Assistant Professor Samantha M. Gateman is an early career researcher and holds the current chair position in Radiation Induced Chemistry, funded by the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO). She is the recipient of many awards, including the D. W. Ambridge Prize for best thesis in science and engineering at McGill University, the Graduate Student Excellence Award from the NACE Foundation of Canada, and a Globalink Research Award from Mitacs to support a research abroad at University College London.

Her primary research interest is to understand and minimize localized degradation through corrosion inhibition strategies using macro and micro electrochemical methods. Her NSERC CSD-D funded PhD research focused on using multi scale electrochemical methods to understand corrosion behaviors and mechanisms of ferrous materials proposed to improve the corrosion issues faces in hydraulic turbine systems. After graduating from McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Dr. Gateman moved to Paris, France to begin her postdoctoral research funded by an NSERC PDF award. There, she worked in collaboration with the chemical company, Merck, on investigating the local aging fluctuations of ionic exchange materials for MilliQ water purification systems using multiscale electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.