• Neutron dosimetry

• Microdosimetry

• Radon

Contact Information

Stephen Marino, M.A.
RARAF
Center for Radiological Research
Nevis Laboratory, Columbia University
136 S. Broadway
Irvington, NY 10533

Tel: (914) 591-9244
Fax: (914) 591-9405
email: sm14@columbia.edu

Current Academic and Professional Appointments

Manager, Columbia University Radiological Research Accelerator Facility -- responsible for collaborative and service-based projects on the microbeam and the low-energy neutron facility

Senior Staff Associate, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University

Selected Publications

Some papers are available online in PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader. (Acrobat Reader is free and can be downloaded here: )

Sykora GJ, Akselrod MS, Salasky M, Marino SA. Novel Al₂O₃:C, Mg Fluorescent Nuclear Track Detectors for Passive Neutron Dosimetry, Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 126: 278-283 (2007). [abstract]

Sedelnikova OA, Nakamura A, Kovalchuk O,Koturbash I, Mitchell SA, Marino SA, Brenner DJ, Bonner WM. DNA double-strand breaks form in bystander cells after microbeam irradiation of three-dimensional human tissue models. Cancer Res. 67: 4295-4302 (2007). [abstract]

Miller AC, Stewart M, Rivas R, Marino S, Randers-Pehrson G, and Shi L. Observation of radiation-specific damage in cells exposed to depleted uranium: hprt gene mutation frequency. Radiat. Meas. 42: 1029-1032 (2007).

Zhu A, Zhou H, Leloup C, Marino SA, Geard CR, Hei TK, Lieberman HB. Differential impact of mouse Rad9 deletion on ionizing radiation-induced bystander effects. Radiat Res. 164(5):655-61 (2005). [abstract]

Belyakov OV, Mitchell SA, Parikh D, Randers-Pehrson G, Marino SA, Amundson SA, Geard CR, Brenner DJ. Biological effects in unirradiated human tissue induced by radiation damage up to 1 mm away. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 102(40):14203-8 (2005). [abstract]

Mitchell SA, Marino SA, Brenner DJ, Hall EJ. Bystander effect and adaptive response in C3H 10T(1/2) cells. Int J Radiat Biol. 80(7):465-72 (2004). [abstract]

Brenner DJ, Sawant SG, Hande MP, Miller RC, Elliston CD, Fu Z, Randers-Pehrson G, Marino SA. Routine screening mammography: how important is the radiation-risk side of the benefit-risk equation? Int J Radiat Biol. 78(12):1065-7 (2002). [abstract] 

Marino SA, Johnson GW. A microdosimetry chamber for low-energy X rays. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 99(1-4):377-8 (2002). [abstract] 

Geard CR, Jenkins-Baker G, Marino SA, Ponnaiya B. Novel approaches with track segment alpha particles and cell co-cultures in studies of bystander effects. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 99(1-4):233-6 (2002). [abstract]

Miller RC, Martin SG, Hanson WR, Marino SA, Hall EJ. Effect of track structure and radioprotectors on the induction of oncogenic transformation in murine fibroblasts by heavy ions. Adv Space Res. 1998;22(12):1719-23.  [abstract]

Miller R.C., Marino, S.A., Napoli J., Shah H., Hall, E.J., Geard C.R. and Brenner D.J. Oncogenic transformation in C3H10T½ cells by low-energy neutrons. Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 76:327-334 (2000). [abstract]

Miller R.C., Marino S.A., Martin S.G., Komatsu K., Geard C.R., Brenner D.J. and Hall E.J. Neutron-energy-dependent cell survival and oncogenic transformation. J. Radiat. Res. 40:53-59 Suppl (1999). [abstract]