Dr Helen Boston B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer Physics
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- Work email H.C.Boston@liverpool.ac.uk
- Personal WebsiteNuclear Physics Group
Research
Research Interest 1
Instrumentation design and implementation including detector characterisation. I employ these instruments to improve the understanding of the underlying nuclear structure and also to improve imaging in terms of medical and security applications.
Research Group Membership
Research Grants
Nuclear Physics Consolidated Grant
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
October 2017 - March 2022
A three-dimensional integrated gamma-ray and vision system
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
July 2016 - January 2020
Imaging of prompt gamma emissions during proton cancer therapy for geometric and dosimetric verification
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
September 2015 - August 2017
Quantitative SPECT for dosimetry of 131I molecular radiotherapy
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
July 2015 - June 2017
Imaging and Detection of Radioactive Material - Portable Gamma Ray Imaging Spectrometer (PGRIS)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
August 2013 - July 2015
Improvement of the sensitivity of germanium detectors for radioactive waste assay
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
October 2012 - December 2013
In vivo imaging technologies to assess the efficacy and safety of RMTs
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (MRC)
October 2013 - March 2015
Nuclear structure and astrophysics using (d,p) with Na isotopes using the TIGRESS and SHARC arrays at TRIUMF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
June 2010 - September 2010
Lifetimes of the TSD candidate bands in 157,158Er at ultra high spin
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
January 2009 - February 2009
KEL09/10 - A gamma camera imaging system for radioactive materials
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL (EPSRC)
April 2010 - June 2011
Nuclear Physics Consolidated Grant
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
August 2014 - December 2018
Nuclear Physics Rolling Grants 2013 (equipment bid)
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
January 2014 - March 2014
Consolidated nuclear physics grant 2011
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
August 2011 - July 2015
Nuclear Structure and Astrophysics Using (d,p) with n-rich Na Isotopes using the TIGRESS and SHARC arrays at TRIUMF
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
July 2009 - September 2009
PROSPECTUS
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
August 2009 - January 2012
Exploring the limits of nuclear existence for heavy proton-rich nuclei
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
December 2009 - May 2013
Improvement of the performance of germanium detectors using pulse shape analysis
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL (STFC)
May 2014 - August 2017