Clarice Phelps
Clarice Evone Phelps (née Salone) is an American chemist and researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She was part of the team involved with the discovery of element 117, Tennessine. Her research includes actinide and lanthanide separations for medical use isotopes.
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In 2004 Phelps joined the United States Navy working as an engineering lab technician. She won the military excellence award in 2004.She joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a nuclear operation technician in 2009. Phelps works in the isotopes group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where she is program manager for the Ni-63/ Se-75. In particular, she aided in the purification of Berkelium. In 2010, she was involved in the discovery of Tennessine, element 117, as part of the team that accomplished "the purification of the Bk-249 used to help discover Z=117", Tennessine.Phelps was the recipient of the 2017 YWCA Knoxville Tribute to Women in the Women technology, research, and innovation category. She works with the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority to develop robotics programs for young people. Phelps is on the education committee for Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and has been featured by them as a STEM exemplar.Phelps is a member of the American Chemical SocietyAmerican Chemical Society as well as the Educational Outreach Committee for the Nuclear Science and Engineering Directorate.
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