Education

• Bachelor: School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Science, NTUA, Athens, 2003-2009
• Master: Physics and Technological Applications, NTUA - NCSR, Athens, 2009-2011
• PhD in Nuclear Physics, AUTH, Thessaloniki, 2012 - Expected in Jan 2016

Meetings, Conferences, Presentations

• 1^st Annual ARDENT Workshop, Vienna 20-23 Nov 2012
• EURADOS AM2013, Barcelona, 4-8 Feb 2013
• NEUDOS 12, Aix-en-Provence, 3-7 Jun 2013
• 2^nd Annual ARDENT Workshop and Mid-term Review, Milano, 14-18 Oct 2013
• IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD, Seoul, 27 Oct - 2 Nov 2013
• 3^rd Annual ARDENT Workshop, Schwarzenbruck, Germany, 29 Sept - 2 Oct 2014
• nTOF Collaboration Meeting, CERN, 7-8 Oct 2014
• Workshop in Neutron Detection with MPGDs, CERN, 16-17 Mar 2015
• 4^th Annual ARDENT Workshop, Prague, Czech Republik, 22-26 Jun 2015
• IEEE NSS/MIC/RTSD, San Diego, 31 Oct - 7 Nov 2015

Publications

• E. Aza, M. Caresana, C. Cassell, V. Colombo, S. Damjanovic, S. Gilardoni, G. Paolo Manessi, M. Pangallo, D. Perrin, M.Silari, “Comparison of the performance of different instruments in the stray neutron field around the CERN Proton Synchrotron”, Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2013), pp 1–6

• E. Aza, M. Caresana, C. Cassell, N. Charitonidis, E. Harrouch, G.P. Manessi, M. Pangallo, D. Perrin, E. Samara, M. Silari, "Instrument intercomparison in the pulsed neutron fields at the CERN HiRadMat facility", Radiation Measurements 61 (2014), pp 25-32

• E. Aza, M. Magistris, F. Murtas, S. Puddu, M. Silari, "The Triple GEM detector as beam monitor for relativistic hadron beams", JINST 9 P06006, 2014

• E. Aza, M. Magistris, F. Murtas, S. Puddu, M. Silari, "The triple GEM detector as stray neutron monitor", JINST 9 T11005, 2014

• E. Aza, N. Dinar, G. P. Manessi, M. Silari, "A Bonner Sphere Spectrometer for pulsed fields", Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2015), pp 1–5

• E. Aza, M. Magistris, F. Murtas, S. Puddu, M. Silari, "Neutron Beam Monitoring for Time-of-Flight Facilities with Gaseous Detectors", NIM A806 (2015), pp 14-20

• M. De Saint-Hubert, C. Saldarriaga Vargas, O. Van Hoey, W. Schoonjans, V. De Smet, G. Mathot, F. Stichelbaut, G. Manessi, N. Dinar, E. Aza, C. Cassell, M. Silari, F. Vanhavere, "Secondary neutron doses in a proton therapy centre", Radiation Protection Dosimetry (2015), doi:10.1093/rpd/nc0000

• V. De Smet, M. De Saint-Hubert, N. Dinar, G. P. Manessi, E. Aza, C. Cassell, C. Saldarriaga Vargas, O. Van Hoey, G. Mathot, F. Stichelbaut, G. De Lentdecker, I. Gerardy, M. Silari, F. Vanhavere, "Secondary neutrons inside a proton therapy facility: MCNPX simulations compared to measurements performed with a Bonner Sphere Spectrometer and neutron H*(10) monitors", Submitted to Radiation Measurements (2015)

• E. Aza, M. Ciocca, F. Murtas, S. Puddu, M. Pullia, D. Sampsonidis, M. Silari, "Preliminary results of the Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) as real-time beam monitor in hadron therapy", Submitted to the International Journal of Particle Therapy (2015)

Secondments

Politecnico di Milano, 22 April - 3 May 2013, FLUKA simulations