Rosana Martinez Turtos works in the field of ionizing particles and their interaction with new materials, with special focus on luminescence phenomena and energy transfer and storage mechanisms. This branch of physics is applied in the development of novel experimental techniques and ionizing radiation detectors used in the clinical setting for cancer imaging and treatment.
Her previous work, which she continues now as a principal investigator of a PhD project, investigates ultrafast photon emission mechanisms in two dimensional nanocrystals with the potential of enabling on-the-fly cancer imaging using time-of-flight positron emission tomography. After joining Aarhus University in 2019, where she is now a young Assistant professor, some of her research has been devoted to elucidating novel luminescence phenomena, this time related to electron-hole trapping mechanisms, underpinning the development of reusable 3D dosimetry. Such technique is highly relevant for the verification of plan treatments delivered using proton and photon beams and has been developed in collaboration with professors and PhD students at the Physics Department and Aarhus University Hospital.
Apart from research, Rosana’s time is spent on teaching experimental and theoretical physics in the courses Experimental Physics 3 and Particle penetration in matter. She is currently supervising two PhD students in the frame of two projects funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond. Along her career path, Rosana has prioritized family time and will soon go for her second maternity leave period by the end of this year.
The prize committee will select a winner who will be announced at an award ceremony at the DFS Annual Meeting on November 14th, 2023 taking place at Hotel Nyborg Strand, Østerøvej 2, 5800 Nyborg.
The winner will be notified in writing in advance and invited to give a talk following the ceremony.
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