Radiation Research

Daniel Adjei, PhD

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

**** – 2016 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Institute of Optoelectronics

Military University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland

(EXTATIC Joint PhD, Co-tutelle)

2012 – 2016 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering Czech Technical University (CTU), Prague, Czech Republic

(EXTATIC Joint PhD, Co-tutelle)

2012 – 2014 MPhil/PhD

Department of Physics

King’s College London (KCL), United Kingdom

(EXTATIC Joint PhD, Co-tutelle)

2008–2010 Master of Philosophy (MPhil)

Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences

University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

MPhil Radiation Protection

2003 – 2007 Bachelor of Science (BSc)

Department of Physics

Kwame Nkrumah Uni. of Science and Technology, Ghana BSc Physics (Biomedical Physics Option)

STRENGTHS AND SKILLS

• Expertise in radiation protection, calibration and dosimetry

• Experience in designing and developing research techniques inradiationsourcesforradiotherapy,radiobiology, radiolysis, imaging, etc

• Expertise inMonteCarlosimulations,such as Geant4Monte Carlo

• Experience in working at accelerator and laser facilities (for pulse radiolysis, radiobiology, spectroscopy etc)

• Ability to manage scientific Project and to collaborate with other scientists, engineers, technicians.

• Experienced in writing scientific or technical documents in English

• Experience inprogramming(C++, python) andabilitytoanal- yse large data

Linguistics

Proficient English

Intermediate French

7 Aveune de Champagne, 91940, Les Ulis,

France

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CURRENT,FROM JUNE 2019

InstitutdeChimiePhysique(ICP),UniversitéParis-

Saclay, Orsay, France

ResearchEngineer(ELYSE picosecond electron

accelerator)

• Carry out the technical development ofmeasure-

ment andcontrol(beamanalysis,assemblyofpump-

probe experimental seutp)

• Data processing and analysis

• PerformGeant4MonteCarlosimulationfortar-

geted radionuclide radiotherapy.

• Supervise students and visiting researchers

June 2016 – May 2019

Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, ENSTA Paris-

Tech/EcolePolytechnique/CNRS,Palaiseau, France

Post-doctoral Researcher

• Developed and characterized ultra-fast laser trig- gered X-ray source for biomedical applications.

• Carry out nanoparticles-based radiotherapy sim-

ulationswithGEANT4MonteCarlosimulation

toolkit.

Feb 2014 – April 2016

MilitaryUniversityofTechnology(MUT),Institute

of Optoelectronics (IOE), Warsaw, Poland

PhD Researcher (Physicist)

• Carryoutjointdoctoralstudieswithintheframe-

work of the Torate Program on “Development

andapplicationofasoftplasmaX-ray laser source

for radiobiology studies.

• Developananosecondlaser-drivensoftX-raysource,

characterize and optimize the source for radiobi-

ology experiments

• Validated the irradiation source by studying the Double-stranded DNA damage study

Dec 2009 – Sept 2012

RadiationProtectionInstitute,GhanaAtomicEn-

ergy Commission, Accra-Ghana

Assistant Research Scientist

• Performed calibration of radiation detectors and personnel dosimeters at the Secondary Standard

Dosimetry Laboratory (SSDL) using Cs-137, Co-

60 and 150 kV X-ray sources.

• performedqualityassurance,quality control and

safety assessments of the facility

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2012 – 2013 First year Physics Laboratory Demonstrator ) Department of Physic, King’s College London,

WC2R 2LS, London, UK

Assisted in first year Physics laboratory experiments 2012 – 2013 IGCSE Science tutor

Peter Tinwell Ltd T/A Personal Tutors,

Ashfield House, SK8 1BB, Cheshire, UK

Assisted IGCSE students in Int. Science, Physics and Mathematics 2011 Science Tutor

Galaxy International School, Accra, Ghana

Taught IGCSE Physics and O’Level Physics

2009–2010 Science Tutor

Dard Professional Institute, Accra-Ghana

Taught high school Integrated science

2009–2010 Lecturer

Africa International University College, Accra-Ghana Taught Introductory Physics, Chemistry, Basic Statistics and Academic Writing

2007 – 2008 Teaching Assistant

Department of Physics

Kwame Nkrumah Uni. of Science and Technology, Ghana Organized tutorial sessions for Physics undergraduate courses incl. Nuclear Physics, etc Awards/Grant

2022 French Embassy in Ghana NYANSAPO Research Partnership Project

”Decomposition of Perfluoro Alkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Solutions by Radiolytic Method ”, NYANSAPO Grant (€29066)

2022 French Embassy in Ghana NYANSAPO Research Partnership Project

”Promoting Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Research and Sustainable Development in Ghana ”, NYANSAPO Grant (€28800)

2021 Dispositif de soutien aux Collaborations avec l’Afrique Sub-saharienne” (DSCA)

”ELYSE-Ghana Joint Radiation Chemistry Capacity building ”, CNRS Grant (€28300)

2016 Radiation Research Society Student-In-Trainng Travel Award Meeting the Needs of the Nation for Radiation Protection”, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

2015 Radiation Research Society Student-In-Training Travel Award, 61st Annual Meeting of the Radiation Research Society, Weston, Florida, USA

2015 Best Student Poster Presentations

SPIE’s Optics + Optoelectronics International Symposia 2012 Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate (EMJD) Fellowship European Union funded EXTATIC consortium

References

Prof. Mehran Mostafavi

Position Professor

Employer Université Paris- Saclay

Institut de Chimie Physique, Orsay, France

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Dr. Philippe Zeitoun

Position Deputy Director (Scientist)

Employer Laboratoire d’Optique Appliqué,

Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau cedex, France

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LIST OF Publications

• Daniel Adjei, SergeyA.Denisov, MehranMostafavi,(2022).

”Induced absorption in quartz by picosecond pulse of 8MeV electrons”. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, (190), 109833, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109833

• Célin Léonard, Frédéric Le Quéré, Daniel Adjei, Sergey A Denisov, Mehran Mostafavi, Pierre Archirel. (2020). ” Oxi- dationofSilverCyanideAg(CN)2–bytheOHRadical:From

Ab Initio Calculation toMolecularSimulationandtoExper- iment”. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, (24) 51, 10787- 10798, doi:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.0c08038

• Adjei, D., Wiechec, A., Wachulak, P., Ayele, M.G., Lekki, J., Kwiatek, W.M., Bartnik, A., Davídková, M., Vyšín, L., Juha, L. Pina, L., Fiedorowicz, H. (2016). “DNA strand breaks in- ducedbysoftX-raypulsesfromacompactlaserplasmasource”, J. Rad. Phys and Chem., 120, 17-25.

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.11.021

• Adjei, D., Ayele, M. G., Wachulak, P., Bartnik, A., Vyšín, L., Fiedorowicz, H., Juha, L., Wegrzynski, Ł., Wiechec, A., Lekki, J., Kwiatek, W. M. (2015). “Development of compact laser-produced plasma soft x-ray source for radiobiology ex- periments”, Nucl. Instr. and Meth. Phys. B, 364, 27-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2015.08.065

• M.G. Ayele, P.W. Wachulak, J. Czwartos, D. Adjei, A. Bart- nik, Ł. Wegrzynski, M. Szczurek, L. Pina, H. Fiedorowicz,

“Development and characterization of a laser-plasma soft X- ray source for contactmicroscopy”,Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 411, 35–43, 2017,

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2017.03.082

• Torrisi, A., Wachulak, P., Fahad Nawaz, M., Bartnik, A., Ad- jei, D., Vondrová, Š., Turňová, J., Jančarek, A., Fiedorowicz, H. “Applications of a Compact ‘Water Window’ Source for InvestigationsofNanostructuresUsingSXRMicroscopy”,Acta. Phys. Pol. A, 129(2), 169–171, 2016

doi:http://doi.org/10.12693/APhysPolA.129.169

• Daniel Adjei, Anna Wiechec, Przemyslaw Wachulak, Mes- finGetachewAyele,Janusz Lekki, WojciechM.Kwiatek, An- drzej Bartnik, Ladislav Pina, Henryk Fiedorowicz, “Design and characterization of a desk-top laser plasma x-ray source for radiobiologystudies”,Radiation andApplicationsinPhysics, Chemistry, Biology, Medical Sciences, Engineering and Envi- ronmental Sciences, 1(2), 88-94, 2016

doi:http://doi.org/10.21175/RadJ.2016.02.016

• J.MesfinG.Ayele, JoannaCzwartos,Daniel Ad-

jei, PrzemysławWachulak,AndrzejBartnik,Łukasz

Węgrzyński, MirosławSzczurek,Roman Jarocki,

Henryk Fiedorowicz, “Compact laser produced

plasma soft X-ray source for contact microscopy

experiments”, Proc. SPIE 9511, Damage to VUV,

EUV, and X-ray Optics V, 95110L, 12 May, 2015

doi:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2182713

• Andrzej Bartnik; PrzemysławWachulak;Roman

Jarocki; JerzyKostecki;MirosławSzczurek;Daniel

Adjei; Inam Ul Ahad; Mesfin G. Ayele; Tomasz

Fok; Anna Szczurek; Alfio Torrisi; Łukasz Wę-

grzyński; HenrykFiedorowicz,“Laserplasmasources

of soft X-rays and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) for

applicationinscienceandtechnology”,Proc. SPIE

9510, EUV and X-ray Optics: Synergy between

Laboratory and Space IV, 95100Q, 2015

doi:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2182167

• PrzemyslawW.Wachulak; AlfioL.Torrisi;Muham-

mad F. Nawaz; Daniel Adjei; Andrzej Bartnik;

Jerzy Kostecki; Łukasz Wegrzynski; Šárka Von-

drová; JanaTurňová;TomaszFok;Alexandr Jančarek;

HenrykFiedorowicz,“Acompact‘water-window’

microscope with 60 nm spatial resolution based

on a double stream gas-puff target and Fresnel

zone plate optics”, Proc. SPIE9510, EUV and

X-ray Optics: Synergy between Laboratory and

Space IV, 95100M, 2015,

doi:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2181431

• Alnaimi, R., Adjei, D., Alatabi, S., Appuhami-

lage, I.A.,Michette, A., “King’sCollegeLaserPlasma X-RaySourceDesign”,Proc. SPIE, Volume 8777,

2013. doi:https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2027264

• PrzemyslawWachulak,AlfioTorrisi,Muhammad

F. Nawaz, Andrzej Bartnik, Daniel Adjei, Šárka

Vondrová, Jana Turňová, Alexandr Jančarek, Jiří

Limpouch,MiroslavaVrbová,andHenrykFiedorow-

icz, ACompact“WaterWindow”Microscopewith

60 nmSpatialResolutionforApplicationsinBi-

ologyandNanotechnology, Microsc. Microanal.

21, 1214–1223, 2015,

doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927615014750

• Adjei, D., Darko, E.O., Annkah, J.K., Amoako,

J. K., Ofori, K., Emi-Reynolds, G., Obeng, M.

K., Akomaning-Adofo, E., Owusu-Manteaw, P.,

“Analysis of calibration results of radiation sur- vey meters used for area monitoring”, Rad. Prot.

Dos. 154(4), 506–513, 2013

doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/nct087

• Adjei, D., Darko, E. O., Schandorf, C., Owusu-

Manteaw, P., Akrobortu, E., “PersonalDoseAnal-

ysis of TLD Glow Curve Data from Individual

MonitoringRecords”,Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 152(4),

273–278, 2012.

doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncs069

SOme COnference presentations

• D. Adjei, M. G. Ayele, P. Wachulak, A. Bartnik, L. Vysin, L. Juha, H. Fiedorowicz, L. Wegrzynski, A. Wiechec, J. Lekki, W. M. Kwiatek, “DNA strand breaks induced by soft X-ray pulses from a compact laser plasma source”, 1st Workshop on Application of Laser Plasma Sources of X-rays and Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) in Technology and Science- ALPS2015, Warsaw, Poland, 6-9 July 2015.

• Adjei, D., Wiechec, A., Wachulak,P., Ayele, M. G., Lekki, J., Kwiatek, W. M., Bartnik, A., Pina, L., Fiedorowicz, H., Limpouch, J., “Design and characterization of a desk-top laser plasma X-ray source for radiobiology studies”, Third Inter- national Conference on Radiation and Applications in various fields of research, Budva, Montenegro, 8-12 June 2015.

• D. Adjei, M. G. Ayele, P. Wachulak, A. Bartnik, L. Vysin, L. Juha, H. Fiedorowicz, L. Wegrzynski, A. Wiechec, J. Lekki, W. M. Kwiatek, “Development and application of a compact laser-produced plasma soft X-ray source for radiobiology experiments”, EXTATIC 2014 Welcome Week Workshop, Warsaw, Poland, 20-24 October, 2014.

• D. Adjei, M. Getachew Ayele, P. Wachulak, A., Bartnik, H. Fiedorowicz, I. Ul Ahad, L. Węgrzyński, A. Wiechec, J. Lekki, W. M. Kwiatek, “Design and Development of a Laboratory laser-produced plasma source of soft X-rays for radiobiology experiments”, HIPOLIN 2014 Erasmus Intensive Programme: Introduction to High Power Light-Matter Interactions, Rethymno, Crete, Greece, 30 June–11 July, 2014.

• D. Adjei, M. Getachew Ayele, P. Wachulak, A. Bartnik, H. Fiedorowicz, I. Ul Ahad, L. Wegrzynski, A. Wiechec, J. Lekki and W. M. Kwiatek, “Laboratory laser produced plasma soft X-ray source for radiobiology studies”, RARAFMicrobeam Training Course, Nevis Laboratory, Columbia University, New York, USA, 19-21 May, 2014.

• D. Adjei, M. G. Ayele, P. Wachulak, A. Bartnik, L. Vysin, L. Juha, H. Fiedorowicz, L. Wegrzynski, A. Wiechec, J. Lekki, W. M. Kwiatek, “Laboratory Laser Produced Soft X-Ray Source for Radiobiology Studies”, COSTAction:MP1203: progress towards spatial coherence standardization, Standardization of wave front sensing, comparison of available technics, Visi- ble metrology of optics compared to at-wavelength metrology and Spectro-temporal metrology, 13–14 March, 2014, Bern, Switzerland.

• D. Adjei, M. Getachew Ayele, P. Wachulak, A., Bartnik, H. Fiedorowicz, I. Ul Ahad, L. Węgrzyński, A. Wiechec, J. Lekki, W.M. Kwiatek, “Laboratory laser-producedplasmasourceofsoftX-rays for radiobiology studies”, Proc. 12th International School and Symposium on Synchrotron Radiation in Natural Science, Warsaw, Poland, 15-20 June, 2014.

• Daniel Adjei, Indika Arachchi Appuhamilage, Saleh S. Alatabi, RadhwanAlnaimi,AlanMichette,Slawka Pfauntsch, “De- velopment of King’s College Soft X-Ray Microprobe for Radiobiology Studies”, DoReMi course on Modelling radiation effects from initial physical events, Department of Physics, University of Pavia, 27 May - 7 June, 2013, Pavia, Italy. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES, TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

2018 3rd International User Conference at the Physics-Medicine-Biology frontier, Bordeaux, France 2017 Or-Nano 2017 Conference, Nancy, France

2016 Nanohybrids Congress 14, Corsica, France

2016 FXE Early User Workshop: Femtosecond X-ray Experiments (FXE) at the European XFEL, Schenefeld, Hamburg, Germany 2016 Symposium on Nanotechnology for cancer research Toward next generation nanomedicine addressing cancer complexity,Paris, F 2016 IV International Geant4 School, Vinća Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia 2016 ECOST MP1203 General and Closing Meeting, Advanced X-rays Spatialand temporal metrology,Athens, Greece 2016 National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, “Meeting the Needs of the Nation for Radiation Protection”, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

2016 Cost Action MP1203 Short Term Scientific Mission, Laboratoire d’Optique Appliqee (LOA), ENSTA-Paris Tech/CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France

2015 International Summer School on Metrology 2015, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Kloster Drübeck, Germany 2015 The CERN Accelerator School: Accelerators for Medical Applications, Vosendorf, Austria 2014 EXTATIC Welcome Week Workshop: EUV and X-ray science and technology, Warsaw, Poland 2014 COST Action MP1203 Training School and General Assembly: Advanced X-ray spatial and temporal metrology, Dubrovnik. 2014 Summer School on High Power Light-Matter Interactions, Rythymno, Crete, Greece. 2014 3RD RARAFMicrobeamTrainingCourse, Irvington, New York, USA. 2013 DoReMi course on Modelling radiation effects from initial physical events,Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Italy 2013 DoReMi short course entitled: CELOD: Cellular effects of low doses and low-dose rates with focus on DNA damage and stress response, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden 2012 Scientific Training, Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK. 2012 Regional (AFRA)Training Course on Protection Level Calibrations performed at SSDL, Algiers, Algeria. 2012 Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate in Extreme-ultraviolet and X-ray Technology and Training for Interdisciplinary Cooperation (EXTATIC) Scientific Workshop,National Centre for Plasma Science and Technology, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.

2012 IAEA Regional Training Course on Quality Management in the provision of External Radiation Services, Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, Accra, Ghana 2011 IAEA/ICTP School of Nuclear Knowledge Management, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.

2011 IAEA Regional Training Course on Uncertainty in measurements performed at Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories and Dosimetry Service Laboratories, Nuclear Research Centre of Algiers (CRNA) Algiers, Algeria 2010 First IAEA/ICTP School of Nuclear Energy Management, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.

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