Bio: Janelle P. Wharry is a Professor of Mechanical Science & Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research group focuses on understanding structure-property-functionality relationships in irradiated materials, with an emphasis on deformation mechanisms and mechanical behavior at the nano/microscale. The group’s active projects span nuclear structural and cladding alloys, advanced manufacturing and joining methods, metallic nuclear fuels, and electroceramic materials. Dr. Wharry is a recipient of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) Brimacombe Medal, the DOE Early Career Award, National Science Foundation CAREER Award, and American Nuclear Society (ANS) Landis Award. She has mentored 28 graduate and post-doctoral researchers, and has published 100+ peer-reviewed journal articles and refereed conference papers. She is also an Editor of Materials Science & Engineering A and Materials Today Communications. Dr. Wharry serves as Chair of the DOE Nuclear Science User Facilities (NSUF) Scientific Review Board, and was previously General Chair of the inaugural 2019 Materials in Nuclear Energy Systems (MiNES) Conference. Prior to joining Illinois, she was on the faculty at Purdue University. She received her Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences from the University of Michigan.