Melinda Krahenbuhl

Associate Professor, Research

Melinda Krahenbuhl

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Chemical and Fuels Engineering, Univ. of Utah, 1998Dissertation: "Ultra-Sensitive Detection and Dose Reconstruction for Plutonium 239 through Fission Track Analysis of Urine"

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, University of Utah, 1993

Curriculum Vitae

http://www.nuclear.utah.edu/Center/MKrahenbuhl.html

Faculty Web Page

http://www.nuclear.utah.edu/Center/MKrahenbuhl.html

Class Web Pages

None at present.

Research Grants

Pending

"Amphipathic Chelators to Reduce Radiation Risk," DHHS, 2003-2005 (S.C. Miller PI $698,500
CENTER $43,440)

Current

"Population Risk Model for Alpha Induced Bone Neoplasms," 2002-2006 National Cancer Institute, 2002-2006, Contract No. 2R01CA66759 (R. Lloyd PI $984,500, CENTER $49,225)

"Reconstruction of Individual Doses of Exposure to MAYAK Workers," 2002- 2007, Contract No. DE FC03-97SF21354 Task 9 (S.C. Miller PI $1,976,167, CENTER $216,435)

"Intermountain Industrial Assessment Center," PID, 2005 019, 2002-2006 (M.P Krahenbuhl P.I. $281,300)

Selected Publications

Slaughter D.M., Krahenbuhl M.P., Choe D.O., and Miller S.C, "An overview of the external dose reconstruction project of the Mayak Production Association."Health Physics, April 2005.

Miller S.C., Lloyd R.D., Bruenger F.W., Krahenbuhl M.P., Polig E., and Romanov S.A., "Comparisons of the skeletal locations of putative plutonium-induced osteosarcomas in humans with those in Beagle dogs and with naturally occurring tumors in both species." In press, Radiation Research, Aug 2003.

Leggett R.W., Eckerman K.F., Khokhryakov V.F., Suslova K.G., Krahenbuhl M.P., and Miller S.C., "Mayak worker study: An improved biokinetic model for reconstructing doses from internally deposited plutonium." In press, Radiation Research, 2003.

Suslova K.G., Khokhryakov V.F., Tokarskaya Z.B., Nifatov A.P., Sokolova A.B., Kudryavtzeva T.I., Miller S.C., and Krahenbuhl M.P., "The effect of state of health on organ distribution and excretion of systemic plutonium in the Mayak workers." In press, Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 2003.

Krahenbuhl M.P., Slaughter D.M., Wilde J.L., Bess J.D., Miller S.C., Khokhryakov V.F., Suslova K.G., Vostrotin V.V., Romonov S.A., Menshikh Z.S., and Kudryavtseva T.I., "The historical and current application of the FIB-1 model to assess organ dose." Health Physics 82(4):445-454, 2002.

Suslova K.G., Khokhryakov V.F., Tokarskaya Z.B., Nifatov A.P., Krahenbuhl M.P., and Miller S.C., "Extra pulmonary distribution of plutonium in healthy workers exposed by long term inhalation at Mayak Production Association." Health Physics 82(4) 432-444, 2002.

Khokhryakov V.F., Suslova K.G., Vostrotin V.V., Romonov S.A., Menshikh Z.S., Kudryavtseva T.I., Miller S.C., Krahenbuhl M.P., and Filipy R.E., "The development of the plutonium lung clearance model for exposure estimation of the Mayak PA nuclear plant workers." Health Physics 82(4): 425 431, 2002.

Khokhryakov V.F., Suslova K.G., Aladova E.E., Vasilenko E., Miller S.C., Slaughter D.M., and Krahenbuhl M.P., "Development of an improved dosimetry system for the workers at the Mayak Production Association." Health Physics 79(1):72-76, 2000.

Krahenbuhl M.P., Wilde J.L., and Slaughter D.M., "Using plutonium excretion data to predict dose from chronic and acute exposures," Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 87(3):179-185, 2000.

Ibrahim S.A., Whicker F.W., Reuss S.K., Whicker R.D., Chapman P.L., and Krahenbuhl M.P., "Plutonium excretion in urine of the residents living near the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site." Health Physics 76(4):368-379, 1999.

Krahenbuhl M.P., "Ultra-sensitive detection and dose reconstruction for plutonium 239 through Fission Track Analysis of urine." PhD Dissertation, University of Utah, Dec 1998.

Krahenbuhl M.P. and Slaughter D.M., "Improving process methodology for measuring plutonium burden in human urine using Fission Track Analysis." J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 230(1-2):153 160, 1998.