Angela Di Fulvio

For more information

• Website of the Nuclear Measurements and Neutron Metrology Laboratory

Education

• Ph.D. Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Safety, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 2008 - 2011
• M.Sc. Bioengineering, Electronics and Information curriculum, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 2005 – 2007
• B.Sc. Bioengineering, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 2002 – 2005

Academic Positions

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven (CT), US, 2012 - 2014
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Consortium for Verification Technology, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MI), US, 2014 - 2016
• Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (MI), US, 2016 – 2018

Documents

• Curriculum Vitae

Major Consulting Activities

• Manager of information systems for the organization of training events and webmaster, Italian Radiation Protection Association (IRPA affiliated); 2008 - 2015

Professional Registrations

• Italian Engineer Professionals Register (26/S Class), 2008 - present

Research Interests

• Neutron detection, spectroscopy, dosimetry, and imaging.
• Detection systems and unmixing and unfolding algorithms for homeland security, safeguards, and nonproliferation.
• Radiation protection of the patient in radiation therapy.

Selected Articles in Journals

• Fang, M., Altmann, Y., Della Latta, D., Salvatori, M., Di Fulvio, A., Quantitative imaging and automated fuel pin identification for passive gamma emission tomography, Nature Scientific Reports, in press
• Rebei, N., Fang, M., Di Fulvio, A. Quantitative and three-dimensional assessment of holdup material (2020) Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 984, art. no. 164630.
• Altmann, Y., Di Fulvio, A., Paff, M., Clarke, S.D., Davies, M., McLaughlin, S., Hero, A. and Pozzi, S. Sparse spectral unmixing for gamma source identification at radiation portal monitors using expectation-propagation (2020). Nature Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 6811
• H. Zhu, Y. Altmann, A. Di Fulvio, S. McLaughlin, S. Pozzi and A. Hero, "A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to Neutron Spectrum Unfolding with Organic Scintillators," in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 66 , 10 , Oct. 2019
• M. Fang, N. Bartholomew, and A. Di Fulvio, Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy using fast scintillators and digital electronics, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 943, 2019
• Paff, M., Di Fulvio, A., Altmann, Y., Clarke, S. D., Hero, A., & Pozzi, S. A. Identification of mixed sources with an organic scintillator-based radiation portal monitor (2019). Journal of Nuclear Material Management, 46(4).
• Becchetti, F., Torres-Isea, R. O., Di Fulvio, A., Pozzi, S. A., Nattress, J., Jovanovic, I., M. Febbraro, Zaitseva, N., L. Carman. Deuterated stilbene (stilbene-d12): an improved detector for fast neutrons. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, in press.
• d'Errico, F. & Di Fulvio, A. (2018). Advanced readout methods for superheated emulsion detectors. Review of Scientific Instruments, 89(5),053304.
• Di Fulvio, A., Shin, T., Basley, A., Swenson, C., Sosa, C., Clarke, S., Chichester, D. Pozzi, S. (2018). Fast-neutron Multiplicity Counter for Active Measurements of Uranium Oxide Certified Material. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, in press.
• Fu, C., Di Fulvio, A., Clarke, S., Wentzloff, D. D., Pozzi, S. A., & Kim, H. S. (2018). Artificial Neural Network Algorithms for Pulse Shape Discrimination and Recovery of Piled-up Pulses in Organic Scintillators. Annals of Nuclear Energy, in press.
• Beyer, K. A., Di Fulvio, A., Stolarczyk, L., Parol, W., Mojzeszek, N., Kopec, R., Clarke, S. D., Pozzi, S. A. (2017). Organic scintillator for real-time neutron dosimetry. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 1-5.
• Di Fulvio, A., Becchetti, F., Raymond, R., Torres-Isea, R., Clarke, S., & Pozzi, S. (2017). Characterization of Deuterated-Xylene Scintillator as a Neutron Spectrometer. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 64(7).
• Di Fulvio, A., Shin, T., Jordan, T., Sosa, C., Ruch, M., Clarke, S., Chichester, D., Pozzi, S. (2017). Passive assay of plutonium metal plates using a fast-neutron multiplicity counter. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 855.
• Di Fulvio, A., Huang, J., Staib, L., & d'Errico, F. (2015). LET dependence of bubble evaporation pulses in superheated emulsion detectors. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 784.
• Di Fulvio, A., Shin, T., Hamel, M., & Pozzi, S. (2015). Digital pulse processing for NaI(Tl) detectors. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 806.
• Di Fulvio, A., Domingo, C., De San Pedro, M., D’Agostino, E., Caresana, M., Tana, L., & D’Errico, F. (2013). Superheated emulsions and track etch detectors for photoneutron measurements. Radiation Measurements, 57.
• Di Fulvio, A., Tana, L., Caresana, M., D’Agostino, E., De San Pedro, M., Domingo, C., & D’Errico, F. (2013). Clinical simulations of prostate radiotherapy using BOMAB-like phantoms: Results for neutrons. Radiation Measurements, 57.
• d''Errico, F. & Di Fulvio, A. (2011). Superheated emulsions for the detection of special nuclear material. Radiation Measurements, 46(12).
• d'Errico, F., Di Fulvio, A., Maryanski, M., Selici, S., & Torrigiani, M. (2008). Optical readout of superheated emulsions. Radiation Measurements, 43(2-6).

Professional Societies

• European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS), WG9 Radiation Protection Dosimetry in Medicine; full member, 2012 - present
• IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society; member, 2012 - present
• Institute of Nuclear Materials Management; member, 2015 - present

Courses Taught

• NPRE 451 - NPRE Laboratory
• NPRE 498 - Nucl Safeguards & Nonprolif
• NPRE 595 - Student Research Seminar
• NPRE 598 - Nucl Safeguards & Nonprolif