Angela Di Fulvio

For More Information

• List of manuscript pre-prints
• Public repository of original software developed by NML
• Website of the Nuclear Measurement Laboratory

Education

• University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering and Industrial Safety, 2012
• University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, M.Sc., Bioengineering, Electronics and Information Curriculum, 2007
• University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, B.Sc., Bioengineering, 2005

Academic Positions

• 2012 - 2014, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Yale University, Department of Diagnostic Radiology
• 2014 - 2016, Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Consortium for Verification Technology, University of Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
• 2016 - 2018, Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences
• 2018 - July 2023, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
• August 2023 - present, Associate Professor (100%), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
• August 2023 - present, Associate Professor (0%), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Center for Digital Agriculture, National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Research Interests

• Neutron detection, spectroscopy, dosimetry, and imaging.
• Radiation protection of the patient in radiation therapy.
• Instrumentation for Homeland Security, Nuclear nonproliferation, and verification.
• Radiation protection of the patient and neutron production in proton and ion-therapy.

Selected Articles in Journals

• M. Fang, P. Dendooven, R. Virta, Y. Altmann, and A. Di Fulvio. Physics-based forward model for rapid quantitative imaging of spent nuclear fuel assemblies. Scientific Reports, 2025
• A. V. Avachat, K. H. Mahmoud , A. G. Leja, J. J. Xu, M. A. Anastasio, M. Sivaguru, and A. Di Fulvio. Ortho-positronium lifetime for soft-tissue classification. Scientific Reports, 14(1): 21155, Sep 2024.
• Liu Z., Di Fulvio A. Simulated imaging of spent nuclear fuel using associated-particle-neutron-induced gamma rays (2024) Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1066, art. no. 169617
• Leland, J., Fang, M., Pani, S., Venturini, Y., Locatelli, M., and Di Fulvio, A. (2024). Enabling pulse shape discrimination with commercial asics. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, page 169438
• Fang, M., Di Fulvio, A. Feasibility of neutron coincidence counting for spent TRISO fuel (2023) Annals of Nuclear Energy, 193, art. no. 110062
• Toumia, Y., Lunetta, E., Carr, M., Borgia, S., Tortorella, E., Domenici, F., d'Agostino, E., Telling, M.T.F., di Fulvio, A., Paradossi, G. Potential of BPA functionalized poly(vinylalcohol)-shelled perfluorobutane nanodroplets towards enhanced boron neutron capture therapy and in-situ dosimetry (2024) Applied Materials Today, 36, art. no. 102052
• Fang, M., Di Fulvio, A. Rotation-invariant rapid TRISO-fueled pebble identification based on feature matching and point cloud registration (2024) Annals of Nuclear Energy, 203, art. no. 110527.
• Abdulaziz, A., Zhou, J., Fang, M., McLaughlin, S., Di Fulvio, A., Altmann, Y. A variational autoencoder for minimally-supervised pulse shape discrimination (2024) Annals of Nuclear Energy, 204, art. no. 110496.
• Zhou, J., Abdulaziz, A., Altmann, Y., Di Fulvio, A. (2023) Generalized Method for the Optimization of Pulse Shape Discrimination Parameters, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, (in press)
• Fang, M., Lacy, J., Athanasiades, A., Di Fulvio, A. (2023) Boron Coated Straw-based Neutron Multiplicity Counter for Neutron Interrogation of TRISO Fueled Pebbles, Annals of Nuclear Energy, (in press)
• Zhou, J., Gaughan, N., Becchetti, F., Torres-Isea, R., Febbraro, M., Zaitseva, N., and Di Fulvio, A. (2022). Light output quenching in response to deuterium-ions and alpha particles and pulse shape discrimination in deuterated trans-stilbene. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 1027, 166287
• Liu, Z., Fang, M., George, G., Meng, L.J., and A. Di Fulvio, (2022) “Neutron tomography of spent fuel casks,” Journal of Signal Processing Systems, 94, 399–409
• Gaughan, N., Zhou, J., Becchetti, F., Torres-Isea, R., Febbraro, M., Zaitseva, N., Altmann, Y., Di Fulvio, A., (2021) Characterization of d12-stilbene as neutron spectrometer, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol 1018, 165822
• Weiss, M., Fang, M., Altmann, Y., Paff, M., Di Fulvio, A., (2021) Effect of natural gamma background radiation on portal monitor radioisotope unmixing, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol 1002, 165269
• Fang, M., Altmann, Y., Della Latta, D., Salvatori, M., Di Fulvio, A., (2021) Quantitative imaging and automated fuel pin identification for passive gamma emission tomography, Nature Scientific Reports, 11: 2442
• Zhou, J., Leja, A., Salvatori, M., Latta, D. D., & Fulvio, A. D. (2021). Application of Monte Carlo algorithms to cardiac imaging reconstruction. Current Pharmaceutical Design, 27(16):1960-1972
• Rebei, N., Fang, M., Di Fulvio, A. (2020). Quantitative and three-dimensional assessment of holdup material. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 984, 164630.
• Altmann, Y., Di Fulvio, A., Paff, M., Clarke, S.D., Davies, M., McLaughlin, S., Hero, A. and Pozzi, S. (2020). Sparse spectral unmixing for gamma source identification at radiation portal monitors using expectation-propagation. Nature Scientific Reports, 10, 6811.
• Zhu, H., Altmann, Y., Fulvio, A.D., McLaughlin, S., Pozzi, S., Hero, A. (2019). A Hierarchical Bayesian Approach to Neutron Spectrum Unfolding with Organic Scintillators. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 66 (10), art. no. 8836651, 2265-2274.
• Di Fulvio, A., Shin, T., Basley, A., Swenson, C., Sosa, C., Clarke, S., Chichester, D. Pozzi, S. (2018). Fast-neutron Multiplicity Counter for Active Measurements of Uranium Oxide Certified Material. Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A, Volume 907, 1 November 2018, 248-257
• d'Errico, F. & Di Fulvio, A. (2018). Advanced readout methods for superheated emulsion detectors. Review of Scientific Instruments, 89(5),053304.
• Di Fulvio, A., Shin, T., Jordan, T., Sosa, C., Ruch, M., Clarke, S., Chichester, D., Pozzi, S. (2017). Passive assay of plutonium metal plates using a fast-neutron multiplicity counter. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 855.
• Beyer, K. A., Di Fulvio, A., Stolarczyk, L., Parol, W., Mojzeszek, N., Kopec, R., Clarke, S. D., Pozzi, S. A. (2017). Organic scintillator for real-time neutron dosimetry. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 1-5.
• Di Fulvio, A., Tana, L., Caresana, M., D’Agostino, E., De San Pedro, M., Domingo, C., & D’Errico, F. (2013). Clinical simulations of prostate radiotherapy using BOMAB-like phantoms: Results for neutrons. Radiation Measurements, 57.

Journal Editorships

• Editorial Board Member for Nature Scientific Reports, 2023 - today
• Guest Editor of the Virtual Special Issue (VSI) in Annals of Nuclear Energy titled "AI for radiation detection, safeguards and nonproliferation”, 2023

Professional Societies

• American Physical Society (APS) Topical Group on Instrumentation and Measurement Science, Chair, 2025 - 2026
• American Nuclear Society, Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Division, Chair, 2025 - 2026
• Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction, Member, 2022 - present

Service on Campus Committees

• Director, Program in Arms Control & Domestic and International Security (ACDIS), 2024 - 2029

Teaching Honors

• List of teachers ranked as excellent by their students (Fall 2024)