Development and Validation of a Nanodosimetry-Based Cell Survival Model for Mixed High- and Low-LET Radiations

of UOM for helping me run the cell experiments. It has been an adventure for me, and I could not have made it without them. I want to give my special thanks to Eric Burgett: Thank you for helping me calculate the fission neutron spectrum with MCNP5 and for providing the technical support that was needed in this project. I would also like to express my gratitude to Nazia Zakir: Thank you for your advice; you have helped me in many ways. I also would like to acknowledge my dear colleagues in the ORS office, Jermiah Sauber and Arlene Smith, it has been a great pleasure of working with you. To my husband, Yuangang Xiang: I am so lucky to have you as my life partner who understands me so well and has fully supported me in everything, especially in this iii PhD Study. To my son, Daniel Xiang, who has brought so much pleasure into my life: you are my motivation to be successful both academically and as a mother.