RAD 2025

PLENARY LECTURES

Tibor Kovács (H-index: 30, citations: 3064; Scopus), "Using Po-210 as a natural tracer for the biomonitoring of norm contaminated sites”

Dr. Tibor Kovacs is currently a Head of Radiochemstry and Radioecology Department, at University of Pannonia, Veszprem, Hungary. He obtain his PhD in Semmelweis University in 2005 in basic medicine. He get a JSPS grant and he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Chiba, Japan in 2006-2007. In 2011 and 2016 he won the invitational JSPS Research Grant to the NIRS and to the Hirosaki University respectively. He has 20 years’ experience in teaching and research in both the University and Industrial environments in the field of environmental radioactivity and industrial applications of the ionising radiation. He has led many research projects in the area of radioecology such as radon measuremenst and developing a new models to assesments of migration of radionuclides in the atmosphere. He has authored/co- authored over 150 research articles in international peer reviewed journals. He is on the editorial board of three international journals and served as a reviewer to hundreds international journals. His research interests is still in the environmental radioacttivity and their health effect the newest project mainly focused at the in-vivo experiments. He is a member of a number of professional associations.

Marek Wiśniewski (H-index: 23, citations: 2624; Scopus), "How Surface Chemistry Affects Material Properties”

Dr. Marek Wiśniewski completed his PhD from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland and postdoctoral fellow from Claude Barnard University in Lyon, France. He is the member of Department of Materials Chemistry, Adsorption and Catalysis. He has published over 100 papers in reputed journals. He is interested in synthesis of novel nanostructures and studies of their unusual properties including catalysis. Research interests: open mind for interesting topics concerning investigations of surface chemistry, reaction mechanisms investigations under plasma- and catalytic enhancement plasma- environment, synthesis & physicochemical properties studies and applications of new nanostructural adsorbents and catalysts, spectroscopic investigations of surface chemistry changes during adsorption and catalysis using, among others, in-situ FTIR techniques.

Monia Vadrucci (H-index: 15, citations: 653; Scopus), "The Role of Radiation in Life Sciences Studies for Space Exploration"

Dr. Monia Vadrucci is an experimental researcher with a PhD in physics and a second level master's degree. She's specialized in the study and applications of nuclear physics and ionizing radiation. The different research fields range from the development of nuclear fusion energy, to particle accelerators for fundamental research, to space-related purposes in the field of human exploration and life sciences, up to materials science and technologies at the service of historical and cultural heritage, both for characterization and diagnostics and for care and conservation treatments.

Michael Titze (H-index: 10, citations: 385; Scopus), "Displacement Damage Physics in Gate-All-Around Nanosheet Field Effect Transistors"

Dr. Michael Titze is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff at the Sandia National Laboratories Ion Beam Laboratory. He received his PhD in Physics from Florida International University in 2019 and his BSc in Physics from the Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. He is responsible for the focused ion beam systems at the Ion Beam Lab, and develops in-situ techniques to study radiation-solid interactions. At Sandia he has managed $13M in funding as PI and Co-PI. His current research focus is on understanding radiation-effects in gate all around nanosheet field effect transistors. He is an affiliate scientist of the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies supporting approximately 20 users annually.