Jacquelyn C. Yanch
Professor of Nuclear Engineering,
and Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology
Email: jcyanch@mit.edu
Phone: 617-258-6999
Fax: 617-253-0760
MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
77 Massachusetts Avenue, NW14-2207
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
Education
B.S., Psychology, McMaster University, 1981
B.S., Health and Radiation Physics, McMaster University, 1983
M.S., Health and Radiation Physics, McMaster University, 1985
Ph.D., Physics, University of London, 1988
Research Interests
Radiation production, radiation applications in biology and
medicine, particle accelerator applications, radiation transport.
Current Research Projects
- Accelerator-based neutron production for radiation therapy
(BNCT, BNCS, fast-neutron brachytherapy)
Development of BNCS - a potential treatment of Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Charged-particle microbeam development for subcellular irradiation
Teaching Interests
- Radiation production, radiation applications, radiation health,
radiation medicine.
Other Professional Activities
- Senior Scientist, Photoelectron Corporation (LOA from MIT),
1/94 - 10/94
Honors and Awards
- Class of 1958 Assistant Professorship Chair, MIT, 1989 -
1992
- W. M. Keck Career Development Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
MIT,
1992 - 1997
- G.E. Foundation Junior Faculty Award, 1992
- American Nuclear Society Young Engineer Award, 1997
- MacVicar Faculty Fellow, 2000
Selected Recent Publications
- J. C. Yanch, S. Shortkroff, R. E. Shefer, S. Johnson, E.
Binello, D. Gierga, A. G. Jones, G. Young, C. Vivieros, A.
Davison and C. Sledge, "Boron Neutron Capture Synovectomy:
Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Based on the 10B(n,alpha)7Li
Nuclear Reaction," Medical Physics, (26)3:
364-375, 1999.
- B. W. Blackburn, J. C. Yanch and R. E. Klinkowstein, "Development
of a High-Power Water Cooled Beryllium Target for Use in Accelerator-based
Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (ABNCT)," Medical Physics, (25) 10: 1967-1974,1998.
- Shefer, R. E., R. E. Klinkowstein and J. C. Yanch, "A High
Current Electrostatic Accelerator for Boron Neutron Capture
Therapy," in International Conference: Neutrons in Research
and Industry (George Vourvopoulos, Ed.) Proc. SPIE
2867, 41-47, 1997.
- D. P. Gierga, J. C. Yanch and R. E. Shefer, "Design of Multidirectional
Neutron Beams for Boron Neutron Capture Synovectomy," Transactions
of the American Nuclear Society, TANSAO, Vol. 77, 51-52,
1997.
- Howard, W. B., J. C. Yanch, S. M. Grimes, T. N. Massey, S.
I. Al-Quaraishi, D. K. Jacobs, and C. E. Brient, "Measurement
of the 9Be(p,n) Thick Target Spectrum for Use in
Accelerator-based BNCT," Medical Physics, 23(7):
