Curriculum Vitae Ulrich W. Langner, Ph.D., DABR Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine University of Kentucky Date
July 14, 2014
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Department of Radiation Medicine Markey Cancer Center 800 Rose str., CC059 Lexington, KY, 40536-0293 (859) 323-9947 Ulrich.langner@uky.edu Afrikaans (native), Dutch (working knowledge)
Education 1999
B.Sc., Physics/Applied Mathematics/Mathematics, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (South Africa) (renamed to North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) from 2004)
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M.Sc., Physics, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (South Africa), Advisor: Marius Potgieter, Dissertation title: “Effects of different local interstellar spectra on the heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays”
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Ph.D., Heliospheric Physics, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (South Africa), Advisor: Marius Potgieter, Dissertation title: “Effects of termination shock acceleration on cosmic rays in the heliosphere”
Post Graduate Education and Training 08/2004-07/2005 07/2005-08/2006 10/2006-3/2009
Postdoctoral research position, Heliospheric physics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Bochum, Germany) Postdoctoral research position, Heliospheric physics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus – South Africa) Postdoctoral research position, Medical Physics (4DCT), Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA, USA)
Certifications 2012
Diplomat, American Board of Radiology
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Employment History Academic Appointments 4/2009-6/2011 7/2011-present Kentucky
Instructor, Department of Radiation Medicine, University of Kentucky Assistant Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine, University of
Professional Society Membership 1999-2006 2003-2005 2007-2009 2009-present 2010-present 2011-2014
Student Member, South African Institute of Physics (SAIP) Affiliate Member, Institute of Physics (IoP) Junior Member, American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM) Full Member, American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM) Qualified Expert, State of Kentucky Full Member of the American Brachytherapy Society (ABS)
Honors And Awards 1999-2000
Grant holder linked bursary by the NRF (National Research Foundation of South Africa) Scarce Skills scholarship by the Department of Labour of South Africa Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant by the NRF (National Research Foundation of South Africa) Postdoctoral Fellowship Grant by the Claude Leon Foundation for research at a South African University
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Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) (2010 – present) Perform and assist in treatment planning Treatment delivery and CBCT image guidance oversight Commission new stereotactic frame Tomotherapy (2009 - present) Commissioned Tomotherapy unit Develop and maintain daily, monthly, and annual Quality Assurance procedures Physicist in charge of Tomotherapy Responsible for DQAs (Patient specific quality assurance delivery) Perform and assist in treatment planning Responsible for monthly and annual QAs Prostate Brachytherapy, Transrectal Ultra Sound Guided LDR (2010 - present) Perform routine treatment planning, source loading, radiation protection, post-operative plan evaluation Page 2
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High and low dose rate brachytherapy (2011 – present) Perform routine treatment planning – tandem and ovoids, tandem and rings, Wright applicator Perform daily QA on HDR afterloader Assist in source exchange for HDR afterloader Total Body Irradiation (2009-present) Physicist in charge of TBI Supervised daily patient setup Responsible for treatment planning and dose calculation Oversee compensator construction Commisioning of TBI on different machines Machine QA (2009 – present) Responsible for Varian 21EX monthly and annual QA (until 2013) – replaced by Truebeam SVC Responsible for Varian Truebeam SVC monthly and annual QA Supervise daily QA 4D CT acquisition (2009 – present) Physicist in charge of 4D CT acquisition Commissioned 4D system at CT and Linac for use with gated treatments Perform QA on 4D CT acquisition Assist with 4D CT scans and gated treatments All other clinical aspects of medical physics: Weekly chart check Plan check Dosimetry support Build custom compensators IMRT QA Lead acceptance and commissioning of Truebeam SVC linear accelerator (December 2013- January 2014)
Administrative Service Local and National Service National Service 2008-Present 2009-Present 2011-Present 2012-Present 2012 2014
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Medical Physics (~1 per month) Ad Hoc Reviewer, International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics (~2 per year) Ad Hoc Associate Editor, Medical Physics(~2 per year) Ad Hoc Reviewer, Journal of Applied Medical Physics (~2 per month) Abstract Reviewer, AAPM Annual Meeting 2012 (~35-40 per year) Abstract Reviewer, AAPM Annual Meeting 2014(~35-40 per year)
Teaching Service Undergraduate Student Teaching 1999-2002 2002-2004
Mentor, Lab for first year Physics students, 200+ students, 2 hours/week Mentor, Lab for second year Physics students, 10+ students, 2 hours/week Page 3
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2003 2004
Lecturer, Introductory Quantum Physics (second year Physics students), 10+ students, 2 hours/week Lecturer, Introduction to Heliospheric Physics (honors level Physics students), 3+ students, 4 hours/week
Resident and Fellow Teaching 2009-2010 2009-present 2009-present 2009-present 2009-present
Clinical mentor, 2 students/year, Physicist in charge of Patient Specific QA rotations for Physics Residents, 1 contact hours/week Clinical mentor, 2 students/year, Physicist in charge of Special Procedures rotation for Physics Residents, 1 contact hours/week Clinical mentor, 2 students/year, Physicist in charge of Machine QA rotations for Physics Residents, 2 contact hours/week Research mentor, 1 student/year, Physics Resident student research projects, 6 contact hours/week Lecturer, 4 students/year, Lectures on specific topic for Medical Residents, 2 lectures/year
Post-Graduate Teaching 2006 2009-present 2009-2010 2009-present 2009-present 2009-present 2009-present 2014
Research Mentor, 1 student, post-graduate (M.Sc.), 6 contact hours/week Clinical mentor, 1 student/year, post-graduate (MS), 1 contact hour/week Clinical mentor, 6 students/year, Physicist in charge of Patient Specific QA rotations for MS students, 1 contact hours/week Clinical mentor, 6 students/year, Physicist in charge of Special Procedures rotation for MS students, 1 contact hours/week Clinical mentor, 6 students/year, Physicist in charge of Machine QA rotations for MS students, 2 contact hours/week Research mentor, 2-3 students/year, MS student research projects, 4 contact hours/week Lecturer, 6 students/year, Lectures on specific topic for MS students, 4 lectures/year Lecturer, RAS545: “Radiation Hazards and Protection”, 6 students/semester, 5 contact hours/week
Professional Course Teaching 2007-2009
Clinical Instructor, 15+ medical Physicist and Radiation Oncologist, Lead practical session on 4D CT acquisition at IGRT short course, Stanford, CA, 6 contact hours/year
Grant Support Completed Grants: 6/2012-6/2013
PI Dr. J. Molloy 5% (co-PI, 25%) “Development of institutional consistency metrics for the prevention of injuries and reportable radiation delivery errors” Varian Medical Systems Annual Direct Costs: $70,000 Page 4
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Total Direct Costs: $70,000 Role: Software and metric development Patents Patent number: 7894571, Langner, U. W., and P.J. Keall, “System and method for using prospective evaluation of displacement and velocity of a respiratory trace in a five dimensional parameter space to reduce artifacts and dosage in four dimensional computed tomography” Publications Abstracts and Conference Proceedings 1. Ferreira, S. E. S., M. S. Potgieter, and U. W. Langner, Effects of the heliospheric termination shock on possible local interstellar spectra for cosmic ray electrons and the associated heliospheric modulation, in The Outer Heliosphere: The Next Frontiers, edited by K. Scherer, H. Fichtner, H. J. Fahr, and E. Marsch, Pergamon, Amsterdam, 223, 2001. 2. Ferreira, S. E. S., M. S. Potgieter, U. W. Langner, and C. Lopate, Consequences of different local interstellar spectra on 16 MeV electron modulation, Proc. 27th Inter. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Hamburg), 8, 3653-3656, 2001. 3. Langner, U. W., and M. S. Potgieter, Differences in proton and anti-proton modulation in the heliosphere, Proc. 27th Inter. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Hamburg), 4, 3657-3660, 2001. 4. Langner, U. W., and M. S. Potgieter, Heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays computed with new local interstellar spectra, Proc. 27th Inter. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Hamburg), 4, 3686-3689, 2001. 5. Langner, U. W., O. C. de Jager, and M. S. Potgieter, Proposed local interstellar spectra for cosmic ray electrons, Proc. 27th Inter. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Hamburg), 4, 3992-3995, 2001. 6. Moskalenko, I. V., A. W. Strong, J. F. Ormes, M. S. Potgieter, and U. W. Langner, Secondary antiprotons in cosmic rays, Proc. 27th Inter. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Hamburg), 4, 1868-1871, 2001. 7. Potgieter, M. S., U. W. Langner, and S. E. S. Ferreira, New cosmic ray electron to positron ratios in the heliosphere, Proc. 27th Inter. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Hamburg), 4, 36903693, 2001. 8. Langner, U. W., M. S. Potgieter, H. Fichtner, and T. Borrmann, Effects of different solar wind speed profiles in the heliosheath on the modulation of cosmic ray and anaomalous protons, Proc. 29th Inter. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Pune), 0, 101-104, 2005. 9. Potgieter, M. S., and U. W. Langner, Modulation of cosmic ray boron and carbon in the heliosphere, Proc. 29th Inter. Cosmic Ray Conf. (Pune), 1, 129, 2005. 10. Langner, U. W., and M. S. Potgieter, A numerical description of the anomalous cosmic ray spectra observed with Voyager 1 at and beyond the solar wind termination shock , Proc 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly (Beijing, China), #1983, 2006. 11. P.J. Keall, Langner, U.W. and Suh, Y., WE-SAMS-AUD-02: 4D CT Scanning: Imaging and Planning, Medical Physics, 34, 2581, 2007. 12. Langner, U.W. and P.J. Keall, TU-C-351-07: Prospective Displacement and Velocity Based Cine 4D CT, Medical Physics, 35, 4501, 2008. 13. Langner, U.W. and P.J. Keall, SU-GG-J-21: Accuracy in the Localization of Thoracic Tumors Using Respiratory Displacement, Velocity, and Phase, Medical Physics, 35, 2683, 2008 – Oral presentation.
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Langner, U.W. and P.J. Keall, TU-D-304A-06: Comparison of Retrospective Phase Sorting with Real-Time Sorting Methods for 4D CT Images, Medical Physics, 36, 2738, 2009 – Oral Presentation. Kallenberg, P., Langner, U., and Waite‐Jones, C., SU‐GG‐J‐100: A Comparison of the Effect of Intra‐Fraction Motion on Tomotherapy and IMRT Delivery Systems , Medical Physics, 37, 3168, 2010. Plypoo A., Langner, U., Molloy, J. and Johnson E., SU‐E‐T‐82: Evaluation of Two Detector Arrays for Treatment Gantry Angle Specific IMRT Quality Assurance , Medical Physics, 39, 3721, 2012. Langner, U., SU‐E‐T‐09: Empirical Evidence for Decreased Cell Survival in Flattening Filter Free Beams, Medical Physics, 39, 3704, 2012. Hamilton B., Langner, U., SU-E-T-192: Investigating the Importance of Phantom Geometry in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Quality Assurance, Medical Physics, 40, 2013. Molloy J, Langner U., Gerring S., Lewis D., Otageri P., Yagelski J., Gillie M., Greist T., SU-E-T-205: Development of Institutional Consistency Metrics for the Prevention of Injurious and Reportable Radiation Delivery Errors, Medical Physics, 40, 2013.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles 1. Langner, U. W., O. C. de Jager, and M. S. Potgieter, On the local interstellar spectrum for cosmic ray electrons, Adv. Space Res., 27(3), 517-522, 2001. 2. Potgieter, M. S., U. W. Langner, and S. E. S. Ferreira, Cosmic ray electron to positron ratios in the heliosphere, Adv. Space Res., 27(3), 523-528, 2001. 3. Langner, U. W., M. S. Potgieter, and W. R. Webber, Modulation of cosmic ray protons in the heliosheath, J. Geophys. Res., 108(A10), 8039-8048, doi:10.1029/2003JA009934, 2003. 4. Potgieter, M.S., and U. W. Langner, Modulation of anomalous protons with increasing solar activity, Adv. Space Res., 32(4), 687-692, doi:10.1016/S0273-1177(03)00359-4, 2003. 5. Potgieter, M.S. and U. W. Langner, Modulation and acceleration of anomalous protons in the outer heliosphere, Adv. Space Res., 34(1), 132-137, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.062, 2004. 6. Potgieter, M. S., and U. W. Langner, Heliospheric modulation of cosmic ray positrons and electrons: Effects of the heliosheath and the solar wind termination shock, Astrophys. J., 602(2), 993-1001, doi:10.1086/381148, 2004. 7. Potgieter, M. S., and U. W. Langner, The heliospheric modulation of cosmic ray Boron and Carbon, Annales Geophysicae, 22, 3729-3740, 2004. 8. Langner, U. W., M. S. Potgieter, and W. R. Webber, Modelling of `barrier' modulation for cosmic ray protons in the outer heliosphere, Adv. Space Res., 34(1), 138-143, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2003.02.058, 2004. 9. Langner, U. W., and M. S. Potgieter, Effects of the solar wind termination shock on charge-sign dependent cosmic ray modulation, Adv. Space Res., 34(1), 144-149, doi:10.1016/j.asr.2003.01.031, 2004. 10. Langner, U. W., and M. S. Potgieter, Solar wind termination shock and heliosheath effects on the modulation of protons and anti-protons, J. Geophys. Res., 109(A01103), doi:10.1029/2003JA010158, 2004. 11. Langner, U. W., and M. S. Potgieter, Effects of the solar wind termination shock and heliosheath on the heliospheric modulation of galactic and anomalous Helium, Annales Geophysicae, 22, 3063-3072, 2004. Page 6
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Langner, U.W., and M. S. Potgieter, Effects of the position of the solar wind termination shock and the heliopause on the heliospheric modulation of cosmic rays, Adv. Space Res., 35(12), 2084-2090, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2004.12.005, 2005. Potgieter, M.S. and U. W. Langner, Modulation of cosmic rays: Perpendicular diffusion and drifts in a heliosphere with a solar wind termination shock, Adv. Space Res., 35(4), 554561, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2005.01.008, 2005. Langner, U. W., and M. S. Potgieter, The heliospheric modulation of cosmic ray protons during increased solar activity: Effects of the position of the solar wind termination shock and of the heliopause, Annales Geophysicae, 23, 1499-1504, 2005. Langner, U. W., and M. S. Potgieter, Modulation of galactic protons in an asymmetrical heliosphere, Astrophys. J., 630(2), 1114-1124, doi:10.1086/431547, 2005. Langner, U. W., and M. S. Potgieter, Possible explanations of anomalous spectra observed with Voyager 1 crossing the solar wind termination shock, in: PHYSICS OF THE INNER HELIOSHEATH: Voyager Observations, Theory, and Future Prospects; 5th Annual IGPP International Astrophysics Conference, 858, 233-238, doi:10.1063/1.2359333, 2006. Langner, U. W., M. S. Potgieter, H. Fichtner, and T. Borrmann, Effects of solar wind speed changes in the heliosheath on the modulation of cosmic ray protons, Astrophys. J., 640(2), 1119-1134, doi: 10.1086/500162, doi: 10.1029/2005JA011066, 2006. Langner, U. W., M. S. Potgieter, H. Fichtner, and T. Borrmann, Modulation of anomalous protons: Effects of different solar wind speed profiles in the heliosheath, J. Geophys. Res., 111(A1), A01106, 2006. Scherer, K., H. Fichtner, T. Borrmann, J. Beer, L. Desorgher, E. Flßkiger, H. -J. Fahr, S. E. S. Ferreira, U.W. Langner, M.S. Potgieter, B. Heber, J. Masarik, N. Shaviv, J. Veizer, Interstellar-Terrestrial Relations: Variable Cosmic Environments, the Dynamic Heliosphere, and Their Imprints on Terrestrial Archives and Climate, Space Science Reviews, 127 (1-4), 327–465, doi:10.1007/s11214-006-9126-6, 2007. Langner, U. W., and M. S. Potgieter, The role of radial perpendicular diffusion and latitude dependent acceleration along the solar wind termination shock, Adv. Space Res., 41(2), 368-372, doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.11.025, 2008. Yamamoto, T., U.W. Langner, B.W. Loo Jr., J. Shen, P.J. Keall, Retrospective analysis of artifacts in four-dimensional CT images of 50 abdominal and thoracic radiotherapy patients, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 72 (4), 12501258, 2008. Langner, U.W. and P.J. Keall, Prospective displacement and velocity based cine 4D CT, Medical Physics, 35 (10), 4501-4512, 2008. Langner, U.W. and P.J. Keall, Accuracy in the localization of thoracic and abdominal tumors using respiratory displacement, velocity, and phase, Medical Physics, 36 (2), 386393, 2009. Langner, U.W. and P.J. Keall, Quantification of artifact reduction with real-time cine four-dimensional computed tomography acquisition methods, International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 76 (4), 1242-1250, 2010. Published in Issue Highlights section. Langner, U.W., J.A. Molloy, J.F. Gleason, J.M. Feddock, A feasibility study using TomoDirect for craniospinal irradiation, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 14 (5), 2013.
Book Chapters 1. Gleason, J.F., Langner, U.W., and McGarry, R.C., Chapter 1: Imaging in Modern Radiation Oncology, Advances in Medical Physics: 2012, Anthony B. Wolbarst, Patrizio Page 7
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Capasso, Devon J. Godfrey, Ronald R. Price, Bruce R. Whiting, and William R. Hendee, Editors, Medical Physics Publishing, Madison, WI, 2012.
Major Invited Speeches Local 1. Invited Speaker, 4D CT imaging and artifact reduction, Center for Advanced Radiotherapy Technologies, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Diego Moores Cancer Center, 25 June 2010 National 2. Invited Speaker, SBRT: The University of Kentucky Experience, 2011 ACMP Annual Meeting, Chattanooga, TN, 30 April -3 May 2011 International 3. Guest Speaker, Quantification of artifact reduction with real-time cine four-dimensional computed tomography acquisition methods, Invited by the Chinese Society of Radiology and the Chinese Medical Association Nuclear Medicine Branch, 19-21 June 2010. (Could not attend)
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