The Radiation Dosimetry Group’s work at IFUSP receives awards at the country’s largest Materials Science conference XX B-MRS Meeting.

In this edition, two projects developed within the Radiation Dosimetry and Medical Physics Group at IFUSP, supervised by Prof. Neilo Trindade, received awards during the conference.

Alexia Oliveira Silva, a Physics undergraduate student at the Federal Institute of São Paulo, received the Bernhard Gross award for the best oral presentation within the Radiation Detectors symposium. The award, named after Brazilian materials research pioneer Bernhard Gross, recognizes the best oral and poster contributions presented by students in each symposium and is granted by SBPMAT. Alexia presented the work titled “Thermoluminescence properties of alexandrite under beta, ultraviolet, and X-ray irradiation,” funded by FAPESP. The research is supervised by Prof. Neilo Trindade (IFUSP) and co-authored by professors Elisabeth Yoshimura (IFUSP), Carina Ulsen (EPUSP), and Melina Souza (IFSULDEMINAS), with collaboration from Master’s student Matheus Cavalcanti dos Santos Nunes (UNESP).

Matheus Cavalcanti dos Santos Nunes, a Master’s student in Materials Science and Technology (POSMAT) at UNESP, also received the Bernhard Gross award for the best poster presentation within the Radiation Detectors symposium. Matheus presented the work titled “Thermoluminescence properties of Al2O3:C laser-sintered ceramic under X-rays and beta irradiation,” also funded by FAPESP. This work also received the Royal Society of Chemistry award for the best poster, sponsored by Royal Society of Chemistry journals, acknowledging the best student contributions throughout the event. The research is supervised by Prof. Neilo Trindade (IFUSP) and co-authored by professors Elisabeth Yoshimura (IFUSP) and Ronaldo Santos da Silva (UFS).

Photos of the awardees, Alexia Oliveira Silva and Matheus Cavalcanti dos Santos Nunes, at the event are available.

*With advisor Neilo Trindade