The development and clinical integration of novel medical imaging devices with medical linear accelerator and proton therapy devices; real-time multimodal image guided and adaptive radiation therapy; combining AI, biological- and imaging- biomarkers for early cancer detection and cancer interventions; nanotechnology and theragnostic; and biological imaging for radiation medicine and clinical applications.
Awards/Honors
Best in Physics Award - Therapy Track (Senior Author) (The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 67th Annual Meeting - 2025)
The Arthur Boyer Award for Innovation in Medical Physics Education Finalists (The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 66th Annual Meeting - 2024)
Best Medical International Award (Senior Author) (The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 64th Annual Meeting - 2022)
Best in Physics Award - Multidisciplinary Track (Senior Author) (The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 64th Annual Meeting - 2022)
Science Council Award (The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 62rd Annual Meeting - 2020)
Travel Grant (American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) - 2017)
2017 Health Sciences Faculty Award for Distinguished Scholarship (University of Nevada, Las Vegas - 2017)
The RSNA Travel Award for Young Investigators in Molecular Imaging (The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2014 Annual Meeting - 2014)
Visiting Scholar Award for Clinical Trial (Mountain West IDeA Clinical and Translational Research Infrastructure Network (CTR-IN) - 2014)
Basic Science Abstract Award – Medical Physics Category (Senior Author) (The 2014 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting - 2014)
Lincy Endowed Assistant Professorship (University of Nevada, Las Vegas - 2012)
Best in Physics (BIP) Award – Joint Imaging-Therapy Track (The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 54th Annual Meeting - 2012)
Best in Physics (BIP) Award – Imaging Track (The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) 54th Annual Meeting - 2012)
Basic Science Abstract Award – Radiation Physics Category (The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 54th Annual Meeting - 2012)
Travel Award (World Molecular Imaging Congress - 2012)
Travel Award (World Molecular Imaging Congress - 2009)
Case Prime Fellowship (Case Western Reserve University - 2004)
