Farhana Thesni Mada Parambil is an EuPRAXIA-DN Fellow at the Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool, investigating diagnostics for ultra-high dose rate, laser-driven proton beams, an emerging modality in cancer radiotherapy with significant health, economic, and societal impact. Her work bridges accelerator physics and medical applications to support the clinical translation of next-generation proton therapy technologies.

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Farhana holds a master’s degree in Radiation Physics (2023) from the University of Calicut, Kerala, India. Her master’s thesis, “Impact of Nuclear Reactions on Proton Therapy Dose Distribution,” established her strong background in nuclear reaction modelling, Monte Carlo simulations (GEANT4), and quantitative data analysis (ROOT). Alongside her academic studies, she completed a one-year internship at a regional cancer centre, gaining hands-on clinical exposure.

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Since joining the QUASAR Group in January 2024, Farhana’s research focuses on updating and optimizing a Supersonic Gas Curtain-based Ionization Profile Monitor (SGC-IPM) for the diagnostic of Flash protons. Through a combination of experimental work and electrostatic and particle tracking simulations, her project evaluates the feasibility of real-time, shot-by-shot monitoring of beam position, transverse profile, and intensity under high-dose-rate conditions.