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Supervision

Research projects for which I have been involved in a supervisory or lead investigator role are listed below.

Research staff

  1. Jenna Luscombe, 2021. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Implementation of 3D-scanning and 3D-printed medical devices in radiotherapy.
  2. Susannah Cleland, 2020. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Implementation of 3D-scanning 3D-printed medical devices and quality assurance phantoms in radiotherapy.
  3. Tania Poroa, 2020. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Implementation of 3D-printed medical devices in radiotherapy.
  4. Paul Charles, 2019-2021. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Implementation of 3D-printed medical devices and quality assurance phantoms in radiotherapy.
  5. Elise Obereigner, 2019. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Implementation of 3D-printed medical devices in radiotherapy.
  6. Sarah Maxwell, 2018-2019. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Review of film dosimetry protocols and review of kilovoltage RBE-weighted dose calculations.
  7. Naasiha Cassim, 2018. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Analysis of ArcCheck QA data; review of HDR brachytherapy documentation and review of medical physics training programs. Supervised with Nancy Yu.
  8. Candice Milewski, 2017. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Effect of skin colour on optical surface monitoring of radiotherapy patients. Supervised with Tanya Kairn, Samuel Peet and Steven Sylvander.
  9. Somayeh Zolfaghari, 2017. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Commissioning a hobby cutting device for radiochromic film preparation. Supervised with Kirby Francis.
  10. Samuel Peet, 2016. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Craig Lancaster, Tanya Kairn, Jamie Trapp, Robyn Cheuk and Steven Sylvander. Estimating and minimising foetal dose from radiotherapy treatments delivered to pregnant cancer patients.

Doctoral students

  1. Emily Murphy, 2026-current (part-time). University of Queensland. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Tanya Kairn and Adam Hulme. A patient specific quality assurance archetype for modern radiotherapy: Understanding the landscape and challenges.
  2. Patrick O'Connor, 2021-current (part-time). University of Queensland. Supervised by Paul Charles, Scott Crowe and Viktor Veigh. Investigating improvement in quality of kV imaging for image-guided radiotherapy.
  3. Rachael Wilks, 2019-current (part-time). University of Queensland. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Tanya Kairn and Markus Barth. Improving brachytherapy treatments with 3D printing.
  4. Keya Amarsee, 2022-2026. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Marie-Luise Wille, Scott Crowe, Davide Fontanarosa, Samuel Peet and Dietmar Hutmacher. Improving accuracy in the use of radiotherapy in superficial disease.
  5. James Rijken, 2017-2020 (part-time). Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Jamie Trapp, Tanya Kairn, Scott Crowe and Konstantin Momot. Improvements to the delivery and treatment planning of stereotactic body radiotherapy. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/198042/.
  6. Liting (Nancy) Yu, 2017-2025 (part-time). Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Jamie Trapp, Scott Crowe and Tanya Kairn. Developing new methods of dose evaluation for VMAT patient specific plans. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/255823/.
  7. Samuel Peet, 2016-2022 (part-time). Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Jamie Trapp and Tanya Kairn. Out-of-field dose in contemporary radiation therapy. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/234916/.
  8. Diana Binny, 2015-2019 (part-time). Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Jamie Trapp, Scott Crowe, Tanya Kairn and Konstantin Momot. Radiotherapy quality assurance using statistical process control. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/130738/.
  9. Shaun Smith, 2013-2017. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Jamie Trapp, Scott Crowe and Kye-Simeon Masters. Development of three-dimensional dosimetry for radiotherapy. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/102759/.
  10. Andre Asena, 2013-2017. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Jamie Trapp, Scott Crowe and Tanya Kairn. Dose distributions in the vicinity of high-density materials in radiotherapy. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103983/.
  11. Johnny Morales, 2011-2019. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Jamie Trapp and Scott Crowe. Advances in very small x-ray field dosimetry for circular cones used in stereotactic radiosurgery. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/133137/.
  12. Paul Charles, 2011-2015. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Jamie Trapp, Tanya Kairn, Scott Crowe and Christian Langton. Very small field dosimetry. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/78916/.

Masters students

  1. Amena Hamzahi, 2026. University of Pavia. Supervised by Pat O'Connor and Scott Crowe. Non-linearly mixed dual-energy cone beam CT reconstruction.
  2. Olivia Sharpe, 2026. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Tanya Kairn and Samuel Peet. Determining tolerance levels for quality assurance of 3D printed bolus for electron radiotherapy.
  3. Emma Stones, 2026. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Tanya Kairn and Kirby Francis. Optimising Radixact Synchrony tracking parameters.
  4. Bridget McCarron, 2025. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Kirby Francis, Nancy Yu and Samuel Peet. Modelling the Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy Source.
  5. Geordie Alexander, 2025. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe and Samuel Peet. Dual energy CT proton stopping power ratio characterisation.
  6. Chris Lancaster, 2023. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Samuel Peet, Nancy Yu, Alex Livingstone, Rachael Wilks and Naasiha Cassim. Development of action limits for cranial stereotactic radiotherapy patient-specific quality assurance.
  7. Harsimran Brar, 2022. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Nancy Yu and Sarah Maxwell. Developing quality assurance processes and tools for the Radixact Synchrony system.
  8. Cheng Bi, 2022. University of Queensland. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Miao Xu and Tom Shaw. Generating virtual tumours for use in radiotherapy dosimetry studies.
  9. Isaac Enkera, 2021-2022. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Emily Simpson-Page and Sarah Maxwell. Transmission factors for phantom-fitted 3D-printed shielding.
  10. Sana Talkhani, 2020. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Alex Livingstone, Emily Simpson-Page, Tanya Kairn and Paul Charles. Developing tolerances and action levels for customised 3D printed bolus.
  11. Munirah Alsubaie, 2020. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe and Sarah Maxwell. Use of photogrammetry for production of 3D-printed positive moulds for bolus and shielding.
  12. Anthony Baker, 2020. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Rachael Wilks and Emily Simpson-Page. Verification of Acuros BV brachytherapy dose calculations by measurements in an inhomogeneous phantom.
  13. Anas Alzahrani, 2020. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Naasiha Cassim and Sarah Maxwell. Determination of shielding requirements for superficial and deep therapy.
  14. Abdulaziz Alghamdi, 2020. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Naasiha Cassim and Emily Simpson-Page. em>Customised phantoms for the end-to-end testing of non-coplanar radiotherapy treatments for brain cancer.
  15. Lovisa Jessen, 2020. Lund University. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Michael Ljungberg and Rachael Wilks. Development of a phantom for the verification of stereotactic arrhythmic radio-ablation treatment deliveries.
  16. Mohammed Atiah Zahrani, 2019. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe and Paul Charles. 3D printing of radiotherapy phantoms.
  17. Daniel McKnight, 2019. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Steven Sylvander and Sarah Maxwell. Radiobiological effectiveness weighted dose profiles for kilovoltage radiotherapy.
  18. Athreya Buddhavarapu, 2018. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Fran Gibbons and Scott Crowe. Characterising the performance of the PerFraction patient-specific QA system.
  19. Emma Whittle, 2017-2018. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Tanya Kairn, Shadi Khoei and Emma Spelleken. Measurement of tissue-phantom ratios in small radiotherapy fields.
  20. Naasiha Cassim, 2017-2018. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised Tanya Kairn, Mark West, Yurissa Ikeda and Scott Crowe. Dosimetric plan quality for treatments of multiple brain metastases.
  21. Georgia Brown, 2017-2018. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Tanya Kairn and Steven Sylvander. Dosimetric impact of gating of modulated breast radiotherapy using an optical surface monitoring system.
  22. Dylan McGrath, 2017. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Nancy Yu and Kirby Francis. Commissioning of the Varian Portal Dosimetry (VPD) QA solution.
  23. Candice Milewski, 2017. Université Paris-Saclay. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Rachael Wilks and Tanya Kairn. Evaluation of different metal artefact reduction algorithm in radiotherapy treatments.
  24. David Garrott, 2017. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Nancy Yu and Alex Livingstone. Monte Carlo modelling of electron beam ouput for irregular cut-outs.
  25. Abdullah Alharbi, 2017. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Steven Sylvander and Kirby Francis. Developing patient specific quality assurance for spine SABR plans.
  26. Yongqian Yin, 2016-2017. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Tanya Kairn and Steven Sylvander. Investigation of interplay in IMRT treatments for breast cancer.
  27. Sheldon Uprichard, 2016-2017. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Nigel Middlebrook and Kirby Francis. Acuros XB dose calculations for lung SABR dose treatments.
  28. Timothy Tang, 2016. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Alex Livingstone and Darren Cassidy. Evaluating patient specific pre-treatment QA practices.
  29. Emma Spelleken, 2016. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Tanya Kairn, Scott Crowe and Bess Sutherland. Evaluating published film dosimetry methods.
  30. Somayeh Zolfaghari, 2016. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Tanya Kairn, Scott Crowe and Mark West. Stereotactic radiosurgery for multiple brain metastases: a dose-volume study.
  31. Shamirah Nabankema, 2016. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Diana Binny and Steven Sylvander. Wearable in-vivo dosimetry for total body irradiation and total skin electron irradiation.
  32. Anthony Orth, 2016. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Phil Back and Steven Sylvander. Total skin electron therapy treatment techniques.
  33. Zac Pross, 2015-2016. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Craig Lancaster and Sanna Nilsson. Monte Carlo simulation of radiological properties of Fricotan moulding material for brachytherapy.
  34. Samuel Peet, 2015-2016. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Phil Back, Rachael Wilks and Tanya Kairn. Estimating dose to cardiac pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillators in radiation oncology patients.
  35. Benjamin Perrett, 2015. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Paul Charles, Scott Crowe and Tim Markwell. 3D printing of air slab caps for correction free small field diode measurements.
  36. Patrick Stevenson, 2015. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Steven Sylvander, Diana Binny and Scott Crowe. Measuring small field output factors.

Undergraduate students

  1. Eli Hughes, 2025. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised with Kirby Francis and David Forrestal. Design and fabrication of PETG-Tungsten composite shielding for superficial radiotherapy.
  2. Sascha Lawton, 2024. University of Queensland. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Samuel Peet and Benjamin Pope. Developing range modulators for proton-based FLASH radiation therapy.
  3. Kyle Hemmett, 2022. University of Queensland. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Miao Xu and Nancy Yu. Developing a machine learning model for predicting quality assurance results in radiotherapy.
  4. Jia Syuen (Jason) Lim, 2022. University of Queensland. Supervised by Scott Crowe and Samuel Peet. Synthesis of artificial CT image data using models acquired from optical surface scanning.
  5. Conor Anglim, 2022. University of Queensland. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Mingyan Li, Rachael Wilks and Sarah Maxwell. Design and fabrication of phantom for intraoperative breast radiotherapy.
  6. Brooke Jones, 2022. University of Queensland. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Beadaa Mohammed, Rachael Wilks and Craig Lancaster. Design and fabrication of phantom for gynaecological brachytherapy.
  7. Lauren Drabwell, 2021. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe, David Forrestal, Rachael Wilks and Sarah Maxwell. Design of brachytherapy training models.
  8. Christopher Dowdle, 2021. University of Queensland. Supervised with Rachael Wilks. Automated quality assurance of brachytherapy cancer treatment delivery.
  9. Weizhen Li, 2021. University of Queensland. Supervised by Scott Crowe, Rachael Wilks and Emily Simpson-Page. Streamlined design of shielding for radiotherapy skin cancer treatments.
  10. Susannah Cleland, 2019. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Scott Crowe and Elise Obereigner. Development of a customisable 3D-printed mouth-piece for head and neck radiation therapy.
  11. Andre Asena, 2012. Queensland University of Technology. Supervised by Tanya Kairn and Scott Crowe. The sensitivity of optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters across beam-matched linear accelerators.