Lab Members

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