Current interests

David Shipley is leading the work on computational modelling in dosimetry, which involves the maintenance and development of numerical simulations based on Monte Carlo techniques of radiation sources and detectors to support the increasing and diverse dosimetry measurements that are carried out. David is also actively involved in the development of new healthcare projects and services relevant to radiotherapy, including linac beam data acquisition, dosimetry for electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) and commissioning of treatment planning systems.

Biography

David received his BSc (Hons) degree in Physics from Imperial College London in 1986, after which he joined the Radiation Dosimetry Group at NPL. He also received a Postgraduate Diploma in Computing for Commerce and Industry from the Open University in 2005.

David is currently a committee member of the Computational Physics Group of the Institute of Physics and also a committee member of the UK Monte Carlo User Group (MCNEG). He has led the organisation of three user group conferences and two international workshops at NPL related to Monte Carlo radiation transport modelling receiving an NPL Achievement Award in 2007.

He has published more than 20 technical reports and papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Selected publications

• Transfer of the UK absorbed dose primary standard for photon beams from the research linac to the clinical linac at NPL
  J. A. D. Pearce, D. R. Shipley and S. Duane
  Metrologia 48, pages 365-374 (2011)
• Water equivalence of various materials for clinical proton dosimetry by experiment and Monte Carlo simulation
  L. Al-Sulaiti, D. Shipley, R. Thomas, A. Kacperek, P. Regan and H. Palmans
  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 619, pages 344-347 (2010)
• Analysis of dose perturbation factors of a NACP-02 ionization chamber in clinical electron beams
  E. Chin, D. R. Shipley, M. Bailey, H. Palmans and F. Verhaegen
  Phys. Med. Biol., 54, pages 307 (2009)
• Validation of a Monte Carlo model of a NACP-02 plane-parallel ionization chamber model using electron backscatter experiments
  E. Chin, D. R. Shipley, M. Bailey, J. Seuntjens, H. Palmans, A. DuSautoy and F. Verhaegen
  Phys. Med. Biol., 53 (8), N119-N126 (2008)
• Monte Carlo modelling of a clinical proton beam-line for the treatment of ocular tumours
  C. Baker, D. R. Shipley, H. Palmans and A. Kacperek
  Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, A 562 (2), pages 1005-1008 (2006)

Contact details

E-mail: david.shipley@npl.co.uk
Tel: 020 8943 6252