Research Projects & Grants

College/University

  • Ionization Detail - Biologically based treatment planning for particle therapy, Role: PD/PI, University of California, San Francisco, (09/2022 - 08/2027) Status: Awarded
  • 3D High Speed RF Beam Scanner for Hadron Therapy of Cancer, Role: PD/PI, Stanford University, (07/2019 - 06/2022) Status: Closed
  • NAPTA Optimizing Clinical Trial Design & Delivery of Particle Therapy for Cancer, Role: Principal Investigator, University of California, San Francisco, (02/2015 - 07/2017) Status: Closed

Federal

  • Flash X-ray Radiography (FXR) Accelerator Experiments and Dosimetry, Role: PD/PI, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, (10/2023 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded
  • Translating Proton CT from the Physics Laboratory to Clinical Application, Role: PD/PI, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering/NIH/DHHS, (04/2011 - 01/2016) Status: Closed
  • Cooperative research in proton space radiation, Role: Co-PD/PI, National Aeronautics & Space Administration, (10/2006 - 09/2008) Status: Closed
  • Development of nanodosimetry for biomedical applications, National Medical Technology Testbed, Inc., (02/2002 - 01/2003) Status: Closed
  • Lactic Acidosis as a Potential Mechanism of Unexpected Cardiac Toxicity following Chemoradiation Therapy for Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, Role: PI, National Cancer Institute/NIH/DHHS, (11/2023) Status: Approved

For Profit Organization

  • Ultrafast and precise external beam monitor for FLASH and other advanced radiation therapy modalities, Role: PD/PI, Integrated Sensors, LLC, (09/2021 - 08/2024) Status: Closed
  • A Proton Tomography System for Optimization of Proton Therapy, Role: PD/PI, Proton VDA, Inc., (04/2020 - 03/2023) Status: Closed
  • Large-Area Plasma Panel Detectors for Particle Beam Radiation Therapy, Role: Principal Investigator, Integrated Sensors, LLC, (07/2016 - 06/2020) Status: Closed
  • Large-Area Plasma Panel Detectors for Particle Beam Radiation Therapy, Role: Principal Investigator, Integrated Sensors, LLC, (07/2014 - 03/2015) Status: Closed

Foreign

  • Multidisciplinary Evaluation of the Cancer Risk from Neutrons Relative to Photons, Role: Principal Investigator, European Commission, (03/2012 - 12/2015) Status: Closed

Internal

  • Development of Nanocarriers for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy, Role: PD/PI, LLU School of Medicine, (01/2022 - 12/2025) Status: Awarded
  • The effects of long term behavioral and neuropathology of radiation induced GHD, Role: Principal Investigator, LLU - GRASP, (01/2014 - 12/2016) Status: Closed
  • Stereotactic Proton Beam Focal Ablation of Cardiac Tissues for Elimination of Arr, Role: Principal Investigator, LLU School of Medicine, (01/2012 - 12/2015) Status: Closed
  • NASA Task Seed Money Account, Role: Principal Investigator, LLU Dept. of Radiation Medicine, (10/2008 - 06/2010) Status: Closed

Non-Profit Organization

  • Computational Tools for Real-time Adaptive Particle Therapy, Role: Principal Investigator, Binational Science Foundation, (10/2014 - 03/2020) Status: Closed
  • Stereotactic localization accuracy in intracranial radiosurgery applications, Role: Principal Investigator, Radiological Society of North America, (07/2011 - 12/2011) Status: Closed
  • Intensity Modulation and Proton Computed Tomography in Proton Radiation Therapy Planning, Role: Principal Investigator, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation, (10/2010 - 11/2013) Status: Closed
  • Evaluation of the effect of spleen irradiation on the extent of ischemic stroke in a rat model -- Ted Ling, Role: Principal Investigator, RSNA Research & Education Foundation, (04/2010 - 05/2010) Status: Closed
  • The Development of Proton Radiosurgery for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Other Functional Disorders of the Brain, Role: Principal Investigator, Henry L. Guenther Foundation, (01/2006 - 12/2008) Status: Closed
  • A novel concept for high-resolution ionizing track structure imaging, U.S.-Israel Binational Science Foundation, (10/2003 - 11/2007) Status: Closed
  • A Novel Concept for High-Resolution, Role: Principal Investigator, Binational Science Foundation, (07/2003 - 11/2007) Status: Closed