack uraninite: a new reference material for high spatial resolution analysis of U-rich matrices. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 44, 125-132.

Lewis S.R., Simonetti A., Corcoran L., Simonetti S.S., Dorais C., Burns P.C., 2020. The role of continental crust in the formation of uraninite-based ore deposits. Minerals, 10.

Corcoran L., Simonetti A., Spano T.L., Lewis S.R., Dorais C., Simonetti S., Burns P.C., 2019. Multivariate analysis based on geochemical, isotopic, and mineralogical compositions of uranium-rich samples. Minerals, 9.

Spano T.L., Simonetti A., Balboni E., Dorais C., Burns P.C., 2017. Trace element and U isotope analysis of uraninite and ore concentrate: applications for nuclear forensic investigations. Applied Geochemistry, 84, 277-285.

NNSA Graduate Fellow (2016–2017)

Best Student Presentation, DHS ARI review meeting (2016)

Los Alamos National Laboratory Summer Seaborg Fellow (2015)