Current interests

Peter Sharpe is leading research and development in chemical dosimetry techniques for radiotherapy and industrial applications. Current interests include the development of small alanine dosimeters to validate dose distributions in complex three dimensional radiotherapy treatments and the study of dosimeters for use at cryogenic temperatures in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

Biography

Peter graduated with a degree in chemistry from the University of Manchester in 1972 and gained an MSc in photochemistry in 1973 and a PhD in radiation chemistry in 1976. He is currently chair of Section I of the BIPM/CIPM Consultative Committee on Ionising Radiation (CCRI) and chair of the Dosimetry Group of the Panel on Gama and Electron Irradiation. He is also heavily involved with ASTM and ISO committees developing standards for dosimetry and process control in the radiation processing industry. Peter is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Radiation Physics and Chemistry and was a member of the working group responsible for writing ICRU Report 80 'Dosimetry Systems for Use in Radiation Processing', published in 2008.

Selected publications

• Dose response of alanine detectors irradiated with carbon ion beams
  R. Herrmann, O. Jäkel, H. Palmans, P. Sharpe and N. Bassler
  Med. Phys. 38 (4), pages 1859-1866 (2011)
• A national dosimetric audit of IMRT
  G. Budgell, J. Berresford, M. Trainer, E. Bradshaw, P. Sharpe, P. Williams
  Radiotherapy and Oncology, 99, pages 246–252 (2011)
• D_µ - a new concept in low energy electron dosimetry
  J. Helt-Hansen, A. Miller, P. Sharpe, B. Laurell, D. Weiss, G. Pageau
  Radiat. Phys. Chem., 79, pages 66–74 (2010)
• The behaviour of alanine dosimeters at temperatures between 100  K and 300 K
  P. H. G. Sharpe, J. P. Sephton and C. A. Gouldstone
  Radiat. Phys. Chem., 78, pages 477–479 (2009)
• Monte Carlo modelling and real time dosemeter measurements of dose rate distribution at a ⁶⁰Co industrial irradiation plant
  M. Bailey, J. P. Sephton and P. H. G. Sharpe
  Radiat. Phys. Chem., 78, pages 453–456 (2009)

Contact details

E-mail: peter.sharpe@npl.co.uk
Tel: 020 8943 6647