Kai Vetter
1990 M.S., Physics, J. W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt (Nuclear Physics)
1987 B.S., Physics, Technical University, Darmstadt (Physics)
4171 Etcheverry Hall
E-mail: kvetter@berkeley.edu, kvetter@lbl.gov
Phone: 510-642-7071
510-486-4293
Website: http://radwatch.berkeley.edu
http://www.irc-berkeley.org/
http://anp.lbl.gov/
Prof. Vetter’s research interests are in the development and demonstration of new concepts and technologies in radiation detection to address some of the outstanding challenges in fundamental sciences, nuclear safety and security, and health.
Current focus areas are in the realization of advanced radiation detection and imaging concepts and systems, real-time data fusion creating new means to detect, map, and visualize radiation, and finally data management, data analytics, and deployment architectures to support the development and deployment of these advanced concepts.
Prof. Vetter is also director of Institute for Resilient Communities that was established in 2015 to address the need to better integrate advancements in sciences and technologies with communities through education and outreach locally and globally. He initiated and still leads the Berkeley Radwatch and DoseNet activities with the goal to engage high and middle schools in performing environmental measurements employing fundamental science and engineering concepts and to expand across regions, nations, and cultures.
He has authored and co-authored about 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals and is fellow of the American Physical Society. He received Presidential Citations from the American Nuclear Society twice, for his engagement in Fukushima through measurements and enhancing community resilience.
- Nuclear Physics
- Radiation Detection, Nuclear Instrumentation and Measuerements
- Multi-Sensor Systems and Data Fusion
- Radiological Resilience
2015 Elected as Fellow of the American Physical Society
2015 Presidential Citation, American Nuclear Society; Citation recognizes leadership in enhancing Community Resilience
2012 Presidential Citation, American Nuclear Society; Citation recognizes leadership in communications after Fukushima
2006 Edward Teller Fellowship Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1997 Outstanding Performance Award, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1995 Fellowship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
1990 Graduated Summa Cum Laude (University of Frankfurt)
Since 2015 Director, Institute for Resilient Communities, Berkeley, CA
Since 2015 Chair, Symposia Series: “International Symposium for Community Resilience”, Berkeley, CA, Koriyama City, Japan
12/14 Member, Advisory Committee, Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Since 2014 Founding member, UC Berkeley/ UC San Francisco Medical Physics PhD Program Committee
2013 Chair, “International Spring School in Digital Signal Processing for Radiation Detection”, UC Berkeley, CA
2013 Member, Opportunity Board, LBNL
2012 Co-Chair, Program Committee, Symposium of Radiation Measurements and Applications, Berkeley, CA
Since 2011 Leader, Berkeley Radwatch program, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2010 Co-Chair, “Workshop on Germanium-Based Detectors and Technologies”, Berkeley, CA
Since 2009 Advisory to Advanced Technology Demonstration projects for DHS/DNDO, technical support in several radiation detection programs for DNDO, Washington D.C.
Since 2008 Co-Chair, “International Advanced Summer School in Radiation Detection and Measurements”, Berkeley, CA, 2008, Tokyo, Japan, 2009, Berkeley, CA, 2010, and Technical University Munich, Germany, 2011
2011 Co-Chair, Program Committee, Symposium of Radiation Measurements and Applications, Berkeley, CA
2010 Workshop on Germanium-Based Detectors and Technologies, Berkeley, CA
2009-present Technical Support Advanced Technology Demonstration program for DHS/DNDO, Washington D.C.
2008-2009 Chair, Northern California Section of American Nuclear Society
2008 -present Co-Organizer, Advanced Summer School in Radiation Detection and Measurements, Berkeley, Tokyo, Munich
2007-2008 Chair-elect, Northern California Section of American Nuclear Society
2007 Organizer, Workshop for Detectors and Detector Configuration for the Majorana Experiment, Seattle, WA
2005-2011 Member, Technical Council for Majorana
2004-2011 Member, Gretina Advisory Committee
2004 Chair, session for SPECT imaging, DOE Workshop on Future of Gamma-Ray Imaging in MedicalScience
2003-2011 Member, Gretina Technical Review Committee for DOE
2003-2008 Member, Majorana Executive Committee
2003-2004 Member, Gretina Steering Committee
2002 Member, National Gamma-Ray Tracking Coordination Committee2001 Co-organizer, Workshop on Digital Signal Processing for Nuclear Physics Applications
2000 Chair, GRETA Working Group on Signal Processing and Gamma-Ray Tracking
2000-present Reviewer for IEEE Transactions in Nuclear Science
2000-present Reviewer for DOE Small Business Innovation Research Grant
1999-present Reviewer for Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods in Physics Research
1998-2006 Reviewer for Physical Review Letters and Physical Review C
- K. Vetter, R. Barnowski, R. Cooper, T. Joshi, A. Haefner, B. Quiter, R. Pavlovsky, ”Gamma-Ray Imaging for Nuclear Security and Safety: Towards 3D Gamma-Ray Vision”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 878 (2018) 159
- B.J. Quiter, Y.Zhang, P.J.Barton, C.G.R.Geddes, M.Garcia-Sciveresa, M.Janecek, K.Vetter “Developing a diagnostic for energetic laser-Compton produced photon beams”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 903 (2018) 56
- M.S. Bandstra, B.J. Quiter, J.C. Curtis, Kyle J.Bilton, T.H.Y. Joshi, R. Meyer, V. Negut, K. Vetter, D.E. Archer, D.E. Hornback, D.E. Peplow, C.E. Romano, M.W. Swinney, T.L. McCullough, M.S.L. McLean, “Attribution of gamma-ray background collected by a mobile detector system to its surroundings using panoramic video”, Nucl. Instr. Meth A (2018), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2018.08.085
- R. Cooper, M. Amman, K. Vetter, “High Resolution Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy at High Count Rates with a Prototype High Purity Germanium Detector”, accepted, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 886 (2018) 1
- D. Hellfeld, P. Barton, D. Gunter, L. Mihailescu, K. Vetter, “A Spherical Active Coded Aperture for 4π Gamma-ray Imaging”, IEEE Transactions in Nuclear Science 64 (2017) 2837
- A. Haefner, R. Barnowski, M. Amman, J. Lee, P. Luke, L. Mihailescu, K. Vetter, “Handheld Real-time Volumetric 3-D Gamma-ray imaging”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 857 (2017) 42
- C. Roecker, A. Bernstein, P. Marleau, K. Vetter, “Measurement of High-Energy Neutron Flux Above Ground Utilizing a Spallation Based Multiplicity Technique”, accepted, IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science 63 (2016) 2823
- K. Vetter, A. Haefner, R. Barnowski, R. Pavlovsky, T. Torii, Y. Sanada, Y. Shikaze, “Advanced Concepts in Multi-Dimensional Radiation Detection and Imaging”, Japan Physical Society Conference Proceedings JPS Conf. Proc 11 (2016) 070000-1
- M. Bandstra, T. Aucott, E. Brubaker, D. Chivers, R. Cooper, J. Curtis, J. Davis, T. Joshi, J. Kua, R. Meyer, V. Negut, M. Quinlan, B. Quiter, S. Srinivasan, A. Zakhor, R. Zhang, K. Vetter, ”RadMAP: The Radiological Multi-sensor Analysis Platform”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 840 (2016) 59
- B. Plimley, A. Coffer, Y. Zhang, K. Vetter,” Angular sensitivity of modeled scientific silicon charge-coupled devices to initial electron direction”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 827 (2016) 18
- C. Roecker, A. Bernstein, N.S. Bowden, B. Cabrera-Palmer, S. Dazeley, M. Gerling, P. Marleau, M.D. Sweany, K. Vetter, “Designing a Transportable High Efficiency Fast Neutron Spectrometer”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 826 (2016) 21
- P. Barton, M. Amman, R. Martin, K. Vetter, “Ultra-Low Noise Mechanically Cooled Germanium Detectors”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 812 (2016) 17
- K. Vetter, “Multi-Sensor Radiation Detection, Imaging, and Fusion”, Glenn Knoll Memoriam Issue, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 805 (2016) 127
- R. Barnowski, A. Haefner, L. Mihailescu, K. Vetter, “Scene Data Fusion: Enabling Real-Time Volumetric Gamma-Ray Imaging”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 800 (2015) 65
- A. Haefner, D. Gunter, R. Barnowski, K. Vetter,” A Filtered Back-projection Algorithm for 4π Compton Camera Data”, IEEE Transactions in Nuclear Science 62 (2015) 1911
- R. Zhang, S. Candra, K. Vetter, A. Zakhor, ”Sensor Fusion for Semantic Segmentation of Urban Scenes”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (2015) 1850
- R. Cooper, M. Amman, K. Vetter, “A prototype high purity germanium detector for high resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy at high count rates”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 795 (2015) 167
- T. Aucott, M. Bandstra, V. Negut, J. Curtis, D. Chivers, K. Vetter,” Effects of Detector Efficiency and Energy Resolution on Gamma-Ray Background Rejection in Mobile Spectroscopy and Imaging Systems”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A, 789 (2015) 128
- Q. Looker, M. Amman, K. Vetter, “Inter-Electrode Charge Collection in High-Purity Germanium Detectors with Amorphous Semiconductor Contacts”, accepted, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 781 (2015) 20
- Q. Looker, M. Amman, K. Vetter,” Leakage current in high-purity germanium detectors with amorphous semiconductor contacts”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A, 777 (2015) 138
- A. Haefner, D. Gunter, B. Plimley, R. Pavlovsky, K. Vetter,” Gamma-ray Momentum Reconstruction from Compton Electron Trajectories by Filtered Back-projection”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 184101 (2014)
- T. Aucott , M. Bandstra, V. Negut, J. Curtis, K. Vetter “Effects of Background on Gamma-Ray Detection for Mobile Spectroscopy and Imaging Systems", IEEE Transactions in Nuclear Science, Volume 61.2 (2014), 985
- K. Vetter, D. Chivers, B. Plimley, A. Coffer, T, Aucott, Q. Looker,” First demonstration of electron-tracking based Compton imaging in solid-state detectors”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 652 (2011) 599
- B. Plimley, D. Chivers, A. Coffer, T. Aucott, W. Wanga, K. Vetter, ”Reconstruction of electron trajectories in high-resolution Si devices for advanced Compton imaging”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 652 (2011)
- D. Chivers, A. Coffer B. Plimley, K. Vetter, “Impact of Measuring Electron Tracks in High-Resolution Scientific Charge-Coupled Devices within Compton Imaging Systems”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 654 (2011) 244
- L. Mihailescu, K. Vetter, D. Chivers, “Standoff 3D Gamma-Ray Imaging”, IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 56, 2 (2009) 479
- D.B. Campbell, K. Vetter, R. Henning, K.T. Lesko, Y.D. Chan, A.W. Poon, M. Perry, D.Husley, A.R. Smith, “Evaluation of radioactive background rejection in 76Ge neutrino-less double-beta decay experiments using a highly segmented HPGe detector”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A, 587 (2008) 60
- K. Vetter, “Recent Developments in the Fabrication and Operation of Germanium Detectors”, Annual Review in Nuclear and Particle Physics, 57 (2007) 326
- K. Vetter, M. Burks, C. Cork, M. Cunningham, D. Chivers, E. Hull, T. Krings, H. Manini, L. Mihailescu, K. Nelson, D. Protic, J. Valentine and D. Wright, “High-sensitivity Compton imaging with position-sensitive Si and Ge detectors”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 579 (2007) 363
- L. Mihailescu, K. Vetter, M. Burks, E. Hull, W. Craig, “SPEIR: a Compton camera”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 570 (2007) 89
- T. Niedermayr, K. Vetter, L. Mihailescu, G. J. Schmid, D. Beckedahl, J. Blair, J. Kammeraad, “Gamma-ray imaging with a coaxial HPGe detector”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 553 (2005) 501
- K. Vetter, M. Burks, L. Mihailescu, “Gamma-ray imaging with position-sensitive HPGe detectors”, Nucl. Inst. Meth. A 525 (2004) 322
- I.Y.Lee, M.A.Deleplanque, K.Vetter, “Developments in large gamma-ray detector arrays”, Rep. Prog. Phys. 66, 1095 (2003)
- K. Vetter, “Gamma-Ray Tracking: New Opportunities for Nuclear Physics”, Feature article in Nuclear Physics News, Vol. 12, No.2, 2002
- K.Vetter , “Gamma-ray tracking: Utilizing new concepts in the detection of gamma-radiation”, Eur.Phys.J. A 15, 265 (2002)
- C. L. Hartmann Siantar, K. Vetter, G. L. DeNardo, S. J. DeNardo, “Treatment planning for molecular targeted radionuclide therapy”, Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals 17(3) (2002)
- K.Vetter, “GRETA: The proof-of-principle for gamma-ray tracking”, Nucl.Phys. A682, 286c (2001)
- G.J.Schmid, D.A.Beckedahl, J.E.Kammeraad, K.P.Ziock, J.J.Blair, K.Vetter, A.Kuhn, “Gamma-ray Compton Camera Imaging with a Segmented HPGe Detector”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A459, 565 (2001)
- K.Vetter, “GRETA: The proof-of-principle of gamma-ray tracking”, Nucl.Phys. A682, 286c (2001)
- K.Vetter, A.Kuhn, M.A.Deleplanque, I.Y.Lee, F.S.Stephens, R.M.Clark, M.Cromaz, R.M.Diamond, P.Fallon, G.J.Lane, A.O.Macchiavelli, C.E.Svensson, “Performance of the GRETA Prototype Detector”, Nucl. Instr. Meth. A452, 105 (2000)