International Conference on Medical Physics August 03-05, 2015 Birmingham, UK

Carmel's research interests involve the understanding of the risks of very low doses of ionizing radiation to humans and the environment, with particular emphasis on the mechanisms of low-dose effects. Identification of early events and the mechanisms involved in radiation carcinogenesis are also examined. Study of the mechanisms involved in genomic instability, and their relevance to the repair of radiation damage and radiation-induced carcinogenesis. Development of bio-indicators of radiation stress in non-human species after low doses of alpha, beta, and gamma radioisotopes involve in uranium, radium, and tritium decay.

Annika Lohstroh grew up in central Germany, where she studied for her undergraduate Diploma in Physics at Göttingen University. She developed an interest in nuclear solid state physics during a 6 month exchange programme with the Catholic University Louvain (Belgium). Subsequently, she continued to study this area of physics that uses techniques originating in nuclear physics to investigate semiconductor properties, like hyperfine interaction methods and ion beam analysis. She moved to Guildford during Summer 2002 and obtained her PhD at the University of Surrey, researching charge transport properties in wide band gap semiconductors for radiation detection applications, with a particular emphasis on chemical vapour deposited diamond. She extended these studies as a Research Fellow at the University of Surrey during the following years and was appointed as Lecturer in 2008. Her scientific aim is to understand the limitations of current radiation detector performance and to find ways to overcome these limits. Dr Lohstroh is currently (2010-2013) the Chair of the Radiation Detection Instrumentation Research Theme of SEPnet (South East Physics Network).

the effect of bulk and surface defects on sensor performance. the effect of electrode materials and processing for semiconductor detectors development of pulse shape analysis for research and applications

Marek Krzysztof Janiak, MD, PhD., Head of Dept. of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology in Warsaw, Poland. 1978 PhD, 1987 assist. prof., 1987 full professor in medical sci. 2007-2013 president of the Polish Radiation Research Society, member of the European Radiation Research Society, European Society for Cancer Research, Polish Immunological Society; advisor to Polish Representative to UNSCEAR. Co-author of 110 publications in radiobiology, immunology, radiation hygiene, and epidemiology. co-editor and co-author of books (in Polish): “Medicine of Radiation Hazards” (2005), “Pathology of Injuries and Diseases Caused by a War and Acts of Terrorism” (2010).

Ke Li has completed his Ph.D in 2013 from the Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is now an Assistant Professor of the Department of Medical Physics and Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, working primarily in the area of x-ray mammographic imaging and CT imaging. He is the author or co-author of more than 30 scientific publications.

Hairong Zheng is a Professor of Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT),Chinese Academy of Sciences.He received his B.S. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2000 and Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering Division from University of Colorado at Boulder in 2006. He joined the University of California Davis first as a postdoctoral fellow, and then as project scientist in the Biomedical Engineering Department, before his joining SIAT by the end of 2007. Dr.Zheng is the director of SIAT-Institute of Biomedical and Health Engineering (IBHE), and director of Paul C. Lauterbur Research Centre for Biomedical Imaging. Dr.Zheng’s research areas focus on ultrasonics, ultrasonic imaging-drug delivery-therapy, and multimodality medical imaging. Dr. Zheng has published more than 100 peer-reviewed journal papers and international conference proceedings, and owned more than 20 patents. Dr. Zheng was a recipient of the Tan Kah Kee Young Scientist Award of China (2014), and National Outstanding Young Scientist Award of China(2013), American Heart Association Pre-doctoral Fellowship (2005).He is principle investigator of China 973 Project. Dr. Zheng is an Associate editor of IEEE Transactions on UFFC, editoral board member of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, editorial board member of Physics in Medicine and biology, the chairman of IEEE EMBS Shenzhen Chapter.