Joshua Cates

Current Employer: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Dr. Cates is interested in novel detector development for PET imaging. Specifically, his research investigates technologies and techniques for reducing the timing performance of scintillation detectors coupled to analogue and digital silicon photomultipliers towards statistical limits. He is also investigating depth-of-interaction techniques for ToF-PET detectors coupled to MRI-compatible photosensor technologies.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2013
  • M.S. in Nuclear Engineering - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2011
  • B.S. in Nuclear Engineering - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 2009

Honors and Awards

  • Winner of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Intern Research Contest, August 2008
  • IEEE Travel Award to attend IEEE NSS/MIC 2008 Dresden, Germany, 2008
  • IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Science Society Graduate Scholarship Award, March 2013
  • University of Tennessee Chancellor\'s Award for Extraordinary Professional Promise, April 2013
  • Nuclear Engineering PhD Graduate Research Excellence Award, April 2013