Diana Adlienė

EDITORIAL BOARD

Postal Code:  Kaunas University of Technology, Physics Department, Studentu St. 50, LT-51368 Kaunas, Lithuania
Office: +370-61208716
Email: diana.adiene@ktu.lt

Academic Qualifications:
Institution Date from –Date to Degree obtained
Kaunas University of Technology 2008 Habilitation procedure (Physics)
Kaunas University of Technology 1981-1985 PhD (Physics)
Technische Universitaet Dresden 1974-1977 Diplom Ingenieur (Physiker)

Professional experience:
Track record:
Scientific Associate, Kaunas Polytechnical Institute, Lithuania (1977-1983)
Assist. Prof. of Physics, Kaunas Polytechnical Institute, Lithuania (1983-1994)
Assoc. Prof. of Physics, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania (1994-2008)
Full Professor of Physic, Kaunas University of Technology,Lithuania (2008 – now)

Academic activities
Director of MSc study program Medical Physics at Kaunas University of Technology, Director of the IAEA Seminar&Workshop „Synergy of nuclear sciences and medical physics (2010) in the frame of IAEA regional project RER/0/028 Opponent and reviewer of PhD thesis in different countries Supervisor of PhD students
1. Modelling of low energy photons scattering in radiation dosimetry (Inga Cibulskaite, defended in 2010),
2. Modification of amorphous DLC coatings using high energy photons (Jurgita Laurikaitiene, defended in
2010),
3. Formation and modification of nanostructured composite materials using electron and photon beams (Rita Plaipaite-Nalivaiko, defended 2015),
4. Development of dose gels with enhanced sensitivity (Neringa Vaičiunaite, ongoing);
5. Development of plasmon based radiation detectors (Benas Gabrielis Urbonavicius, ongoing);
6. Development of free standing dose gels for radiotherapy (Evelina Jaselske, ongoing);
7. Development of nanostructured OSL dosemeters for radiation therapy (Simonas Bulota, ongoing).
8. Development of nanoparticle rich dose gels (Povilas Gabralevičius, ongoing)

Professional activities
President of International conference „Medical Physics in the Baltic States“,
Member of scientific committees in 5 regular international conferences

Research Interests:
Advanced materials for medical radiation protection detectors, DLC coatings, development of dosimetry methods for clinical applications, patient dosimetry

Competence
30 years’ experience in the field of fabrication and characterization of advanced materials, incl. DLC, gels, porous materials, development of medical radiation detectors and new dosimetry methods, development of the methods for the assessment of environmental contamination,
Experience in research and development projects,
Excellent project management, team leadership experience and experience in working in multinational projects,
Strong proven training skills, exercised in a large number of assignments, trainings delivered including those on radiation protection, medical physics, dose modelling at more than 10 International Workshops and Seminars (venues in 10 countries) with participants from ~ 25 countries and through a professor position at the University,
Specific experience in development of national legislation and technical regulations transposing EU regulatory into national,
Expert work in IAEA projects,
NATO expert: Division “Science for peace and security”,
COST expert,
ERA-NET expert,
TÜV expert (Germany)
National coordinator in project Multilingual Medical Physics dictionary and Medical Physics Encyclopedia.

Membership in professional bodies:
Member of European Society of Physics
Member of Lithuanian Society of Physicists
Member of Lithuanian Association of Medical Physicists and Engineers
Member of Lithuanian Radiation Protection Society
European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP)- member of Education and Training Committee
International Organisation of Medical Physicists (IOMP) - member of Education and training Committee,
International Union for Physical Engineering Sciences in Medicine (IUPESM)- member of Health Technology Task Group.

Scientific Journals. Editorial Board Member:
Chief editor of the ISI Proceedings book „Medical physics in the Baltic States“ (ISSN 1822-5721),
Editorial Board member of „Research Journal of Physics“ (ISSN 1819-3463)
Editorial Board member of „Research Journal of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology“ (ISSN 1996-5044)
Reviewer of Journals „Material Science and Engineering B“, Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes“, „Radiation Physics and Chemistry“, „Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A and B“, „Surface coatings and technology“, „Radiation Protection Dosimetry“.

International Projects:
SSI/SIUS (Sweden) projektas GE614A - Dnr 034/1921/03 “Development of radiation protection in medical radiology in the Baltic States” (2003-2005). Project leader,
IAEA regional project RER/8/014 Nanomaterials & Radiation: Synthesis, Characterization, Applications (2008-2011), National coordinator,
IAEA regional project RER/0/028 Improving Educational and Training Capabilities in Nuclear Science and Applications (2008-2011), National coordinator,
EU project EuropeAid/130052/D/SER/HR Health Protection in Relation to Medical Exposure – relaunch,(2012-2014), Key Expert.
EU Project Nr. 2014-1-PL01-KA203-003611(Erasmus programme, Key action - Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices, strategic partnerships for higher education) Joint innovative training and teaching/learning program in enhancing development and transfer knowledge of application of ionizing radiation in materials processing (doktorantūros studijų programa), 2014-2017, Lithuanian coordinator.
EU COST project CA15129 „Diagnosis, Monitoring and Prevention of Exposure-Related
Noncommunicable Diseases“ (2015-2018), national coordinator.

National projects:
Lithuanian research Council. Project No.T-100/05 „Dose modelling in radiology (2005), Project leader.
Lithuanian research Council. Project No.T-41/06 „Optimization of patient doses in mammography“ (2006), Project leader.
Lithuanian research Council. Project No.T-74/07 „Optimisation of treatment procedure of teletherapy unit using independent dose calculation algorithm“ (2007), Project leader,
Lithuanian research Council. Project No. T-52/08 „ Dose modelling in external radiotherapy“, (2008), Project leader.
Lithuanian research Council. Project No. MIP-082/11 „Head and neck cancer brachytherapy: clinical and physical aspects“ (2011-2012), Project leader.
Lithuanian research Council. Project No. MIP-091/2012 „Optically transparent polimeric nanocomposite shields for radiation protection“, (2012-2014), project leader,
National complex programme: project „Development of new semiconductor materials and nanostructures and their application in advanced technologies“ (Nr VPI-3.1-ŠMM-08-k-01-013) 2012-2015, principal investigator.
Lithuanian Research Council. Project No. S-MIP- 17-104 „Development of 3D phantom for individualized dosimetry in radiotherapy“, principal investigator.

Publications:
More than 200 publications in different journals, conference proceedings, reports, and invited book chapters (Number of ISI Web of Science publications within last 10 years-76).
5 Books for Teachers and Students in Dosimetry, Radiation protection and Detectors (in Lithuanian).