Prof. Peter K.N. Yu

»Professor, Department of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong 

Editorship of International Refereed Journals

»Guest Associate Editor, Medical Physics (1999-2003)
»Associate Editor, Medical Physics, published by American Institute of Physics (2004-2006)
»Associate Guest Editor, Radiation Measurements, published by Elsevier (Proceedings of 24ICNTS) (2008)
»Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, published by Elsevier (from May 2005)
»Editorial Advisory Board member, The Open Environmental Pollution & Toxicology Journal, published by Bentham Open (from Nov 2008)
»Advisory Editorial Board member of Nuclear Technology & Radiation Protection Journal (from Sep 2010)

Reviewers of International Refereed Journals (in alphabetical order of journal names)

»Applied Radiation and Isotopes 
»Applied Surface Science
»Atmospheric Environment 
»Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine
»Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal
»Cytometry Part A
»Environmental International
»Environmental Modelling & Software
»Environmental Science and Technology 
»European Polymer Journal 
»Health Physics
»International Journal of Analytical Chemistry
»International Journal of Radiation Biology
»Journal of Aerosol Science 
»Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
»Journal of Materials Science 
»Journal of Toxicology 
»Materials Chemistry and Physics
»Marine Pollution Bulletin 
»Medical Physics 
»Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research A 
»Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research B 
»Physical Review B
»Physics in Medicine and Biology
»Radiation and Environmental Biophysics
»Radiation Measurements
»The Open Environmental Pollution & Toxicology Journal
»The Science of the Total Environment 
»X-ray Spectrometry
»Water, Air & Soil Pollution: Focus
»Water Research

Awards

»Teaching Excellence Award (1997-1998), City University of Hong Kong
»Our World in Concrete & Structures (OWICS) Award (1999) sponsored by Japan Concrete Institute

Who's Who List

»Who's Who in the World (Marquis Who's Who, U.S.A.)
 »Who's Who in America (Marquis Who's Who, U.S.A.)
 »Who's Who in Asia (Marquis Who's Who, U.S.A.)
 »Who's Who in Science and Engineering (Marquis Who's Who, U.S.A.)
»Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care (Marquis Who's Who, U.S.A.)

Conference Organization (from 2003):

  1. Advisory Committee member: International Interdisciplinary Workshop on Radiation Protection and Dosimetry, October 12, 2003, Badajoz, Spain.
  2. Board of Scientific Reviewers: First International Meeting on Applied Physics (APHYS 2003), Badajoz, Spain, 13-18 October 2003.
  3. Chairman of invited talk session of International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids (22 ICNTS), Barcelona, Spain, 23-27 August 2004.
  4. Panel member of the Perelygin Prize for young scientist for the International Nuclear Track Society (2004).
  5. Organizing committee member of 23rd International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids, Beijing, China, 11-15 September 2006.
  6. Organizing committee member of 1st Asia-Pacific Conference on Luminescence Dating, Hong Kong, 23-26 October, 2006.
  7. Organizing committee member of International Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology (2007ISEST), Beijing, China, November 13-16, 2007.
  8. Organizing committee member of 7th International Topical Meeting on Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurement Application, Prague, Czech Republic, 22-27 June 2008.
  9. Conference Advisor of the Biomedical Engineering International Conference 2010 (BME2010) and Pre-conference Workshop, Hong Kong, 2-5 November 2010.
  10. Technical Program Committee member of 8th International Topical Meeting on Industrial Radiation and Radioisotope Measurement Application, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, 26 June - 1 July 2011.
  11. Science Advisory Committee member of the 25th International Conference on Nuclear Track in Solids (25 ICNTS), Puebla, Pue, Mexico, 4-9 September, 2011.

Invited Talks (from 2000):

  1. Nikezic, D., Vucic, D., and Yu, K.N., 2001, "Computer software for lung dosimetric model", 21st Symposium of Yugoslav Society for Radiological Protection, 5-8. October 2001, Kladovo, Yugoslavia.
  2. Butson, M.J., Cheung, T., and Yu, K.N., 2002, "Variations in skin dose associated with linac bed material at 6 MV x-ray energy", Illawara Health Service, Radiotherapy Symposium, 8 May 2002, New South Wales, Australia.
  3. Cheung, T., Butson, M.J., and Yu, K.N., 2002, "Quality Assurance procedures required for a high energy medical linear accelerator", Illawara Health, Wollongong Hospital, 12 June 2002, New South Wales, Australia.
  4. Butson, M.J., Cheung, T., and Yu, K.N., 2002, “Measurement of blood irradiated doses with a blood glucose meter and MD-55-2 Gafchromic film”, Radiotherapy Symposium of Australia, Illawarra Cancer Care Centre, 2 October 2002, New South Wales, Australia.
  5. Nikezic, D., Yu, K.N., Vucic, D., "Dosimetric model of human lung", 2003, XLVII ETRAN Conference, 8-13 June, 2003, Herceg Novi, Serbia and Montenegro.
  6. Nikezic, D., Yu, K.N., Kostic, D., "Three Dimensional Model of the Track Growth: Comparison with Other Models", 2003, Electrochemical Etching (ECE) Workshop, 30 June - 2 July, 2003, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro.
  7. Yu, K.N., Ho, J.P.Y., Nikezic, D., Yip, C.W.Y., "Determination of the V function for CR-39 by atomic force microscope", First International Meeting on Applied Physics (APHYS 2003), Badajoz, Spain, 13-18 October 2003.
  8. Yu, K.N., Nikezic, D., Ng, F.M.F., Leung, J.K.C., "Long-term Measurements of Radon Progeny Concentrations with Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors", 22nd International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids (22 ICNTS), Barcelona, Spain, 23-27August 2004.
  9. Yu, K.N., Leung, S.Y.Y., Nikezic, D., Leung, J.K.C., “Equilibrium factor determination using SSNTDs”, 23rd International Conference on Nuclear Tracks in Solids (23 ICNTS), Beijing, China, 11-15 September 2006.
  10. Nikezic, D., Yu, K.N., “Dosimetric model of human respiratory tract for radon dosimetry and associated computer software”, 15th National Symposium on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors and Their Applications, Tehri Garhwal, India, 21-23 June 2007.
  11. Yu, K.N., “In vivo study of low-dose radiation effects through microbeam proton irradiation of zebrafish embryos”, presented at National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), Chiba, Japan, 7 Feb 2011.

Invited Papers/Book Chapters (from 2000):

  1. Butson, M.J., Yu, P.K.N., Cheung, T., Metcalfe, P.E., "Radiochromic film for Medical Radiation Dosimetry", 2003, Materials Science & Engineering R: Reports, 41, 61-120.
  2. Nikezic, D., Yu, K.N., "Formation and Growth of Tracks in Nuclear Track Materials", 2004, Materials Science & Engineering R, 46 (3-5), 51-123.
  3. Yu, K.N., Lau, B.M.F., Nikezic, D., “Assessment of Environmental Radon Hazard Using Human Respiratory Tract Models", 2006, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 132, 98-110.
  4. Nikezic, D., Yu, K.N., "Computer Simulation of Radon Measurements with Nuclear Track Detectors", 2007, in Computer Physics Research Trends, Ed. S. J. Bianco, (Nova Science Publishers: New York), p. 119-150. (purchase book)
  5. Yu, K.N., Nikezic, D., "Long-Term Measurements of Radon Progeny Concentrations with Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors", 2009, in Nuclear Track Detectors: Design, Methods and Applications, Eds. Maksim Sidorov and Oleg Ivanov, (Nova Science Publishers: New York) p. 107-131. (purchase book)
  6. Yu, K.N., Nikezic, D., "Alpha-Particle Radiobiological Experiments Involving Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors as Substrates", 2009, in Nuclear Track Detectors: Design, Methods and Applications, Eds. Maksim Sidorov and Oleg Ivanov, (Nova Science Publishers: New York) p. 133-154. (purchase book)
  7. Nikezic, D., Yu, K.N., "Optical Characteristics Of Tracks In Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors Studied With Ray Tracing Method", 2009, in Nuclear Track Detectors: Design, Methods and Applications, Eds. Maksim Sidorov and Oleg Ivanov, (Nova Science Publishers: New York) p. 177-195. (purchase book)
  8. Han, W., Yu, K.N., "Response of cells to ionizing radiation", 2009, in Advances in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Ed. S. C. Tjong, (Bentham Science Publishers: Illinois), Chapter 6, 204-262. (purchase chapter/book)
  9. Yu, K.N., Cheng, S.H., "In Vivo Studies of α-Particle Radiation Effects Using Zebrafish Embryos", 2009, in Advances in Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Ed. S. C. Tjong, (Bentham Science Publishers: Illinois), Chapter 7, 263-283. (purchase chapter/book)
  10. Han, W., Yu, K.N., "Ionizing Radiation, DNA Double Strand Break and Mutation", 2010, in Advances in Genetics Research. Volume 4, Ed. Kevin V. Urbano, (Nova Science Publishers: New York), in press. (purchase book)

Recent Journal Publications (from 2009) (see here for impact factors): 
[Click here to see journal publications from 2000]

  1. Nikezic, D., Yu, K.N., "Light scattering from an assembly of tracks in a PADC film", 2009, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 602, 545–551.
  2. Cheung, T., Butson, M.J., Yu, P.K.N., "Energy dependence corrections to MOSFET dosimetric sensitivity", 2009, Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 32, 16-20.
  3. Butson, M.J., Cheung, T., Yu, P.K.N., "Evaluation of the magnitude of EBT Gafchromic film polarization effects", 2009, Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 32, 21-25.
  4. Yum, E.H.W., Cheng, S.H., Yu, K.N., "Zebrafish embryos for studying radiation response in vivo", 2009, Journal of Radiation Research, 50, Supplement A, A93.
  5. Chen,S., Zhao, Y., Zhao, G., Han, W., Bao, L., Yu, K.N., Wu, L., 2009. Up-regulation of ROS by mitochondria-dependent bystander signaling contributes to genotoxicity of bystander effects, Mutation Research-Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 666, 68-73.
  6. Kwong, R.W.M., Yu, P.K.N., Lam, P.K.S., Wang, W.-X., 2009. "Biokinetics and biotransformation of DDTs in the marine green mussels Perna viridis", 2009, Aquatic Toxicology, 93, 196-204.
  7. Nikezic, D., Yu, K.N., 2009. Dosimetric model of human lung and associated computer program. Indian Journal of Physics and Proceedings of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 83, 759-775.
  8. Law, Y.L., Yu, K.N., 2009. Study of influence of catechins on bystander responses in alpha-particle radiobiological experiments using thin PADC films. Radiation Measurements, 44, 1069-1072.
  9. Yum, E.H.W., Choi, V.W.Y., Nikezic, D., Li, V.W.T., Cheng, S.H., Yu, K.N., 2009. Alpha-particle-induced bystander effects between zebrafish embryos in vivo. Radiation Measurements, 44, 1077-1080.
  10. Wong, T.P.W., Tse, A.K.W., Fong, W.F., Yu, K.N., 2009. Studying effects of Magnolol on alpha-particle induced bystander effects using PADC-film based dishes. Radiation Measurements, 44, 1081–1084.
  11. Han, W., Chen,S., Yu, K.N., Wu, L., 2010. Nitric Oxide Mediated DNA Double Strand Breaks Induced in Proliferating Bystander Cells after Alpha-Particle Irradiation. Mutation Research-Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 684, 81-89.
  12. Nikezic, D., Yu, K.N., 2010. Long-term determination of airborne concentrations of unattached and attached radon progeny using stacked LR 115 detector with multi-step etching, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 613, 245-250.
  13. Han, W., Wu, L., Chen,S., Yu, K.N., 2010. Exogenous Carbon Monoxide Protects the Bystander Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells in Mixed Co-Culture System after Alpha-Particle Irradiation. Carcinogenesis, 31, 275-280.
  14. Butson, M.J., Cheung, T., Yu, P.K.N., Alnawaf, H., 2008. Dose response of irradiated XRCT radiochromic film. Iranian Journal of Science & Technology, Transaction A, 32, No. A3, 161-165.
  15. Butson, M.J., Cheung, T., Yu, P.K.N., Alnawaf, H., 2009. Dose and absorption spectra response of EBT2 Gafchromic film to high energy x-rays. Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 32, 196-202. 
  16. Alnawaf, H., Cheung, T., Butson, M.J., Yu, P.K.N., 2010. Absorption spectra response of XRQA radiochromic film to x-ray radiation. Radiation Measurements, 45, 129-132.
  17. Choi, V.W.Y., Lam, R.K.K., Chong, E.Y.W., Cheng, S.H., Yu, K.N., 2010. Designing experimental setup and procedures for studying alpha-particle-induced adaptive response in zebrafish embryos in vivo. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 268 651–656.
  18. Yum, E.H.W., Li, V.W.T., Choi, V.W.Y., Cheng, S.H., Yu, K.N., 2010. Effects of alpha particles on zebrafish embryos. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 68, 714-717.
  19. Wong, T.P.W., Law, Y.L., Tse, A.K.W., Fong, W.F., Yu, K.N., 2010. Influence of Magnolol on the bystander effect induced by alpha-particle irradiation. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 68, 718-721.
  20. Law, Y.L., Wong, T.P.W., Yu, K.N., 2010. Influence of catechins on bystander responses in CHO cells induced by alpha-particle irradiation. Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 68, 726-729.
  21. Choi, V.W.Y., Yum, E.H.W., Yu, K.N., 2010. Micro-collimator fabricated by alpha-particle irradiation of polyallyldiglycol carbonate polymer film and subsequent chemical etching. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 619, 211-215.
  22. Ng, C.K.M., Cheng, J.P., Cheng, S.H., Yu, K.N., 2010. Convenient fabrication of three-dimensional cell-culture substrates through introduction of micrometer-size pores on polyallyldiglycol carbonate polymer films. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 619, 401-407.
  23. Butson, M.J., Yu, P.K.N., Cheung, T., Alnawaf, H., 2010. Energy response of the new EBT2 radiochromic film to x-ray radiation. Radiation Measurements, 45, 836-839.
  24. Choi, V.W.Y., Ng, C.K.M., Lam, R.K.K., Janik, M., Sorimachi, A., Kranrod, C., Nikezic, D., Tokonami, S., Yu, K.N., 2010. Long-term determination of airborne radon progeny concentrations using LR 115 detectors and the effects of thoron. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 141, 404-407.
  25. Nikezic, D., Markovic, V.M., Krstic, D., Yu, P.K.N., 2010. Doses in human organs due to alpha, beta and gamma radiations emitted by thoron progeny in the lung. Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 141, 428–431.
  26. Butson, E.T., Cheung, T., Yu, P.K.N., Butson, M.J., 2010. Measuring solar UV radiation with EBT radiochromic film. Physics in Medicine and Biology 55, N487-N493.
  27. Alnawaf, H., Butson, M.J., Cheung, T., Yu, P.K.N., 2010. Scanning orientation and polarization effects for XRQA Radiochromic film. Physica Medica 26, 216-219.
  28. Choi, V.W.Y., Konishi, T., Oikawa, M., Iso, H., Cheng, S.H., Yu, K.N., 2010. Adaptive response in zebrafish embryos induced using microbeam protons as priming dose and x-ray photons as challenging dose. Journal of Radiation Research 51, 657–664.
  29. Choi, V.W.Y., Cheng, S.H., Yu, K.N., 2010. Radioadaptive Response Induced by Alpha-Particle-Induced Stress Communicated in Vivo between Zebrafish Embryos. Environmental Science & Technology, 44, 8829-8834.
  30. Chen, S., Zhao, Y., Han, W., Chiu, S.K., Zhu, L., Wu, L., Yu, K.N., 2011. Rescue effects in radiobiology: unirradiated bystander cells assist irradiated cells through intercellular signal feedback. Mutation Research-Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 706, 59-64.
  31. Kan, M.W.K., Cheung, J.Y.C., Leung, L.H.T., Lau, B.M.F., Yu, P.K.N., 2011. The accuracy of dose calculations by anisotropic analytical algorithms for stereotactic radiotherapy in nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 56, 397-413.
  32. Choi, V.W.Y., Ng, C.K.M., Nikezic, D., Konishi, T., Yu, K.N., 2011. Micro-collimators fabricated by chemical etching of thin polyallyldiglycol carbonate polymer films exposed to oxygen ions. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 631, 6-11.
  33. Han, W., Yu, K.N., Wu, L.J., Wu, Y.C., Wang, H.Z., 2011. Mechanism of Protection of Bystander Cells by Exogenous Carbon Monoxide: Impaired Response to Damage Signal of Radiation-Induced Bystander Effect. Mutation Research-Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis, 709-710, 1-6.
  34. Butson, M.J., Yu, P.K.N., Cheung, T., Oborn, B.M., 2011. Effects of radiation scatter exposure on electrometer dose assessment in orthovoltage radiotherapy. Radiation Measurements, 46, 436-439.
  35. Ng, C.K.M., Wong, M.Y.P., Lam, R.K.K., Ho, J.P.Y., Chiu, S.K., Yu, K.N., 2011. p53 binding protein 1 foci as a biomarker of DNA double strand breaks induced by ionizing radiation. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 660, 116-120.
  36. Ng, C.K.M., Wong, M.Y.P., Lam, R.K.K., Ho, J.P.Y., Yu, K.N., 2011. Fabrication of pseudo three-dimensional PADC cell culture substrates for dosimetric studies. Radiation Measurements 46, 1790-1794.
  37. Choi, V.W.Y., Wong, M.Y.P., Cheng, S.H., Yu, K.N., 2011. Dosimetric study of radioadaptive response of zebrafish embryos using PADC-film substrates. Radiation Measurements 46, 1795-1798.
  38. Yu, K.N., Nikezic, D., 2011. Long-term determination of airborne radon progeny concentrations using LR 115 solid-state nuclear track detectors. Radiation Measurements 46, 1799-1802.
  39. Alnawaf, H., Butson, M.J., Yu, P.K.N., Cheung, T., 2011. SIRAD - Personal radiation detectors. Radiation Measurements 46, 1826-1828.
  40. Butson, E., Alnawaf, H., Yu, P.K.N., Butson, M.J., 2011. Scanner uniformity improvements for radiochromic film analysis with matt reflectance backing. Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine 34, 401-407.
  41. Choi, V.W.Y., Ng, C.Y.P., Cheng, S.H., Yu, K.N., 2012. α-Particle irradiated zebrafish embryos rescued by bystander unirradiated zebrafish embryos. Environmental Science & Technology, 46, 226–231.


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