Mark J. Zakhary, PhD

The Johns Hopkins University, BS, Physics, 2008

Brandeis University, PhD, Physics, 2014

Mayo Clinic, Medical Physics Fellowship, 2018

Dr. Zakhary completed his Ph.D. in physics 2014 at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. His interdiscplinary research focused on multimodality imaging of the rod-like bacteriophage virus fd, which self-assembles into novel low-dimensional materials with rich liquid crystalline properties. Dr. Zakhary then transitioned into radiation oncology and completed his medical physics fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN from 2015 to 2018. During his fellowship program, Dr. Zakhary continued to focus his research on imaging, and participated in clinical trials invesitgating the use of the amino acid PET tracer ¹⁸F-DOPA for glioma imaging in both the neurosurgical and radiotherapy settings. Dr. Zakhary joined the Medical Physics team at the Maryland Proton Treatment Center in 2018. 

Proton Radiotherapy, Multimodality Imaging, Deep Tissue Thermal Therapy, Treatment Planning

1. Deufel, C., Dahl, R., Mullins, J., Zakhary, M. J. “A quality assurance device for measuring afterloader performance and transit dose for nasobiliary HDR brachytherapy.” Brachytherapy. 18, S1538-4721 (2018)
2. Siavashpouri, M., Wachauf, C.H., Zakhary, M. J., Praetorius, F., Dietz, H., and Dogic, Z. "Molecular engineering of chiral colloidal liquid crystals using DNA origami." Nature Materials 16, 849-856 (2017)
3. Zakhary, M. J. ,  Gibaud , T., Kaplan, C. N., Barry, E., Oldenbourg, R., Meyer, R. B., and Dogic, Z. Imprintable membranes from incomplete chiral coalescence. Nature Communications 5, 3063 (2014)
4. Zakhary, M. J.,  Sharma, P., Ward, A., Yardimici, S. and Dogic, Z. Geometrical edgeactants control interfacial bending rigidity of colloidal membranes. Soft Matter 9, 8306-8313 (2013).
5. Gibaud, T., Barry, E., Zakhary, M. J. et. al. Reconfigurable self-assembly through chiral control of interfacial tension. Nature 481,348-351 (2012)