Dr. Yujie Chi (Associate Professor)
Dr. Yujie Chi is an Associate Professor of Physics at UTA. She received her Ph.D. degree in theoretical physics from the theoretical physics institute of the Peking University, China (2014). She conducted her postdoctoral research in medical physics at the radiation oncology department of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) between 2014 – 2017. During her postdoctoral training, she also completed core course studies of the CAMPEP-accredited medical physics program in both UTSW and the University of Florida. At UTA, Dr. Chi’s group focuses on the physics research and techniques in radiation medicine, including fundamental radiobiological study, clinic-oriented radiotherapy problems and ion irradiation instrument development. Techniques frequently used include macroscopic/microscopic Monte Carlo simulation, Graphical Processing Unit (GPU) parallel computing, human intelligence, and hardware design and manufacturing.
Graduate Students
Satzhan Sitmukhambetov PhD candidate, Physics, UTA Focus: GPU-based Monte Carlo simulation, quantum computing |
Harsh Arya PhD candidate, Physics, UTA B.S., Physics, UTA Focus: MeV-ion irradiation instrument |
Awat Lotfihagh PhD candidate, Physics, UTA Focus: Molecular Dynamics simulation, cellular irradiation experiment |
Miguel Molina Hernandez (co-supervise) PhD. candidate, Germany Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Focus: FLASH and mini-beam radiotherapy |
Mainul Md Abrar PhD candidate, Physics, UTA Focus: first-principles simulation, water radiolysis |
Research Assistant
Parvat Sapkota B.S. Focus: Deep learning based treatment planning |
High School Intern
| Emily Liang Carrol Senior High Focus: DNA modeling in gMicroMC |
Kevin Xiang Frisco Senior High Focus: DNA modeling in gMicroMC |
Alumni
Postdoctoral Research
2018-2019, Chirayath, Varghese Anto
PhD
2017-2022, Damon Sprouts, Ph.D., last known as medical physics resident of University of Virginia Medical Center
2018-2021, Youfang Lai, Ph.D., last known as working in hadron-therapy industry
2020-2020, Eric Amador (co-supervise)
2017-2020, Ananta Chalise, Ph.D. (co-supervise), last known as medical physics resident of Cleveland Clinic
M.S.
2020, Marcos Guillen, M.S.
Undergraduate
2023, Kacy Colstock-Millume, B.S., last know as preparing for graduate program admission
2022, Parvat Sapkota, B.S., currently a research assistant in our lab
2022, Megha Bista
2022, Bryan Dinh, last known as graduate student of biophysics program at UT Austin
2020, Kristen Duke, B.S.
2019, Ojo Ayobami, undergraduate research
2018-2019, Eriberto Estrada, undergraduate research
2018, Samuel John Selvarathinam, undergraduate research
2018, Harsh Arya, B.S., currently a graduate student in our lab
High School Summer Intern
2021, Tony Wang
2019, Meghana Lammata