Dr. Farley Chicilo BSc, PhD
Post Doctoral Fellow Plant Sciences, Mechanical EngineeringFarley is a postdoctoral fellow with a background specializing in physics and material sciences. During his undergrad, he was employed at the Saskatchewan Structural Science Center (SSSC) as a research technician and has experience using a wide variety of measurement techniques including Raman, ESR, FTIR, DSC, AFM, confocal microscopy, and many others. After obtaining his B.Sc in Physics from the University of Saskatchewan, Farley was enrolled in the PhD program in Biomedical Engineering developing a high dose, high resolution dosimeter material for synchrotron based radiotherapy applications and graduated in 2020. Farley's current research involves working with industry partners in the upgrading and purification of local ethanol products to pharmaceutical grade materials for Covid-19 applications.
- Address
- Room 6E17 Department of Plant Science
- College of Agriculture and Bioresources, University of Saskatchewan
- 51 Campus Drive Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 5A8
Research Area(s)
- Material Sciences
- Ethanol
- Distillation
- Instrumentation
- USP
- Radiation Detection
- Photoluminescence
Current Projects
- Upgrading ethanol for use in hand sanitizers
Grants Held
"Investigating spinal cord normal tissue toxicity in retreatment scenarios using spatially fractionated microbeam radiotherapy as a study towards radiation oncology" Saskatchewan Cancer Agency Grant (2019 – 2021)
Publications
- F. Chicilo, C. Koughia, R. Curry, R. Gwilliam, R. Ahumada-Lazo, A. Edgar, D. Binks, D. Chapman, S. Kasap, “X-ray induced Sm-ion valence conversion in Sm-ion implanted fluoroaluminate glasses towards high-dose radiation measurement”. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron. (April 2019).
- F. Chicilo, G. Okada, G. Belev, D. Chapman, A. Edgar, R. Curry, S. Kasap, “Instrumentation for high-dose, high-resolution dosimetry for microbeam radiation therapy using samarium-doped fluoroaluminate and fluorophosphate glass plates” Meas. Sci. Tech. (September 2019).
- F. Chicilo, A. Hanson, F. Geisler, G. Belev, A. Edgar, K. Ramaswami, D. Chapman, S. Kasap, “Dose profiles and x-ray energy optimization for microbeam radiation therapy by high-dose, high resolution dosimetry using Sm-doped fluoroaluminate glass plates and Monte Carlo transport simulation” Phys. Med. Bio. (April 2020)
Conference Presentations
- F. Chicilo, G. Okada, G. Belev, T. Wysokinski, A. Edgar, D. Chapman, S. Kasap. “Investigation of Energy and Dose Dependence of High-Resolution Dosimetric Materials for Microbeam Radiation Therapy”. Medical Applications of Syncrotron Radiation (MASR). Grenoble, France. October 2015. Poster presentation.
- F. Chicilo, G. Okada, G. Belev, T. Wysokinski, A. Edgar, D. Chapman, S. Kasap. “Investigation of Energy and Dose Dependence of High-Resolution Dosimetric Materials for Microbeam Radiation Therapy”. International Conference on Optical, Optoelectronic, and Photonic Materials and Applications (ICOOPMA). Montreal, Canada. June 2016. Oral presentation.
- F. Chicilo, C. Koughia, R. Curry, R. Gwilliam†, A. Edgar, S. Kasap. “X-ray Induced Sm Valence Conversion in Ion Implanted Fluoroaluminate Glass”. Pholtoluminescence in Rare Earths: Photonic Materials and Devices (PRE). Rome, Italy. December 2017. Oral presentation.
- F. Chicilo, C. Koughia, R. Curry, R. Gwilliam†, A. Edgar, S. Kasap. “X-ray Induced Sm Valence Conversion in Ion Implanted Fluoroaluminate Glass”. International Symposium on Non-Oxide and New Optical Glasses (ISNOG). Quebec, Canada. June 2018. Oral presentation.
- F. Chicilo, C. Koughia, R. Curry, R. Gwilliam†, A. Edgar, S. Kasap. “X-ray Induced Sm Valence Conversion in Ion Implanted Fluoroaluminate Glass”. International Conference on Optical, Optoelectronic, and Photonic Materials and Applications (ICOOPMA). Maresias, Brazil, August 2018. Brazil. Poster presentation.
- F. Chicilo, G. Okada, G. Belev, C. Koughia, T. Wysokinski, D. Chapman, A. Edgar, F. Geisler, A. Hanson, S. Kasap. “X-ray Induced Sm-Valence Conversion in Fluoroaluminate Glasses as a Tool for Investigating Dose Distributions in Microbeam Radiation Therapy”. International Conference on Optical, Optoelectronic, and Photonic Materials and Applications (ICOOPMA). Maresias, Brazil, August 2018. Oral presentation.
- F. Chicilo, G. Belev, C. Koughia, D. Chapman, A. Edgar, F. Geisler, A. Hanson, S. Kasap “X-ray Induced Sm-Valence Conversion in Fluoroaluminate Glasses as a Tool for Investigating Dose Distributions and Electron Transport in Microbeam Radiation Therapy” Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference (CSSTC). Saskatoon, Canada, August 2019. Oral and Poster presentation.