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Robin Peter, PhD

Robin Peter, PhD

Education

Education

  • Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, USA (2024)
  • B.A., Physics, summa cum laude, The University of Chicago: Chicago, IL (2020)

Awards & Honors 

  • ARCS Fellow (2020-2024)
  • Best Student Paper on Medical Physics, UC Berkeley (2022)
  • Virgil E. Shrock Award for Outstanding Mentorship, UC Berkeley (2022)
  • NSF GRFP Honorable Mention (2022)
  • Enrico Fermi Scholar, The University of Chicago (2020)
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society (2020)
  • Mary Jean Mulvaney Scholar-Athlete Award, The University of Chicago (2020)

Selected Publications and Abstracts

  • R. Peter, “Digital Autoradiography and Small-Scale Dosimetry Techniques for Alpha-Particle Radiopharmaceutical Therapy,” Ph.D dissertation, University of California, Berkeley, 2024.

  • A. P. Bidkar, R. Peter, A. Wadhwa, et al. “Effective treatment of disseminated prostate cancer using CD46-targeted 225Ac therapy.” Clinical Cancer Research, Feb. 2025.

  • R. Peter, A. P. Bidkar, K. N. Bobba, et al. “3D small-scale dosimetry and tumor control of 225Ac radiopharmaceuticals for prostate cancer.” Scientific Reports, 14(1):19938, Aug. 2024.

  • R. Peter, B. M. Sandmaier, M. P. Dion, et al. “Small-scale (sub-organ and cellular level) alpha-particle dosimetry methods using an iQID digital autoradiography imaging system.” Scientific Reports, 12(1):17934, Oct. 2022.

  • J. Caravaca, R. Peter, J. Yang, et al. “Comparison and calibration of dose delivered by 137Cs and x-ray irradiators in mice.” Physics in Medicine & Biology, 67(22):225017, Nov. 2022.

  • J. Caravaca, K. N. Bobba, S. Du, R. Peter, G. T. Gullberg, A. P. Bidkar, R. R. Flavell, and Y. Seo. “A technique to quantify very low activities in regions of interest with a collimatorless detector.” IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 2024.

Abstracts

  • “Approaching microdosimetry for alpha-particle radiopharmaceutical therapy.” Invited speaker, AAPM 66th Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Jul. 2024.

  • “Comparison and Calibration of Dose Delivered by 137Cs and X-Ray Irradiators in Mice.” Invited speaker, ORS Clear the Way for X-Ray Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 2024.

  • “Micro-scale 225Ac dosimetry using an iQID digital autoradiograph imaging system.” Accepted speaker, IEEE NSS MIC RTSD, Milan, Italy, Nov. 2022.

Posters

  • “3D Volume Micro-scale 225Ac Dosimetry in Preclinical Prostate Cancer Models.” Accepted poster, IEEE NSS MIC RTSD, Vancouver, Canada, Nov. 2023.

  • “Dosimetry equivalence between x-ray and gamma-ray irradiation with validated Monte Carlo simulations.” Accepted poster, AAPM 64th Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, Jul. 2022.

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