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session 5

Title: Radiation Fields, Effects and Risks in Human Space Missions
type: oral
Description: The major topics of this session are the characterization of the radiation environment by theoretical modeling and experimental data, radiation effects on physical and biological systems, countermeasures to radiation and radiation risk assessment.
Date: 2026-10-08
Time: 10:15
Room: Hall 7

IPC members

Co-Chair: Prof. Lawrence Pinsky, University of Houston, United States;
Co-Chair: Dr. Günther Reitz, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;
Rapporteur: Dr. Premkumar Saganti, Prairie View A&M University, United States;

papers
Order	Time	Paper title	Mode	Presentation status	Speaker	Affiliation	Country
1	10:15	Persistent Oncogene and Tumor Suppressor Gene Dysregulation Under Sustained Microgravity Exposure	10	confirmed	Ms. Sena Sevim	Üsküdar University	Türkiye
2	10:25	Radiation Challenges for Lunar Exploration: Artemis I Findings and Implications for Mission Planning	10	confirmed	Mr. Alessandro Bucci	ENAC	Italy
3	10:35	Bone deterioration following simulated space radiation exposure: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10	confirmed	Mr. Lev Sushanek	University of Alberta	Canada
4	10:45	Investigation of Cellular Responses to Space-Radiation Simulated with Proton Beam Application in Dental Pulp Stem Cells	10	confirmed	Mrs. Sumeyya Akkum	Hacettepe University	Türkiye
5	10:55	Radiation Hormesis: Re-evaluating Cancer Risk and Developing Therapeutic Countermeasures for Spaceflight and Terrestrial Health	10	confirmed	Dr. Dana Levin	Vast	United States
6	11:05	Predictive Risk Index For NK Cell Immunosuppression Under Combined Microgravity and GCR Exposure: A Machine Learning Framework	10	confirmed	Mrs. Ekin ÖZ	Antalya Yusuf Ziya Öner Science High School	Türkiye
7	11:15	Light-Ion Approximations in Space Radiation Transport Applications: Sensitivity to HZE and Fragmentation Secondaries	10	confirmed	Dr. Fahad Zaman	Kuwait University	Kuwait
8	11:25	Influence of Lunar Crater Topography and Shielding on Radiation Exposure in Lunar Habitats	10	confirmed	Dr. Naser Burahmah	Kuwait University	Kuwait
9	11:35	Desings and Production of Light and Low Power Consuming Portable Scintillation Detector for Future Cubesat Missions	10	confirmed	Mr. Ömer Berkant Yıldız	Akdeniz University	Türkiye
10	11:45	Exhaled Breath Condensate as a Potential Diagnostic Tool for Assessing Space Radiation-Induced Carcinogenesis	10	confirmed	Ms. Sabina Latifova	Ege University	Azerbaijan