Dosimetry Research

The Dosimetry Group of the Paul Scherrer Institute carries out research on topics of interest for radiation dosimetry in general. Current research interests include:

  • Luminescence processes in insulators: fundamental of luminescence properties in storage phosphors, scintillators, persistent phosphors; recombination process; stimulated luminescence phenomena. 
  • Radiation dosimetry: solid-state luminescence dosimetry; radiation effects in insulators; thermoluminescence (TL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL); modeling of TL and OSL processes in dosimetric materials; neutron dosimetry using plastic nuclear track detectors and fluorescence nuclear track detectors (FNTDs). 
  • Medical dosimetry: development of methodology for dose verification in radiotherapy, particularly small field dosimetry and 2D dose mapping, of high energy photons, protons and heavy-charged particles; new technologies for dose verification in Computed Tomography; Monte-Carlo simulations of dose deposition in detectors; out-of-field measurements in radiation therapy. 
  • Space dosimetry: characterization of TL and OSL dosimeters for use in the space radiation field; development of methodologies for analysis of TL/OSL data in complex radiation fields; modeling of the microdosimetric distribution created by heavy-charged-particles in TL/OSL materials.
  • Retrospective and accident dosimetry: investigation of materials and methods to provide retrospective information in case of accidents involving radiation; application of the OSL technique for triage in case of radiological/nuclear accidents.
  • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States 
  • Dosilab AG, Köniz, Switzerland 
  • German Aerospace Center (DLR), Köln, Germany 
  • German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany 
  • Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Geopolis, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland 
  • Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 
  • Landauer Crystal Growth Facility, Landauer Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States 
  • Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States 
  • Physics Department, Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristovão, Sergipe, Brazil 
  • Proton Therapy Center, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland 
  • Alberto Stabilini, Ph. D. in Physics, University of Basel (Dec. 2017 - present)
  • Alberto Stabilini. "Methodological improvements in neutron dosimetry using PADC detectors"(co-advisor). M. S. Thesis, Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (2017)
  • Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Inspectorate (ENSI Contract no. H-101196)
  • "Automated Research Instrument for Thermoluminescence/Optically Stimulated Luminescence/Radioluminescence Measurements", Swiss National Science Foundation, 1 Nov 2018 -31 Oct 2019;
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