ABOUT THE MEDICAL PHYSICS FACULTY

Jatinder Palta, PhD
Professor and Chief Physicist
Specialties: Clinical radiation physics, Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)

Niranjan Bhandare, MS
Assistant in Radiology
Specialities: Radiation physics

Alexei V. Chvetsov, PhD
Assistant Professor and Physicist
Specialties: Radiotherapy optimization problems, Inverse problems in radiotherapy physics, Regularizations methods to improve stability and accuracy of inverse planning for IMRT, Reconstruction of electron spectra from depth-dose distributions, Proton-beam dose calculation and optimization, Radiobiology and bioeffect planning, Computational deterministic, analytical, and Monte Carlo methods for neutral and charged particle transport and their application in radiation therapy treatment planning, radiation dosimetry, and radiation protection

Stella Flampouri, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor and Physicist
Specialities: Radiation physics, Imaging in radiation therapy, Monte Carlo simulations

Vincent A. Frouhar, PhD
Assistant Professor and Senior Clinical and Research Physicist
Specialties: Project funded by an NIH grant, “Research Center for Emerging Technologies,” Multi-Leaf Collimator Simulation, Dynamic projection device for patient simulation in 3-D CT-based virtual treatment simulation

Darren L. Kahler, PhD
Assistant Professor and Clinical and Research Physicist
Specialties: Clinical radiation physics, Analysis of SRS isodose distributions, Dose buildup measurements, 3D photon beam commissioning, Quality Assurance for two 3D planning systems, Diagonal flatness characteristics for various machines

Siyong Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor and Physicist
Specialties: Radiation physics, IMRT, Camera systems, 3-D planning and virtual simulation, Implantation devices, Intravascular brachytherapy physics, Radio-immunotherapy, Machine calibration, Quality assurance, Stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy

Jonathan G. Li, PhD
Associate Professor and Physicist
Specialties: Radiation physics, IMRT, 3-D planning, Wedge filter optimization, Inverse planning

Zuofeng Li, DSc
Associate Professor and Physicist
Specialties: Clinical radiation physics, Brachytherapy

Chihray Liu, PhD
Associate Professor and Physicist
Specialties: Clinical radiation physics, Enhanced dynamic wedge, Dynamic MLC, Conformal therapy, IMRT, Dose calculation and machine output calculation, Computer modeling of dynamic therapy treatment using multileaf collimator, Computerized routine treatment procedures

Roelf Slopsema, MS
Clinical Assistant Professor and Physicist
Specialties: Radiation physics, Multi-leaf collimator in stereotactic beamline, Pencil beam scanning delivery, System intervention, Quality assurance, Field calibrations

Huey Yang, MS
Assistant in Radiology
Specialties: Therapeutic radiological physics