Alla Reznik
- Professor, Lakehead University, Physics Department
- Senior Scientist in Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute
- Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Physics of Molecular Imaging
- areznik@lakeheadu.ca
- +18073438571
- https://www.rezniklab.lakeheadu.ca/
- Lakehead University 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 5E1 Canada
Education
- Post-doctoral fellow, Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2003
- Doctorate, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 2001
- Ph.D. equiv, Ukraine National Academy of Science, Ukraine, 1991
- Master's, Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev (State University of Ukraine), Ukraine, 1985
Appointments and Affiliations
- Professor, Department of Physics, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, 2013-Present
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, 2008-2013
- Scientist (part-time), Advanced Detection Devices, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, 2007-Present
- Research Associate, Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2004-2007
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Medical Imaging, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2003-2004
- Senior Physicist, Functional Imaging, GE Medical Systems, Tirat Hacarmel, Israel, 2000-2003
- PhD Candidate, Solid State Institute and Faculty of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, Israell, 1997-2000
- Researcher, Solid State Institute and Faculty of Physics, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Technion City, Haifa, Israel, 1995-1997
- Researcher, General and Theoretical Physics, Kiev Polytechnic Institute, Kiev, Ukraine, 1986-1994
Awards and distinctions
- 2016 - The 2016 ORION Leadership Award, Ontario Research & Innovation Optical Network Distinction
- 2015 - 50+ Research Stories Lakehead University’s 50th Anniversary, Lakehead University
- 2013 - Canada Research Chair in Physics of Medical Imaging, Tier I
- 2012 - Top 10 Research and Innovation Achievements, Lakehead University
- 2008 - Canada Research Chair in Physics of Molecular Imaging, Tier II
- 2004 - The Maureen Peers Brain Tumour Research Award, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- 2003 - Award for Excellence, GE Medical Systems F. I.
- 2000 - Special Gutwirth Scholarship for Distinguished Excellence, Technion
- 1999 - Special Gutwirth Scholarship for Distinguished Excellence, Technion
Publications
- A. Reznik, K. Jandierih, F. Gebhard, S. Baranovskii, “Non-Onsager mechanism of long-wave photogeneration in amorphous selenium at high electric fields” Applied Physics Letters (2012) 100: 132101-132105
- A. Reznik, V. Lyubin, M. Klebanov “Transient photorefraction in a-Se films” Journal of Applied Physics (2009) 105 013518
- A. Reznik, S.D. Baranovskii, M. Klebanov, V. Lyubin, O. Rubel, J. A. Rowlands, “Reversible vs. Irreversible Photodarkening in a-Se: the Kinetics Study” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, (2009) 20(1) 111
- A. Reznik, W. Zhao, Y. Ohkawa, K. Tanioka, J. A. Rowlands, “Applications of avalanche multiplication to Flat Panel Detectors for medical applications” Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, (2009) 20 (1) 63
- A. Reznik, S.D. Baranovskii, O. Rubel, K. Jandierih, S. Kasap, Y.Ohkawa, M. Kubota, K. Tanioka, J. A. Rowlands, “Avalanche multiplication in amorphous selenium and its utilization in imaging”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 354 (2008) 2691-2696
- A. Reznik, S.D. Baranovskii, O. Rubel, K. Jandierih, J. A. Rowlands, “Photoconductivity in amorphous selenium blocking structures” Phys.Stat.Sol. (c) 5(3) (2008) 790-795
Patents
- Photodetector/Imaging device with avalanche gain” United State Patent, Granted US8253212 B2, Application # US 12/457,855, Priority date June 23, 2008, M. Wronski, JA. Rowlands, A. Reznik, G. DeCrescenzo, W. Zhao
- Systems and method for resetting photoconductive x-ray imaging detectors, Patent, International PCT application # US 13/822,891, PCT # PCT/CA2011/050556, filed September 13, 2011, JA Rowlands, C. Pokhrel, G. DeCrescenzo, A. Reznik
- Tillable Block Detectors for seamless block detector arrays in Positron Emission Mammography, Patent, U.S. Provisional Patent Application# 62/300,256, filed February 8, 2016, O. Bubon, A. Teymurazyan, A. Reznik
- Amorphous Lead Oxide based energy detection devices and methods of manufacture thereof, Patent, U.S. Provisional Patent Application# 62/292,478, filed February 8, 2016, O. Semeniuk, A. Reznik