- Walter Mauderli
Walter Mauderli, DSc, (
March 8 ,1924 -March 27 ,2005 ). Mauderli was a pioneer in the development of the field ofmedical physics . He earned his doctorate from theSwiss Federal Institute of Technology under the instruction of notable physicists asNobel Laureate physicistWolfgang Pauli . Mauderli trained in thedosimetry of low- and high-energyradiation s at theUniversity of Zurich Medical Center with ProfessorRolf Wideroe , the developer ofparticle accelerators . Mauderli moved to the United States in May 1956 and assumed a position at theUniversity of Arkansas . In 1960 he became the firstmedical physicist at theUniversity of Florida ("UF") and retired asProfessor Emeritus in 1988. He was also academically affiliated with the Departments ofNuclear Engineering Sciences andEnvironmental Engineering Sciences. In the 1960s Mauderli was one of the founders of themedical physics graduate program at UF and radiologic technology training programs at two regional community colleges. He supervised manygraduate students in their master's and doctoral research efforts.Active in developing the use of computers in
radiology , Mauderli performed fundamentalresearch in electronic instrumentation in the fields of therapeutic radiology andnuclear medicine . He had 68 publications in his scientificcareer .Mauderli was a founding member of the
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) and served on the initialboard of directors with other leaders in the field.In order to recognize Mauderli's lifetime achievement in the field of medical physics in the state of
Florida , in 2003 the Mauderli Award was created by theFlorida Chapter of AAPM. This award bearing his name is given from time to time to a Florida medical physicist who is distinguished by significant scientific or clinical research, outstanding service as an educator in medical physics, or outstanding clinical service in medical physics.References
Health Physics Society (http://hps.org). Facts obtained in interviews with Walter Mauderli's wife and one of his daughters.
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