NCAOR Staff - Dr. Nimelan Veerasamy

Academic Record

• Ph.D. in Radiological Sciences (Environmental Geochemistry & Radioactivity)
  Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
  2017 – 2020

• Dissertation focused on uranium isotope disequilibrium, radionuclide distribution, and environmental radioactivity assessment using MC-ICP-MS and gamma spectrometry.
  Integrated M.Sc. (5-Year) in Applied Geology
  Pondicherry University, India
  2010 – 2015
  

Awards

•    Ramanujan Fellowship, Anusandhan National Research Foundation, India (2025)
•    2nd Place Oral Presentation Award, DST-ANRF International Conference on Air, Water & Sediments Regime and Climate Change, India (2024)
•    William E. White Research Fellowship, Queen’s University & QFIR, Canada (2023)
•    Best Presentation (Co-Author), 1st International Conference on Radiation Awareness and Detection in Natural Environment, India (2023)
•    Best Poster Award (Co-Author), International Symposium on Environmental Dynamics of Radionuclides, Japan (2021)
•    Young Researcher Award, Terrestrial Radioisotopes in Environmental Protection Conference, Hungary (2020)
•    Tokyo Human Resources for City Diplomacy Fund, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan (2017)

Research Area

•    Environmental isotope geochemistry
•    Radiogenic (uranium) and stable (mercury) isotopes applications
•    Environmental radioactivity and radiological risk assessment
•    Trace metals and rare earth elements geochemistry
•    High background natural radiation areas (HBNRA)
•    Contaminant transport and biogeochemical cycling

Professional Record

• Adjunct Assistant Professor
  Queen’s University, Canada
  September 2024 – November 2025
  
  
• William E. White Postdoctoral Fellow
  Queen’s University & Queen’s Facility for Isotope Research (QFIR), Canada
  June 2023 – November 2025
  
  
• Researcher
  Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan
  October 2020 – March 2021
  
  
• Research Assistant
  Pondicherry University, India
  2015 – 2017