Rijul Chauhan

Profile Information
Name
Dr. Rijul Chauhan
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Position
Linus Pauling Postdoctoral Fellow
Affiliation
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
h-Index
3
ORCID
0000-0002-7963-764X
Biography
Rijul Chauhan is a Linus Pauling Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). He earned his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2025, following dual bachelor's degrees in Nuclear Engineering and Physics from Idaho State University in 2019. His research expertise spans ion irradiation, stress–irradiation interactions, thermal characterization of nuclear materials, finite element analysis, molecular dynamics, ab initio modeling and scanning electron microscopy techniques.
Expertise
Accident Tolerant Fuel, Corrosion, Finite Element Analysis, Fuel Cladding, Ion Radiation, Molecular Dynamics, Neutron Radiation, Nuclear Fuel, Steels, Swelling