SiPM Radiation: Quantifying Light for Nuclear, Space and Medical Instruments under Harsh Radiation Conditions

Invited Speakers

Invited Speakers

 

• Prof. E. Garutti
  • Affiliation: Hamburg University
  • Research: development of detectors for particle physics and medical
    applications. Specific expertise: calorimetric techniques, silicon-based detectors (pixel / tracker detectors and photo-detectors), application,  fundamental characterization, and radiation-hardness investigation of detectors.

 

• MSc. R. Imazawa
  • Affiliation: Hiroshima University
  • Research: Experimental Applications of Silicon photomultiplier (Si-PM) and development of analysis tools of Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).

 

• Dr. C. Kierans
  • Affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Research: NASA Research Astrophysicist at Goddard Space Flight Center. Developing instrument simulations, integration and testing balloon payloads, leading extensive detector calibrations efforts, and analyzing Compton telescope science data.

 

• Dr. A. Lucero
  • Affiliation: Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (CNEA)
  • Research: R&D in the detectors area for the Laboratorio Argentino de Haces de Neutrones (LAHN).

 

• MSc. H. Matake
  • Affiliation: Hiroshima University
  • Research: Radiation resistance of MPPC for GRBAlpha

 

• Dr. S. Mianowski
  • Affiliation: National Centre for Nuclear Research in
    Otwock (NCBJ)
  • Research: SiPM Characteristics through proton radiation

 

• Dr. G. A. de Nolfo
  • Affiliation: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • esearch: 20 years of experience in experimental astrophysics and currently leads a wide range of research on the acceleration and transport of solar energetic particles in addition to instrument development of charged and neutral particle detectors. 8+ years of experience developing silicon photomultiplier (SiPM)-based readout for modern scintillators.

 

• MSc. C. V. V. Petro
  • Affiliation: Hamburg University
  • Research: Performance of SiPMs irradiated with neutrons.

 

• Prof. F. Suarez
  • Affiliation: National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET)
  • Research: Lead Enigeer for the ASTOR Cold neutron image instrument. Over 20years of experience with photomultiplier characterization (developing dedicated test setups for
    astrophysics and nuclear physics projects). 

 

• Prof. H. Takahashi
  • Affiliation: Hiroshima University
  • Research: Experimental High-Energy Astrophysics using satellites and balloons (Developments of X-ray and gamma-ray detectors). Observational Astrophysics in X-/gamma-rays (strong gravity of compact objects, especially, black holes and neutron stars).

 

• Prof. S. Xiong
  • Affiliation: Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of High Energy Physics) 
  • Research: Principal investigator of GECAM, a space-
    borne instrument which uses SiPMs. High Energy Astrophysics, Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flash

 

• Prof. M. Zeng
  • Affiliation: Tsinghua University
  • ​​​​​​​Research: Analysis of radiation on SiPM for GRID (Gamma-
    Ray Integrated Detectors)

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• Prof. D. Zhang
  • Affiliation: Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of High Energy Physics) 
  • Research: Analysis of radiation on SiPMs on GECAM