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Donika Plyku Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Div. of Nuclear Medicine, Dept. of Radiology & Radiological Science, 1550 Orleans St.

Cancer Research Building (CRB II) 4M.60 Baltimore, MD 21231 Office Phone: 410-502-8185 Cell Phone: 757-214-4114 Fax: 413-487-3753 E-Mail: [email protected]

CURRICULUM VITAE

Employment

Faculty - Research Associate May 1, 2017 - present

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Division of Nuclear Medicine,

Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Baltimore, MD, USA

Principal Investigators: Dr. Martin Pomper, Dr. George Sgouros

Research Group: Radionuclide/Radiopharmaceutical Therapy and Dosimetry (RTD) Lab

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow April 2013 – April 2017

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Division of Nuclear Medicine,

Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Baltimore, MD, USA

Research Group: Radionuclide/Radiopharmaceutical Therapy and Dosimetry (RTD) Lab

Principal Investigators: Dr. George Sgouros, Dr. Robert F. Hobbs

Education

Ph. D. in Physics, Old Dominion University, Department of Physics, Norfolk, VA, USA March 2013

Research Area: Nuclear/High Energy Physics

Experiment Location: Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) at Department of Energy’s

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA

Collaboration group at RHIC: STAR (Solenoidal Tracker at RHIC) Collaboration

Dissertation: Spin-Dependence in Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC

Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Stephen Bültmann

Degree Awarded: March 2013

M.S. in Physics, Old Dominion University, Department of Physics, Norfolk, VA, USA May 2007

Integrated B.S. and M.S. in Physics Education, Middle East Technical University, January 2005

Ankara, Turkey

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Current Departmental Duties at the Division of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

- Serving as a Clinical Physicist in Nuclear Medicine at the PET Service Center

- Serving as a member of the division’s Physics and Informatics Core

- Serving as a general point-of-contact for quantitative methods in nuclear medicine and

molecular imaging

- Serving as a member of the Radioactive Drug Research Committee

- Specific job descriptions also involve performing dosimetry calculations for research projects,

e.g. new diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, performing radiotracer kinetic

modeling and performing own research projects

Current Research Projects

1. Dose Reduction on Pediatric Molecular Imaging

Responsible for the development of pharmacokinetic (PK) models for two of the most commonly

used radiopharmaceuticals in pediatric nuclear medicine: 99mTc-DMSA for renal and 99mTc-MDP for

bone imaging. This involves analysis of the pediatric patient data from Boston Children’s Hospital

to validate and optimize the PK models. The overall goal is to reduce the administered doses in

pediatric diagnostic nuclear medicine without compromising the quality of the diagnostic images,

thus optimizing the diagnostic imaging in this area of pediatric nuclear medicine.

2. 3-Dimensional Radiobiological Dosimetry (3D-RD)

Responsible for performing patient-specific dosimetric calculations using 3D-RD, an in-house

developed patient specific software package. Responsible for the ongoing development of the

software package including the development and validation of a graphical user interface for 3D-RD.

3. I-124 PET/CT based tumor and normal organ dosimetry for I-131 therapy of metastatic

differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC)

Performing dosimetry calculations for metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer patients at

MedStar Washington Hospital Center, for both normal organs and tumors, to compare the

utilization of OLINDA and 3DRD methods for dose calculations and to study overall patient

outcome in the treatment of thyroid cancer.

4. Technical method on quantitation of small volumes (tumor dosimetry)

Developing a PET segmentation algorithm to better quantify small volumes (i.e. tumors) in

PET as needed for dosimetry calculations.

5. Combined model-based and patient-specific dosimetry for therapy of metastatic prostate cancer

(PCa) using 18F-DCFPyL, a PSMA-targeted PET agent.

Utilizing the Monte-Carlo based models developed for the salivary (using EGS code) and

lacrimal glands (using Geant4 toolkit) to calculate S-values for absorbed dose calculations for

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various therapeutic isotopes (i.e. Ac-225, At-211) and PSMA-targeted molecule DCFPyL for

treatment of PCa patients.

Previous Research Projects

1. I-124 PET/CT based tumor and normal organ dosimetry for I-131 therapy of metastatic

differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) – a comparison of recombinant human thyroid stimulating

hormone (rhTSH) versus thyroid hormone withdrawal (THW) patient preparation methods

Performed dosimetry calculations for metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer patients at

MedStar Washington Hospital Center, to study and compare the two patient preparation methods,

rhTSH and THW, in I-124 PET/CT based I-131 therapy of metastatic DTC.

2. Combined model-based and patient-specific dosimetry for risk evaluation of 18F-DCFPyL, a

PSMA-targeted PET agent for patients with metastatic prostate cancer (PCa)

Performed dosimetry calculations for metastatic prostate cancer patients at Johns Hopkins

Hospital to evaluate the use of a new PSMA-targeted diagnostic imaging agent (18F-DCFPyL) in

the imaging of prostate cancer patients. Responsible for the development of Monte-Carlo based

models for the calculation of the absorbed dose to non-standard organs, i.e. lens of the eye, lacrimal

and salivary glands for 18F.

Previous Employment and Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, Old Dominion

University

Conducted Ph.D. level research to study the spin-dependence in

polarized proton-proton elastic scattering at RHIC, Brookhaven

National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA

Responsible for detector commissioning, acceptance testing and

detector preparation for data acquisition. This included detector

installation and testing, validation of detector control operations

and data acquisition software, preparation of operational

documents and procedures for detector monitoring and control.

Responsible for the alignment and calibration of the silicon-strip

detectors used for the PP2PP experiment at STAR, BNL.

Analyzed the collected data set to study the spin-dependence of

polarized proton collisions at RHIC and to extract the transverse

single spin (AN) and double-spin asymmetries (ANN and ASS) in

proton-proton elastic scattering.

Fall 2007 - Spring 2013

Donika Plyku

Graduate Research Assistant, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

Developed a simulation of the RHIC beam line in the region of the

STAR detector using the HECTOR simulation program (Monte-

Carlo simulation) needed for detector acceptance testing. Work

supported by the Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation

Center Fellowship Award.

Spring and Summer 2008

Teaching Experience

Providing guidance in research and dosimetry calculations to undergraduate Summer 2017

students/temporary members of the RTD lab (summer students)

Preparing Future Faculty Program, Old Dominion University

December 2010

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Physics, Old Dominion

University

Conducted three sections of laboratory physics (per semester),

both calculus-based and algebra-based

Taught honors level laboratory physics in the area of mechanics

and thermodynamics

Responsible for monitoring class performance and grading

student reports for the laboratory physics sessions

Took the initiative to improve upon existing laboratory

experiments and to prepare additional classroom materials (i.e.

handouts, additional problem assignments) for honors level

laboratory students

Responsible for 2 hours per week of physics tutoring in the

Physics Learning Center, which included tutoring students from

all levels of physics courses

Graded student homework for Physics 101 - Conceptual Physics

course during Fall 2011

August 2005 – December

2007

Physics Teacher, Private High School, Tirana, Albania

Taught 9th grade physics classes (mainly Mechanics)

Responsible for preparing physics high-school students for

National Physics Competitions

Organized and coordinated school’s 2005 Science Fair to

commemorate 2005 World Year of Physics. Prepared and

March - June 2005

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conducted several physics demonstrations and served as judge

member for school’s physics competition.

Community Service

Chesapeake Science Point (CSP) Public School Annual Science Fair, February 2016

Hanover, MD

Served as judge for science posters and presentations of middle and

high school students

Spring Science Fair at Johns Hopkins University – School of Medicine April 2014

Presented and demonstrated the fundamentals of radiation and gave

a tour of the RTD laboratory to middle school children

Chesapeake Science Point (CSP) Public School Annual Science Fair, February 2014

Hanover, MD

Participated as a judge of middle and high school students’ projects in

various subjects: physics, chemistry, biology, health sciences, medicine

and engineering

Chesapeake Math & IT (CMIT) 3rd Annual STEM Fair, CMIT Academy January 2014

Laurel, MD

Participated as a judge of middle and high school students’ projects in

various subjects: physics, chemistry, biology, health sciences, medicine

and engineering

Virginia Children’s Festival, Norfolk, VA

Prepared and performed several demonstrations in physics in

the topics of: mechanics, electricity, magnetism, power

generation, sound and optics, to children of different ages

October 2012

Electricity Demo Show at Larchmont Elementary School, Norfolk, VA

Prepared and presented a demonstration of the Van-de Graff

Generator to elementary school children

January 2011

Old Dominion University Earth Day 2006

Assisted in setting up activities and in educating small children

about basic concepts in physics and science

April 2006

Academic Fellowships and Awards

• Best Clinical Science Young Professional Committee (YPC) Award –

3rd Place. Awarded by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and

June 2015

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Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) for the abstract and presentation at

SNMMI Annual Meeting in Baltimore, MD

• Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center Graduate

Fellowship

Spring - Summer 2008

• Old Dominion University’s Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

Award

2007

• College of Sciences Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Old

Dominion University

• Highest GPA (freshman year), Department of Physics Education,

Middle East Technical University

2007

2001

Specialized Coursework and Workshops

• Life Science Workshop Series 2017 “Radiation science and

radiopharmaceuticals: opportunities in combining radiation therapy

and immune-oncology”, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD

• The 2015 4-R Symposium: Radiation Oncology - Radiation Biology -

Radiation Physics - Research: 120 Years Since Roentgen - From

Benchside to Machine, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

• Modern Biomedical Imaging Instruments and Techniques Course,

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

• Fundamentals of Cancer Course, School of Medicine

• Radiobiology Course for Medical Residents in Radiation Oncology,

Department of Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins Hospital,

Baltimore, MD

• Advanced Radiation Physics I and II for Physics and Medical

Residents, Department of Radiation Oncology, Johns Hopkins

Hospital, Baltimore, MD

• Velocity Medical Solutions Training, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive

Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Dept. of

Radiation Oncology, Baltimore, MD

• Geant4 Tutorial, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility,

Newport News, VA

• Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT)

Course, Department of Nuclear Medicine Technology, Old

Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

• 23rd Annual Hampton University Graduate Studies Program, Thomas

Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA

March 30-31, 2017

February 26, 2015

Spring 2015

Fall 2014

Spring 2014

Fall 2013 and Spring 2014

July 10-11, 2013

July 9-13, 2012

January - February, 2011

June 2 - 20, 2008

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Conference Presentations

• Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2017

Annual Meeting, Denver, CO

124I-PET quantitation in the presence of I-131 background activity

during I-131 therapy: A phantom study (poster presentation)

• Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) 2016

Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA

Quantitation of renal 99mTc‐DMSA uptake in maturing children:

Implications for dosing guidelines in pediatric imaging (poster

presentation)

• Fellow Research Day, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer

Center, Johns Hopkins University (poster presentation)

• Mid-Eastern Chapter SNMMI 2016 Annual Meeting, Linthicum

Heights, MD

Dosimetry in Nuclear Medicine (invited talk)

• SNMMI 2015 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD

- 124I-PET/CT Based Tumor Dosimetry for 131I Therapy of Metastatic

Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (DTC) – A Comparison of Recombinant

Human Thyroid Stimulating Hormone vs. Hormone Withdrawal

Patient Preparation Methods (oral presentation)

- Recombinant Human Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone vs. Thyroid

Hormone Withdrawal 124I-PET/CT Based 3D-Radiobiological

Dosimetry (3D-RD) for 131I Therapy of Metastatic Differentiated

Thyroid Cancer (poster presentation)

- Combined model-based and patient-specific dosimetry for risk evaluation of

18F-DCFPyL, a PSMA-targeted PET agent for patients with

metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) (oral presentation)

- Feasibility of Retrospective Quantification of Diagnostic Pediatric Images

for Pharmacokinetic (PK) Model Development (poster presentation)

• SNMMI 2014 Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO

Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Pediatric Imaging Agents (poster

presentation)

• Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP 2012) of the

American Physical Society (APS), Newport Beach, CA

Measurement of the Transverse Single Spin Asymmetry AN in Polarized

Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at 200 GeV at RHIC (oral

presentation)

June 10 – 14, 2017

June 11 – 15, 2016

May 24, 2016

April 15 - 17, 2016

June 6 - 11, 2015

June 7 - 11, 2014

October 24 - 27, 2012

• STAR Collaboration Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab November 14 - 18, 2011

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(LBNL), Berkeley, CA

Update on AN Analysis (oral presentation)

• SPIN 2010 - 19th International Spin Physics Symposium, Jülich,

Germany

Performance of Silicon Detectors in Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic

Scattering at RHIC (oral presentation and conference proceedings)

September 27 - October 2,

2010

• STAR Collaboration Meeting, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

(LBNL), Berkeley, CA

Run09 Alignment of the Silicon Strip Detectors Installed in Roman Pots

(oral presentation)

October 5 - 10, 2009

• RHIC/AGS Users Meeting, Brookhaven National Lab (BNL),

Upton, NY

Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC (poster

presentation)

June 1 - 5, 2009

• STAR Collaboration Meeting, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY

Comparison of Pedestals in pp2pp Detector Package Testing (oral

presentation)

March 23 - 28, 2009

• SPIN 2008 - 18th International Spin Physics Symposium,

Charlottesville, VA

Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC (oral

presentation and conference proceedings)

October 6 - 11, 2008

• 23rd Annual Hampton University Graduate Studies Program,

Jefferson Lab, Newport News, VA

Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC (oral presentation)

June 2 - 20, 2008

Publications

• F. H. Fahey, A. B. Goodkind, D. Plyku, K. Khamwan, S. E. O’Reilly, X. Cao, E. C. Frey, Y. Li, W. E.

Bolch, G. Sgouros, S. T. Treves

Dose estimation in pediatric nuclear medicine

Semin Nucl Med (2017) 47 (2): 118-125

• D. Plyku, R. F. Hobbs, K. Huang, F. Atkins, C. Garcia, G. Sgouros, D. Van Nostrand

Recombinant human thyroid-stimulating hormone versus thyroid hormone withdrawal in 124I-PET/CT based dosimetry for 131I therapy of metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer JNM. (2017) [Epub ahead of print]

• D. Plyku, D. M. Loeb, A. R. Prideaux, S. Baechler, R. L. Wahl, G. Sgouros, R. F. Hobbs

Strengths and weaknesses of a planar whole-body method of 153Sm dosimetry for patients with metastatic osteosarcoma and comparison with 3-dimensional dosimetry

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Cancer Biother Radiopharm. 30 (9): 369-79 (2015)

• S. E. O’Reilly, D. Plyku, G. Sgouros, F. H. Fahey, S. T. Treves, E. C. Frey, W. E. Bolch

A risk index for pediatric patients undergoing diagnostic imaging with 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic acid that accounts for body habitus Phys Med Biol 61 (6): 2319-32 (2016)

• K. Khamwan, D. Plyku, S. E. O’Reilly, A. Goodkind, X. Cao, F. H. Fahey, S. T.Treves, W. E. Bolch,

G. Sgouros

Pharmacokinetic modeling of [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) for premature infants, and newborns through 5-year-olds EJNMMI Res. 6 (1): 28 (2016)

• Z. Szabo, E. Mena, S. P. Rowe, D. Plyku, R. Nidal, M. A. Eisenberger,

E. S. Antonarakis, H. Fan, R. F. Dannals, Y. Chen, R. C. Mease,

M. Vranesic, A. Bhatnagar, G. Sgouros, S. Y. Cho, M. G. Pomper

Initial Evaluation of 18F-DCFPyL for Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)-Targeted PET

Imaging of Prostate Cancer, Mol Imaging Biol. 17 (4): 565-74 (2015)

• The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al.,

Single Spin Asymmetry AN in Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 719, 62-69 (2013)

Conference Proceedings

• D. Plyku (for the STAR Collaboration), Conference Proceedings, SPIN 2010 - 19th International Spin

Physics Symposium, Jülich, Germany

Performance of Silicon Detectors in Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC, J. Phys.: Conf.

Ser. 295 012129 (2011)

• D. Plyku (for the STAR Collaboration), Conference Proceedings, SPIN 2008 - 18th International Spin

Physics Symposium, Charlottesville, VA ,USA

Polarized Proton-Proton Elastic Scattering at RHIC, AIP Conf. Proc. 1149, 676-679 (2009)

• Y. Li, S. O’Reilly, D. Plyku, X. Cao, F. Fahey, W. E. Bolch, T. s. Treves, G. Sgouros and E. C. Frey,

IEEE Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) 2015, San Diego, CA, USA

Development of a Defect Model for Renal Pediatric SPECT Imaging Research

Manuscripts in Preparation

• D. Plyku, S. O’Reilly, K. Khamwan, X. Cao, A. Goodkind, F. Fahey, S. T. Treves, W. E. Bolch, E. C.

Frey, G. Sgouros

Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Dimercaptosuccinic Acid (DMSA) for Pediatric Patients: Implications For Pediatric Dosing Guidelines

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11307-015-0850-8/fulltext.html#ContactOfAuthor16

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• D. Plyku, E. Mena, Z. Szabo, M. G. Pomper, S. Y. Cho, G. Sgouros, R. F. Hobbs

Combined Model-Based and Patient-Specific Dosimetry for Risk Evaluation of 18F-DCFPyl, a PSMA-Targeted PET Agent for Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer (PCa)

Served as Reviewer for the Following Journals and Manuscripts

• Journal of Medical Physics

Kletting P., Maaß C, Reske S., Beer A.J., Glatting G.

Estimating time-integrated activity coefficients in radioimmunotherapy with anti-CD66 antibody using a physiologically based pharmacokinetic model

• Journal of Nuclear Medicine

- Freesmeyer M., Winkens T., Kuhnel C., Gabler A. S. Late 124-I PET/CT uptake measurement –

Assessment of appropriate examination protocol in benign thyroid diseases

- Jentzen W., Verschure F., van Zon A., van de Kolk R., Wierts R., Schmitz J., Bockisch A., Binse I.

Response assessment of bone metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer patients in the initial radioiodine

treatment using iodine-124 PET imaging

- Zhang-Yin J., Dirand A-S., Sasanelli M., Corrégé G., Peudon A., Kiffel T., Nataf V. Clerc J.,

Montravers F., Talbot J-N.

Equivalent dose rate at 1m of patients with known or suspected neuroendocrine tumor exiting a nuclear medicine department after 68Ga-DOTATOC, 18F-FDOPA or 18F-FDG PET/CT, or 111In-pentetreotide or 123I-mIBG SPECT/CT

Publications (STAR Collaboration, DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al., Event-plane-dependent dihadron correlations with harmonic vn subtraction in Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. C 89, 041901 (2014)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al., Beam energy dependence of moments of the net-charge multiplicity distributions in Au+Au collisions at RHIC, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 092301 (2014)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al., Dielectron mass spectra from Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 022301 (2014)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al., Suppression of upsilon production in d+Au and Au+Au collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 735, 127-137 (2014)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al., J/Psi production at low pT in Au+Au and Cu+Cu collisions at √sNN = 200 GeV with the STAR detector, Phys. Rev. C 90, 024906 (2014)

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The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al., J/Psi polarization in p+p collisions at √s = 200 GeV in STAR, Phys. Lett. B 739, 180-188 (2014)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al., Energy dependence of moments of net-proton multiplicity distributions at RHIC, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 032302 (2014)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al., Neutral pion cross section and spin asymetries at intermediate pseudorapidity in polarized proton collisions at

s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 89, 012001 (2014)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al.,

Jet-Hadron Correlations in sNN = 200 GeV p+p and Central Au+Au collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 122301 (2014)


Fluctuations of charge separation perpendicular to the event plane and local parity violation in sNN = 200 GeV Au+Au collisions at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, Phys. Rev. C 88, 064911 (2013)


Freeze-out Dynamics via Charged Kaon Femtoscopy in sNN = 200 GeV Central Au + Au Collisions, Phys. Rev. C 88, 034906 (2013)


J/ production at high transverse momenta in p + p and Au + Au collisions at sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 722, 55-62 (2013)


Inclusive charged hadron elliptic flow in Au+Au collisions at sNN = 7.7-39 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 86, 054908 (2012)


Transverse Single-Spin Asymmetry and Cross Section for π0 and η Mesons at Large Feynman-x in

Polarized p+p Collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 86, 051101 (2012)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), L. Adamczyk et al., Longitudinal and transverse spin asymmetries for inclusive jet production at mid-rapidity in polarized p + p

collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 86, 032006 (2012)


Measurements of D0 and D* Production in p+p Collisions at sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 86, 072013 (2012)


Di-electron spectrum at mid-rapidity in p+p Collisions at sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 86, 024906 (2012)

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Directed Flow of Identified Particles in Au+Au Collisions at sNN = 200 GeV at RHIC, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 202301 (2012)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), H. Agakishiev et al., Energy and system-size dependence of two- and four-particle v2 measurements in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC and their implications on flow fluctuations and nonflow, Phys. Rev. C 86, 014904 (2012)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), H. Agakishiev et al., System size and energy dependence of near-side di-hadron correlations, Phys. Rev. C 85, 014903 (2012)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), H. Agakishiev et al.,

Identified hadron compositions in p+p and Au+Au collisions at high transverse momenta at sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 072302 (2012)


Directed and elliptic flow of charged particles in Cu+Cu collisions at sNN = 22.4 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 85, 014901 (2012)


Anomalous centrality evolution of two-particle angular correlations from Au-Au collisions at sNN = 62 and 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 86, 064902 (2012)


0 Photoproduction in AuAu Collisions at sNN = 62.4 GeV with STAR, Phys. Rev. C 85, 014910 (2012)


Strangeness Enhancement in Cu+Cu and Au+Au Collisions at sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 072301 (2012)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), H. Agakishiev et al., Evolution of the differential transverse momentum correlation function with centrality in Au+Au collisions at

sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 704, 467-473 (2011)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), H. Agakishiev et al., Observation of the antimatter helium-4 nucleus, Nature 475, 412 (2011)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), H. Agakishiev et al., Studies of di-jet survival and surface emission bias in Au+Au collisions via angular correlations with respect to back-to-back leading hadrons, Phys. Rev. C 83, 061901 (2011)


High pT non-photonic electron production in p+p collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 83, 052006, (2011)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), H. Agakishiev et al., Studies of di-jet survival and surface emission bias in Au+Au collisions via angular correlations with respect to back-to-back leading hadrons, Phys. Rev. C 83, 061901, (2011)

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The STAR Collaboration (BNL), M. M. Aggarwal et al.,

Strange and multi-strange particle production in Au-Au Collisions at sNN = 62.4 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 83, 024901, (2011)


Measurement of the parity-violating longitudinal single-spin asymmetry for W boson production in

polarized proton-proton collisions at s = 500 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 062002 (2011)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), M. M. Aggarwal et al., Scaling properties at freeze-out in relativistic heavy ion collisions, Phys. Rev. C 83, 034910 (2011)


Measurement of the Bottom contribution to non-photonic electron production in p+p collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 202301 (2010)


K*0 production in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions at sNN = 62.4 GeV and 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 84, 034909, (2011)


Balance Functions from Au+Au, d+Au, and p+p Collisions at sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 82, 024905, (2010)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), M. M. Aggarwal et al., Higher Moments of Net-proton Multiplicity Distributions at RHIC, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 022302 (2010)


Azimuthal di-hadron correlations in d+Au and Au+Au collisions at sNN = 200 GeV from STAR, Phys. Rev. C 82, 024912, (2010)


Pion femtoscopy in p+p Collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 83, 064905 (2011)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al., Observation of an Antimatter Hupernucleus, Science 328, 58-62 (2010

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al., Longitudinal scaling property of the charge balance function in Au+Au collisions at 200 GeV, Phys. Lett. B 690, 239-244, (2010)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al.,

Charged and strange hadron elliptic flow in Cu+Cu collisions at sNN = 62.4 and 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 81, 044902 (2010)


cross section in p+p collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 82, 012004 (2010)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al., Three-particle coincidence of the long range pseudorapidity correlation in high energy nucleus-nucleus

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collisions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 022301 (2010)


Inclusive π0, , and direct photon production at high transverse momentum in p+p and d+Au collisions

at sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 81, 064904 (2010)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al., Studying Parton Energy Loss in Heavy-Ion Collisions via Direct-Photon and Charged-Particle Azimuthal Correlations, Phys. Rev. C 82, 034909 (2010)


Observation of π+π−π+π− Photoproduction in Ultra-Peripheral Heavy Ion Collisions at the STAR Detector, Phys. Rev. C 81, 044901 (2010)


Identified high-pT spectra in Cu+Cu collisions at sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 81, 054907 (2010)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al., Longitudinal double-spin asymmetry and cross section for inclusive neutral pion production at midrapidity in

polarized proton collisions at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 80, 111108 (2009)


Longitudinal Spin Transfer to and anti- Hyperons in Polarized Proton-Proton Collisions

at s = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. D 80, 111102 (2009)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al., Identified particle production, azimuthal anisotropy, and interferometry measurements in Au+Au collisions at

sNN = 9.2 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 81, 024911 (2010)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al., Azimuthal Charged-Particle Correlations and Possible Local Strong Parity Violation, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 251601 (2009)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al., Observation of charge-dependent azimuthal correlations and possible local strong parity violation in heavy ion collisions, Phys. Rev. C 81, 054908 (2010)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al., Long range rapidity correlations and jet production in high energy nuclear collisions, Phys. Rev. C 80, 064912 (2009)


Neutral Pion Production in Au+Au Collisions at sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 80, 044905 (2009)

The STAR Collaboration (BNL), B.I. Abelev et al., Center of mass energy and system-size dependence of photon production at forward rapidity at RHIC, Nucl. Phys. A 832, 134 -147 (2010)













Donika Plyku


J/ production at high transverse momentum in p+p and Cu+Cu collisions at sNN = 200 GeV, Phys. Rev. C 80, 041902 (2009)

Professional Affiliations

• Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)

• American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)

June 2014 – present

October 2012 - present

• American Physical Society (APS) June 2011 - present

• STAR Collaboration, BNL, Upton, NY 2007 - 2013

• RHIC/AGS Users Group at BNL 2007 - 2013

• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2007 - 2008

• Johns Hopkins Post-Doctoral Association, Johns Hopkins University April 2013 - present

• Physics Graduate Student Association, Old Dominion University

- Served as treasurer (2006 – 2007)

2005 - 2013

Programming Languages & Software

• Medical imaging and analysis software: Velocity, Hermes, MIMVista, Mirada, PMOD, Xeleris

• Dosimetry software packages: Three-dimensional radiobiological dosimetry (3D-RD),

OLINDA/EXM

• Image reconstruction techniques: OSEM

• Extensive programming experience with ROOT Analysis Framework (C++ Programming Language)

• Programming experience with HECTOR Simulation Program (Use of Monte Carlo Techniques)

• Familiar with Linux, Macintosh, Windows operating systems

• Familiar with LabView, Epix Graphical User Interfaces used in detector monitoring and control for

data acquisition

• Programming experience with FORTRAN

• Experience with writing in LaTeX

Foreign Languages

Albanian (Native), English (Fluent), Turkish (Fluent), Italian (Intermediate), French (Reading)


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