Biography

Rachid Khelifi works as a full Professor at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Blida 1 University. Also, he is head of the section ionizing radiation for health and environment at the laboratory of theorical physics and radiation interaction with mater. His main research interests are in Radiation Detection, Radiation Physics, Radiotherapy, Ionizing Radiation, Monte Carlo Simulation, Experimental Physics. He has (co-)authored more than 30 journal papers and is a frequent reviewer of: Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry.

Research interests

• Radiation detection
• Monte Carlo calculations
• Environnemental sciences (Radiothracers, Radioactivity, mining..)
• Neutron Activation Analysis ( LSPGNAA, INAA,..)
• X Ray fluorescence
• Medical Physics ( Radiotherapy, Brachytherapy, Protontherapy..), BNCT

Teaching activities

• Interaction of Radiation with Matter
• Introduction to Nuclear Physics
• Analytical Applications of Nuclear Reaction
• Radiation sources and detections
• Radiopretection
• Nuclear Instrumentation (Compton suppression, coïncidences,)

Publications

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Project PRFU

Development of methods for analyzing rare earths in phosphates and modeling agricultural soil erosion.

Other projects

• Optimization of excitation parameters and measurements of the Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (ED-XRF) technique for analysis of trace elements in environmental samples: Monte Carlo simulation and experimental measurements.
• Optimization of gamma spectroscopy measurement using Compton suppression.

Actual doctorat thesis

• Calculation of dose distribution of a curved source configuration based on the superposition method and the Monte Carlo technique.
• Commissioning of a treatment planning system for HDR brachytherapy and implementation of a dosimetric quality control program for verification of treatment plans.
• Development of a spectrometric measurement model for the study of the distribution of Be-7 in soil: Monte Carlo simulation and experimental measurements.
• Calculation by Monte Carlo of the self-absorption factor for analysis by instrumental neutron activation: application to the determination of lanthanide concentrations in phosphates.