Meet our Residents

Name	Background
Shiping Cao, PhD Third Year Resident	Education: Postgraduate Certificate, Medical Physics, Rutgers University PhD, Physics, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences BS, Physics, Heibei University, China, Major in Applied Optics Research Area: Thermal imaging Biography: Shiping completed a PhD in physics with a focus on the experimental study of electron incident double ionization of atoms. She focused on ion mobility spectrometry before entering the field of medical physics through a certificate program at Rutgers University. She joined the Department of Radiation Oncology as a medical physics resident in July 2021.
Fergany Badry, PhD *Second Year Resident*	Education: Postgraduate Certificate, Medical Physics, Rutgers University PhD, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M MS, Nuclear and Radiation Engineering Research Area: Dual-Energy CT Biography: Fergany is a computational scientist with a PhD in nuclear engineering who is hardworking and has a creative flair. As a post-doctoral research associate, he developed and implemented advanced radiation therapy treatment techniques. He also worked on developing a novel model based on integrating conducted experimental work, validated mesoscale models, and various machine learning (ML) algorithms to simulate the radiation effects on the microstructure and the physical properties of materials. He joined the Department of Radiation Oncology as a medical physics resident in July 2022.
Elizabeth Polsdofer, PhD *First Year Resident*	Education: PhD, Biomedical Engineering - Medical Physics , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Medical Center MS, Medical Physics, Oregon Health Science University Research Area: Dual-Energy CT Biography: Elizabeth enjoys the multidisciplinary aspect of medical physics. For her doctoral research, she performed research in a molecular radiation biology laboratory where she learned tissue culture and how to conduct animal studies. These techniques became the cornerstone of her dissertation and allowed her to better understand how response to radiation is affected by the dose delivered and tumor biology. She joined the Department of Radiation Oncology as a medical physics resident in July 2023.

Name

Background

Shiping Cao, PhD

Third Year Resident

Education:

Postgraduate Certificate, Medical Physics, Rutgers University

PhD, Physics, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

BS, Physics, Heibei University, China, Major in Applied Optics

Research Area: Thermal imaging

Biography: Shiping completed a PhD in physics with a focus on the experimental study of electron incident double ionization of atoms. She focused on ion mobility spectrometry before entering the field of medical physics through a certificate program at Rutgers University. She joined the Department of Radiation Oncology as a medical physics resident in July 2021.

Medical Physics Resident Photo_Panthi Fergany Badry, PhD

Second Year Resident

Education:

Postgraduate Certificate, Medical Physics, Rutgers University

PhD, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M

MS, Nuclear and Radiation Engineering

Research Area: Dual-Energy CT

Biography: Fergany is a computational scientist with a PhD in nuclear engineering who is hardworking and has a creative flair. As a post-doctoral research associate, he developed and implemented advanced radiation therapy treatment techniques. He also worked on developing a novel model based on integrating conducted experimental work, validated mesoscale models, and various machine learning (ML) algorithms to simulate the radiation effects on the microstructure and the physical properties of materials. He joined the Department of Radiation Oncology as a medical physics resident in July 2022.

Elizabeth Polsdofer, PhD

First Year Resident

Education:

PhD, Biomedical Engineering - Medical Physics , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Medical Center

MS, Medical Physics, Oregon Health Science University

Research Area: Dual-Energy CT

Biography: Elizabeth enjoys the multidisciplinary aspect of medical physics. For her doctoral research, she performed research in a molecular radiation biology laboratory where she learned tissue culture and how to conduct animal studies. These techniques became the cornerstone of her dissertation and allowed her to better understand how response to radiation is affected by the dose delivered and tumor biology. She joined the Department of Radiation Oncology as a medical physics resident in July 2023.