I am a senior medical physicist and an assistant professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences in Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and physics advisor of advanced preclinical radiation research at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center. My research interest is radiation physics, biophysics, and their exploitation to improve the efficacy of radiotherapy using different methods including FLASH radiotherapy, high-LET radiotherapy, radiosensitizers, and Auger-electron emitting radionuclides. One of my major focuses is to develop FLASH radiotherapy for preclinical studies, elucidation of its biophysical/biological mechanisms, and its translation into clinical practices. I have invented an orthovoltage x-ray FLASH irradiator for preclinical laboratory research on small animals and cell cultures.

Jackson is a Radiation Oncology Medical Physics Registrar at Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand. In parallel with his Medical Physics training he is pursuing a PhD in Medical Physics at the University of Canterbury. His Doctoral work focuses on the development of an optical calorimeter radiation dosimeter using the principles of digital holographic interferometry.

Dr Francesco Romano is Researcher at the Italian National Institute for Nuclear Physics. His expertise is on radiation dosimetry and Monte Carlo simulations for medical applications. His research activity is currently focused on ion beam microdosimetry and dosimetry for hadron therapy, FLASH radiotherapy and laser-driven ion beams. He is Honorary Lecturer at the Queen’s University of Belfast and University of Surrey in UK.