Joseph Madamesila

Hi. My name is Joseph and I’m a Medical Physics MSc student at the University of Calgary, Canada. My current research involves functional MR imaging within patients receiving radiation therapy for intracranial metastatic disease.

From 2015 - 2017 I lived in Nagasaki, Japan as part of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme, teaching English at Omura Technical High School and Niji no Hara Special Needs School. I also sang with the Nagasaki Foreign Settlers Glee Club as tenor, and performed as a live guitarist throughout the Nagasaki Prefecture.

My research career began in high school as a participant on Students On The Beamline, an outreach program designed to inspire the minds of students. There, I've conducted research on the Canadian Light Source, Canada's national synchrotron facility. Shortly after I was a recipient of the Bronze Governor General Award.

During my undergrad at the University of Calgary, I studied both Physics and Japanese. During summers I would conduct research at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre in the field of 3D printing for radiation dosage verification using low density plastics. In the fall and winter I was a Japanese TA for The East Asian Studies department. Notable achievements include publications in the field of Medical Physics, and hands-on lab experience courtesy of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.