Guatelli, Susanna

Overview

Associate Professor Susanna Guatelli is an international leading expert of Monte Carlo radiation transport simulation codes for radiation physics, including medical applications and radiation protection in Earth labs, aviation and space.

And space is where Guatelli’s research career began. After obtaining a Master (Laurea) in Physics at the University of Genova (Italy), S. Guatelli had a PhD focused on radiation protection of astronauts in missions to Mars within the Aurora Project of the European Space Agency. She was based at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, where she had the opportunity to contribute to challenging research projects spanning from radiation monitoring for the Large Hadron Collider to the effect of radiation at DNA level in astronauts.

Since then she has been contributing to the development and benchmarking of Geant4 for medical physics applications.

To this day, S. Guatelli continues to conduct research in this field. She is Theme Leader of "Monte Carlo simulations" in the Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, Physics, UOW.

Since 2018, S. Guatelli is member of the Steering Board of the Geant4 International Collaboration, Coordinator of the Geant4 Advanced Examples Group, Coordinator of the Geant4 Medical Physics Benchmarking Group.

S. Guatelli teaches with the Degrees offered by the School of Physics, UOW. She is Academic Director of the Bachelor in Medical and Radiation Physics.

She is very passionate about public outreach activities aimed to inspire the study of physics among the young generations.

S. Guatelli has been chair/co-chair of several international workshops and conference sessions dedicated to Monte Carlo codes applied to medical physics. She is Associate Editor of Physica Medica and of Applied Radiation and Isotopes.

In 2016 she was selected as researcher profile showcased in the “Women of Impact” publication of the University of Wollongong.

Research Areas

Available as Research Supervisor

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	A solid-state microdosimeter for dose and radiation quality monitoring for astronauts in space Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2020	Improved integrated nucleus-nucleus inelastic cross sections for light nuclides in Geant4 Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Volume 463 Pages 27 - 29 ISSN 0168-583X Altmetric
2020	Validation of Geant4 for silicon microdosimetry in heavy ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 65 Page p. 045014 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2019	3D sensitive volume microdosimeter with improved tissue equivalency: Charge collection study and its application in ¹² C ion therapy Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 012012-1 - 012012-7 Altmetric
2019	A Monte Carlo study on the feasibility of real-time in vivo source tracking during ultrasound based HDR prostate brachytherapy treatments Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 59 Pages 30 - 36 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	A New Standard DNA Damage (SDD) Data Format Published In Radiation Research Volume 191 Pages 76 - 92 ISSN 0033-7587 Altmetric
2019	Assessment of radio-induced damage in endothelial cells irradiated with 40 kVp, 220 kVp, and 4 mv x-rays by means of micro and nanodosimetric calculations Published In International Journal of Molecular Sciences Volume 20 ISSN 1422-0067 Altmetric
2019	Characterization of prompt gamma ray emission for in vivo range verification in particle therapy: A simulation study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 62 Pages 20 - 32 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	Characterization of prompt gamma rays for in-vivo range verification in hadron therapy: A Geant4 simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 012030-1 - 012030-4 Altmetric
2019	Characterization of the mixed radiation field produced by carbon and oxygen ion beams of therapeutic energy: A Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Medical Physics Volume 44 Pages 263 - 269 Altmetric
2019	Comparative study of alternative Geant4 hadronic ion inelastic physics models for prediction of positron-emitting radionuclide production in carbon and oxygen ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 64 Pages 155014-1 - 155014-16 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2019	Electron track structure simulations in a gold nanoparticle using Geant4-DNA Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 63 Pages 98 - 104 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	Evaluation of early radiation DNA damage in a fractal cell nucleus model using Geant4-DNA Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 62 Pages 152 - 157 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	Evaluation of organ doses following high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy of breast cancer: A Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1248 Pages 012048-1 - 012048-6 Altmetric
2019	Evaluation of organ doses following prostate treatment with permanent brachytherapy seeds: A Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1248 Pages 012049-1 - 012049-6 Altmetric
2019	Evaluation of silicon based microdosimetry for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Quality Assurance Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 66 Pages 8 - 14 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	Evaluation of the influence of physical and chemical parameters on water radiolysis simulations under MeV electron irradiation using Geant4-DNA Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 126 Pages 114301-1 - 114301-13 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2019	Evolution of Diamond based Microdosimetry Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 1 - 4 Altmetric
2019	First application of a high-resolution silicon detector for proton beam Bragg peak detection in a 0.95 T magnetic field Published In Medical Physics Volume Online First Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2019	Influence of track structure and condensed history physics models of Geant4 to nanoscale electron transport in liquid water Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 58 Pages 149 - 154 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	Investigating variable RBE in a 12c minibeam field with microdosimetry and geant4 Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry Volume 183 Pages 160 - 166 ISSN 0144-8420 Altmetric
2019	Modelling of the Silicon-On-Insulator microdosimeter response within the International Space Station for astronauts’ radiation protection Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 128 Pages 106182-1 - 106182-7 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2019	Modelling the Biological Beamline at HIMAC using Geant4 Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 1 - 6 Altmetric
2019	Monte Carlo investigation of the characteristics of radioactive beams for heavy ion therapy Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 6537-1 - 6537-12 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2019	On the instantaneous dose rate and angular dependence of monolithic silicon array detectors Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 66 Pages 519 - 527 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2019	SOI Thin Microdosimeter Detectors for Low Energy Ions and Radiation Damage Studies Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 66 Pages 320 - 326 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2019	SOI Thin Microdosimeters for High LET Single Event Upset Studies in Fe, O, Xe and Cocktail Ion Beam Fields Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume Online First Pages 1 - 8 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2019	Simulation of cosmic radiation spectra for personal microdosimetry at the International Space Station's altitude Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 1 - 4 Altmetric
2019	Tissue equivalence of diamond for heavy charged particles Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 122 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2019	Today's monolithic silicon array detector for small field dosimetry: The Octa Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 1 - 5 Altmetric
2019	Track structure simulations of proximity functions in liquid water using the Geant4-DNA toolkit Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 125 Pages 104301-1 - 104301-13 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2019	Validation of a Monte Carlo simulation for Microbeam Radiation Therapy on the Imaging and Medical Beamline at the Australian Synchrotron Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 1 - 14 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2018	A novel high-resolution 2D silicon array detector for small field dosimetry with FFF photon beams Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 45 Pages 117 - 126 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2018	A silicon strip detector array for energy verification and quality assurance in heavy ion therapy Published In Medical Physics Volume 45 Pages 953 - 962 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2018	CyberKnife^® fixed cone and Iris™ defined small radiation fields: Assessment with a high-resolution solid-state detector array Published In Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics Volume 19 Pages 547 - 557 ISSN 1526-9914 Altmetric
2018	Development of a new Geant4-DNA electron elastic scattering model for liquid-phase water using the ELSEPA code Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 124 Pages 224901-1 - 224901-15 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2018	Geant4-DNA example applications for track structure simulations in liquid water: A report from the Geant4-DNA Project Published In Medical Physics Volume 45 Pages e722 - e739 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2018	Geant4-DNA track-structure simulations for gold nanoparticles: The importance of electron discrete models in nanometer volumes Published In Medical Physics Volume 45 Pages 2230 - 2242 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2018	HDR brachytherapy in vivo source position verification using a 2D diode array: A Monte Carlo study Published In Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics Volume 19 Pages 163 - 172 ISSN 1526-9914 Altmetric
2018	High spatial resolution microdosimetry with monolithic Delta E-E detector on C-12 beam: Monte Carlo simulations and experiment Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment Volume 887 Pages 70 - 80 ISSN 0168-9002 Altmetric
2018	In-field and out-of-file application in ¹²C ion therapy using fully 3D silicon microdosimeters Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 115 Pages 55 - 59 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2018	Investigation of track structure and condensed history physics models for applications in radiation dosimetry on a micro and nano scale in Geant4 Published In Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express Volume 4 Pages 024001-1 - 024001-11 Altmetric
2018	Latest Geant4 developments for PIXE applications Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Volume 436 Pages 285 - 291 ISSN 0168-583X Altmetric
2018	Microdosimetric applications in proton and heavy ion therapy using silicon microdosimeters Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry Volume 180 Pages 365 - 371 ISSN 0144-8420 Altmetric
2018	On monolithic silicon array detectors for small-field photon beam dosimetry Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 65 Pages 2640 - 2649 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2018	Opportunistic dose amplification for proton and carbon ion therapy via capture of internally generated thermal neutrons Published In Scientific Reports Volume 8 Pages 16257-1 - 16257-13 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2018	Optimisation of the design of SOI microdosimeters for hadron therapy quality assurance Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 63 Pages 215007-1 - 215007-15 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2018	SOI microdosimetry and modified MKM for evaluation of relative biological effectiveness for a passive proton therapy radiation field Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 63 Pages 235007-1 - 235007-9 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2018	The relative biological effectiveness for carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen ion beams using passive and scanning techniques evaluated with fully 3D silicon microdosimeters Published In Medical Physics Volume 45 Pages 2299 - 2308 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2018	Thin Silicon Microdosimeter utilizing 3D MEMS Fabrication Technology: Charge Collection Study and its application in mixed radiation fields Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 65 Pages 467 - 472 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2017	A convenient verification method of the entrance photo-neutron dose for an 18 MV medical linac using silicon p-i-n diodes Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 106 Pages 391 - 398 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2017	Characterization of prompt gamma-ray emission with respect to the Bragg peak for proton beam range verification: A Monte Carlo study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 33 Pages 197 - 206 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2017	Characterization of proton pencil beam scanning and passive beam using a high spatial resolution solid-state microdosimeter Published In Medical Physics Volume 44 Pages 6085 - 6095 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2017	Comparison of phantom materials for use in quality assurance of microbeam radiation therapy Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation Volume 24 Pages 866 - 876 ISSN 0909-0495 Altmetric
2017	Contributions of secondary fragmentation by carbon ion beams in water phantom: Monte Carlo simulation Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 851 Pages 012033-1 - 012033-6 Altmetric
2017	Correction factors to convert microdosimetry measurements in silicon to tissue in ¹²C ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 62 Pages 2055 - 2069 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2017	Deriving spatially resolved beta dose rates in sediment using the Timepix pixelated detector Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 106 Pages 483 - 490 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2017	Development of a Geant4 application to characterise a prototype neutron detector based on three orthogonal ³He tubes inside an HDPE sphere Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 33 Pages 189 - 196 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2017	Development of a high resolution voxelised head phantom for medical physics applications Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 33 Pages 182 - 188 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2017	Feasibility study of a novel multi-strip silicon detector for use in proton therapy range verification quality assurance Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 106 Pages 378 - 384 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2017	Microdosimetry of electrons in liquid water using the low-energy models of Geant4 Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 122 Pages 024303-1 - 024303-17 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2017	Monte Carlo characterisation of the Dose Magnifying Glass for proton therapy quality assurance Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 777 Pages 012015-1 - 012015-5 Altmetric
2017	Monte Carlo simulations for medical physics: From fundamental physics to cancer treatment Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 33 Pages 179 - 181 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2017	New silicon microdosimetry probes for RBE and biological dose studies using stationary and movable targets in ¹²C ion therapy Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 777 Pages 012019-1 - 012019-4 Altmetric
2017	RBE study using solid state microdosimetry in heavy ion therapy Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 106 Pages 512 - 518 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2017	Recent progress of GEANT4 electromagnetic physics for LHC and other applications Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 898 Pages 042032-1 - 042032-8 Altmetric
2017	Software platform for simulation of a prototype proton CT scanner Published In Medical Physics Volume 44 Pages 1002 - 1016 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2017	Synchrotron activation radiotherapy: Effects of dose-rate and energy spectra to tantalum oxide nanoparticles selective tumour cell radiosensitization enhancement Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 777 Pages 012011-1 - 012011-4 Altmetric
2017	Systematic investigation on the validity of partition model dosimetry for ⁹⁰Y radioembolization using Monte Carlo simulation Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 62 Pages 7342 - 7356 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2017	Validation of Geant4 fragmentation for Heavy Ion Therapy Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment Volume 869 Pages 68 - 75 ISSN 0168-9002 Altmetric
2016	An implementation of discrete electron transport models for gold in the Geant4 simulation toolkit Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 120 Pages 244901-1 - 244901-7 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2016	First proof of bismuth oxide nanoparticles as efficient radiosensitisers on highly radioresistant cancer cells Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1444 - 1452 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation of absorbed dose and radiolysis yields enhancement from a gold nanoparticle under MeV proton irradiation Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Volume 373 Pages 126 - 139 ISSN 0168-583X Altmetric
2016	Local dose enhancement of proton therapy by ceramic oxide nanoparticles investigated with Geant4 simulations Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1584 - 1593 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	Neutron shielding for a new projected proton therapy facility: A Geant4 simulation study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1862 - 1871 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	Optimizing dose enhancement with Ta2O5 nanoparticles for synchrotron microbeam activated radiation therapy Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1852 - 1861 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	Organ doses from hepatic radioembolization with 90Y, 153Sm, 166Ho and 177Lu: a Monte Carlo simulation study using Geant4 Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 694 Pages 012059-1 - 012059-5 Altmetric
2016	Recent developments in GEANT4 Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment Volume 835 Pages 186 - 225 ISSN 0168-9002 Altmetric
2016	Review of Geant4-DNA applications for micro and nanoscale simulations Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1187 - 1200 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	Study of the effect of ceramic TaO₅ nanoparticle distribution on cellular dose enhancement in a kilovoltage photon field Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1216 - 1224 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	The evolution in the stellar mass of brightest cluster galaxies over the past 10 billion years Published In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 460 Pages 2862 - 2874 ISSN 0035-8711 Altmetric
2015	MagicPlate-512: a 2D silicon detector array for quality assurance of stereotactic motion adaptive radiotherapy Published In Medical Physics Volume 42 Pages 2992 - 3004 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2015	3D bridge microdosimeter: Charge collection study and application to RBE studies in 12C radiation therapy Published In Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales Volume 148 Pages 44 - 51 ISSN 0035-9173
2015	3D-mesa 'bridge' silicon microdosimeter: charge collection study and application to RBE studies in 12C radiation therapy Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 62 Pages 504 - 511 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2015	3d silicon microdosimetry and RBE study using 12C ion of different energies Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 62 Pages 3027 - 3033 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2015	A GEANT4 web-based application to support intra-operative electron radio-therapy using the European grid infrastructure Published In Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience Volume 27 Pages 458 - 472 ISSN 1532-0626 Altmetric
2015	Comparative analysis of the secondary electron yield from carbon nanoparticles and pure water medium Published In European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics Volume 69 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 1434-6060 Altmetric
2015	Monte Carlo validation and optimisation of detector packaging for spectroscopic dosimetry for in vivo urethral dosimetry during low dose rate brachytherapy Published In Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine Volume 38 Pages 455 - 463 ISSN 0158-9938 Altmetric
2015	Progress in geant4 electromagnetic physics modelling and validation Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 664 Pages 072021-1 - 072021-8 Altmetric
2015	The investigation of prostatic calcifications using μ-PIXE analysis and their dosimetric effect in low dose rate brachytherapy treatments using Geant4 Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 60 Pages 4335 - 4353 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2015	Track structure modeling in liquid water: A review of the Geant4-DNA very low energy extension of the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 31 Pages 861 - 874 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2014	A novel silicon microdosimeter using 3D sensitive volumes: modeling the response in neutron fields typical of aviation Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 61 Pages 1552 - 1557 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2014	Benchmarking and validation of a Geant4-SHADOW Monte Carlo simulation for dose calculations in microbeam radiation therapy Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation Volume 21 Pages 518 - 528 ISSN 0909-0495 Altmetric
2014	Characterisation of an alternative novel diamond based microdosmeter prototype Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 61 Pages 3479 - 3484 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2014	Radiation dose enhancement at tissue-tungsten interfaces in HDR brachytherapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 59 Pages 6659 - 6671 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2014	Simulating radial dose of ion tracks in liquid water simulated with Geant4-DNA: a comparative study Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Volume 333 Pages 92 - 98 ISSN 0168-583X Altmetric
2014	Tissue equivalence study of a novel diamond-based microdosimeter for galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 61 Pages 1544 - 1551 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2013	A feasibility study of PETiPIX: An ultra high resolution small animal PET scanner Published In Journal of Instrumentation Volume 8 Pages 1 - 15 ISSN 1748-0221 Altmetric
2013	BrachyView, A novel inbody imaging system for HDR prostate brachytherapy: Design and Monte Carlo feasibility study Published In Medical Physics Volume 40 Pages 071715-1 - 071715-10 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2013	Charge collection in n-SOI planar microdosimeters Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 60 Pages 4289 - 4296 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2013	Radiation damage on sub-cellular scales: beyond DNA Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 58 Pages 1251 - 1267 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2012	A comparison of X-ray and proton beam low energy secondary electron track structures using the low energy models of Geant4 Published In International Journal of Radiation Biology Volume 88 Pages 164 - 170 ISSN 0955-3002 Altmetric

Investigator On

Year	Title
2015 - 2018	Design and application of new nanomaterials theranostic platforms for targeted treatment of cancer Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2015 - 2018	X-RATE: A novel radiation detector platform to realise new opportunities in radiotherapy at the Australian Synchrotron Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Development Grant
2017	A new, specialised approach to understand nanoparticle radiosensitisation Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2016	Small animal stereotaxic instrument and microinjection unit Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Equipment Grant
2014	Exchange visit to Japan Awarded by: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) Funding Scheme: Australia Japan Emerging Researchers Exchange Program
2011 - 2014	Unified platform for real time QA in radiation therapy on medical LINAC and brachytherapy based on high resolution silicon detectors (magic plate) Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2011	Radiosurgery with sub-millimeter x-ray beams: development of the X-Tream real-time beam monitoring and Quality Assurance system Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Development Grant

Impact Story

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Summary
In the past twenty years Geant4 (www.geant4.org), a Monte Carlo code originally developed to describe particle interactions in High Energy Physics Experiments, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, has been extended to medical physics and space science applications. Since 2002, A/Prof Guatelli is member of the international Geant4 Collaboration and has been contributing to extend and validate the capability of Geant4 for medical physics, including dosimetry, micro- and nano- dosimetry, radiobiology. In addition she manages, designs and teaches in Geant4 schools attended by physics students, researchers and medical physicists. Nowadays Geant4 is recognised a very successful Monte Carlo code for medical physics and she contributed to this result with her research.

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Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Microbeam Radiation Therapy: Development of Instrumentation and Software Tools for Quality Assurance	Cameron, Matthew
Doctor of Philosophy	Real Time Dosimetry of Proton Therapeutic Beam Using Prompt Gamma	Zarifi, Melek
Doctor of Philosophy	Study of Dosimetry and Magnetic Fields From MRI Linac's	Causer, Trent
Doctor of Philosophy	Development & characterisation of a novel silicon strip detector & magic plate array of silicon detectors for use in quality assurance of hadron beam radiotherapy	Merchant, Aaron
Doctor of Philosophy	Dose quantification and enhancement in particle therapy	Chacon, Andrew
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Development of Simulation Tools for Micro and Nano-Dosimetry	Bakr, Samer
Doctor of Philosophy	Lanthanide nanoparticles for image guided multimodal therapies	Engels, Elette
Doctor of Philosophy	Porosas Target for MO-99 Prodnction	Raposio, Robert
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of 4πβ (Plastic Scintillator) - 4πγ Detection System for Radionuclide Standardization	Heranudin, -
Doctor of Philosophy	Quality Assurance Dosimetry in Particle Therapy	James, Benjamin
Doctor of Philosophy	Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Complex Treatment Deliveries	Le, Albert
Doctor of Philosophy	Silicon on insulator microdosimetry in aviation and space. Development of innovative detector for radiation protection.	Peracchi, Stefania
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of a Novel Dose Quantification Method for Heavy Ion Radiotherapy Using In-Beam Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	Rutherford, Harley
Doctor of Philosophy	Development and Experimental Validation of a Monte Carlo Based Treatment Planning System for Microbeam Radiation Therapy	Paino, Jason
Doctor of Philosophy	Feasibility Study of Novel Semiconducting Materials for Microdosimetry in Radioprotection	Large, Matt
Doctor of Philosophy	Experimental verification of volumetric repainting for a multi-room pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy system	Rana, Suresh B

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C-2896-2014

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Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2020	A solid-state microdosimeter for dose and radiation quality monitoring for astronauts in space Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2020	Improved integrated nucleus-nucleus inelastic cross sections for light nuclides in Geant4 Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Volume 463 Pages 27 - 29 ISSN 0168-583X Altmetric
2020	Validation of Geant4 for silicon microdosimetry in heavy ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 65 Page p. 045014 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2019	3D sensitive volume microdosimeter with improved tissue equivalency: Charge collection study and its application in ¹² C ion therapy Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 012012-1 - 012012-7 Altmetric
2019	A Monte Carlo study on the feasibility of real-time in vivo source tracking during ultrasound based HDR prostate brachytherapy treatments Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 59 Pages 30 - 36 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	A New Standard DNA Damage (SDD) Data Format Published In Radiation Research Volume 191 Pages 76 - 92 ISSN 0033-7587 Altmetric
2019	Assessment of radio-induced damage in endothelial cells irradiated with 40 kVp, 220 kVp, and 4 mv x-rays by means of micro and nanodosimetric calculations Published In International Journal of Molecular Sciences Volume 20 ISSN 1422-0067 Altmetric
2019	Characterization of prompt gamma ray emission for in vivo range verification in particle therapy: A simulation study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 62 Pages 20 - 32 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	Characterization of prompt gamma rays for in-vivo range verification in hadron therapy: A Geant4 simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 012030-1 - 012030-4 Altmetric
2019	Characterization of the mixed radiation field produced by carbon and oxygen ion beams of therapeutic energy: A Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Medical Physics Volume 44 Pages 263 - 269 Altmetric
2019	Comparative study of alternative Geant4 hadronic ion inelastic physics models for prediction of positron-emitting radionuclide production in carbon and oxygen ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 64 Pages 155014-1 - 155014-16 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2019	Electron track structure simulations in a gold nanoparticle using Geant4-DNA Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 63 Pages 98 - 104 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	Evaluation of early radiation DNA damage in a fractal cell nucleus model using Geant4-DNA Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 62 Pages 152 - 157 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	Evaluation of organ doses following high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy of breast cancer: A Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1248 Pages 012048-1 - 012048-6 Altmetric
2019	Evaluation of organ doses following prostate treatment with permanent brachytherapy seeds: A Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation study Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1248 Pages 012049-1 - 012049-6 Altmetric
2019	Evaluation of silicon based microdosimetry for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Quality Assurance Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 66 Pages 8 - 14 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	Evaluation of the influence of physical and chemical parameters on water radiolysis simulations under MeV electron irradiation using Geant4-DNA Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 126 Pages 114301-1 - 114301-13 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2019	Evolution of Diamond based Microdosimetry Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 1 - 4 Altmetric
2019	First application of a high-resolution silicon detector for proton beam Bragg peak detection in a 0.95 T magnetic field Published In Medical Physics Volume Online First Pages 1 - 10 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2019	Influence of track structure and condensed history physics models of Geant4 to nanoscale electron transport in liquid water Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 58 Pages 149 - 154 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2019	Investigating variable RBE in a 12c minibeam field with microdosimetry and geant4 Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry Volume 183 Pages 160 - 166 ISSN 0144-8420 Altmetric
2019	Modelling of the Silicon-On-Insulator microdosimeter response within the International Space Station for astronauts’ radiation protection Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 128 Pages 106182-1 - 106182-7 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2019	Modelling the Biological Beamline at HIMAC using Geant4 Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 1 - 6 Altmetric
2019	Monte Carlo investigation of the characteristics of radioactive beams for heavy ion therapy Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 6537-1 - 6537-12 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2019	On the instantaneous dose rate and angular dependence of monolithic silicon array detectors Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 66 Pages 519 - 527 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2019	SOI Thin Microdosimeter Detectors for Low Energy Ions and Radiation Damage Studies Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 66 Pages 320 - 326 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2019	SOI Thin Microdosimeters for High LET Single Event Upset Studies in Fe, O, Xe and Cocktail Ion Beam Fields Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume Online First Pages 1 - 8 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2019	Simulation of cosmic radiation spectra for personal microdosimetry at the International Space Station's altitude Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 1 - 4 Altmetric
2019	Tissue equivalence of diamond for heavy charged particles Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 122 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2019	Today's monolithic silicon array detector for small field dosimetry: The Octa Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 1154 Pages 1 - 5 Altmetric
2019	Track structure simulations of proximity functions in liquid water using the Geant4-DNA toolkit Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 125 Pages 104301-1 - 104301-13 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2019	Validation of a Monte Carlo simulation for Microbeam Radiation Therapy on the Imaging and Medical Beamline at the Australian Synchrotron Published In Scientific Reports Volume 9 Pages 1 - 14 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2018	A novel high-resolution 2D silicon array detector for small field dosimetry with FFF photon beams Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 45 Pages 117 - 126 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2018	A silicon strip detector array for energy verification and quality assurance in heavy ion therapy Published In Medical Physics Volume 45 Pages 953 - 962 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2018	CyberKnife^® fixed cone and Iris™ defined small radiation fields: Assessment with a high-resolution solid-state detector array Published In Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics Volume 19 Pages 547 - 557 ISSN 1526-9914 Altmetric
2018	Development of a new Geant4-DNA electron elastic scattering model for liquid-phase water using the ELSEPA code Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 124 Pages 224901-1 - 224901-15 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2018	Geant4-DNA example applications for track structure simulations in liquid water: A report from the Geant4-DNA Project Published In Medical Physics Volume 45 Pages e722 - e739 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2018	Geant4-DNA track-structure simulations for gold nanoparticles: The importance of electron discrete models in nanometer volumes Published In Medical Physics Volume 45 Pages 2230 - 2242 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2018	HDR brachytherapy in vivo source position verification using a 2D diode array: A Monte Carlo study Published In Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics Volume 19 Pages 163 - 172 ISSN 1526-9914 Altmetric
2018	High spatial resolution microdosimetry with monolithic Delta E-E detector on C-12 beam: Monte Carlo simulations and experiment Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment Volume 887 Pages 70 - 80 ISSN 0168-9002 Altmetric
2018	In-field and out-of-file application in ¹²C ion therapy using fully 3D silicon microdosimeters Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 115 Pages 55 - 59 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2018	Investigation of track structure and condensed history physics models for applications in radiation dosimetry on a micro and nano scale in Geant4 Published In Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express Volume 4 Pages 024001-1 - 024001-11 Altmetric
2018	Latest Geant4 developments for PIXE applications Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Volume 436 Pages 285 - 291 ISSN 0168-583X Altmetric
2018	Microdosimetric applications in proton and heavy ion therapy using silicon microdosimeters Published In Radiation Protection Dosimetry Volume 180 Pages 365 - 371 ISSN 0144-8420 Altmetric
2018	On monolithic silicon array detectors for small-field photon beam dosimetry Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 65 Pages 2640 - 2649 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2018	Opportunistic dose amplification for proton and carbon ion therapy via capture of internally generated thermal neutrons Published In Scientific Reports Volume 8 Pages 16257-1 - 16257-13 ISSN 2045-2322 Altmetric
2018	Optimisation of the design of SOI microdosimeters for hadron therapy quality assurance Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 63 Pages 215007-1 - 215007-15 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2018	SOI microdosimetry and modified MKM for evaluation of relative biological effectiveness for a passive proton therapy radiation field Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 63 Pages 235007-1 - 235007-9 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2018	The relative biological effectiveness for carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen ion beams using passive and scanning techniques evaluated with fully 3D silicon microdosimeters Published In Medical Physics Volume 45 Pages 2299 - 2308 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2018	Thin Silicon Microdosimeter utilizing 3D MEMS Fabrication Technology: Charge Collection Study and its application in mixed radiation fields Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 65 Pages 467 - 472 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2017	A convenient verification method of the entrance photo-neutron dose for an 18 MV medical linac using silicon p-i-n diodes Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 106 Pages 391 - 398 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2017	Characterization of prompt gamma-ray emission with respect to the Bragg peak for proton beam range verification: A Monte Carlo study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 33 Pages 197 - 206 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2017	Characterization of proton pencil beam scanning and passive beam using a high spatial resolution solid-state microdosimeter Published In Medical Physics Volume 44 Pages 6085 - 6095 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2017	Comparison of phantom materials for use in quality assurance of microbeam radiation therapy Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation Volume 24 Pages 866 - 876 ISSN 0909-0495 Altmetric
2017	Contributions of secondary fragmentation by carbon ion beams in water phantom: Monte Carlo simulation Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 851 Pages 012033-1 - 012033-6 Altmetric
2017	Correction factors to convert microdosimetry measurements in silicon to tissue in ¹²C ion therapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 62 Pages 2055 - 2069 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2017	Deriving spatially resolved beta dose rates in sediment using the Timepix pixelated detector Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 106 Pages 483 - 490 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2017	Development of a Geant4 application to characterise a prototype neutron detector based on three orthogonal ³He tubes inside an HDPE sphere Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 33 Pages 189 - 196 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2017	Development of a high resolution voxelised head phantom for medical physics applications Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 33 Pages 182 - 188 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2017	Feasibility study of a novel multi-strip silicon detector for use in proton therapy range verification quality assurance Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 106 Pages 378 - 384 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2017	Microdosimetry of electrons in liquid water using the low-energy models of Geant4 Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 122 Pages 024303-1 - 024303-17 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2017	Monte Carlo characterisation of the Dose Magnifying Glass for proton therapy quality assurance Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 777 Pages 012015-1 - 012015-5 Altmetric
2017	Monte Carlo simulations for medical physics: From fundamental physics to cancer treatment Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 33 Pages 179 - 181 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2017	New silicon microdosimetry probes for RBE and biological dose studies using stationary and movable targets in ¹²C ion therapy Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 777 Pages 012019-1 - 012019-4 Altmetric
2017	RBE study using solid state microdosimetry in heavy ion therapy Published In Radiation Measurements Volume 106 Pages 512 - 518 ISSN 1879-0925 Altmetric
2017	Recent progress of GEANT4 electromagnetic physics for LHC and other applications Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 898 Pages 042032-1 - 042032-8 Altmetric
2017	Software platform for simulation of a prototype proton CT scanner Published In Medical Physics Volume 44 Pages 1002 - 1016 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2017	Synchrotron activation radiotherapy: Effects of dose-rate and energy spectra to tantalum oxide nanoparticles selective tumour cell radiosensitization enhancement Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 777 Pages 012011-1 - 012011-4 Altmetric
2017	Systematic investigation on the validity of partition model dosimetry for ⁹⁰Y radioembolization using Monte Carlo simulation Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 62 Pages 7342 - 7356 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2017	Validation of Geant4 fragmentation for Heavy Ion Therapy Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment Volume 869 Pages 68 - 75 ISSN 0168-9002 Altmetric
2016	An implementation of discrete electron transport models for gold in the Geant4 simulation toolkit Published In Journal of Applied Physics Volume 120 Pages 244901-1 - 244901-7 ISSN 0021-8979 Altmetric
2016	First proof of bismuth oxide nanoparticles as efficient radiosensitisers on highly radioresistant cancer cells Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1444 - 1452 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation of absorbed dose and radiolysis yields enhancement from a gold nanoparticle under MeV proton irradiation Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Volume 373 Pages 126 - 139 ISSN 0168-583X Altmetric
2016	Local dose enhancement of proton therapy by ceramic oxide nanoparticles investigated with Geant4 simulations Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1584 - 1593 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	Neutron shielding for a new projected proton therapy facility: A Geant4 simulation study Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1862 - 1871 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	Optimizing dose enhancement with Ta2O5 nanoparticles for synchrotron microbeam activated radiation therapy Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1852 - 1861 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	Organ doses from hepatic radioembolization with 90Y, 153Sm, 166Ho and 177Lu: a Monte Carlo simulation study using Geant4 Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 694 Pages 012059-1 - 012059-5 Altmetric
2016	Recent developments in GEANT4 Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment Volume 835 Pages 186 - 225 ISSN 0168-9002 Altmetric
2016	Review of Geant4-DNA applications for micro and nanoscale simulations Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1187 - 1200 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	Study of the effect of ceramic TaO₅ nanoparticle distribution on cellular dose enhancement in a kilovoltage photon field Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 32 Pages 1216 - 1224 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2016	The evolution in the stellar mass of brightest cluster galaxies over the past 10 billion years Published In Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Volume 460 Pages 2862 - 2874 ISSN 0035-8711 Altmetric
2015	MagicPlate-512: a 2D silicon detector array for quality assurance of stereotactic motion adaptive radiotherapy Published In Medical Physics Volume 42 Pages 2992 - 3004 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2015	3D bridge microdosimeter: Charge collection study and application to RBE studies in 12C radiation therapy Published In Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales Volume 148 Pages 44 - 51 ISSN 0035-9173
2015	3D-mesa 'bridge' silicon microdosimeter: charge collection study and application to RBE studies in 12C radiation therapy Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 62 Pages 504 - 511 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2015	3d silicon microdosimetry and RBE study using 12C ion of different energies Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 62 Pages 3027 - 3033 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2015	A GEANT4 web-based application to support intra-operative electron radio-therapy using the European grid infrastructure Published In Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience Volume 27 Pages 458 - 472 ISSN 1532-0626 Altmetric
2015	Comparative analysis of the secondary electron yield from carbon nanoparticles and pure water medium Published In European Physical Journal D: Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics Volume 69 Pages 1 - 9 ISSN 1434-6060 Altmetric
2015	Monte Carlo validation and optimisation of detector packaging for spectroscopic dosimetry for in vivo urethral dosimetry during low dose rate brachytherapy Published In Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine Volume 38 Pages 455 - 463 ISSN 0158-9938 Altmetric
2015	Progress in geant4 electromagnetic physics modelling and validation Published In Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume 664 Pages 072021-1 - 072021-8 Altmetric
2015	The investigation of prostatic calcifications using μ-PIXE analysis and their dosimetric effect in low dose rate brachytherapy treatments using Geant4 Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 60 Pages 4335 - 4353 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2015	Track structure modeling in liquid water: A review of the Geant4-DNA very low energy extension of the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit Published In Physica Medica: an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology Volume 31 Pages 861 - 874 ISSN 1724-191X Altmetric
2014	A novel silicon microdosimeter using 3D sensitive volumes: modeling the response in neutron fields typical of aviation Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 61 Pages 1552 - 1557 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2014	Benchmarking and validation of a Geant4-SHADOW Monte Carlo simulation for dose calculations in microbeam radiation therapy Published In Journal of Synchrotron Radiation Volume 21 Pages 518 - 528 ISSN 0909-0495 Altmetric
2014	Characterisation of an alternative novel diamond based microdosmeter prototype Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 61 Pages 3479 - 3484 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2014	Radiation dose enhancement at tissue-tungsten interfaces in HDR brachytherapy Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 59 Pages 6659 - 6671 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2014	Simulating radial dose of ion tracks in liquid water simulated with Geant4-DNA: a comparative study Published In Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms Volume 333 Pages 92 - 98 ISSN 0168-583X Altmetric
2014	Tissue equivalence study of a novel diamond-based microdosimeter for galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 61 Pages 1544 - 1551 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2013	A feasibility study of PETiPIX: An ultra high resolution small animal PET scanner Published In Journal of Instrumentation Volume 8 Pages 1 - 15 ISSN 1748-0221 Altmetric
2013	BrachyView, A novel inbody imaging system for HDR prostate brachytherapy: Design and Monte Carlo feasibility study Published In Medical Physics Volume 40 Pages 071715-1 - 071715-10 ISSN 0094-2405 Altmetric
2013	Charge collection in n-SOI planar microdosimeters Published In IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science Volume 60 Pages 4289 - 4296 ISSN 0018-9499 Altmetric
2013	Radiation damage on sub-cellular scales: beyond DNA Published In Physics in Medicine and Biology Volume 58 Pages 1251 - 1267 ISSN 0031-9155 Altmetric
2012	A comparison of X-ray and proton beam low energy secondary electron track structures using the low energy models of Geant4 Published In International Journal of Radiation Biology Volume 88 Pages 164 - 170 ISSN 0955-3002 Altmetric

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Year	Title
2015 - 2018	Design and application of new nanomaterials theranostic platforms for targeted treatment of cancer Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Project Grant
2015 - 2018	X-RATE: A novel radiation detector platform to realise new opportunities in radiotherapy at the Australian Synchrotron Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Development Grant
2017	A new, specialised approach to understand nanoparticle radiosensitisation Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2016	Small animal stereotaxic instrument and microinjection unit Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Equipment Grant
2014	Exchange visit to Japan Awarded by: Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) Funding Scheme: Australia Japan Emerging Researchers Exchange Program
2011 - 2014	Unified platform for real time QA in radiation therapy on medical LINAC and brachytherapy based on high resolution silicon detectors (magic plate) Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2011	Radiosurgery with sub-millimeter x-ray beams: development of the X-Tream real-time beam monitoring and Quality Assurance system Awarded by: National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Funding Scheme: Development Grant

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How can the Higgs Boson help the fight against cancer
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In the past twenty years Geant4 (www.geant4.org), a Monte Carlo code originally developed to describe particle interactions in High Energy Physics Experiments, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, has been extended to medical physics and space science applications. Since 2002, A/Prof Guatelli is member of the international Geant4 Collaboration and has been contributing to extend and validate the capability of Geant4 for medical physics, including dosimetry, micro- and nano- dosimetry, radiobiology. In addition she manages, designs and teaches in Geant4 schools attended by physics students, researchers and medical physicists. Nowadays Geant4 is recognised a very successful Monte Carlo code for medical physics and she contributed to this result with her research.

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Doctor of Philosophy	Microbeam Radiation Therapy: Development of Instrumentation and Software Tools for Quality Assurance	Cameron, Matthew
Doctor of Philosophy	Real Time Dosimetry of Proton Therapeutic Beam Using Prompt Gamma	Zarifi, Melek
Doctor of Philosophy	Study of Dosimetry and Magnetic Fields From MRI Linac's	Causer, Trent
Doctor of Philosophy	Development & characterisation of a novel silicon strip detector & magic plate array of silicon detectors for use in quality assurance of hadron beam radiotherapy	Merchant, Aaron
Doctor of Philosophy	Dose quantification and enhancement in particle therapy	Chacon, Andrew
Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated)	Development of Simulation Tools for Micro and Nano-Dosimetry	Bakr, Samer
Doctor of Philosophy	Lanthanide nanoparticles for image guided multimodal therapies	Engels, Elette
Doctor of Philosophy	Porosas Target for MO-99 Prodnction	Raposio, Robert
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of 4πβ (Plastic Scintillator) - 4πγ Detection System for Radionuclide Standardization	Heranudin, -
Doctor of Philosophy	Quality Assurance Dosimetry in Particle Therapy	James, Benjamin
Doctor of Philosophy	Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy for Complex Treatment Deliveries	Le, Albert
Doctor of Philosophy	Silicon on insulator microdosimetry in aviation and space. Development of innovative detector for radiation protection.	Peracchi, Stefania
Doctor of Philosophy	Development of a Novel Dose Quantification Method for Heavy Ion Radiotherapy Using In-Beam Positron Emission Tomography Imaging	Rutherford, Harley
Doctor of Philosophy	Development and Experimental Validation of a Monte Carlo Based Treatment Planning System for Microbeam Radiation Therapy	Paino, Jason
Doctor of Philosophy	Feasibility Study of Novel Semiconducting Materials for Microdosimetry in Radioprotection	Large, Matt
Doctor of Philosophy	Experimental verification of volumetric repainting for a multi-room pencil beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy system	Rana, Suresh B

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