ORCID page IHMRI affiliation
Theme:Diagnostics and therapeutics
Role:Affiliated Stakeholder Advisory Panel (ASAP)
Level:IHMRI Senior Fellow
Head of School
School of Physics
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences
Building 4 Room G62
University of Wollongong
+61 2 4221 4954
Research focus
Professor Michael Lerch’s research focuses on Electronic properties of semiconductors for the design and development of novel, solid state based radiation detectors. Real-time devices/instrumentation designed to operate in vivo for targeted diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy. Optimising radiation medicine through the physical and semiconducting properties of engineered nano-ceramics in different radiation field environments (e.g. photons/charged particles).
Research projects
- New generation sunscreens optimised for Australian extreme exposure
- 3D-BrachyView: a 3D real-time virtual reality intra-operative Quality Assurance system for brachytherapy
- Fast and efficient assessment of dose in small targets in radiotherapy: Effect of motion in clinical research and implementation of dynamic therapy
- Development of radiation detectors to better understand ion interactions
Publications and funding
IHMRI research team
PhD candidates
Andrew Dipuglia
Development of a siliconon- diamond dosimeter for Microbeam Radiation Therapy
Elette Engels
Lanthanide nanoparticles for image guided multimodal therapies
Jason Paino
Development and Validation of a Monte Carlo Based Treatment Planning System for Microbeam Radiation Therapy
Carolyn Hollis
Multimodal Therapy: A Combination of Oncothermia, Microbeam Radiation Therapy and Nano Therapy
Masters students
Lawson Moore