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Summary Expert in radiation protection, radiation dosimetry and metrology. Development of numerical tools, experimental devices, new measurement technologies and instruments for detecting ionizing radiation. Manager of international projects in these fields. Member of international working groups and collaborations in the field of radiation dosimetry. Personal data pag. 1 Education pag. 1 Professional certifications pag. 1 Official nominations pag. 1 Honours pag. 2 Teaching experience pag. 2 Attendance at training courses pag. 2 Relevant computer skills pag. 3 Professional experience pag. 3 Main Scientific projects pag. 4 Seminars and conferences pag. 5 Publications pag. 9 Personal data Born in Correggio (Reggio Emilia, Italy) on 28-05-1974 Language: Italian (mother tongue). Spanish, English, French: good command oral and written. Education 2003 – 2006 Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain). Titulo de doctor en fisica (07-07-2006) - Ph.D. in Physics Legal duration: 3 years. Mark: Excellent cum laude. Experimental thesis in Radiation Physics (INFN-Frascati): “Neutron spectrometry and dosimetry for radiation protection around a high energy electron/positron collider”. 1998 – 2000 University of Bologna (Italy). Diploma di specializzazione in Fisica Sanitaria (30-06-2000) - Health/Medical Physics post-graduate Specialization Diploma. Legal duration: 2 years. Mark: 70/70 cum laude. Awarded the 1998 fellowship of the “Scuola di specializzazione in Fisica Sanitaria” - Health/Medical Physics post-graduate Specialization school. Experimental thesis performed in the ENEA-Bologna Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory “Qualification of an irradiation unit for the fast neutron metrology: experimental and Monte Carlo evaluations” (in italian, title translated). 2000 CEA-INSTN (Saclay, Paris) Diploma of the European Radiation Protection Course, ERPC. Module 0 (basics) and Module 1 (Occupational exposures in nuclear and industrial applications). Duration: 2 months (October-December 2000). 1994 – 1998 University of Bologna (Italy). Laurea in Fisica (21-03-1998) - Degree in Physics Legal duration: 4 years. Mark: 110/110 cum laude. Experimental thesis (ENEA-Bologna): “Characterization of the atmospheric aerosol for lung deposition evaluation: the ultra fine fraction of the Radon Daughters”. Professional certifications Since 2001 Italian ministry of Labour (Ministero del Lavoro). Certification “Esperto qualificato di terzo grado n. 400” - Qualified Expert for Radiation Protection with highest qualification degree (3rd degree). The mentioned title, released after an examination about academic titles and demonstrated experience in radiation protection, allows managing the radiation protection and the radiological safety around all kind of medical, research, industrial and nuclear facilities. Aug. 2004- Feb. 2015: nominated qualified expert of the INFN-LNF DAΦNE accelerator complex 2005-2007: nominated qualified expert of INFN-Pisa Labs (50 sealed sources and various X-ray equipments) Official nominations Since 2006 Associate member of EURADOS/WG6 – corresponding member of EU CONRAD/WP4 “computational dosimetry”. Participation in the organization of the International exercises: (1) “Uncertainty assessment in computational dosimetry” (concluded) (2) “Usage of unfolding codes in Bonner Sphere Spectrometry” (under preparation). 2 Since 2004 Reviewer for the journals Radiation Measurements, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Nuclear Instruments and Methods A, Nuclear Technology. Since 2004 Member of the national expert panel defined by the law D.P.R. 12/02/1991 - art. 26 for the assignment of an economical compensation to the INFN workers exposed to ionizing radiation. 2002-2004 Deputy Responsible of the Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory (SIT n. 29) of ENEA-Bologna (metrology of photon, beta and neutrons). Since 2002 Member of the Italian standardization body UNI / CEN (nuclear energy commission) / SC2 (radiation protection) Since 2002 Italian expert in the ISO working group ISO/TC85/SC2/WG2 (reference radiation fields). Since 2007: Co-convenor of the neutron subgroup (SG3) Since 2008: Project leader for the revision of the 8529-1 Standard (Reference neutron fields – Part 1: Characteristics and methods of production) Honours 2007 Winner of the 4th edition of the “Sara Cucchi” scientific award, released by the Italian national association of the qualified experts for radiation protection (ANPEQ) to a selected scientific work presented by a young qualified expert (11-09-2007). Awarded publication: Neutron spectrometry and dosimetry for radiation protection around a high energy electron/positron collider (Ph.D. Thesis) 2004 Winner of the 3rd edition of the “Sara Cucchi” scientific award (23-09-2004). Awarded publication: R. Bedogni. Development of a reader for the routine analysis of CR-39 fast neutron dosemeters: improvement of the dosimetric performance using automatic vision and motion tools. Radiat. Meas. 36(1-6), 239-243 (2003). Teaching experience and thesis supervisor 2015-16 Supervisor of a Ph.D. student from the Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo (MX) (R. Aviles Monreal) for one 6 months Stage in Radiation Measurements (ICTP - TRIL programme). 2015 Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo (MX) - Dep. de Investigacion en Polimeros y Materiales de la Division de Ingenieria. June 29th till July 1st. Teacher of the course “Radiation protection in external exposure”, duration 20 h. 2012 Thesis supervisor (correlatore) of Davide Bortot, Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy), Scuola di Ingegneria dei Processi Industriali, Corso di Laurea Specialistica in Ingegneria Nucleare, FEASIBILITY STUDY OF A NEUTRON SPECTROMETER FOR COMPLEX FIELDS. 2012 Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain). Visiting Professor, course “Radiation protection in external exposure”, duration 40 h. 2011 Supervisor of a Ph.D. student from the Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico D.F. (L. Palacios) for a one year Stage in Radiation Measurements. 2007 Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla (Mexico), X Simposio Internacional de Dosimetria de Estado Solido. Teacher of the course “introduccion a la Proteccion Radiologica”, duration 40 hours (17-21 September). 2007 Thesis supervisor of a student in the Medical Physics post-graduate Specialization Diploma (University La Sapienza, Roma). Since 2006 Teacher of the course “Radiation protection and safety” in the Master “Basi fisiche e tecnologiche dell’adroterapia di precisione” of the Tor Vergata University (Roma). Since 2004 Supervisor of international students in the fields of radiation dosimetry and radiometric characterization of activated waste (italian FAI programme). 2004 Teacher of the course “Ionizing radiation dosimetry and shielding” at the Health/Medical Physics Specialization School of the Bologna University, 2002, 2003 Teacher of the course “Protection Against external exposure” at the European Radiation Protection Course (CEA INSTN Saclay, Paris). Since 2001 Teacher of training courses in radiation protection, dosimetry and radiation safety organised by ENEA and INFN for the workers exposed to ionizing radiation. Attendance at training courses • 30 September 2015, Rome (Italy). Participation to "Secondo incontro sulla ricerca in Fisica Medica" (AIFM, Associazione italiana di Fisica Medica). • 6 Feb. 2013, UPC Barcelona, Spain. 6th EURADOS Winter School "Status and Future Perspectives of Computational Micro- and Nanodosimetry". • 7-11 Feb 2011. Czech Technical University in Prague. Winter School `Radiation protection for medical staff` • 1-5 Feb 2010. Roma, Italy. 4th EURADOS Winter School “Radiological emergencies” • 28 Jan 2009. PTB Braunschweig (Germany). 3rd EURADOS Winter School “Low-Dose Radiation Effects” • 24 Jan 2008. IRSN Paris. EURADOS Winter School “Retrospective Dosimetry” • 16-18 March 2005, ANGQ (Italian National Association for Quality Assurance), Roma. Training course “I sistemi di gestione della qualità per i laboratori di prova”on the ISO/IEC 17025 quality system for the calibration laboratories. • 10-11 May 2004, Madeira Island (Portugal). Tutorial “Radiation shielding for diagnostic radiology and radiation therapy” in the framework of the 10th International Conference on Radiation Protection and Shielding Topical (ICRS10 / RPS2004). • 12-13 March 2002, National Instruments (Italy). LabView Machine Vision Image Processing training course. 3 • 2001 ENEA. Training Course on: “organization analysis, team working, inter-personal communication, written communication in the organization contexts, reporting and project management”. • 2-10 October 2001, Centro Ettore Majorana, Erice (Italy). International school of radiation damage and protection: 10th Course of Accelerator Radiation Protection. • 18-20 September 2001, National Instruments (Italy). LabView training course. Relevant Computer skills • Good knowledge of the Windows and Macintosh environments. • Design and development of Labview-based automated measurement and control systems for applications in radiation metrology and dosimetry. Experience in automated irradiators for X-rays, gamma, thermal and fast neutrons. • Development of imaging and motion based systems for the automated analysis of nuclear track based dosemeters. • Development of the FRUIT unfolding code for the determination of neutron spectra with few channel neutron spectrometers (more than 30 licenses distributed worldwide since May 2008). • Use of the MCNP family codes for solving radiation transport problems, particularly for: - determining the response of radiation detectors and spectrometers; - determining the radiometric and dosimetric quantities in irradiation scenarios of interest for radiation protection, dosimetry and metrology; - radiation penetration and shielding problems • Use of recognized atmospheric models (CROM package) to predict the radiological impact of radioactive releases in air. Professional experience Private consultant experience 2007 Consultant of the Government of the Province of Isernia (Italy) for setting up a numerical model to predict the environmental impact of a particle accelerator for the production of medical radioisotopes. Employed in Governmental Research Agencies Since August 2004 INFN National Institute for Nuclear Physics LNF Frascati National Laboratories, Via E. Fermi n. 40 – 00044 Frascati – Rome. Tel +39 0694032608 Position: From March 2015 LEMRAP, Laboratory for Environmental and Medical Radiation Physics, project coordinator. Development of new measurement techniques and instruments for detection of ionizing radiation. From Aug. 2004 to Feb. 2015 Qualified expert in charge of the radiation protection and ambient/personal dosimetry of the high-energy accelerator DAΦNE. Responsible of the INFN-LNF calibration laboratory with ISO reference photon and neutron fields. Supervisor of four technicians. Research activity in metrology, dosimetry and spectrometry of complex radiation fields. Main activities: - Management of the physical surveillance of the environment and the workers - Design of shielding structures for high-energy accelerators, radionuclide and X-ray facilities. - Design and verification of safety systems for particle accelerators, radionuclide and X-ray facilities. - Preparation of all technical reports required by the national authority for licensing particle accelerators and related installations with radioactive materials. - Modelling the environmental impact of particle accelerators, with special attention to the calculation of the effective dose received by the members of the public during the ordinary activity of the facility or accidents involving the release of radionuclide in the environment. - Development of new materials and measurement techniques for mixed neutron-photon fields dosimetry using thermoluminescence, activation foils, ion chambers and nuclear track techniques - Design and construction of automatic readers for etched-track based neutron dosemeters - Neutron spectrometry with Bonner Sphere Spectrometers around neutron sources, reactors, research and medical accelerators. Development of a new unfolding computer code (FRUIT) for workplace monitoring purposes - Design, development and test of innovative spectrometry techniques. Development of Labview-based digital spectrometers. - Gamma spectrometry of radioactive waste with HP-Ge and NaI(Tl) detectors; establishment of protocols for the characterization, storage and clearance of activated metals from decommissioned accelerators. - Teacher of the radiation protection training course for the INFN workers exposed to ionizing radiation and involvement in didactic initiatives - Supervisor of students in the fields of the neutron dosimetry with nuclear track detectors and the radiometric characterization of activated waste. - 4 From 2004 to 2007, qualified expert of the INFN-Pisa laboratories (around 40 beta and gamma calibration sources and various X-rays equipments). June 1999 - July 2004 ENEA Italian National Agency for the New Technologies, the Energy and the Environment Bologna Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory (the main dosimetry and calibration service in Italy). Position: Researcher in the Personal Dosimetry Service and the Secondary Standard Calibration Laboratory. Main activities: - Improvement and development of personal dosemeters to assess the operational quantities for photons and neutrons. The results of these studies are currently employed in the ENEA – Bologna dosimetry service. Extensive use of thermoluminescnce, neutron activation and nuclear track techniques. - Design and construction of an automatic reader for the PADC fast neutron dosemeters of the ENEA dosimetry service (the only legal dosimetry service for neutron radiation in Italy). The reader is still operating for routine purposes. - Criticality dosimetry and characterization of neutron fields at nuclear reactors through neutron activation techniques. - 2002-2004: Assistant responsible of the ENEA secondary standard calibration laboratory (Bologna) for photon, beta and neutron radiation. - Calibration of active/passive dosemeters and instruments for radiation protection, diagnosis and therapy. - Computational and experimental characterization of reference radiation fields. - Development of automated systems for the operation of the irradiation units and the acquisition of the reference quantities. - Teacher of the radiation protection training course for the ENEA workers exposed to ionizing radiation Main scientific projects From 2015 Leader of the two-years International project INNOREMC (INFN - Special projects - INFN-E) for the development of a rem-counter (neutron area monitor) with innovative properties: He-3-free, Cd-free, lowvoltage, low-weight. Participating Institutions: INFN-LNF, Politecnico di Milano, CIEMAT Spain. From 2014 Leader of the three-years project NEURAPID (CSN 5 - INFN) for the development of wide energy-band, real-time neutron spectrometers for “emerging” neutron fields (extremely low intensity or pulsed structure). Participating Institutions: INFN-LNF, Politecnico di Milano, CIEMAT Spain. From 2013 Participation in the Spanish project FIS2012-39104-C02 (INFN, CIEMAT and UAB) “Dosimetria y espectometria de neutrones en campos pulsados con detectors de estado solido” (Ministerio de economia y competitividad, Spain). 2011 EU-FP-7 SUPPORT ACTION “ERINDA”-European Research Infrastructures for Nuclear Data Applications. Coordinator of two approved projects: (PAC 1/3) Characterisation of a novel neutron spectrometer based on a single moderating sphere using monoenergetic high-energy neutron beams. Facility: TSL Uppsala. Endorsed beam- time: 40 h. (PAC 1/8) Characterisation of a novel neutron spectrometer based on a single moderating sphere using monoenergetic neutron beams below 20 MeV. Facility: PIAF at PTB Braunschweig. Endorsed beamtime: 25 h. 2011-2013 Leader of the three-years project NESCOFI@BTF (CSN 5 - INFN) for the development of real-time instruments for the spectrometric monitoring of neutron-producing facilities. Funds received in 2011 from the INFN National Scientific Committee n. 5 (CSN 5) – Technological Research: 68.5 k€. 2010 EFNUDAT project - Integrated Infrastructure Initiative (FP6) of the European Commission. Coordinator of the following projects (PAC 5/7) performed at The Svedberg Lab, Uppsala: (1) Validating the response matrix of the INFN-LNF extended range Bonner Sphere spectrometers in quasi-monoenergetic high-energy neutron fields. (6-14 April) (2) Spectrometric characterization of the neutron beam produced in the ANITA facility (31 Aug. - 5 Sept.) March 2010 NPL, Teddington (UK). In the framework of the EURAMET project n. 1104: coordinator of the experimental campaign with Bonner Sphere Spectrometers for the determination of the low-energy component of the reference fields produced with Am-Be sources (1 Ci, 10 Ci, 15 Ci) Since 2010 Participation in the 3 years spanish project “Medida de las dosis neutronicas en pacientes sumetidos a radioterapia para la seleccion optima de la estrategia de tratamiento que permita la reduccion del riesgo radiologico de padecer segundo cancer” (measurement of the neutron doses to patient undergoing radiotherapy for the selection of treatment condition allowing reducing the risk of secondary cancer) submitted to the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN, Espana) by a consortium of Spanish Universities plus INFN-LNF . Role: coordinator of the Italian group. Development of an activation based miniaturized spectrometer for the determination of neutron spectra inside phantoms exposed to the radiotherapy treatment. Since 2009 Co-coordinator of the EURAMET project n. 1104 “Comparison of the neutron spectra of reference neutron sources for the improvement of the ISO 8529 Standard series”. Project leader of the associated ISO project for the revision of 8529-1 Standard on Neutron Reference fields. Nov. 2009 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, RAL - Didcot (UK). Characterization of the high-energy collimated neutron beams of the VESUVIO and ROTAX spallation beam lines with a new cylindrical spectrometer equipped with activation foils. Since 2009 Collaboration with the Universidad de Sonora (Hermosillo, Mexico) on the development of TL materials with improved LET discrimination capabilities. 5 July 2009 ENEA-Frascati. Measurement of the emission rate of FNG (Fast Neutron Generator), the 2.5 MeV (D-D) ENEA neutron source used for fusion-related experiments. Instrument used: Bonner Sphere spectrometer equipped with Dysprosium activation foils. March 2009 Collaboration INFN Frascati / PTB Braunschweig for the study of the scattered component of the reference neutron fields produced at PTB - simulations with MCNP and measurements with Bonner Sphere Spectrometer. Feb 2009 Joint project (MicroSi) INFN Frascati / Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) / Politecnico di Milano for the measurement of the secondary fields induced by protons and carbon ions (60 MeV/A) impinging on tissue equivalent phantoms. Performed at the CATANA beam-line of the INFN-Catania accelerator Laboratories. Instruments used: Bonner Sphere Spectrometers and silicon detectors. May 2008 Universidad Politecnica de Madrid UPM (Spain). Experimental campaign with Bonner Sphere Spectrometers (INFN-LNF, CIEMAT, UniversidadAutonoma de Barcelona UAB) for the characterization of the UPM neutron irradiation facility. May 2008 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, RAL - Didcot (UK). Characterization of the high-energy neutron field from the VESUVIO beam line with Bonner Sphere spectrometer equipped with activation foils. March 2008 INFN-LNF, Frascati. Experimental campaign with the Bonner Sphere spectrometers of INFN-LNF and Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) for determining the stray neutron field produced by the DAFNE e-/e+ collider. 2007 Collaboration between INFN-LNF and the hospital S.Camillo - Forlanini (Roma, Italy) for the determination of the neutron spectra produced by a 15 MV medical LINAC. Instrument used: Bonner Sphere spectrometer equipped with activation foils. Since 2007 Collaboration INFN-LNF / CIEMAT (Spain) in the field of the development of a TLD based single moderator neutron spectrometer. Project funded by the bilateral Italian-Spanish agreement INFN-MEC (Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia, Spain). Since 2007 Collaboration INFN-LNF / ENEA-Bologna in the fields of thermoluminescence, nuclear track detectors and radiation metrology. 2007 Participation to the INFN - CRIORAD project (study of the response of frozen cells to ionizing radiation). July 2006 EURADOS/CONRAD Experimental inter-comparison on neutron dosimetry and spectrometry around high energy particle accelerators at GSI – Darmstadt (Germany). Jan 2006 Program EURATOM Transnational Access to Large Infrastructures – NUDAME (Nuclear data measurements). Measurement campaign in the quasi mono-energetic neutron beams of the Van de Graaf accelerator – IRMM Join Research Center (Geel, Belgium). Measurement of the response function of neutron instruments for radiation protection. Experiment funded by EURATOM. Since 2006 Collaboration INFN-LNF / Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB, Spain) in the field of the development computational and experimental tools for neutron spectrometry in workplace. Project funded by the bilateral Italian-Spanish agreement INFN-MEC (Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia). 2005-2006 Collaboration INFN-LNF / hospital S. Maria della Scaletta (Ravenna, Italy) for the determination of the neutron spectra produced by the medical LINACs. Instrument used: Bonner Sphere spectrometer equipped with activation foils and TLD pairs. May 2005 Experimental inter-comparison (INFN-LNF, UAB and ENEA-Frascati) on neutron dosimetry and spectrometry at the 14.2 MeV and 2.5 MeV mono-energetic neutron beams produced at the ENEA Frascati Fast Neutron Generator March 2003 IRSN Cadarache (France). Experimental inter-comparison ENEA Bologna / IRSN (France) on neutron activation techniques based on the SIGMA thermal neutron reference facility. June 2002 CEA Valduc (France). Participation in the “International Intercomparison of Criticality Accident Dosimetry Systems” 2001 ENEA-Bologna. Participation in the 2001 Italian Intercomparison of Internal Dosimetry (Valdose 2001). Seminars and conferences 2015 • 12 October, Frascati (Rome). Participation to the workshop RAIN15 (Radiazione per l'Innovazione, 12-13 October 2015). Talk: "The ETHERNES neutron facility: innovative way to produce thermal fields". • 8 October, Roma 3 University (Rome). Invited Seminar "Neutron spectrum measurements at SVIRCO observatory using the CYlindrical SPectrometer CYSP". • 23-26 June. 4° Congreso Conjunto 20SEFM/15SEPR (sociededes espanolas de Fisica Medica y de Proteccion Radiologica), Valencia. Poster Contribution DMR-31: "Desarrollo de dos nuevos espectrometros de neutrones basados en multiples detectores activos". • 23 June. INFN Rome (Italy). INFN-E: Final proposal “INNOREMC. Development of an Helium-3-free rem-counter as an operational radiation protection instrument for use in nuclear industry”. • 8-12 June. Dudva, Montenegro. Participation to the Third Conference on radiation and applications in various fields of research (RAD2015) with two oral presentations: - CYSP and SP^2: novel instruments for continuous spectrometric monitoring of neutron producing facilities - New devices to determine field and dosimetric quantities in radiotherapy. • 21 April. INFN-LNF (Frascati, Italy). PADME Kickoff meeting. Invited talk “DUMP experiment, the radiation environment”. • 17 April. ENEA Frascati (Italy). Invited Seminar “A new concept of thermal pile”. • 17 Feb. INFN-LNL (Italy). Participation to “Miniworkshop acceleratori” with poster “NESCOFI & NEURAPID projects: monitoring accelerator-based neutron sources with spectrometric devices operating from thermal to GeV” • 11 Feb. INFN-AC, Rome (Italy). Prject proposal audit “INNOREMC. Development of an Helium-3-free rem-counter as 6 an operational radiation protection instrument for use in nuclear industry”. 2014 • 4 Dec. INFN-LNF (Frascati, Italy).NEURAPID 2014 Year-End meeting. Organization and general chairman. • 8 July. INFN-LNF (Frascati, Italy).NEURAPID 2014 Mid-year and International Review Panel meetings. Organization and general chairman. • 14-15 April, INFN-LNL (Legnaro, Italy). Workshop on accelerator based neutron production ABNP2014. Talk “Neutron spectrometry from thermal to GeV with single moderator instruments”. • 26 Feb. INFN-LNF (Frascati, Italy).NESCOFI@BTF closure & NEURAPID start up meetings. Organization and general chairman. 2013 • 2-3 Dec. ENEA Frascati (Italy). Workshop HeRe in Italy. Invited Talk “Developing new instruments for real-time neutron spectrometry from thermal to GeV”. • 18-21 June, Caceres, Spain. 3 congreso conjunto SEFM 19 - SEPR 14. Invited talk “Nuevos instrumentos para espectrometría neutrónica en tiempo real” and poster “Use of a newly developed thermal neutron detector for inphantom measurements in a medical linac” • 10-11 June. INFN-LNF (Frascati, Italy). IRIDE workshop. Invited seminar Neutron spectrometry from eV to GeV at neutron beam-lines: the NESCOFI@BTF project • 3-7 June. 12th Neutron and Ion Dosimetry Symposium (Aix en Provence, France) with six communications (three oral). • 12 April, Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy). Participation to Mid-year 2013 NESCOFI@BTF meeting. • 4-8 Feb. Universitat Politecnica di Catalunya, Barcellona (Spain). Participation in the 2013 EURADOS annual meeting, AM2013. • 29 Jan. INFN-LNF (Frascati, Italy). NESCOFI@BTF 2013 Launch meeting. Organization and general chairman. 2012 • 16 May. INFN-LNF (Frascati, Italy).NESCOFI@BTF 2012 Mid-Year Meeting & International Review Panel Meeting. Organization and general chairman. 2011 • 16 Nov. NESCOFI@BTF 2011 End-of-Year Meeting. Organization and general chairman. • 4-9 September, Puebla (MX). 25th International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids. Session chairman “Neutron Dosimetry and Instrumentation” and two invited talks. • 19 July. Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, UAB (Spain). Invited Seminar “Desarrollo de un instrumento para la monitorizacion espectrometrica en tiempo real de haces neutronicos: el proyecto NESCOFI@BTF” • 11 July. NESCOFI@BTF 2011 Mid-Year Meeting. Organization and general chairman. • 5 May. CIEMAT, Madrid. Invited seminar “Current challenges in neutron measurements in complex fields: the laser based FLAME facility and the NESCOFI (NEutron Spectrometry in COmplex FIelds) project”. • 7-11 February, Prague. Participation in EURADOS annual meeting AM2011. 2010 • 3 Dec. NESCOFI@BTF 2011 Preliminary Meeting. Organization and general chairman. • 4-8 Oct., Hermosillo, Mexico. I International Conference on new trends in luminescence and phosphor materials. Plenary Lecture: “Use of Thermoluminescence detectors in the measurement of neutron radiation fields”. • 1-2 July CEA Saclay, Paris. Meeting of EURADOS Working Group WG6 – Computational dosimetry. • 25 May. CIEMAT, Madrid. Invited seminar “Dosimetría de neutrones con láminas de activación”. • 27 April. PTB Braunschweig (Germany). Invited seminar “Use of activation foils as passive detectors for Bonner Sphere Spectrometers” • 1-5 February, Rome. Participation in the 2010 EURADOS annual meeting. Invited talk “Neutron spectrometry for area monitoring”. 2009 • 28-30 Oct. Frascati, Italy. Organization of the XXXIV Congresso Nazionale di Radioprotezione • 11-16 Oct. Cape Town. 11th Neutron and Ion Dosimetry Symposium (NEUDOS -11). One oral contribution “Design and experimental validation of a Bonner Sphere Spectrometer based on Dysprosium activation foils” and four posters. • 28 sept-2 Oct. Hermosillo, Mexico. XI International Symposium on Solid State Dosimetry. Invited talk “Use of activation foil based Bonner Sphere Spetrometers for neutron dosimetry in accelerators” • 27 May. PTB Braunschweig (Germany). 5th Scientific Cooperation Annual Meeting on National Metrology Institutions. Invited talk: “Motivation for an EURAMET project on the revision of the data on reference neutron sources (ISO 8529- 1)”. • 7 May. CIEMAT, Madrid. Invited seminar “Espectrometría de neutrones mediante esferas de Bonner: aplicaciones en protección radiological”. • 6 May. Universidad Politecnica de Madrid. Seminar “Characterization of the neutron irradiation facility of UPM Madrid using the INFN-LNF Bonner Sphere System”. • March. PTB Braunschweig (Germany). Seminar: “On the use of shadow cones with Bonner Sphere Spectrometers - PTB - INFN cooperation Preliminary results report” • January. PTB Braunschweig (Germany). EURADOS 2009 Annual Meeting. 7 2008 • 3-4 December. Workshop of the Italian nerwork MARS (Metodi Numerici per Applicazioni in Radioprotezione e Sanità). Invited talk “Sviluppo di un codice di unfolding dedicato alla spettrometria neutronica in radioprotezione operativa“ and other contribution in collaboration “Design of a single sphere multidetector neutron spectrometer with nearly isotropic response for environmental and working place monitoring” • 1-5 September, Bologna, Italy. 24th International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids (24 ICNTS). Oral contribution “Design and test of an albedo personal neutron dosemeter based on PADC detectors” • 15-20 June, Orlando, FL (USA). Meeting of ISO/TC85 Nuclear energy / SC2 Radiation Protection. • 13-18 April, Pine Mountain, Georgia (USA). 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding and 15th Topical meeting of the Radiation Protection & Shielding division of ANS (ICRS 11 / RPSD 2008). One contribution “Measurements of neutron spectrum in the high-energy DAFNE accelerator complex with an extended range Bonner sphere spectrometer” • 21-25 January, IRSN Paris (France). EURADOS 2008 Annual Meeting. 2007 • 17 November, Kolkata, India. 17th NSRP (National Symposium on Radiation Physics). Invited conference:“Application of a new unfolding code to workplace neutron monitoring”. • 8-10 October, Bologna, Italy. Workshop “Uncertainty assessment in computational dosimetry”. Invited talk “Neutron spectrometry for radiation protection: the Bonner Spheres Spectrometer” and other contribution in collaboration “P2 problem summary: Bonner Sphere Spectrometer” • 11 September, Lido di Camaiore (Italy). Workshop “Attuazione della direttiva europea 2003/122/Euratom sul controllo delle sorgenti radioattive sigillate ad alta attività e delle sorgenti orfane” organized by the National Professional Association of Italian Qualified Experts in Radiological Protection (ANPEQ). • 24 September, Puebla, Mexico. X CIDES / ISSSD 2007 (X National Symposium and XX National Congress on Solid State Dosimetry). Invited talk (“Neutron dosimetry at a high-energy electron-positron collider”). • 8-13 July, Delft (NL). 15th International Conference on Solid State Dosimetry. 4 contributions: 1) “Determination of workplace neutron spectra at a high energy hadron accelerator using active and passive Bonner sphere spectrometers”; 2) “Determination of neutron spectra around a 18 MV medical LINAC with a passive Bonner spere spectrometer based on gold foils and TLD pairs” 3) “Determination and validation of a response matrix for a passive Bonner Sphere Spectrometer based on gold foils” 4) “Dosimetric performance of the new four elements PADC neutron dosemeter of the INFN-LNF” • 22-25 January, CIEMAT - Madrid (Spain). AM2007: Annual meeting of EURADOS (European Radiation Dosimetry Group). 2006 • 28 September, IPEN (Istituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear), Lima (Perù). Invited lessons (in spanish): 1) “El experto calificado en proteccion radiologica”. 2) “Dosimetria neutronica en acceleradores de electrones”. • 11-15 September, Beijing (China), 23th ICNTS (International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids). Two papers presented, one oral talk: 1) “The new PADC based fast neutron dosimetry system of the INFN-LNF”; 2) “Monitoring the ambient neutron radiation around a high energy electron/positron collider using PADC dosemeters” • 18-23 June, Ottawa (Canada). ISO/TC 85 Nuclear Energy 15th plenary and associate meetings. • 12-16 June, Uppsala (Sweden). NEUDOS10 (10th Symposium on Neutron Dosimetry). Two contributions 1) “Performance of the UAB and the INFN-LNF Bonner sphere spectrometers in quasi mono-energetic neutron fields” 2) “Neutron spectrometry around a high-energy electron-positron collider using a multi-sphere system with passive detectors” 2005 • 23-29 October, Puerto Rico. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium & Medical Imaging Conference. Two papers presented, one oral talk: 1) “Determination of the Response to Photons and Thermal Neutrons of New LiF Based TL Materials for Radiation Protection Purposes” 2) “Characterisation of new LiF based TL materials for use in neutron spectrometry with Bonner Spheres” • 17-19 October, INFN-LNF (Frascati, Roma). Organization of the 2005 meeting of the ISO TC85/SC2/WG2 (Reference Radiation fields). • 15-17 September, Catania (Italy). National Congress of the Italian Radiation Protection Association (AIRP). One oral talk “Tecniche per la spettrometria neutronica attorno ad acceleratori medicali” • 23 June. CESNEF Milano (Italy). Workshop on the quality in the measurements for radiation protection. • 12 June, ISS (Superior Institute of Health) Roma, Italy. Workshop on the evaluation of the exposure due to the naturally occurring radioactive materials NORM. • 22 April, ENEA Frascati (Italy). Workshop on “ambiente, territorio e popolazione. Le nuove emergenze radiologiche”. • 15 April, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, UAB (Spain). Seminars (in spanish): 1) “Problemas de radioproteccion relacionados a los campos fotonico y neutronico en aceleradores de electrons de alta energia” 2) “Caracterizacion experimental de un campo de referencia de neutrones termicos”. 8 2004 • 19 October, ISS (Superior Institute of Health) Roma, Italy. Workshop “Uranio impoverito: stato delle conoscenze e prospettive di ricerca”. • 23-24 September, Bologna, Italy. XV Congress of the National Professional Association of Italian Qualified Experts in Radiological Protection (ANPEQ). • 16-18 September, Verona, Italy. National Congress of the Italian Radiation Protection Association (AIRP). One contribution (“Analisi critica della grandezza operazionale Hp(3) mediante l’impiego di metodiche Monte Carlo”). • 30-31 August, PTB – Braunschweig (Germany). Participation to the meeting of the ISO TC85/SC2/WG2 (Reference Radiation fields) • 9-14 May, Madeira Island (Portugal). Tenth International Conference on Radiation Shielding and Radiation Protection & Shielding Topical (ICRS 10 / RPS 2004). One oral talk “Development of automatic systems for the ionising radiation metrology at the ENEA-IRP secondary standard laboratory” • 4 May, ENEA Casaccia, Roma (Italy). Annual meeting of the representing members of the Italian Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratories (SIT). • 3-4 April, IPEN (Istituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear), Lima (Perù). Invited conferences (in spanish): “Actividades de Investigacion y servicios del Instituto de Radioproteccion de ENEA”. “Dosimetria y metrologia de neutrones. Metodologias y perspectivas”. • 29 March – 2 April, Buenos Aires (Argentina). ISO TC85 Nuclear Energy 14th plenary and associated meetings. 2003 • 28 Sept – 3 October, Delft (NL). 9th Neutron Dosimetry Symposium. Two contributions, one oral 1) “Developing a thermal neutron irradiation system for the calibration of personal dosemeters in terms of Hp(10)” 2) “The ENEA criticality accident dosimetry system: a contribution to the 2002 international intercomparison at the Silene reactor” • 14-16 July, Bologna (Italy). Participation to the workshop “Intercomparison on the usage of computational codes in radiation dosimetry” organized by the QUADOS EC concerted action. • 13 March, IPEN (Istituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear), Lima (Perù). Invited conference (in spanish): “Formacion profesional en proteccion radiologica y en fisica medica en Europa ” 2002 • 4-5 November, ISS (Superior Institute of Health) Roma, Italy. “International Workshop Health and Biological Effects of Low Dose Ionizing Radiation”. • 21-25 October, New Delhi, India. 21th ICNTS (International Conference on nuclear Tracks in Solids). Oral talk “Development of a reader for the routine analysis of CR-39 fast neutron dosemeters: improvement of the dosimetric performance using automatic vision and motion tools” • 17-18 October, NIST - Gaithersburg, MD (USA). Participation to the ISO TC85/SC2/WG2 (Reference Radiation fields) • 15-21 September, ENEA Casaccia, Roma (Italy). Seventh World Conference on Neutron Radiography. One contribution “Neutron and photon experimental characterisation for an improved neutron radiography facility at ENEA Casaccia TRIGA reactor – preliminary results” • 18 July, INFN-LNF (Frascati, Roma). Invited seminar: ”Development of an automated reader for the analysis of nuclear track detectors: an application to the neutron dosimetry field”. • 9-21 June 2002, CEA Valduc (France). International Intercomparison of Criticality Accident Dosimetry Systems. Seminar “The criticality dosimetry system in use at ENEA-Italy”. • 28 November, ISS (Superior Institute of Health) Roma, Italy. Workshop on nuclear track detectors. Seminar ”Imaging techiques for the routine analysis of the nuclear track detectors”. 2001 • 11 November, INP - Institute of Nuclear Physics, Krakow (Poland). Invited seminar “Research, development and routine activities in external dosimetry at the ENEA Institute for Radiation Protection”. • 26-28 September, La Maddalena (Italy). National Congress of the Italian Radiation Protection Association (AIRP). Two contributions 1) “Il dosimetro per neutroni veloci dell’ENEA: miglioramento della prestazione dosimetrica mediante tecniche di Imaging digitale” 2) “Caratterizzazione degli impianti di irraggiamento di ENEA-IRP per la dosimetria neutronica” • 9-13 July, Athens (Grece). 13th Solid State Dosimetry Conference. Oral talk “A personal neutron monitoring system based on CR-39 recoil proton track detectors: assessment of Hp(10) using image process algorithms” • 28 February, Bologna, Italy. Workshop “Personal dosimetry in terms of Hp(d)”. Invited Talk “Dosimetria personale per fotoni e beta in termini di Hp(d): i dosimetri del servizio dosimetrico dell’IRP dell’ENEA” 2000 • 20-22 September, Ancona (Italy). XXXI National Congress of the Italian Radiation Protection Association (AIRP). One contributions “Dosimetria personale per fotoni e beta in termini di Hp(d): i dosimetri del servizio dosimetrico dell’IRP dell’ENEA” • 18 July, CESNEF Milano (Italy). Workshop “Giornata di studio per i servizi di dosimetria”. • 4-6 September, Helsinki (Finland). European Workshop on Individual Monitoring of external radiation. One contribution “ENEA personal dosemeters for assessing Hp(10) and Hp(0.07)” • 4-6 June, Pisa (Italy). International Workshop on Neutron field spectrometry in Science, Technology and Radiation 9 protection (NEUSPEC). One contribution “Field parameters and dosimetric characteristics of a fast neutron calibration facility: experimental and Monte Carlo evaluations”