Dr. Juliana Sanchez | Nuclear Engineering
| Best Researcher Award
Dr. Juliana Sanchez | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil
Dr. Juliana Sanchez, a Brazilian Nuclear Safety and Environmental Remediation specialist born in Rio de Janeiro, began her research career at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 2017 and has since built a strong academic and professional trajectory in nuclear engineering and safety methodologies. She is currently a Ph.D. student in Nuclear Engineering through a joint program between UFRJ and Porto University, holding a Master’s degree in Nuclear Engineering from the Institute of Nuclear Engineering at UFRJ. Her expertise spans nuclear safety analysis using MCNP Monte Carlo N-Particle and HotSpot Health Physics codes, radioactive dispersion modeling, dose assessment, and risk calculation in facilities handling radioactive materials. Dr. Sanchez is a researcher at the Process Monitoring Laboratory, COPPEAD UFRJ, and has international training in radiological safety, nuclear power plant safety practices, and research reactors from the Moscow Institute of Physical Engineering. Complementing her technical expertise, she earned MBAs in Complex Systems Modeling from Southern Federal University, Applied Projects in Civil Construction, and Construction Management, alongside her background as a Civil and Nuclear Engineer. Recognized globally, she was co-winner of the IAEA Student Travel Competition at ICEM 2023 in Germany and part of the winning team at Hackatom Brazil 2023, organized by IPEN, MEPhI, and ROSATOM. Her research record includes 4 citations by 4 documents from 2 documents with an h-index of 1, and her publications are indexed in Scopus under ID 58766405500.
Sanchez, J., dos Santos Nicolau, A., Pereira, C. M. N. A., & Marques Salgado, C. (2024). Methodology to calculate doses from gamma-emitting plumes using MCNP6 Monte Carlo N-particle and HotSpot codes. Nuclear Engineering & Design.