Dr. E. Nihan Onder earned a PhD degree in nuclear engineering from Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, an MSc degree in nuclear engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU) and a BSc degree in mining engineering in ITU. Between 2001 and 2005, she worked at the company Energie & Analyse du Quebec (ENAQ, was a subcontractor to Hydro-Quebec) to perform safety analysis for the Gentilly-2 nuclear power plant in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec. In 2005, she joined the thermalhydraulics branch (THB) at the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL, formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)). At the THB, she worked as an analyst, and from 2009 to 2013 was the head of the analysis section. During this time, she supervised students and junior staff. In 2008, she was selected by CNL to attend the World Nuclear University (WNU) 2008 summer institute, which is an intensive five-week leadership development programme, tailored for nuclear professionals. In 2013, she joined the fuel development branch (FDB) at CNL. Since then, she has been performing analysis for fuel performance. She has published numerous articles and co-authored a comprehensive textbook titled "Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering", which was published by Wiley in 2017.
