Nyamdulam Garmaa, a student in the Master of Public Administration and Nonprofit Studies program, has received an internship award at the International Atomic Energy Agency's Department of Technical Cooperation for Asia and the Pacific in Vienna, Austria.

Prior to coming the University of Arkansas, Garmaa graduated in 2008 from the National University of Mongolia with a bachelor's degree in nuclear physics. She worked for the Nuclear Energy Commission of Mongolia as a government officer where she was responsible for the implementation of international projects of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia. During her tenure, she successfully finalized the Country Programme Framework, an action plan between the Government of Mongolia and the IAEA for 2016 to 2021. She also worked for the Nuclear Research Center of the National University of Mongolia as a researcher on several projects, including public awareness of nuclear energy in Mongolia after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident.

Garmaa is passionate about implementing an interdisciplinary approach for bridging the gap between the natural sciences and the social sciences to build a common ground where the peaceful application of nuclear technology can contribute the world peace and development. Her research topics nuclear non-proliferation, international cooperation, global security, and capacity building in developing countries.

About IAEA: The International Atomic Energy Agency, an organization within the United Nations family. It is the world's central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field. It works for the safe, secure and peaceful uses of nuclear science and technology, contributing to international peace and security and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.