Accomplishments: Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences
Ralf Sudowe (Health Physics and Radiochemsitry) led webinars titled "Alpha Spectrometry" and "Applications in Liquid Scintillation Counting" that were presented to people at the U.S. Department of Energy Carlsbad field office, the National Analytical Management Program, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More than 450 attendees…
Jessica Kobayashi (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) received an Idea Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence Undergraduate Research Opportunity award. She is working with professor Gary Cerefice to study the potential use of commercial graphite to extract uranium from seawater. If successful, the research could prove graphite to be a…
Xia Li (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) earned the 2014 Basic Science Abstract Award in the Medical Physics category from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO). Regarded as the premier oncology society in the world, ASTRO bestows the Basic Science Abstract Award to the top three authors of significant abstracts about…
Radiochemistry has seven doctoral students who have received fellowships in 2013 and 2014. They are:
Jamie Daum and Daniel Mast, who received graduate fellowships through the U.S. Department of Energy's integrated university program.
Marc Fitzgerald, who received an internship through the Livermore Graduate Scholar Program and a nuclear forensics…
Ralf Sudowe (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) and Derek McLain (Radiochemistry) wrote "Extraction Behavior of Americium and Curium on Selected Extraction Chromatography Resins from Pure Acidic Matrices," which studies the extraction properties of chromatography resins and their potential application in the areas of nuclear forensics,…
Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) has had his work published in several journals. He is the senior author of "Analysis of the Lymphocytopoiesis Dynamics in Nonirradiated and Irradiated Humans: A Modeling Approach." The article describes how an existing mathematical model of the lymphocytopoiesis system was extended to…
Michelle Samuel (Kinesiology and Nutrition Sciences), Ralf Sudowe (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences), and George Pales (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) received the 2014 "distinguished" awards from the School of Allied Health Sciences. Samuel, who teaches in the athletic training program, received the Distinguished Teaching Award,…
Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics & Diagnostic Sciences) has had his work published in multiple journals. He co-authored "The Hohmann-Parker Effect Measured by the Mars Science Laboratory on the Transfer from Earth to Mars: Consequences and Opportunities," which reports a new effect describing the solar magnetic field lines at spacecraft as they…
Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences) had his work published in the Oct. 15 issue of PLOS ONE, a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high-quality research. He authored the article, "How Safe Is Safe Enough? Radiation Risk for a Human Mission to Mars," which offers predicted radiation exposure and health risks to…
Frank Cucinotta (Health Physics & Diagnostic Sciences) had his work published in the August issue of the Annals of ICRP (International Commission of Radiological Protection). He co-authored the article, "Assessment of Radiation Exposure of Astronauts in Space," which describes the terms and methods used to assess the radiation exposure of…
Janelle Drossler and William Kerlin (Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences), who both are pursuing doctoral degrees in radiochemistry, earned awards during the U.S. Department of Energy's 2013 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research competition. Drossler earned a first-place prize in the open competition, Separations and Waste Forms category for her…
Ken Czerwinski (Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies) and Ralf Sudowe (Health Physics and Diagnostic Science) received a $596,146 grant from National Security Technologies (NSTec) for development of synthetic debris for nuclear forensics.