Walter Mauderli
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Medical physics
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. He earned his doctorate from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
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under the instruction of notable physicists as Nobel Laureate physicist Wolfgang Pauli
Wolfgang Pauli
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Mauderli trained in the dosimetry
Dosimetry
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of low- and high-energy radiation
Radiation
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s at the University of Zurich
University of Zurich
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Medical Center with Professor Rolf Wideroe
Rolf Wideröe
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, the developer of particle accelerators. Mauderli moved to the United States in May 1956 and assumed a position at the University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas
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. In 1960 he became the first medical physicist at the University of Florida
University of Florida
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("UF") and retired as Professor
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Emeritus
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in 1988. He was also academically affiliated with the Departments of Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear engineering
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Sciences and Environmental Engineering
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Sciences. In the 1960s Mauderli was one of the founders of the medical physics
Medical physics
Medical physics is the application of physics to medicine. It generally concerns physics as applied to medical imaging and radiotherapy, although a medical physicist may also work in many other areas of healthcare...
graduate program at UF and radiologic technology training programs at two regional community colleges. He supervised many graduate students in their master's and doctoral research efforts.
Active in developing the use of computers in radiology
Radiology
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, Mauderli performed fundamental research
Research
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in electronic instrumentation in the fields of therapeutic radiology and nuclear medicine
Nuclear medicine
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. He had 68 publications in his scientific career
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Mauderli was a founding member of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
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(AAPM) and served on the initial board of directors
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with other leaders in the field.
In order to recognize Mauderli's lifetime achievement in the field of medical physics in the state of Florida
Florida
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, in 2003 the Mauderli Award was created by the Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
Chapter of AAPM. This award bearing his name is given from time to time to a Florida medical physicist who is distinguished by significant scientific or clinical research, outstanding service as an educator in medical physics, or outstanding clinical service in medical physics.