Javier Caravaca Rodriguez, PhD
Associate Researcher
Radiology
School of Medicine
With my background in nuclear and particle physics, and expertise in particle detectors, I develop cutting-edge radiation detectors to improve current diagnosis and therapy techniques for a number of diseases, including cancer. My main interests are exploring novel designs for SPECT and PET systems to improve their performance and expand their range of application to other pathologies.
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In particular, I develop new SPECT detectors for alpha and beta theranostics, explore new avenues of exploiting Cherenkov light in TOF-PET, and spearhead Monte Carlo techniques to improve dosimetry in preclinical radiation therapy.
Awards
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- Breakthrough Prize, 2016
Education & Training
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- Postdoctoral Neutrino Physics University of California, Berkeley 08/2020
- PhD Experimental Particle Physics University Autonomous of Barcelona 07/2014
- MSc Particle Physics and Cosmology University of Barcelona 06/2010
- B.S. Physics University of Granada 07/2009
Interests
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- PET
- SPECT
- Cancer imaging
- Compton imaging
- Theranostics
Websites
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- ResearchGate (researchgate.net)
- Physics Research Laboratory (radiology.ucsf.edu)
- COBRA (bayareacobra.org)
- GitHub (github.com)
- Personal site (javiercaravacaphd.com)
- taste of science East Bay [Outreach non-profit] (tasteofscience.org)
- LinkedIn (linkedin.com)
Grants and Projects
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- A high sensitivity gamma camera using a combination of Compton reconstruction and source proximity for in-vivo imaging of Ac-225, NIH, 2022-2026
- Leveraging ultra-fast Cherenkov emission in scintillator-based TOF-PET by exploiting photon wavelength sorting, NIH, 2022-2025
- First quantitative in vivo imaging of 225Ac with a collimatorless gamma camera, UCSF Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, 2021-2022