emily aradi
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Area of Specialisation: Advanced Material Characterisation and Radiation damage in nuclear materials
Working on Key Challenge 1.
Emily Aradi is a postdoctoral researcher specialising in the advanced characterisation of radiation damage in nuclear materials. After earning her PhD from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, Emily worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield, where she investigated radiation damage in nanoporous nuclear materials. Since 2020, she has been a Research Associate at the University of Manchester, working on various projects, including the recent study of the microstructure of different graphite grades for next-generation nuclear reactors.
As a member of the MIDAS team, Emily’s primary focus will be using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to study the microstructural evolution of second-phase precipitates (SPPs) in neutron-irradiated zirconium alloys. This research aims to validate and inform model development. Additionally, her work will involve mapping chemical segregation to dislocation loops using STEM-EDX and comparing proton irradiation with BOR60 samples.