Dr. Sarah Bugby

Dr. Sarah Bugby is a lecturer in the physics department at Loughborough University and a member of the Centre for Sensing and Imaging Science. She received her PHD in physics and astronomy from Leicester University in 2015. Before becoming a lecturer, Dr. Bugby completed research in the field of nuclear medicine which aids in the diagnosis and treatment of various conditions by ionizing radiation. She helped to develop The Hybrid Gamma Camera which is a handheld machine that can perform gamma imaging on patients who are in the operating room or by their bedside. This device can assist in detecting the spread of cancer cells in a patient by, for example, imaging the sentinel nodes in the lymphatic system. Dr. Bugby’s research aims to discover and test new materials, devices and imaging systems that can be used in a clinical setting. More specifically it incorporates intraoperative imaging, nuclear medicine, X-ray and gamma detectors, environmental monitoring, and scintillator and compound semiconductor detector functioning. She has stated that she’s very passionate about this field not only because of its real world applications in helping others, but because it involves different disciplines such as chemistry, biology, and mathematics in addition to physics. She also commented on the fundamental physics involved such as understanding the interactions between a photon and different materials. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5375840/