Judith Pena Dembo, M.Sc.

Office: Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/C,

Hungary 1117

Phone: (36-1) 372 2500 ext. 8340 

E-mail: and

Research Interests: Environmental geochemistry (radon and thoron)

Degree:

Current position:

Awards, grants:

  • 2nd place of the Poster Price Winner at the 3rd Educational Symposium on Radiation and Health by Young Scientists, Sapporo (Japan), 2016;
  • Nominee of the Best Student Oral Contribution at the International Conference on Radiation and Applications in Various Fields of Research, Nis (Serbia), 2016;

Scholarships:

  • Two-days symposium and seminar at the Hokkaido University and Hirosaki University, October 02-03 and 05-06, 2016, respectively, financed by the “Educational Symposium on Radiation and Health by Young Scientist” (Japan);

Experiences:

  • Internship at Total Fina & Elf Angola oil company, 2007-2009;
  • Lecturer at the Methodist University of Angola, 2009-2011;

Workshops and short courses:

  • XI Geochemical Congress of the Portuguese-speaking countries November 19-25, 2012, Luanda (Angola);
  • Designing National Radon Action Plans, III ERA (European Radon Association) Workshop, May 25-29, 2015, Krakow, (Poland);
  • WE-Heraeus Physics School on Ionizing Radiation and Protection of Man, August 03-14, 2015, Bad Honnef, (Germany);
  • 13th International Workshop on the Geological Aspects of Radon Risk Mapping, September 14-15, 2016, Prague (Czech Republic);
  • 3rd Educational Symposium on Radiation and Health by Young Scientists, October 01-02, 2016 Sapporo (Japan);
  • Seminar on Radiation and Heath held at Hirosaki University, October 05-06, 2016, Hirosaki (Japan);

Papers:

  • Pena Dembo, J. External radiation exposure of the Angolan population living in adobe houses 2019 Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Manuscripts:

  • Judith Pena (2009) Petrographic and sedimentological Studies of the Binga Formation (Kwanza Basin - Angola), MSc Thesis, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection, AGH University and Technology, Krakow, pp 94.

Abstracts:

  • Pena Dembo, J., Völgyesi, P., Szabó, Zs. & Szabó, Cs (2015) Radioactivity of Angolan adobe building material. International Conference on Radon in Environment, May 25-29, 2015, Krakow (Poland), Abstracts, 86.
  • Pena Dembo, J., Völgyesi, P., Szabó, Zs., Kis, Z. & Szabó, Cs. (2016) First survey of radioactivity levels in Angolan adobe determined by gamma spectrometry. RANC-2016, International Conference on Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, April 10-15, 2016, Budapest (Hungary), Abstracts, 112-113.
  • Völgyesi, P., Szabó, Zs., Pena Dembo, J., Kis, Z., & Szabó Cs. (2016) Application of a low-background counting chamber to study the radioactivity of environmental samples. XLI. Annual Meeting on Radiation Protection, April 26-28, 2016, Hajdúszoboszló (Hungary), Abstracts and Program, 20.
  • Pena Dembo, J., Völgyesi, P., Szabó, Zs., Kis, Z., & Szabó, Cs. (2016) Radioactivity levels in Angolan adobe building material – Comparative study of three areas. V. Terrestrial Radioisotopes in Environment – International Conference on Environmental Protection, May 17-20, 2016, Veszprém (Hungary), Book of abstracts, 38.
  • Pena Dembo, J., Völgyesi, P., Szabó, Zs. & Szabó, Cs. (2016) Seasonal and spatial variation of radon and thoron in Angolan adobe houses. 4th International Conference on Radiation and Applications in Various Fields of Research, May 23-27, 2016, Niš (Serbia), Book of Abstracts, 494.
  • Pena Dembo, J., Völgyesi, P., Szabó, Zs., Kis, Z. & Szabó, Cs. (2016) Radon and thoron in Angolan adobe houses. 8th International Conference on Protection against Radon at Home and at Work, September 12-14, 2016, Prague (Czech Republic), Abstract, 41.
  • Pena Dembo, J., Völgyesi, P., Szabó, Zs., Kis, Z. & Szabó, Cs. (2016) Estimated inhalation and external gamma doses in Angolan adobe houses. 3rd Educational Symposium on Radiation and Health by Young Scientists, October 01-02, 2016, Sapporo (Japan), Abstract and Program, 18.
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