Background

Liyong Lin, Ph.D., FAAPM, DABR, is an Adjunct Professor. An ABR board‑certified medical physicist, Dr. Lin’s expertise began with proton therapy commissioning, quality assurance, and Monte Carlo characterization of pencil beam scanning proton therapy systems for clinical and preclinical applications, including studies of radiation immune response at the University of Pennsylvania. Since joining Emory University, his research has focused on developing novel treatment optimization and delivery systems for advanced particle therapy applications, including FLASH and spatially fractionated therapies. His research interests span Monte Carlo simulation, deep learning techniques for particle microdosimetry imaging, and GPU‑accelerated optimization.

Dr. Lin is the principal investigator of an active NCI/NIH R03 grant and routinely serves as a grant reviewer for the U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Program.