Alumni: Ph. D. Recipients

Dr. Nathan Giha

Nathan Giha

Current Employment: Laboratoire De Physique Des 2 Infinite Irène Joliot-Curie (IJCLab)

Thesis Title: Measuring Spin-Energy Correlations in Nuclear Fission

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2024

M.S.E Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, USA, 2022

B.S.E Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, USA, 2019



Dr. Abbas Johar Jinia 

Abbas Jinia

Current Employment: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Thesis Title: Development of Neural-Network-Based Digital Pulse Processing for Photoneutron Detection

 

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2023

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2019

M.S. Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, USA, 2018



Dr. Christopher Meert

Christopher Meert

Current Employment: H3D, Inc.

Thesis Title: Improved Fast Neutron Detection Methods for Photon Active Interrogation

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2023

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2020

B.S. Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, USA, 2017



Dr. Stefano Marin

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2023

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2019

B.S. Physics at Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, 2017



Dr. Noora Ba Sunbul

Noora Ba Sunbul

Current Employment: Henry Ford Hospitals

Thesis Title: Novel Developments and Applications of Dosimetry in Radiation Therapy Treatment

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2022

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2018

B.S. Nuclear Engineering at Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2015



 Dr. William Steinberger

William Steinberger

Current Employment: Siemens Medical Solutions

Thesis Title: A Handheld Dual Particle Imager for Imaging and Characterizing Special Nuclear Material

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2021

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2019

B.S. Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, 2016

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Dr. Michael Hua

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2021

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2020

B.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2018



Dr. Cameron Miller

Cameron Miller

Current employment: Program/Technical Analyst (SETA) Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Thesis title: Improved Active Interrogation Methods for Nuclear Nonproliferation Applications

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2019

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2014

B.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2013



Dr. Tony Shin

Tony Shin

Current employment: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Thesis Title: Fast-Neutron Multiplicity Counting Techniques for Nuclear Safeguards Applications

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2019

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2015

B.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2014



Dr. Jennifer Arthur

Jennifer Arthur

Current employment: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Thesis Title: Subcritical Neutron Multiplication Inference Measurements for Nuclear Data and Computational Methods Validation

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2018

B.S. Nuclear and Radiological Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, 2014



Dr. Ciara Sivels

Ciara Sivels

Current employment: Johns Hopkins University

Thesis Title: Development of an Advanced Radioxenon Detector for Nuclear Explosion Monitoring

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2018

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2015

S.B. Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2013



Dr. Matthew Marcath

Matthew Marcath

Current employment: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Thesis Title: Measured and simulated prompt fission neutron and photon correlations

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2018

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2014

B.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2012



Dr. Charles Sosa

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2018

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2015

B.S.E. Mechanical Engineering at the City College of New York, USA, 2011



Dr. Mark Norsworthy

Mark Norsworthy

Current employment: Remote Sensing Laboratory, Nellis

Thesis Title: Semiempirical Models of Organic Scintillator Response to Neutron Interactions on Hydrogen and Carbon

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2017

S.M. Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010

S.B. Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010



Dr. Mateusz Monterial

Mateusz Monterial

Current employment: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

Thesis Title: Measuring Fission Chain Dynamics Through Inter-event Timing of Correlated Particles

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2017

B.S. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Florida, USA, 2012



Dr. Marc Ruch

Marc Ruch

Current employment: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Thesis Title: Silicon Photomultipliers for Compact Neutron Scatter Cameras

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2017

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at The University of Michigan, USA, 2014

B.S.E. Chemical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA, 2012



Dr. Michael Hamel

Michael Hamel

Current employment: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque (SNL)

Thesis Title: A Stochastic Imaging Technique for Spatio-Spectral Characterization of Special Nuclear Material

Ph.D Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2017

Graduate Certificate – Science, Technology and Public Policy at the University of Michigan, USA, 2015

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2012

B.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2011



Dr. Marc Paff

Marc Paff

Current employment: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Thesis Title: Organic Scintillation Detectors for Spectroscopic Radiation Portal Monitors

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2017

B.S.E. Nuclear Engineering at Purdue University, USA, 2011



Dr. Kyle Polack

Kyle Polack

Current employment: Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore (SNL)

Thesis Title: A Maximum-Likelihood Approach for Localizing and Characterizing Special Nuclear Material with a Dual-Particle Imager

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2016

M.S.E. Electrical Engineering – Systems at the University of Michigan, USA, 2014

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2011

B.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2010



Dr. Bruce Pierson

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2016



Dr. Alexis C. Trahan

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2016

M.S. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Science at the University of Michigan, USA, 2012

B.S. Nuclear Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2011



Dr. Mark M. Bourne

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2016

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2010



Dr. Alexis Poitrasson-Riviere

Alexis Poitrasson-Riviere

Current employment: INVIA Medical Imaging Solutions

Thesis Title: Development of a Dual-Particle Imaging System for Nonproliferation Applications

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2015



Dr. Christopher C. Lawrence

Christopher C. Lawrence

Current employment: Assistant Professor of Science, Technology and International Affairs in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University

Thesis Title: Neutron Spectrum Unfolding with Organic Scintillators for Arms-control Verification

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2014

M.S. Physics at Michigan State University, 2009

B.S. Physics at the University of Michigan, 2007



Dr. Jennifer L. Dolan

Jennifer L. Dolan

Current employment: UM Medical Physics Residency

Thesis title: Safeguarding Special Nuclear Material by Detecting Fast Neutrons in Liquid Scintillators

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2013

M.S.E Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2009



Dr. Eric C. Miller

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2012

M.S.E Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2010

B.S.E Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2008



Dr. Shikha Prasad

Shikha Prasad

Current employment: Assistant professor at TAMU

Thesis Title:  MCNPX-PoliMi Variance Reduction Techniques for Simulating Neutron Scintillation Detector Response

Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2012

M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at the University of Michigan, USA, 2007