Lab Members
Benjamin Lopez is a Ph.D. student in the Medical Physics Graduate Program.
My work revolves around improving quantification of radionuclide biodistribution in nuclear medicine exams to improve patient care.
My dissertation research goal is to evolve Molecular Breast Imaging as a complementary tool to mammography and ultrasound, to better characterize breast cancer, to track disease progression, and to predict patient outcomes to neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
Prior Lab Members
Wendy Siman, Ph.D.
Graduation Date: August 2016
Current Position: Medical Physicist, Department of Radiology, University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN
Email: wsiman@utmck.edu
Dissertation: Bias and Variability in Image-based Volumetric Yttrium-90 Dosimetry
Justin Mikell, Ph.D.
Graduation Date: December 2015
Current Position: Academic Clinical Physics Resident, Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Email: justin.mikell@gmail.com
Dissertation: Voxel-Level Absorbed Dose Calculations with a Deterministic Grid-Based Boltzmann Solver for Nuclear Medicine and the Clinical Value of Voxel-Level Calculations
Aaron Blanchard Research Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Medical Physics, UT-GSBS, 2016
Arthur Weis Award in Radiation Dosimetry and Safety, SNMMI, 2015
John Matthew Wait, M.S.
Graduation Date: May 2014
Current Position: Diagnostic Medical Physicist, Kaiser Permenente, Los Angeles, CA
Email: the.waitrix@gmail.com
Thesis: Performance Evaluation of Material Decomposition Using Rapid KVP-Switching Dual-Energy CT for Assessing Bone Mineral Density
Michael Silosky, M.S.
Graduation Date: December 2012
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Email: michael.silosky@ucdenver.edu
Thesis: Characterization of the Count Rate Performance and Evaluation of the Effects of High Count Rates on Modern Gamma Cameras
Katie Hulme, M.S.
Graduation Date: December 2009
Current Position: Diagnostic Physicist, Cleveland Clinic, OH
Email: hulmek@ccf.org
Thesis: Considerations for Computed Tomography Dose Reduction in Tc-99m SPECT/CT Protocols
Student Tutorials
Benjamin Lopez: Molecular Breast Imaging, 2015
Christopher MacLellan: Y90-SIRT Dosimetry, 2012
Wendy Siman: SPECT/CT deadtime correction, 2012
Other Student Training
David Carpenter: PACE Internship Program, Katy High School, 2013-2014
Yannis Liapis: College Student Summer Research Program, Kansas State University, Summer 2014