María-Ester Brandan
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Mexico

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María-Ester Brandan is a University Professor at the Physics Institute of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM. Brandan's present and past research include a broad spectrum of subjects in experimental nuclear physics, radiation dosimetry, and medical physics. She was the creator and coordinator for 20 years of the UNAM M.Sc. (Medical Physics) program aimed at specializing physicists in medical applications. She is a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, and a Fellow (member) of TWAS, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World. In 2010-2013 she was Chair of the International Solid-State Dosimetry Organization, ISSDO. She is a commissioner of ICRU, the International Commission on Radiation Units & Measurements, and Editor-in-Chief of the Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express journal.

Alicja Chruścińska
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

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Alicja Chruścińska graduated in physics from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland. After her doctorate in physical sciences in 1994, she started working at the Institute of Physics of the same university. Since 2004, she headed the Luminescence Dating Team and currently leads the Department of Applied Physics. She conducts theoretical and experimental research focused on stimulated luminescence. The main area of her interest is the impact of the trap ionization process on the optically stimulated luminescence and especially on its dependence on measurement temperature and stimulation energy. A significant part of her scientific activity is the luminescence dating of geological and archaeological objects.

Marcelino Barboza Flores
UNISON, Mexico

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Marcelino Barboza-Flores is a full-time professor and researcher at the Universidad de Sonora, México. He obtained his M.Sc. from the National Autonomous University of México (1977) and his Ph.D. in Physics from New York University (1988). He is recognized for founding the Center for Research in Physics and the M.Sc./Ph.D. graduate Physics programs at the Universidad de Sonora. He has received the distinction of National Researcher Emeritus from the National System of Researchers SNII (Conahcyt, México). He is currently involved in synthesising and TL/OSL characterisation of micro and nanostructured materials, including strontium and calcium aluminates, HPHT/CVD micro and nanodiamonds. He has published over 186 research papers in international scientific journals.

Regina DeWitt
East Carolina University, Greenville, USA

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Dr. Regina DeWitt is an Associate Professor of Physics at East Carolina University. She earned her PhD in Physics from the University of Heidelberg, Germany in 2002, and spent subsequently nine years at Oklahoma State University as a postdoctoral researcher and Research Assistant Professor. Since 2011 she has been the director of the TL and OSL Laboratory at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC, USA. Her main research topics are: (1) Measurement and modelling of environmental radiation using dosimeters and gamma spectrometry; (2) development of luminescence instrumentation for dating and dosimetry; (3) ion irradiation of dosimetric materials and minerals; (4) Luminescence dating with a focus on rock surfaces and Antarctic deposits. She is the author and co-author of over 80 publications in her area of interest.

Tatsuhiko Sato
Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Japan

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Tatsuhiko Sato is the principal investigator of the development team for the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS), which has been used by more than 10,000 researchers from over 70 countries in a wide range of research areas, including solid-state dosimetry. He has also used the code himself for cosmic-ray research and medical physics and developed the PHITS-Based Analytical Radiation Model in the Atmosphere (PARMA) and the Stochastic Microdosimetric Kinetic (SMK) Model. Since 2017, he has been a member of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Committee 2. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, including 52 as the corresponding author, and they have been cited over 9,000 times (according to Google Scholar).

Susana De Souza Lalic
Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Brazil

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Susana Lalic is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil, with a distinguished career in physics. She is serving on the Director Board of the Master Course in Protection Against Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive Events at Rome Tor Vergata University and as a member of the Faculty Board for the Research Doctorate in Industrial Engineering with a focus on Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Safety at Pisa University. A former Brazilian Physics Society General Secretary, she holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of São Paulo (2002). She is also an active member of several professional organizations, including the ISSDO. Prof. Lalic's research spans Condensed Matter Physics, Medical Physics, and material characterization. She specializes in biodosimetry and developing advanced luminescent materials, including loaded polymers for 2D dosimetry and Fricke gels for 3D radiation detection. With over 70 peer-reviewed publications, her work significantly contributes to radiation measurement and safety.

Hyoungtaek Kim
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, South Korea

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Hyoungtaek Kim is a Senior Researcher at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI). He holds a Ph.D. in Nuclear and Quantum Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Since 2016, Dr. Kim has specialized in retrospective dosimetry, with research interests that include dose assessment using thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) of personal belongings, inter-laboratory comparisons, and computational dosimetry techniques. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications, covering topics such as radiation detection systems utilizing silicon detectors, passive dosimeters, inter-laboratory comparisons, and TL/OSL and computational methodologies in retrospective dosimetry. His contributions to the field have been recognized with several prestigious honors, including the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) Young Scientist Grant in 2019 and the Minister’s Award for International Cooperation in 2020. Currently, Dr. Kim is an active member of EURADOS Working Group 10 on “Retrospective Dosimetry” and leads the TL/OSL group within the Korea Retrospective Dosimetry Network (KREDOS). Especially, he has significant experience in applying TL/OSL techniques to real exposure cases within KREDOS, further establishing his expertise in the field.

Devesh R. Mishra
Bhabha Atomic Research Center Mumbai INDIA, India

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Devesh R. Mishra is a dedicated professional with extensive experience in dosimetry, radiation protection and developing advanced instrumentation for space and personnel monitoring applications. He currently leads the Radiation Protection and Instrumentation Section of the Radiological Physics and Advisory Division at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai India where he oversees the development of TL/OSL-based phosphors and semiconductor-based devices. He is skilled in project management, technical presentations, and collaborating with scientific and technical groups.

Linh Tran
Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Australia

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Dr Linh Tran is currently a senior research fellow at the Centre for Medical Radiation Physics (CMRP), University of Wollongong (UOW) and she is also a recipient of the Career Development Fellowship grant from the Cancer Institute News South Wales (2022-2025). Dr Tran is coordinating and leading microdosimetry research in Proton therapy, heavy ion therapy (HIT) and space research at the CMRP. She has published 72 peer review papers in a field of radiation detectors for space and medicine. She received a bachelor and master degree in Physics at International University of Nature, Society and Man “Dubna” – Dubna, Russian Federation in 2008. Following this, she completed her PhD on Advanced semiconductor silicon detector for dosimetry and microdosimetry in radiation protection and hadron therapy at the CMRP, University of Wollongong under mentorship of Distinguished Professor Anatoly Rozenfeld. Dr Tran is recognised emerging leader of particle therapy and space radiation research (CI with funding > $4M from NHMRC, ARC, CINSW, Research Council of Norway and the European Space Agency (ESA). Dr Tran is a recipient of American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Farrington Daniels Award for best paper in Medical Physics, 2018. She was named a UOW Impact Maker (2019) and a recipient of Dame Bridget Ogilvie Award for Research Excellence (2021) and Glenn Knoll Postdoctoral award at the IEEE NPSS (2022).