Scientific Faculty

Core Faculty (within the Department of Physics and Astronomy)

  • Blaine A. Chronik, Assistant Professor
    • PhD Western Ontario 2000
    • Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics
    • NMR and MRI systems development research
    • human safety in MRI
    • modeling of electromagnetic exposure in biological systems
  • Tamie L. Poepping, Assistant Professor
    • PhD Western Ontario 2002
    • ultrasound (imaging and Doppler) research and system development
    • hemodynamic (blood flow) studies and simulations
    • particle imaging velocimetry studies
  • Eugene Wong, Associate Professor
    • PhD University of Pennsylvania 1992
    • radiation oncology physics
    • image-guided radiotherapy
    • treatment optimization
    • adaptive radiotherapy

Adjunct and Affiliated Faculty

  • Jerry J. Battista, London Regional Cancer Centre
    • PhD Toronto 1977
    • Chair of Medical Biophysics at Western
    • radiation dosimetry and imaging
    • tomotherapy
    • radiobiology of DNA damage and repair
  • Maria Drangova, Robarts Research Institute
    • PhD Western 1992
    • vascular imaging and intervention
    • magnetic resonance imaging
    • micro-computed tomography
  • Dick J. Drost, Lawson Health Research Institute
    • PhD Toronto 1983
    • magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy
    • in-vivo MRS quantification
  • Aaron Fenster, Robarts Research Institute
    • PhD Toronto 1976
    • Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Engineering
    • 3D ultrasound for vascular imaging
    • image-guided surgery
  • S. Pedro Goldman, Chair of Physics, Ryerson University
    • PhD Windsor
    • numerical models for radiation treatment planning
  • David W. Holdsworth, Robarts Research Institute
    • PhD Toronto 1992
    • imaging and modeling related to musculoskeletal diseases
    • micro-computed tomography
    • imaged-guided vascular intervention
    • ultrasound measurements of hemodynamics
  • Charles McKenzie, Medical Biophysics
    • PhD Western 1999
    • Canada Research Chair in Parallel Magnetic Resonance Imaging
    • parallel magnetic resonance imaging
    • spectroscopic imaging with IDEAL
    • body MRI, particularly liver and prostate
  • Ravi S. Menon, Robarts Research Institute
    • PhD Alberta 1990
    • Canada Research Chair in Functional Neuroimaging
    • magnetic resonance spectroscopy
  • Frank S. Prato, Lawson Health Research Institute
    • PhD Toronto 1976
    • magnetic resonance imaging
    • PET/CT (positron emission tomography and x-ray computed tomography)
    • bioelectromagnetics
  • Brian K. Rutt, Robarts Research Institute
    • PhD Toronto 1978
    • magnetic resonance imaging
    • gradient and radio-frequency systems development for MRI
  • Giles E. Santyr, Robarts Research Institute
    • PhD Toronto 1990
    • magnetic resonance imaging
    • MRI with hyperpolarized gases
  • R. Terry Thompson, Lawson Health Research Institute
    • PhD Waterloo 1975
    • near-infrared imaging
    • magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy
  • Jake Van Dyk, London Regional Cancer Centre
    • MSc Western Ontario 1971
    • radiation dosimetry
    • outcome optimization of 3D conformal radiation therapy