COVER LETTER

I am Gordillo Olivera Carlos and I am from Argentina. I have a degree in physics obtained
in Balseiro Institute (San Carlos de Bariloche. Argentina) but in this year I am doing the master in
medical physics. I will finish it in December.
I am looking for a post-degree because I want to increase my scientific work as a medical
physicist. As a master’s project I am researching in magnetic resonance: I am studying two
quantitative techniques called “mapping” and “feature tracking” applied to myocardial diseases.
The objective is to development and standardization to study the diagnostic power of those
techniques and compare this with other diagnostic studies. In this search I worked in a
multidisciplinary environment beside doctors, technical staff, nurses, other medical physics,
professors, engineers and clinical patients.
As a part of my master I took Nuclear Medicine as a subject, where I learned the
fundamental principles of the nuclear diagnostic, the different types of studies (RMN, CT, PET,
SPECT, PET-CT, PET-MR), what kind of information can we get, how to do those studies in
general, how the machine works, the analysis of the absorbed dose (PET, CT, SPECT), their nuclear
radioprotection and quality accurate. In particular I worked with phantoms with Tc-99m, Ge-68 and
FDG. I studied the operating principles of a cyclotron and its safety protocols. In the context of
production of radiopharmaceuticals I took some practical classes where I studied the radiochemical
purity too.
Another subject I took is Radiotherapy where I learned the physics principles of the radiant
therapy. I learned how the linear accelerator looks like (as a machine) and how it works. I know
how to calculate the absorbed dose for one specific conformed field using the TAR and D/Psi
formalism for Co-60 and specified energy photons (6 MV and 18 MV in particular). I have studied
the principles of brachytherapy, the use of ionization chambers and the calculus of bunkers using
international protocols. In addition I studied one more time topics related to the radioprotection.
Related to nuclear medicine I took Diagnostic Imaging where I learned the physics behind
the formation of one diagnostic imagen using some technique (PET, RMN, CT, SPECT). I believe
that this subject was one of the most important because I learned to analyze and process one
medical image to extract the most quantity of information. I used software like ImageJ, Corel Draw,
Matlab and some algorithm designed in C.
I am very familiar with the analysis of one phenomenon, so I have some good skills in the
design of one experimental method to obtain information data and analyze that information to
extract conclusions using different softwares (Origin, ImageJ, Excel, Tracker, Gnuplot,
Graphmatica, Maple). I believe that the theoretic description of the phenomenon is important too, so
I think that is a very good scientific practice to study the theory if it is available or try to develop a
theoretical model instead. During my 5 years in the degree I took experimental physics classes
where I worked in geometric and physical optic, low temperature, physical properties of matter,
superconductivity, growing of thin films and their magnetic and electrical properties for example.
For the previous information I think that I am a good candidate to apply for the available
position. I think it is very important for my scientific career to know others countries, learn news
investigation skills and meet with other people. Please take the time to review my resume and I
would welcome the opportunity to meet with you in one personal interview using Skype or a
telephonic call.
Best regards.
Gordillo Olivera Carlos Nicolás

Email: gordillocarlosn@gmail.com Telephone: +549 264 4124733