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imaging and therapy. Shielded accelerated partial breast irradiation, a technology developed by Keppel and colleagues, makes post-surgical radiation more feasible for patients. Another of her patents was used in the OARtrac system, a machine which helps radiation oncologists monitor dose in therapy
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in 2018, "For leadership on novel experimental techniques to study strong interactions, her contributions to CTEQ from the perspective of Nuclear Physics, and her instrumental role in founding the Hampton University Proton Therapy Center and other work applying Nuclear Physics to Medicine." Keppel
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Distinguished Lectureship on the Applications of Physics. She was awarded the honour for "pioneering work in proton therapy and for the promotion of the applications of physics to both experts and non-experts". Alongside her academic work, Keppel has mentored high school teachers about
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applications. She was pivotal in launching the world's largest independent proton therapy facility, the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute. She was awarded numerous grants, including a $ 1.3 million grant to improve
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Center for Advanced Medical Instrumentation, where scientists at Hampton and Jefferson Lab collaborated to bring technology developed for nuclear and particle physics to
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for cancer patients, which was awarded a Medical Device Breakthrough Award in 2018. In 2012 Keppel was named Leader of Experimental Hall A at the
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where she created an early computer generated film. She considered becoming a professional race car driver, and participated in
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in 1984. She spent a year teaching science at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in
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in medicine. She was a founding member of the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute.
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experiments to investigate the structure of protons and neutrons. In 2001 she founded the
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Cynthia Keppel, official Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility image in 2018
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Inclusive Nucleon Resonance Electroproduction at Large Momentum Transfer
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Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics Distinguished Lectureship Award
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activities. She completed her graduate training at the
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2010 Innovate Hampton Roads High Tech Leadership Award
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Her advisor was Ray Arnold at the 40: 29: 297: 295: 242:2011 Virginia Outstanding Scientist Award 765:Fellows of the American Physical Society 627:"Nuclear Science from Quarks to Cancer" 291: 259:2019 Alumni Association Award of Merit 139:United States Naval Research Laboratory 705:"FIAP Distinguished Lectureship Award" 7: 439: 437: 412: 410: 408: 354: 352: 350: 324: 322: 202:Keppel was elected a Fellow of the 151:Stanford Linear Accelerator Center 109:is the Hall A and C Leader at the 25: 266:Keppel holds several patents for 236:2000 VA Outstanding Faculty Award 232:Her awards and honours include; 1: 451:. 2009-04-29. 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Cynthia E. Keppel

St. John's College
Hampton University
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Thesis
Inclusive Nucleon Resonance Electroproduction at Large Momentum Transfer
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
American Physical Society
nuclear physics
St. John's College
Fairfax County, Virginia
United States Naval Research Laboratory
Sports Car Club of America
American University
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility
Hampton University
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
electron scattering
Hampton University
nuclear medicine
breast cancer
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Quantum Chromodynamics
American Physical Society
American Physical Society
Nuclear physics
TEDx
Charlottesville, Virginia

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