text: Lynda Soderholm is a physical chemist at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory with a specialty in f-block elements. She is a senior scientist and the lead of the Actinide, Geochemistry & Separation Sciences Theme within Argonnes Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division. Her specific role is the Separation Science group leader within Heavy Element Chemistry and Separation Science (HESS), directing basic research focused on low-energy methods for isolating lanthanide and actinide elements from complex mixtures. She has made fundamental contributions to understanding f-block chemistry and characterizing f-block elements.
  Soderholm became a Fellow of  the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)  in 2013, and is also an Argonne Distinguished Fellow.