Dr. Hanna Moussa holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Health Physics and Radiological Sciences from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and a Ph. D. in Nuclear Engineering with concentration in Radiological Engineering from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.  Prior to joining the faculty at Texas Tech University in December 2012, as an Assistant Professor, Dr. Moussa served as an assistant director, then director of the Radiological Safety Department (RSD) at the University of Tennessee from 1997 to 2004. He also worked as a senior health physicist at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington DC from 2008 to 2010.

Dr. Moussa published over 110 peer‐reviewed articles and conference papers in highly ranked health physics, radiation protection, MPDI, and other related journals. His research has been primarily funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Dr. Moussa has working experience and documented expertise for over 20 years with Monte Carlo N-Particle code (MNCP) that can be used for neutron, photon, and electron transport for modeling the interaction of radiation with matter including human tissue and organs, with primary applications to dosimetry, shielding, radiation transport. Radiation protection and detection.

Dr. Moussa's broad expertise includes space radiation, cancer risk assessment, radiation and cancer, and medical imaging. His most recent work focuses on developing imaging tools for obesity and cancer research.

Education

• Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering (Concentration on Radiological Engineering) University of Tennessee at Knoxville, (2000)
• M.S., Physics, Radiological Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, (1991)
• B.S., Physics, Health Physics, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, (1990)

Research Interests

• Radiation safety and control
• Radiation protection and detection
• Radiation transport and modeling
• Radiation shielding
• Nuclear and radiological instrumentation
• Risk assessment
• Radiation and cancer
• Medical and Microscopic imaging
• Wind, and solar energy