Invited Speakers

Luciano Pandola


Luciano Pandola is a Senior Researcher at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud. Member of the Geant4 since 2002, he has been involved in the development of low-energy physics models and of advanced examples.


Mario Carante

Mario Carante is a researcher in physics at the University of Pavia and he is a member of the Computational Radiobiology group. His work focuses on the modelization of the biophysical effect of ionizing radiations, with applications to particle therapy and space radiation protection.


Serena Fattori

Serena Fattori is a technologist at INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, specialising in Monte Carlo simulations with Geant4 and Geant4-DNA, applied to both fundamental and applied radiation studies. Her experience includes neutron background modelling for dark matter experiments, as well as advanced radiobiological and radiochemical modelling for particle therapy. She is a member of both the Geant4 and Geant4-DNA collaborations, actively contributing to the development of several official simulation examples. Her recent research focuses on water radiolysis, particularly in relation to the investigation of the FLASH radiotherapy mechanism.


Giovanni Santin

Giovanni Santin has been working for more than 20 years within the Space Environments and Effects team at ESA/ESTEC. His work is mainly focussed on space radiation environment instrumentation, radiation transport, modelling of radiation effects, and shielding countermeasures for future ESA missions.


Ian Postuma

Ian Postuma (INFN, Pavia) is a physicist specialized in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), radiation physics, and medical applications of particle accelerators. He is Principal Investigator of the ANTHEM and AMONG_US projects and has extensive experience in Monte Carlo simulations, radiobiology, and artificial intelligence in medicine.


Emanuele Scifoni

Emanuele Scifoni is Senior Researcher at INFN-TIFPA and Adjoint Professor at the University of Trento. His main expertise is on radiation biophysical modeling, radiation chemistry, Monte Carlo track structure  and biologically driven treatment planning with particle beams. Among  his major present interests there's the development of different multi-scale approaches for mechanistic investigations around the FLASH effect.


Anna Selva
 

Anna Selva is a researcher at the Legnaro National Laboratories of INFN. Her work is focused on radiation action at subcellular scales, using microdosimetric and nanodosimetric techniques, and its Monte Carlo modelling for applications in radiation therapy and radiation protection. She is Scientific Secretary of EURADOS Working Group 6, on computational dosimetry.


Carlo Mancini

Carlo Mancini-Terracciano is an Assistant Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Physics. His research focuses on applications of nuclear physics to medicine, including Monte Carlo modeling of nuclear interactions at low energy, radio-guided surgery, and medical applications of artificial intelligence. He is a member of the Geant4 collaboration.


Lorenzo Ursini

Lorenzo Arsini is a postdoctoral researcher at Sapienza University of Rome. His research focuses on the application of Deep Learning techniques in medical physics, with interests spanning radiation therapy, low-energy nuclear interaction models, and heteronuclear magnetic resonance imaging. He is a member of the Geant4 Collaboration.


Laura Antonia Cerbone

Laura Antonia Cerbone is a PhD candidate in Physics at the University of Naples Federico II and the Scuola Superiore Meridionale. She works on the development of X-ray imaging devices and on Monte Carlo simulations. Her research focuses on device optimization and radiation dose assessment, with applications in clinical diagnostics and astronaut bone health