Islam El Gamal

Education

• BSc in Physics (American University in Cairo)
• MSc in Medical Physics (Carleton University)
• PhD in Medical Physics (Carleton University)

Research Interests

• Experimental dosimetry and novel radiation detectors
• Microbeam radiotherapy
• Chemical Dosimetry

Awards and Honours

• The Jaspir Singh Sidhu Memorial Book Fund, Carleton University, 2023
• Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists, COMP, Annual poster competition 2nd place, 2022
• Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards, Junior Investigator award, 2022
• Peer Award, Measurement Science and Standards, National Research Council Canada, 2018
• Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists, COMP, Annual poster competition 2nd place, 2017

Recent publications

• El Gamal I, Dessureault J, McEwen MR. A novel calorimeter for synchrotron produced monochromatic x-ray beams. Med Phys. 2023. doi:10.1002/MP.16526
• Michotte C, Nonis M, Galea R, Moore K, El Gamal I, Silva I Da. Activity measurements of the radionuclides 18F, 64Cu, 99mTc and 11C for the NRC, Canada, in the ongoing comparisons BIPM.RI(II)-K4 series and KCRV update in the corresponding BIPM.RI(II)-K1 comparison. Metrologia. 2023;60(1A):6006. doi:10.1088/0026-1394/60/1A/06006
• Galea R, Michotte C, Nonis M, Moore K, El Gamal I, Keightley J, Fenwick A. The first official measurement of 11C in the SIRTI. Appl Radiat Isot. 2019;154:108834. doi:10.1016/J.APRADISO.2019.108834
• Salata C, David MG, De Almeida CE, El Gamal I, Cojocaru C, Mainegra-Hingh E, McEwen M. Validating Fricke dosimetry for the measurement of absorbed dose to water for HDR 192Ir brachytherapy: a comparison between primary standards of the LCR, Brazil, and the NRC, Canada. Phys Med Biol. 2018;63(8). doi:10.1088/1361-6560/AAB2B8

Other interests and Achievements

• Medical Physics Outreach