Jennifer Wei Zou, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Radiation Oncology
Contact Information
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
3400 Civic Center Blvd
Radiation Oncology, TRC-2 West
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: wei.zou@uphs.upenn.edu
Education
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BS (Physics)
Nanjing University, 1993 -
PhD (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics)
Cornell University, 2001 -
MS (Medical Physics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2010
Selected Publications
- Teng X, Friberg A, Alexander D A, Ota K, Nichols M, Boisseau P, Vander Stappen F, Gao Y, Setianegara J, Gu W, Diffenderfer E, Teo B K, Yin L and Zou W : Conventional and ultra-high dose rate proton beam energy and output characterization using a high-resolution multi-layer Faraday cup Phys. Med. Biol. August 2026
- egya-Raman N, Ko K, Han IS, Mitchell JD, Zou W, Ohri N, Jabbour SK, Mak RH, Robinson C, Levin WP, Barrett L, Xia C, Berlin E, Bravo P, Carli MD, Cohen R, Hutton S, Keltz J, Wang J, Fasan O, Nagda SN, Seo A, Smith AM, Sun L, Soike M, Kole AJ, Walls G, Feigenberg SJ, Ky B : Cardiac substructure radiotherapy dose and changes in physical activity and quality of life after chemoradiotherapy for NSCLC: a secondary analysis of the CLARITY prospective study Clin Transl Radiat Oncol 56 Jan 2026
- Friberg, A.; Cheptea, C.; Loap, P.; Kolker, K.; Kim, M.; Shahrampour, S.; Koumenis, C.; Teo, B.K.; Diffenderfer, E.S.; Verginadis, I.I.; Zou, W. : BEST IN PHYSICS (THERAPY): Simulation of Dose-Rate Dependent Mechanisms of Lymphocyte Damage In Proton Flash Radiotherapy AAPM, Vancouver, Canada 2026 Notes: Oral Presentation
- Zou, W.; Yin, L.; Vander Stappen, F.; Pin, A.; Nilsson, R.; Hotoiu, L.; Labarbe, R.; Diffenderfer, E.; Teo, B.K. : Configuration of an Independent Dose and Dose Rate Calculation Engine for Proton Conformal FLASH Radiotherapy PTCOG conference, Caen, France 2026 Notes: Poster
- Zou, W.; Yin, L.; Vander Stappen, F.; Nilsson, R.; Teng, X.; Kim, M.; Setianegara, J.; Pin, A.; Xiao, Y.; Cengel, K.; Bradley, J.; Koumenis, C.; Metz, J.; Lin, A.; Diffenderfer, E.; Teo, K.B. : Proton Conformal Flash Radiotherapy Head And Neck Clinical Trial: Commissioning Process And Establishment Of A Safe Workflow AAPM, Vancouver, Canada 2026 Notes: Poster
- Meijers A, Reimold MN, Pisciotta P, Zou W, Burguete J, Knopf A, Fracchiolla F : Enabling time-aware treatment plan evaluation for clinical proton pencil beam scanning systems Physica Medica 145(105787) 2026
- Friberg, A.M.; Diffenderfer, E.S.; Yin, L.; Teo, B.K.; Zou, W. : Modeling Lateral Charge Dynamics and Space-Charge Screening in Ionization Chambers under UHDR Proton Pencil Beam Irradiation Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and Standards Conference, Rockville, Maryland 2026 Notes: Marshall Cleland Award, Poster
- Gao, Y.; Friberg, A.; Pin, A.; Nilsson, R.; Yin, L.; Koumenis, C.; Diffenderfer, E.S.; Bradley, J.D.; Lin, A.; Zou, W.; Teo, B.K. : AI-Assisted Dose and Dose Rate Optimization for Deliverable Proton Conformal Flash Radiotherapy AAPM Conference, Vancouver, Canada 2026 Notes: Poster
- Diffenderfer, E.S.; Kim, M.M.; Goshal, D.; Galarraga, J.H.; Georgescu, A.; Vander Stappen, F.; Koumenis, C.; Zou, W.; Teo, B.K.; Verginadis, I.I.; Cengel, K.; Busch, T.M. : High-Throughput Interrogation of the Human Hematopoietic Response to Proton PBS Flash Radiotherapy Using a Bone Marrow-on-a-Chip Platform AAPM Conference, Session in Memory of Adel Mustafa, Vancouver, Canada 2026 Notes: Oral Presentation
- Sunnerberg, J.P.; Teng, X.; Friberg, A.; Alexander, D.A.; Gu, W.; Mihailidis, D.N.; Diffenderfer, E.S.; Teo, B.K.; Yin, L.; Zou, W. : Application of Faraday Cup and Multi-Layer Faraday Cup for Conformal Uhdr Proton Pbs Flash Radiotherapy AAPM Conference, Vancouver, Canada 2026 Notes: Poster