Innocent Tsorxe

Innocent is a graduate student at the department of nuclear engineering. He is working on a funded research project of measuring short-lived fission product yields from photon-induced fission of Special Nuclear Materials. In addition, he is also investigating the energy dependence of fission product yields. The research project is being funded by the National Nuclear Security Administration under the Stewardship Science Academic Programs hosted at Duke University’s Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory. He is currently under the advisement of Dr. Robert Hayes in the Retrospective Dosimetry and Nuclear Assay laboratory.

Innocent earned a B.S.in Radiation Technology/Health Physics from Alcorn State University in Mississippi in 2014. He also received M.S. degree in nuclear engineering from Texas A&M University in 2016.

Before he transitioned into graduate student, he worked as a Medical/Health Physicist at the Duke University Medical Center and other medical facilities. He was the past president of the North Carolina Chapter of Health Physics society. He is currently a board member of the Medical Health Physics section of the national HPS society.

Education:

• M.S. Nuclear Engineering , Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
• B.S. Radiation Technology/Health Physic, Alcorn State University, Lorman, MS

Research Achievements:  

• Outstanding Poster Award at the 2023 Nuclear Photonic Conference
• Outstanding Poster Award at the 2023 Stewardship Science Academic Programs (SSAP) symposium
• Poster presentation at the2020 Stewardship Science Academic Programs (SSAP) symposium
• Poster presentation at the 2021 Stewardship Science Academic Programs (SSAP) symposium
• Best Student Poster Award at the 2020 ANS Virtual Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo ““Measurements of Short-lived Photofission Products Using a Rapid Transfer System,”

Internships:

• NuScale Power LLC
• Department of Energy- National Nuclear Security Administration Minority Serving Institution Partnership Program (DOE – NNSA MSIPP), Fisk University, Nashville, TN.

Conference Presentations:

• Tsorxe IY, Hayes RB. Dose Estimation for Extravasation of 177Lu, 99mTc, and 18F. Health Phys. 2023 Mar 1;124(3):217-220. doi: 10.1097/HP.0000000000001653. PMID: 36719937.
• Sean Finch, Matthew Gooden, Chris  Hagmann, Calvin  Howell, Vanessa  Linero, Jack  Silano, Mark  Stoyer, Anton  Tonchev, Werner  Tornow, Innocent  Tsorxe, Jerry  Wilhelmy, Measurements of short-lived fission product yields using monoenergetic neutron and photon beams, EPJ Web Conf. 242 01004 (2020), DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/202024201004
• Tsorxe, Gunasingha R, Kurgatt S, Reiman R, Yoshizumi T “Radiation Dose to the Bone Marrow from Therapeutic Administrations of 177Lu- DOTATATE” Duke University Medical Center, Duke Radiation Dosimetry Laboratory and Duke Radiation Safety Division 15–19 July 2018, Cleveland, Ohio, Oral Talk, 63rd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society.
• Tsorxe, F.Makobongo,V.Buliga, M. Groza, L.Matei, S.Babalola, J.Billa, S.Adzanu , “Fabrication and Characterization of Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CdZnTe) Crystal for Radiation Detection and Measurement Applications” 9-12 February 2014, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Poster, 47th Midyear Meeting of the Health Physics Society.

Certification:

• Certified Laser Safety officer (CMLSO)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)

Training:

• Medical Laser Safety Officer- Laser Institute of America, June 2023
• Nuclear Security, Alternative Technologies and Consequence Management for Health Physicists, Massachusetts Institute Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, September 2015
• Practical MCNP for the Health Physicist, Radiation Engineer, and Medical Physicist April 2014
• Radiation Safety Officer Training (40hr), ORAU- December 2014