Timothy Zhu, PhD
Dr. Zhu is certified by the American Board of Radiology in Radiation Oncology Physics. Dr. Zhu holds a BS in Electronic Engineering from Fudan University, China, and an MS in Physics, MS in Engineering...
View ArticleRandall Kamien, PhD
Dr. Kamien’s research centers on problems in condensed matter theory, and is currently exploring problems in liquid crystals, foams, soft self-assembly and biological physics. He holds a BS and MS from...
View ArticleEugene Mele, PhD
Dr. Mele is a condensed matter theorist specializing in electronic phenomena in low-dimensional systems, including conducting polymers, crystal surfaces, fullerenes, carbon nanotubes and graphenes. He...
View ArticlePhilip Nelson, PhD
Dr. Nelson is currently studying the physics of artificial biomembranes, biopolymers such as DNA and other “soft” condensed matter systems. He holds an AB in Physics from Princeton University and an AM...
View ArticleBurt Ovrut, PhD
Dr. Ovrut’s primary research interests are in the areas of superstrings and M-theory, cosmology and the geometry of superstrings. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago. Dr. Ovrut...
View ArticleKate Spillane, PhD
Dr. Spillane is certified by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Radiological Physics. She holds a BS in Physics from Ursinus College and an MS in Health Physics with Medical Physics Option...
View ArticleMark Trodden, PhD
Dr. Trodden’s research includes mapping out the space of viable models of the accelerating universe. Dr. Trodden holds an MA from Cambridge University, England and an MS and PhD from Brown University....
View ArticleAndrew Maidment, PhD, FAAPM
Dr. Maidment is certified by the American Board of Radiology in Diagnostic Physics. He holds a BASc in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto and a PhD in Medical Biophysics from the...
View ArticleAndrew Tsourkas, PhD
Dr. Tsourkas is an active member of the Institute for Medicine and Engineering (IME) and the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), both at the University of Pennsylvania. He...
View ArticleNadia Dahmane, PhD
Dr. Dahmane holds a BS in Biology and an MS in Biochemistry/Cell Biology from the University of Rouen, France and a PhD in Biology of Aging/Human Genetics from the University of Paris, France. Dr....
View ArticleStephen Avery, PhD, AAPM Fellow, goes global with medical physics
Steven Avery, PhD, Director of the Master of Medical Physics program from 2010 through 2015, was named a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in April 2015. This honor...
View ArticleBringing home the gold, silver and bronze
Graduate and post-graduate students studying medical physics at Penn can prepare for their careers in academic medicine by participating in the Young Investigators Symposium, sponsored by the Delaware...
View ArticleProgram Resources
Facilities at PennMedical Physics Programs students are introduced to both clinical and research aspects of medical physics through the University of Pennsylvania Health System's state-of-the-art...
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