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Dr. Peter Caracappa is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics at Columbia University. He has over 20 years of experience as a health physicist and has served as Chief Radiation Safety Officer at Columbia. Prior to this position, he was the Radiation Safety Officer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was responsible for the oversight of a 100 MeV electron accelerator facility and a low-power research reactor. Dr. Caracappa completed his PhD in Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer in 2006 and has taught various courses within the Nuclear Engineering Health Physics program. His research interests encompass Radiation Dosimetry, Medical Health Physics, and Monte Carlo Simulation, focusing on improving tools for quantifying and managing radiation dose, particularly in medical applications. He has authored and co-authored 25 peer-reviewed papers and has presented at over 100 conferences on topics such as computational dosimetry and radiation protection. Dr. Caracappa is also known for his contributions to the response to the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident and has been featured in numerous media outlets.
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