Dr. Léon Sanche
Fellow
Current Employer
Université de Sherbrooke
Election Year
2008
Academy
Académie des sciences
Discipline
Physics
Department
Département de médecine nucléaire et de radiobiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé
Keywords
Radiothérapie, physique des radiations, électrons lents, nanolithographie, ADN.
Professor Sanche has remarkably enhanced our global understanding of the effects of radiation in biological systems and has applied this knowledge to increase the therapeutic and diagnostic efficiency of radiation. He has focused on secondary low energy electrons, providing the missing link between the physics and the chemistry of radiation damage. He can now suggest modifications to radiotherapy protocols to enhance the therapeutic value of radiation in cancer treatment. His basic discoveries in molecular physics have been applied by other researchers and himself to several practical areas including the depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer.