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 Dr. Yuanlin Peng recently joined the School of Health Sciences as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Health Physics. Prior to coming to Purdue he was an Assistant Professor special appointment in the Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences at Colorado State University.
Dr. Peng received his bachelor's degree in Biology from Beijing Normal University in 1992 and his masters in Nuclear Medicine from Peking Union Medical College in 1995. His master's thesis focused on using radioactive isotopes labeled proteins in the liver cancer diagnosis. Following that, He worked for three years at the Nuclear Medicine Department in the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences before coming to the United States to pursue his Ph.D. training.
In 2004 Dr. Peng obtained his doctorate in Radiological Health Sciences from Colorado State University and he stayed there for another seven years to continue working on the NASA and DOE funded projects. The radiation leukemogenesis project at CSU is funded by NASA to investigate the radiation risks to astronauts from high energy cosmic-ray and solar particle radiations during deep space travel and prolonged stays in space. It also provides information pertinent to the development of bio-markers for earlier leukemia diagnosis and a greater understanding of the molecular changes during the development of leukemia. Another research project Dr. Peng carried out at CSU was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Low Dose Radiation Research Program to assess genetic factors responsible for variations in susceptibilities to radiation induced cancer among individuals in the human population.
While at CSU Dr. Peng have accomplished innovative research in the pursuit of his degree, as well as contributed to the NASA and DOE funded projects. During this time, He also received certification by the American Board of Health Physics (ABHP). Dr. Peng is member of the Radiation Research Society, Health Physics Society, and American Academy of Health Physics.
Dr. Peng's research at Purdue University will be focused on the biological effects of high-energy heavy charged particles relate to human protection during low earth orbit and deep space missions, the track structures and dose rate effects of HZE particles, as well as the development of improved methods for radiation biodosimetry in an environment of possible nuclear or radiological incident.
Dr. Peng is married to Ming Zhang, who is a geographic information system specialist. They have three lovely children Sydney, Samuel, and Sally.
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