Diplôme	Université	Pays	Année
HDR	Université Blaise-Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand II)	France	2015
Doctorat - Physique des particules	Université Blaise-Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand II)	France	2007
D.E.A - Interaction rayonnement-matières	Université Blaise-Pascal (Clermont-Ferrand II)	France	2003
Maitrise - Sciences - option : physique	Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth	Liban

Expérience professionnelle	Organisation	Date début	Date fin
Chercheur Imagerie Médicale dédiée pour le Cancer du sein	Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg	2008-01-01	2009-01-01
Chercheur Collisions Atomiques, Radiobiologie, dommages ADN, applications Radiothérapie	Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire	2009-01-01	2011-01-01

Ingénierie et technologie; Sciences

Je travaille dans le domaine de la modélisation des interactions radiatives en utilisant les méthodes de Monte Carlo et l'intelligence artificielle. Mes recherches se concentrent sur l'application des algorithmes de regroupement (clustering) et des réseaux de neurones pour améliorer la précision et l'efficacité des simulations de Monte Carlo. Ces techniques permettent d'analyser et de prédire les comportements complexes des interactions entre les radiations et la matière, offrant des perspectives novatrices pour le développement de nouvelles approches dans la physique des radiations et ses applications en science des données. Mon objectif est de combiner ces outils avancés pour développer des modèles plus robustes et plus performants, contribuant ainsi à l'avancement des connaissances dans ces domaines interconnectés.

Meilleures publications des cinq dernières années :   Seif, E., El Bitar, Z., Incerti, S., Bernal, M.A., Francis, Z. (2022). "Electron tracks simulation in water: Performance comparison between GPU CPU and the EUMED grid installation." Physica Medica, 104, 56–66.   Francis, Z., Incerti, S., Zein, S.A., Guzman, C.A., Durante, M. (2021). "Monte Carlo simulation of SARS-CoV-2 radiation-induced inactivation for vaccine development." Radiation Research, 195(3), 221–229.   Zabihi, A., Tello, J., Incerti, S., Moslehi, A., Bernal, M.A. (2020). "Determination of fast neutron RBE using a fully mechanistic computational model." Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 156, 108952.   Francis, Z., Montarou, G., Incerti, S., Bernal, M., Zein, S.A. (2019). "A simulation study of gold nanoparticles localisation effects on radiation enhancement at the mitochondrion scale." Physica Medica, 67, 148–154.   De la Fuente Rosales, L., Incerti, S., Francis, Z., Bernal, M.A. (2018). "Accounting for radiation-induced indirect damage on DNA with the Geant 4-DNA code." Physica Medica, 51, 108–116.Liste des articles publiés entre 2017 et 2024, dans des journaux internationaux avec comité de lecture (disponibles sur Scopus) :·         De Faria J.C.; Santiago J.; Francis Z.; Bernal M.A.,Time-Dependent Density-Functional Theory for Determining the Electron-Capture Cross Section for Protons Impacting on Atoms and Molecules,2023,Journal of Physical Chemistry A,127,11·         Sakata D.; Hirayama R.; Shin W.-G.; Belli M.; Tabocchini M.A.; Stewart R.D.; Belov O.; Bernal M.A.; Bordage M.-C.; Brown J.M.C.; Dordevic M.; Emfietzoglou D.; Francis Z.; Guatelli S.; Inaniwa T.; Ivanchenko V.; Karamitros M.; Kyriakou I.; Lampe N.; Li Z.; Meylan S.; Michelet C.; Nieminen P.; Perrot Y.; Petrovic I.; Ramos-Mendez J.; Ristic-Fira A.; Santin G.; Schuemann J.; Tran H.N.; Villagrasa C.; Incerti S.,Prediction of DNA rejoining kinetics and cell survival after proton irradiation for V79 cells using Geant4-DNA,2023,Physica Medica,105,·         Hakme M.; Rizk C.; Francis Z.; Fares G.,"Proposed national diagnostic reference levels for computed tomography examinations based on clinical indication, patient gender and size and the use of contrast in Lebanon",2023,Radioprotection,58,2·         Felefly T.; Roukoz C.; Fares G.; Achkar S.; Yazbeck S.; Meyer P.; Kordahi M.; Azoury F.; Nasr D.N.; Nasr E.; Noël G.; Francis Z.,An Explainable MRI-Radiomic Quantum Neural Network to Differentiate Between Large Brain Metastases and High-Grade Glioma Using Quantum Annealing for Feature Selection,2023,Journal of Digital Imaging,36,6·         Domínguez-Muñoz A.D.; Gallardo M.I.; Bordage M.C.; Francis Z.; Incerti S.; Cortés-Giraldo M.A.,A model for Geant4-DNA to simulate ionization and excitation of liquid water by protons travelling above 100 MeV,2022,Radiation Physics and Chemistry,199,·         Bernal M.A.; Liendo J.A.; Incerti S.; Francis Z.; Tran H.N.,Experimental cross sections for water ionization due to the impact of light ions—A review,2022,"Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms",517,·         Seif E.; El Bitar Z.; Incerti S.; Bernal M.A.; Francis Z.,Electron tracks simulation in water: Performance comparison between GPU CPU and the EUMED grid installation,2022,Physica Medica,104,·         Shin W.-G.; Sakata D.; Lampe N.; Belov O.; Tran N.H.; Petrovic I.; Ristic-fira A.; Dordevic M.; Bernal M.A.; Bordage M.-C.; Francis Z.; Kyriakou I.; Perrot Y.; Sasaki T.; Villagrasa C.; Guatelli S.; Breton V.; Emfietzoglou D.; Incerti S.,A geant4-DNA evaluation of radiation-induced DNA damage on a human fibroblast,2021,Cancers,13,19·         Zein S.A.; Bordage M.-C.; Francis Z.; Macetti G.; Genoni A.; Dal Cappello C.; Shin W.-G.; Incerti S.,Electron transport in DNA bases: An extension of the Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo toolkit,2021,"Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms",488,·         Francis Z.; Incerti S.; Zein S.A.; Lampe N.; Guzman C.A.; Durante M.,Monte carlo simulation of SARS-CoV-2 radiation-induced inactivation for vaccine development,2021,Radiation Research,195,3·         Durante M.; Schulze K.; Incerti S.; Francis Z.; Zein S.; Guzmán C.A.,Virus Irradiation and COVID-19 Disease,2020,Frontiers in Physics,8,·         Zabihi A.; Tello J.; Incerti S.; Francis Z.; Forozani G.; Semsarha F.; Moslehi A.; Bernal M.A.,Determination of fast neutron RBE using a fully mechanistic computational model,2020,Applied Radiation and Isotopes,156,·         Roula N.; Rizk R.; Zaouk D.; Farah W.; Francis Z.,Nonlinear RISE-Based Control for a Gravity Balanced Exoskeleton: Evaluation of the Design and Control Principle,2020,Mechanisms and Machine Science,80,·         Schuemann J.; Mcnamara A.L.; Warmenhoven J.W.; Henthorn N.T.; Kirkby K.J.; Merchant M.J.; Ingram S.; Paganetti H.; Held K.D.; Ramos-Mendez J.; Faddegon B.; Perl J.; Goodhead D.T.; Plante I.; Rabus H.; Nettelbeck H.; Friedland W.; Kundrát P.; Ottolenghi A.; Baiocco G.; Barbieri S.; Dingfelder M.; Incerti S.; Villagrasa C.; Bueno M.; Bernal M.A.; Guatelli S.; Sakata D.; Brown J.M.C.; Francis Z.; Kyriakou I.; Lampe N.; Ballarini F.; Carante M.P.; Davídková M.; Štepán V.; Jia X.; Cucinotta F.A.; Schulte R.; Stewart R.D.; Carlson D.J.; Galer S.; Kuncic Z.; Lacombe S.; Milligan J.; Cho S.H.; Sawakuchi G.; Inaniwa T.; Sato T.; Li W.; Solov'yov A.V.; Surdutovich E.; Durante M.; Prise K.M.; Mcmahon S.J.,A New Standard DNA Damage (SDD) Data Format,2019,Radiation Research,191,1·         Tang N.; Bueno M.; Meylan S.; Perrot Y.; Tran H.N.; Freneau A.; Dos Santos M.; Vaurijoux A.; Gruel G.; Bernal M.A.; Bordage M.-C.; Emfietzoglou D.; Francis Z.; Guatelli S.; Ivanchenko V.; Karamitros M.; Kyriakou I.; Shin W.-G.; Incerti S.; Villagrasa C.,"Assessment of radio-induced damage in endothelial cells irradiated with 40 kVp, 220 kVp, and 4 mv x-rays by means of micro and nanodosimetric calculations",2019,International Journal of Molecular Sciences,20,24·         Sakata D.; Lampe N.; Karamitros M.; Kyriakou I.; Belov O.; Bernal M.A.; Bolst D.; Bordage M.-C.; Breton V.; Brown J.M.C.; Francis Z.; Ivanchenko V.; Meylan S.; Murakami K.; Okada S.; Petrovic I.; Ristic-Fira A.; Santin G.; Sarramia D.; Sasaki T.; Shin W.-G.; Tang N.; Tran H.N.; Villagrasa C.; Emfietzoglou D.; Nieminen P.; Guatelli S.; Incerti S.,Evaluation of early radiation DNA damage in a fractal cell nucleus model using Geant4-DNA,2019,Physica Medica,62,·         Zabihi A.; Incerti S.; Francis Z.; Forozani G.; Semsarha F.; Moslehi A.; Rezaeian P.; Bernal M.A.,Computational approach to determine the relative biological effectiveness of fast neutrons using the Geant4-DNA toolkit and a DNA atomic model from the Protein Data Bank,2019,Physical Review E,99,5·         Francis Z.; Montarou G.; Incerti S.; Bernal M.; Zein S.A.,A simulation study of gold nanoparticles localisation effects on radiation enhancement at the mitochondrion scale,2019,Physica Medica,67,·         Guatelli S.; Bolst D.; Francis Z.; Incerti S.; Ivanchenko V.; Rosenfeld A.B.,Physics models for Monte Carlo simulations in carbon ion therapy,2019,State-of-the-art Reviews On Energetic Ion-atom And Ion-molecule Collisions,,·         de la Fuente Rosales L.; Incerti S.; Francis Z.; Bernal M.A.,Accounting for radiation-induced indirect damage on DNA with the Geant 4-DNA code,2018,Physica Medica,51,·         Incerti S.; Kyriakou I.; Bernal M.A.; Bordage M.C.; Francis Z.; Guatelli S.; Ivanchenko V.; Karamitros M.; Lampe N.; Lee S.B.; Meylan S.; Min C.H.; Shin W.G.; Nieminen P.; Sakata D.; Tang N.; Villagrasa C.; Tran H.N.; Brown J.M.C.,Geant4-DNA example applications for track structure simulations in liquid water: A report from the Geant4-DNA Project,2018,Medical Physics,45,8·         Zein S.; Francis Z.; Montarou G.; Chandez F.; Kane M.S.; Chevrollier A.,Microdosimetry in 3D realistic mitochondria phantoms: Geant4 Monte Carlo tracking of 250 keV photons in phantoms reconstructed from microscopic images,2017,Physica Medica,42,·         Tello J.J.; Incerti S.; Francis Z.; Tran H.; Bernal M.A.,Numerical insight into the Dual Radiation Action Theory,2017,Physica Medica,43, ·         Francis Z.; El Bitar Z.; Incerti S.; Bernal M.A.; Karamitros M.; Tran H.N.,Calculation of lineal energies for water and DNA bases using the Rudd model cross sections integrated within the Geant4-DNA processes,2017,Journal of Applied Physics,122,1