Dr. Ashini Jayasinghe is an Analytical Chemist in the EES&T Analytical group at INL. Prior to this role, she was a Distinguished Seaborg Postdoctoral Scholar, where she investigated the impact of contaminants and the corrosion products on the speciation of lanthanides and actinides in molten salts. She has over 10 years of expertise in synthesizing and characterizing actinide and lanthanide-based materials with applications in nuclear waste storage and uranium metal-organic nanotubes. Currently, Dr. Jayasinghe is researching the synthesis of lanthanide and actinide intermetallic materials with unique properties using the metal flux growth method. She is also synthesizing heterometallic uranium complexes in aqueous media and exploring the impact of transition metals on the uranyl bond. She earned her undergraduate degree in chemistry from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and subsequently obtained her Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of Iowa.