Research interests

• Nuclear nonproliferation and materials aging/corrosion
• Surface and interface analysis of materials including metals, polymers, semiconductors, explosives, and biological materials
• Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

Current position(s)

Staff Scientist (2022 – present), LLNL

Career path

Postdoctoral Research Staff Member (2020 – 2022), LLNL

Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Scholar (2019-2020), LLNL

Subject Matter Expertise

• Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry
• X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
• Scanning electron microscopy

PhD in Medicinal/Analytical Chemistry, University at Buffalo – State University of New York (SUNY), 2020

MS in Bioengineering, University of California - Berkeley, 2017

BS in Chemistry, Combined BS/MS in Medicinal Chemistry, University at Buffalo – State University of New York (SUNY), 2011 – 2015

Selected publications

1. Shohini Sen-Britain, Cho, S., Kang, S. et al., "Critical role of slags in pitting corrosion of additively manufactured stainless steel in simulated seawater," Nature Communications, 15, 867 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45120-6

2. LB Bayu Aji, S. Shin, J. Bae, A. Engwall, J. Hammons, Shohini Sen-Britain, P. Mirkarimi, S. Kuchayev, “Radiofrequency magnetron sputter deposition of ultrathick boron carbide films,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 41, 023407 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0002211

3. T Voisin, R Shi, Y Zhu, Z Qi, M Wu, Shohini Sen-Britain, Y Zhang, SR Qiu, YM Wang, S Thomas, BC Wood, “Pitting corrosion in 316L stainless steel fabricated by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing: a review and perspective,” JOM, 74, 4, 1668-1689 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-022-05206-2

4. Y. Zhu, TW Heo, JN Rodriguez, PK Weber, R.Shi, BJ Baer, FF Morgado, S. Antonov, KE Kweon, EB Watkins, DJ Savage, JE Chapman, ND Keilbart, Y. Song, Z. Qi, B. Gault, SC Vogel, Shohini Sen-Britain, MG Shalloo, C. Orme, M Bagge-Hansen, C. Hahn, TA Pham, DD Macdonald, S Roger Qiu, Brandon C Wood, “Hydriding of titanium: Recent trends and perspectives in advanced characterization and multiscale modeling,” Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 101020 (2022),  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cossms.2022.101020

5. Shohini Sen-Britain, Art Nelson, “Study of cluster ions produced from ToF-SIMS analysis of a U-%Nb target,” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 515, 37-47 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2022.01.010

6. Shohini Sen-Britain, Nathan Keilbart, Kyoung Kweon, Tuan Anh Pham, Chris Orme, Brandon Wood, Art Nelson, “Transformations of Ti-5Al-5V-5Cr-3Mo powders due to recycling in laser powder bed fusion: A surface analytical approach,” Applied Surface Science, 564, 150433 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.150433

7. Shohini Sen-Britain, Derek Britain, Wesley L. Hicks, Joseph A. Gardella Jr., “ToF-SIMS and TIRF microscopy investigation on the effects of HEMA copolymer surface chemistry on spatial localization, surface intensity, and release of fluorescently labeled keratinocyte growth factor,” Biointerphases 14, 051003 (2019), 2020 Special Topic Collection on Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, SIMS, https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5119871

8. Shohini Sen-Britain, Wesley L. Hicks Jr., Robert Hard, Joseph A. Gardella Jr., “Differential conformation and orientation of surface-bound Keratinocyte Growth Factor on (hydroxyethyl)methacrylate, (hydroxyethyl)methacrylate/methyl methacrylate, and (hydroxyethyl)methacrylate/methacrylic acid copolymers,” Biointerphases 13, 06E406 (2018), NESAC/BIO In Focus Edition on Biomedical Surface Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5051655

Google Scholar Profile:  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K5ayY3sAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

ORCID:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4369-0967

Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Student Fellowship (2019)

University at Buffalo Chemistry Departmental Award (Graduate): Petra and Baudilio Colon Award for Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (2019)

University at Buffalo Graduate Student Employee Union Professional Development Award (2019)

Western New York American Chemical Society Award for Excellence in Medicinal Chemistry (2015)

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