Academic awards
National Research System (SNI), Level III (maximum)
UNAM Productivity Program, PRIDE-UNAM, Level D (maximum)
UNAM "Catedrático" award, Level II (maximum)
Award to the Development of Physics in Mexico 2003, Mexican Physical Society
Fellow of the American Physical Society, Nuclear Physics Division
President-elect of ISSDO, International Solid State Dosimetry Organization, 2007-2010
Areas of research
Nuclear physics: Nuclear potential for heavy ions from elastic scattering
Dosimetry: Thermoluminescent properties induced by charged particles.
Medical physics: Novel techniques in digital mammography.
Among the most important publications
ME Brandan and GR Satchler, The interaction between light heavy-ions and what it tells us, Physics Reports 285 (1997) 143-243
M.E. Brandan, Unambiguous Imaginary Potential in the Optical Model Description of Light Heavy-Ion Elastic Scattering, Phys.Rev.Lett. 60 (1988) 784.
G. Massillon-JL, Gamboa-deBuen I., and Brandan M.E., “Observation of enhanced efficiency in the excitation of ion-induced LiF:Mg,Ti thermoluminescente peaks”, J.Appl.Phys. 100 (2006) 103521 1-6
“El Físico Médico: Criterios y recomendaciones para su formación académica, entrenamiento clínico y certificación en América Latina”, Human Health Reports No.1, 2010, International Atomic Energy Agency, Viena. Authors: R. Alfonso, ME Brandan, M Brunetto, ME Castellanos, JC daCruz, F Gutt, P Andreo (IAEA), P Jiménez (PAHO).
Recent publications
Avila O, Massillon-JL G, Gamboa-deBuen I, and Brandan ME, “Influence of input functions in TLD-100 ion–gamma relative efficiencies calculated with MTST”, Radiat. Meas. 43 (2008) 171-174
Massillon-JL G, Gamboa-deBuen I, Buenfil AE, Monroy-Rodríguez MA and Brandan ME, “CaF2:Tm (TLD-300) thermoluminescent response and glow curve induced by gamma rays and ions”, Nucl. Inst. and Methods in Physics Research B 266(5) (2008) 772-780.
Alva-Sánchez H , Martínez-Dávalos A, Moreno-Barbosa E, Hernández-Reyes B, Murrieta T, Ruiz-Trejo C, Brandan ME and M. Rodríguez-Villafuerte, “Energy calibration of individual crystals in a LYSO pixelated array for microPET detection modules using Voronoi diagrams”, Nucl. Inst. and Methods in Physics Research A 596 (3) (2008), 384-389.
Medina LA, Herrera-Penilla, BI, Castro-Morales MA, García-López P, Jurado R, Pérez-Cárdenas E, Chanona-Vilchis J, and Brandan ME, “Use of an orthovoltage X-ray treatment unit as a radiation research system in a small-animal cancer model”, J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 27(1) (2008) 57. Publicado online 2008, http://www.jeccr.com/content/27/1/57, doi: 10.1186/1756-9966-27-57. PMCID: PMC2586013.
Rosado-Méndez I, Palma BA, and Brandan ME, “Analytical optimization of digital subtraction mammography with contrast medium using a comercial unit”, Med. Phys. 35(12) (2008) 5544-5557.
Alva-Sánchez H, Martínez-Dávalos A, Moreno-Barbosa E, Hernández-Reyes B, Murrieta T, Ruiz-Trejo C, Brandan ME, Rodríguez-Villafuerte M, “Initial characterization of a benchtop microPET system based on LYSO crystal arrays and Hamamatsu H8500 PS-PMTs”, Nucl Inst and Methods in Physics Research A, 604(1-2) (2009) 335-338.
Moya UE, Brandan ME, Martínez-Dávalos A, Ruiz-Trejo C, Rodríguez-Villafuerte M, “Parametrization of X-ray spectra appropriate for microCT scanners”; Nucl. Instr. And Meth. A 613(1) (2010) 152-155.
Palma BA, Rosado-Méndez I, Villaseñor Y, and Brandan ME, “Phantom study to evaluate contrast-medium-enhanced digital subtraction mammography with a full-field indirect-detection system”, Med. Phys. 37(2) (2010) 577-589.
Alva-Sánchez H., Murrieta T., Moreno-Barbosa E., Brandan M.E., Ruiz-Trejo C., Martínez-Dávalos A., Rodríguez-Villafuerte M., “A small animal PET system based on LYSO crystal arrays, PS-PMTs and PCI DAQ board”, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 57(1) (2010) 85-92.
Alva-Sanchez H, Murrieta T, Ruiz-Trejo C, Brandan ME, Rodríguez-Villafuerte M, “Prototipo de microtomógrafo por emisión de positrones. Resolución espacial y estudios metabólicos”. Rev Mex Fis. 56(2) (2010) 175-182
Recently graduated students
Guerda Massillon Jacques-Louis, Doctorado en Ciencias (Física) UNAM, “Eficiencia termoluminiscente y curva de brillo de LiF:Mg,Ti expuesto a iones de energía intermedia”, 2006.
Bianey Atriana Palma Fernández, Maestría en Ciencias (Física Médica) UNAM, “Sustracción de imágenes mamográficas usando medio de contraste”, 2007. (now, PhD student, Universidad de Sevilla, España).
Ulises Eduardo Moya Sánchez, Maestría en Ciencias (Física Médica) UNAM, “Medición de espectros de rayos X para un microtomógrafo computarizado”, 2008 (now, PhD student, Cinvestav, Guadalajara).
Iván Miguel Rosado Méndez, Maestría en Ciencias (Físicas Médica) UNAM, “Procedimientos de optimización y calibración para la aplicación clínica de la mamografía digital con medio de contraste”, co-dirección con Dr. Luis Benìtez Bribiesca, 5 feb 2009 (now, PhD student, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA).
María Fernanda Villegas Navarro, Maestría en Ciencias (Física Médica) UNAM, “Daño al ADN de una lìnea celular linfoblastoide recesiva para el gen ATM causado por bajas dosis de radiación de bajo y alto LET”, co-dirección con Dra. Patricia Ostrosky, 29 jun 2009 (PhD stdeunt, Sweden).
Present students
Lizbeth Ayala
Karla Palma
Other activities
Coordination of academic activities, M. Sc. (Medical Physics) graduate program at UNAM.