Education
Ph.D: Chinese Academy of Sciences China, 2006 (Condensed Matter Physics)
Bachelor: Harbin Normal University China, 2001 (Physics Education)
Medical Physics Residency – CAMPEP Accredited : Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School New Jercey, 2016
Research and Practice Interests
General Radiological Physics; Proton Therapy
Positions and Work Experience
2016 - Clinical Medical Physicist, Proton Therapy Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center,
2011 -2014 Staff Scientist, Radiation Oncology, Washington University in St. Louis, USA,
Publications
Published Abstracts
Y. B. Zhang, Z. Y. Xiao, E. Lee, R. Lepage, L. Dong, A. Mascia (2017) “Towards dosimetrically equivalent proton facilities: golden beam data for proton pencil beam scanning”. [Abstract]59 American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting,
Z. Y. Xiao, M. Reyhan , Q. Huang , M. Zhang , N. Yue , T. Chen, (2015) “Evaluation of Image Parameters Impact On the CT Calibration Curve for Proton Therapy”. [Abstract]57th American Association of Physicists in Medicine Annual Meeting,
Peer Reviewed Publications
Z. Y. Xiao, W. Zou, T. Chen, N. Yue, S. Jabbour, M. Zhang, (2017). “Can we use the same dose constrains learnt from photon world to plan proton for lung cancer?” . Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics
Z. Y. Xiao, Joseph P. Driewer, Lei Zhang, H. Harold Li, (2015). “The role of oxygen in the photostimulation luminescence process of KCl:Eu2+” . Radiation Measurement, 76, 23
Z. Y. Xiao, R. Hansel, H. Chen, D. Du, D. Yang, H. Li, (2014). “Temperature dependence of the photostimulated luminescence of KCl:Eu2+ storage phosphor dosimeters”. Nucl Instrum Methods Phys Res B. , 326, 182
Z. Y. Xiao, Rachael Hansel, Haijian Chen, Dongsu Du, Deshan Yang, H. Harold Li (2013). “Temporal signal stability of KCl:Eu2+ storage phosphor dosimeters”. Medical Physics , 40 (021721)
Contact Information
Proton Therapy Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
7777 Yankee Road, Liberty Township, OH 45044
Liberty Township
Ohio, 45044
Phone: 513-517-0379
Fax: 513-517-0418
xiaozn@ucmail.uc.edu