Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Case School of Engineering
Member
Cancer Imaging Program
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Research Information
Research Interests
We develop advanced materials and processes to separate f-elements (lanthanides and actinides) with applications in recycling used nuclear fuel, nuclear medicine, and recovering rare earth elements from waste streams. For more information on current projects, .
Awards and Honors
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
2025
CSE Research Award
2024
Crain's Cleveland Business 40 under 40
2024
CWRU John S. Diekhoff Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring
2024
NAE US Frontiers in Engineering
2023
NSF CAREER award
2023
NAMS Young Membrane Scientist Award
2022
CSE Graduate Teaching Award
2022
DOE Early Career Research Award
2020
CSE Undergraduate Teaching Award
2020
Publications
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2025
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Monge Neria, R; Zeeshan, M; Kapoor, A; Gurkan, B; Duval, CE; Saylor, RA; Kisley, L. 鈥淪uper-resolution imaging reveals resistance to mass transfer in functionalized stationary phases.鈥� Accepted and in press.
2024
- Kent, K; Dean-Kersten, W; Duval, CE; Servis, A. 鈥淒istributed Sustainable Metals Production: Opportunities for Intensifying Separations & Alternative Feedstocks鈥� Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering.
- Suresh, P; Johnson, L; Duval, CE. 鈥淢embrane adsorbers with copolymer coatings for the separation of actinides from lanthanides (UO22+ and La3+).鈥� ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 10.1021/acs.iecr.4c03288
- Johnson, L; Schneider, B; Mithaiwala, H ; Green, MD; Renner, JN; Duval, CE. 鈥淓lectrospun Membranes Modified with Lanmodulin-Derived Peptides for Lanthanide Adsorption.鈥� ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2024, 2, 10, 2441-2453.
- Kersten, B; Hawthorne, K; Williamson, M; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. 鈥淚nsight into electrodeposition inefficiencies of Am from AmCl3-LiCl-KCl through diffusion-reaction modeling, voltammetry and potentiometry.鈥� Journal of the Electrochemical Society.
- Verma, G; Hostert, J; Summerville, S; Robang, AS; Paravatsu, A; Getman, R; Duval, CE; Renner, JN. 鈥淚nvestigation of Rare Earth Element Binding to a Surface-Bound Affinity Peptide Derived from EF-Hand Loop I of Lanmodulin.鈥� ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024, 16, 13, 16912-16926.
2023
- Kersten, B; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. 鈥淎n electrochemical technique for sensing uranium adsorption.鈥� Analytica Chimica Acta. 2023, 1284, 34200-342003.
- Sepesy, M; Banik, T; Scott, J; Johnson, A; Schneider, BL; Sibley, MM; Duval, CE. 鈥淐hemically stable, styrenic electrospun membranes with tailorable surface chemistry.鈥� Membranes.13(11), 870; 鈥淲omen in Membrane Science鈥� issue edited by Isabel Escobar.
- Hostert, JD; Sepesy, M; Renner, JN; Duval, CE. 鈥淐lickable polymer scaffolds enable Ce recovery with peptide ligands.鈥� Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 2823-2831.
2022
- Kersten, B; Hawthorne, K; Williamson, M; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. 鈥淪ynthesis of americium trichloride via chlorination of americium oxide using zirconium tetrachloride in LiCl-KCl molten salt.鈥� J. Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 2022, 331, 4913-4918.
- Suresh, P; Che, A; Yu, M; Pataroque, K; Kulbacki, D; Duval, CE. 鈥淚ncluding non-binding 鈥榮pacer鈥� monomers in polymeric phosphonate ligands can tune ligand-ion affinity for rare earth element, La.鈥� ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2022, 4, 9, 6710-6722.
- Sepesy, M; Fugate, B; Duval, CE. 鈥淎mine-functionalized membranes to capture copper from acidic solutions.鈥� ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 2022. Special Issue: Early Career Forum (invited).
2021
- Kersten, B; Hawthorne, K; Williamson, M; Akolkar, R; Duval, CE. 鈥淔uture of Nuclear Energy: Electrochemical Reprocessing of Fuel Takes Center Stage.鈥� ECS Interface. Fall 2021. (invited)
2020
- Suresh, P; Duval, CE. 鈥淧oly(acid) grafted membranes to sequester uranium from seawater.鈥� Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2020, 59, 26, 12212-12222.
- Yu, M; Renner, JN; Duval, CE. 鈥淎 lysine-modified polyethersulfone (PES) membrane for lanthanide recovery.鈥� Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020. Special Edition for Women in Science: Chemistry.
2019
- Duval, CE; Hardy, W; Pellizzeri, S; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. 鈥淧hosphonic acid and alkyl phosphate-derivitized resins for the simultaneous concentration and detection of uranium in environmental waters鈥� Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2019 (137), 133-139.
2018
- Duval, CE; Darge, AW; Ruff, CL; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. 鈥淩apid sample preparation for alpha spectroscopy with ultrafiltration membranes鈥� Analytical Chemistry. 2018 (90) 6, 4144-4149.
Prior to CWRU
- Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. "Extractive scintillating polymer sensors for trace-level detection of uranium contaminated ground water" Analytica Chimica Acta. 2016 (947), 1-8. *Featured on cover
- Thies, S; Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. 鈥淐reating Monodisperse Polymer Microspheres Using Membrane Emulsification鈥� Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 2016 (44593), 1-9.
- Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Wade, EC; Seliman, AF; Bliznyuk, VN; Husson, SM. "Stability of polymeric scintillating resins developed for ultra-trace level detection of alpha- and beta-emitting radionuclides" Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2016 310 (2), 583-588.
- Duval, CE; DeVol, TA; Husson, SM. 鈥淓valuation of resin radius and column diameter for the implementation of extractive scintillating resin in flow-cell detectors鈥� Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 2016 (307), 2253-2258.
- Blyzniuk, VN; Duval, CE; Apul, OG; Seliman, AF; Husson, SM; DeVol, TA. 鈥淗igh porosity scintillating polymer resins for ionizing radiation sensor applications鈥� Polymer. 2015 (56), 271-279.
- D. Kim, D. Donahue, B. Kuncharam, C. Duval and B. Wilhite, 鈥淭oward an integrated ceramic micro-membrane network: Effect of Ethanol Reformate on Palladium Membranes鈥� Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2010 49 (21), 10254-10261.
Education
PhD
Chemical Engineering
Clemson University
2017
BS
Chemical Engineering
University of Connecticut
2011