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Megan A. Whitefoot

Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Early career · publishing since 2020
Crystallization and Solubility StudiesX-ray Diffraction in CrystallographyRadioactive element chemistry and processingLanthanide and Transition Metal ComplexesRare-earth and actinide compounds

Publications

29

Citations

200

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

7

Publishing since 2020

Research summary
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Megan A. Whitefoot's research focuses on the chemistry of heavy and radioactive elements, particularly actinides (like neptunium, americium, plutonium, and curium) and related rare-earth elements. Her work involves synthesizing new compounds of these elements, determining their crystal structures, and studying how their electronic and structural properties change under pressure or in different chemical environments. This work contributes to a basic understanding of how these unusual elements bond and behave, which is relevant to nuclear materials science and fundamental chemistry.

Actinide and lanthanide chemistryCrystal structure determination (X-ray diffraction)High-pressure materials behaviorSynthesis of radioactive element compoundsRedox and electronic structure of f-block elements

Publication activity was concentrated in a burst around 2020-2021, with little to no output in surrounding years, suggesting an irregular rather than steadily growing or declining pace.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 0.6/year recently
1718192020: 15 publications15202021: 11 publications2122232024: 2 publications24252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • The Cambridge Structural Database×19
  • Inorganic Chemistry×5
  • Nature×1
  • Chemistry - A European Journal×1
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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