Awards & Grants

The 2008 Radiation Instrumentation Early Career Award

Grzegorz Deptuch, FNAL: For contributions to the development of a new generation of monolithic active pixel sensors in both CMOS and SOI technologies for use in high energy physics, X-ray microscopy, astronomy and biomedical imaging.

The 2008 Young Investigator Medical Imaging Science Award

Katsuyuki Taguchi, Baltimore: For contributions to multi-slice X-ray CT, cardiac CT and four-dimensional CT imaging

The 2008 Edward J. Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist Award

Christopher J. Thompson, Montreal: For contributions to the development of positron emission tomography systems

NSS Best Poster Paper

Dusan Budjas, Max-Plack-Institut fuer Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany, for the paper: N30-382 "Pulse Shape Analysis with a Broad-Energy Germanium Detector"

MIC Student Paper Award

Guillem Pratx, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, for the paper M06-309 "Fast, Accurate and Shift-Varying Line Projections for Iterative Reconstruction Using the GPU"

 

2008 RTSD Scientist Award:

The RTSD Award Committee elected Prof. Arnold Burger of Fisk University in Nashville, TN, U.S.A. as the recipient of the 2008 RTSD Scientist Award. Arnold Burger was being recognized for his leadership and scientific contributions in the development of room-temperature semiconductor radiation detectors and their application to medical imaging, space applications and safeguarding of nuclear materials and nuclear nonproliferation.

2008 Trainee Grants

2008 NSS/MIC/RTSD Trainee Award Recipients

First name Last name Affiliation Country
Yamiel Abreu Alfonso CEADEN, Ciudad de La Habana Cuba
Paolo Adragna Queen Mary College, University of London UK
Juan Aguirre Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid Spain
Diego Alberto Turin University, Turin Italy
Jorge Alpuche Cancer Care Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada
Hector Alva-Sanchez Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City Mexico
Fermando Amaro GIAN, Universidade de Coimbra Portugal
Andriy Andreyev University of British Columbia , Vancouver Canada
Igor Anokhin Institute for Nuclear Research, Kiev Ukraine
Carlos Azevedo Universidade de Aveiro, Aveiro Portugal
Juan Pablo Balbuena Centro Nacional de Microelectronica, Barcelona Spain
Karl Baum Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester USA
Alan Bell CERN Switzerland
Gabriele Benelli CERN Switzerland
Martin Benning Institute for Comp. and Applied Math, WWU, Muenster Germany
Youcef Bentoutou Centre for Space Technology, Arzew Algeria
Philippe Berard Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke Canada
Melanie Bergeron Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke Canada
Frank Bergner FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg/IMP, Erlangen Germany
Christopher Betancourt UCSC/SCIPP, Santa Cruz USA
Roland Beyer Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden Germany
Junguo Bian University of Chicago, Chicago USA
Moritz Blume IFIC, Valencia Spain
Sarah Bohndiek University College London UK
Luca Bombelli Politecnoco di Milano, Milano Italy
Susana Branco Silva Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa Portugal
Brent Budden Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge USA
Ricardo Bugalho LIP, Lisboa Portugal
Marek Bugar Charles University, Prague Czech Republic
Anna Bulycheva Bruker-Baltic, Riga Latvia
Jochen Butzer University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand
Mario Canadas CIEMAT, Madrid Spain
Verónica Carcelén Valero University Autonoma of Madrid Spain
Liliana Carita GIAN, Universidade de Coimbra Portugal
Jorge Carrascal Garcia CIEMAT, Madrid Spain
Kyle Champley University of Washington, Seattle USA
Dimitrios Chatzistratis Technical Educational Institute of Halkis Greece
Abhijit Chaudhari University of California- Davis, USA
Cristina Chavarrías Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid Spain
Ju-Chieh Kevin Cheng University of British Columbia , Vancouver Canada
Hyo-Min Cho Yonsei University Korea
Shaun Clarke University of Michigan, Ann Arbor USA
Giuseppe Codispoti Universita di Bologna and INFN Italy
Paolo Colombetti Universita Degli Studi di Torino Italy
Ana Conceicao GIAN, Universidade de Coimbra Portugal
Miguel Cortes Giraldo University of Sevilla Spain
Spencer Cutler Duke University, Durham USA
Jelle De Smet MEDISIP, Ghent University Belgium
Sergio do Carmo GIAN, Universidade de Coimbra Portugal
Rok Dolenec Jozef Stefan Institute, Univerza v Ljubljani Slovenia
Zbynek Drásal Charles University, Prague Czech Republic
Xinhui Duan Tsinghua University, Beijing China
Serge Duarte Pinto CERN Switzerland
Heather L. Durko University of Arizona, Tucson USA
Fine Fiedler Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden Germany
Loic Fin University Hospital of Amiens France
Johannes Fink University of Bonn Germany
Lin Fu University of California- Davis, USA
Martino Gagliardi University and INFN Turin Italy
Verónica García-Vázquez Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid Spain
Georgi Gerganov Sofia University Bulgaria
Simona Giordanengo University and INFN Turin Italy
Marco Girolami University of Rome, Roma Tre Italy
Anil Gourishetty Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai India
Rainer Grimmer University of Erlangem-Nuernberg Germany
Yi Gu Stanford University, California USA
Li Han University of Michigan, Ann Arbor USA
Xiao Han University of Chicago, Chicago USA
Eberhard Hansis Philips Research Europe, Hamburg Germany
Mathieu Hatt LATIM, INSERM, Brest France
Elena Heckathorne UCLA, Los Angeles USA
Jeffrey Hill Northern Illinois University, Dekalb USA
Key Jo Hong Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul Korea
Ho-Hui Hsieh Chang Gung University Taiwan
Zhengwen Huang Brunel University, West London UK
Sam Huh University of Michigan, Ann Arbor USA
Takanori Iwahashi RIKEN,Saitama Japan
Xiaolu Ji IHEP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China
Martin Judenhofer University of Tuebingen Germany
Jin Ho Jung Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul Korea
Jiyoung Jung Yonsei University, Wonju Korea
Faraz Kalantari Tarbiat Modarre University, Tehran Iran
Xiaowen Kang Tsinghua University, Beijing China
Madhuri Kaul University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA
Daniil Kazantsev Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk Russia
Daniel Keesing Washington University in St. Louis USA
Arian Khaless OncoRay, Dresden University of Technology Germany
Inna Kilimchuk Institute of Magnetism, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Ukraine
YoungIm Kim Kyungpook National University, Daegu Korea
Ran Klein University of Ottawa Heart Institute Canada
Tobias Knopp University of Luebeck Germany
Tetsuya Kobayashi University of Tsukuba Japan
Dominika Kochanowska Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Poland
Armin Kolb University of Tuebingen Germany
Marc Korevaar University of Utrecht Netherlands
Benjanim Kowash University of Michigan, Ann Arbor USA
Piotr Krasinski Technical University of Lodz Poland
Srilalan Krishnamoorthy Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory USA
Oxana Krivko Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences Russia
Matthias Kronberger CERN Switzerland
Jan Kubat Charles University, Prague Czech Republic
Susanne Kuehn Albert-Ludwigs University, Freiburg Germany
Thanushan Kugathasan INFN and University of Turin Italy
Christopher Kyba University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA
Eduardo Lage Negro Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid Spain
Jens Langner Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden Germany
Konrad Lankes University of Tuebingen Germany
Frances Lau Stanford University, California USA
Chee Sing Lee Oregon State University , Corvallis USA
Andre Lehovich University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester USA
Catherine Lemmens Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
Azaree Lintereur University of Florida, Gainesville USA
Gabriela Llosa University of Pisa Italy
Joaquin Lopez Herraiz Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain
Jane Mackewn St. Thomas' Hospital, London UK
Audrey MacLeod McGill University, Montreal Canada
Yordan Madzhunkov Sofia University Bulgaria
Dariusz Makowski Technical University of Lodz Poland
Julia Mannheim University of Tuebingen Germany
Sri Harsha Maramraju Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory USA
Sara Marcatili University of Pisa Italy
Laura Marchini IMEM, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Parma Italy
Victor Sorin Martoiu INFN and University of Turin Italy
Lorenzo Masetti CERN Switzerland
Joseph McNamara University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester USA
Anderson Meneses COPPE/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil
Sofia Michopoulou University College London UK
Krasimir Mitev Sofia University Bulgaria
Joyeeta Mitra University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester USA
Jose Monzo Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Spain
Jared Moore University of Arizona, Tucson USA
Antoni Nassalski Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Otwock-Swierk Poland
Hugo Natal Da Luz University of Aveiro Portugal
Konstantinos Nikolopoulos CERN Switzerland
Ana Noguera Faculty of Chemistry, UdelaR, Montevideo Uruguay
Maria Obertino Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Novara Italy
Carlos Oliveira University of Aveiro Portugal
Josep Oliver IFIC, Valencia Spain
Toyoko Orimoto California Institute of Technology, Pasadena USA
Masahiro Oroku Tokyo University Japan
Moctar Ould Mohamed Laboratoire Hubert Curien, St. Etienne France
Hye-Suk Park Yonsei University Korea
Zsolt-Andrei Peter ESRF/ID19, Grenoble France
Adam Piotrowski Technical University of Lodz Poland
Karolina Poltorak CERN Switzerland
Jonathan Poon University of California- Davis, USA
Vaclav Potesil St. John's College, University of Oxford UK
Amir Pourmoghaddus University of Ottawa Heart Institute Canada
Guillem Pratx Stanford University, California USA
Marlen Priegnitz Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden Germany
Zachary Prieskorn University of Iowa, Iowa City USA
Konrad Przygoda Technical University of Lodz Poland
David Rapisarda CIEMAT, Madrid Spain
Essam Rashed University of Tsukuba Japan
Bosky Ravindranath Stony Brook University/Brookhaven National Laboratory USA
Alessandro Re Turin University, Turin Italy
Sanae Rechka Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke Canada
Paul Reynolds Stanford University, California USA
Christian Richter OncoRay, Dresden University of Technology Germany
Pedro Rodrigues LIP, Lisboa Portugal
Mauricio Rodriguez Faculty of Chemistry, UdelaR, Montevideo Uruguay
Jonathan Rodriguez Fernandez Instituto de Microelectronica de Madrid Spain
Alexia Rodríguez-Ruano Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid Spain
Ana Ros-Garcia IFIC, Valencia Spain
Marie Ruat CEA-LETI, MINATEC, Grenoble France
Mitra Safavi-Naeini University of Wollongong Australia
Dinesh Kumar Saini University of Rajasthan , Jaipur India
Alex Sawatzky University of Muenster Germany
Harald Schoendube UCAIR, University of Utah, Salt Lake City USA
Hicham Semmaoui Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke Canada
William Sensakovic University of Chicago, Chicago USA
Hee Seo Hanyang University, Seoul Korea
Georgy Shakirin Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden Germany
Alexey N. Shekhovtsov ISC, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov Ukraine
Mihail Shorohov University of Latvia, Riga Latvia
Shrabani Sinha University of California- Davis, USA
Alejandro Sisniega Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid Spain
Mark Smyczynski University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester USA
Orlando Soberanis-Dominguez Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City Mexico
Sudeepti Southekal Brookhaven National Laboratory USA
Dmitry Spassky Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow Russia
Sara St. James University of California- Davis, USA
Philip Stenner Institute of Medical Physics, Erlangen Germany
Benjamin Sturm Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory USA
Simon Stute IMNC-UMR, Orsay France
Estela Suarez-Garcia University of Geneva Switzerland
Manju Sudhakar ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore India
Joon Young Suk University of British Columbia , Vancouver Canada
Tomasz Szczesniak Andrzej Soltan Institute for Nuclear Studies, Otwock-Swierk Poland
Szymon Tarnowski Technical University of Lodz Poland
Altynay Togambayeva Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty Kazakhstan
Sandrine Tomei CREATIS-LRMN, Villeurbanne France
Aurelio Tonachini Universita Degli Studi di Torino Italy
Andreia Trindade LIP, Lisboa Portugal
Yu-Jung Tsai Chang Gung University Taiwan
Charilaos Tsarouchas National Technical University of Athens Greece
Uygar Tuna Tampere University of Technology Finland
Josef Uher CSIRO, Lucas Heights Australia
Floris van Velden VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Netherlands
Arne Vandenbroucke Stanford University, California USA
Alex Vergara Gil Centre for Radiation Protection and Hygiene, Havana Cuba
Esther Vicente Torrico Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain
Irina Vidal-Migallón Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid Spain
Jose Luis Villena Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Madrid Spain
Matthew Walker University of Manchester UK
Tao Wang Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an China
Weizhen Wang Tsinghua University, Beijing China
Wenli Wang Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York USA
David Watts TERA/CERN Switzerland
Meredith Whitaker University of Arizona, Tucson USA
Rony Wiener University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia USA
Joshua Wilson Duke University, Durham USA
Marta Witkowska-Baran Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw Poland
Adam Wunderlich UCAIR, University of Utah, Salt Lake City USA
Thomas Würschig IKTP, Dresden University of Technology Germany
Dan Xia University of Chicago, Chicago USA
Mitsutaka Yamaguchi Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Japan
Takashi Yamanaka University of Tokyo Japan
Jianhua Yan Yale University, New Haven USA
Yong Yang California Institute of Technology, Pasadena USA
Jin Ye Tsinghua University, Beijing China
Massimiliano Zanichelli Universita degli Studi di Parma Italy
Adam Zawada Technical University of Lodz Poland
Xuezhu Zhang Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences China
Lin Zhou Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium
Weidong Zhou University of Sydney Australia
Mariya Zhuravleva Tohoku University, Sendai Japan
Amy Ziebell University of Wollongong Australia
Andrea Zoboli University of Trento Italy