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D-Index
43
Citations
14334
World Ranking
6920
National Ranking
2463

Overview

M.C. Dobson is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within medicine and physics, focusing on areas such as healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, innovations in medical education, empathy and medical education, as well as micro and nano robotics.

Their scientific contributions include work published in different venues, with recent papers covering both medical education and physics topics. Notable publications include:

  • "Faculty and Resident Perspectives of the Complexity of Wellness Program Implementation: A Qualitative Exploration," 2023, published in PRiMER
  • "Mesoscale Modeling of an Active Colloid's Motion," 2025, published on arXiv (Cornell University)

Dobson collaborates with a variety of coauthors, among them Jill Schneiderhan, Thomas Bishop, Timothy C. Guetterman, and D. Massé. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach combining medical and physical sciences.

Their main fields of study include Medicine, with specific subfields such as General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and Condensed Matter Physics. The diversity of these subfields illustrates a broad research interest crossing clinical health concerns and physical modeling techniques.

Research themes central to Dobson's work are:

  • Healthcare professionals' stress and burnout
  • Innovations in Medical Education
  • Empathy and Medical Education
  • Micro and Nano Robotics

The combination of these topics indicates a focus on the well-being and educational processes of healthcare providers alongside technical studies in robotics at micro and nanoscale.

Dobson's publications appear in venues such as PRiMER, which addresses topics in medical education and clinical practice, and arXiv, a repository for scholarly articles including those on physics and related fields. These outlets highlight the scientist's engagement with both applied medical research and theoretical or modeling studies in physics.

Best Publications

  • Microwave Dielectric Behavior of Wet Soil-Part II: Dielectric Mixing Models

    Myron C. Dobson;Fawwaz T. Ulaby;Martti T. Hallikainen;Mohamed A. El-Rayes

  • Microwave Dielectric Behavior of Wet Soil-Part 1: Empirical Models and Experimental Observations

    Martti T. Hallikainen;Fawwaz T. Ulaby;Myron C. Dobson;Mohamed A. El-Rayes

  • Michigan microwave canopy scattering model

    Fawwaz T. Ulaby;Kamal Sarabandi;Kyle McDONALD;Michael Whitt

  • Dependence of radar backscatter on coniferous forest biomass

    M.C. Dobson;F.T. Ulaby;T. LeToan;A. Beaudoin

  • The use of Imaging radars for ecological applications : A review

    Eric S Kasischke;John M Melack;M Craig Dobson

  • Microwave Backscatter Dependence on Surface Roughness, Soil Moisture, and Soil Texture: Part I-Bare Soil

    Fawwaz T. Ulaby;Percy P. Batlivala;Myron C. Dobson

  • Dielectric properties of soils in the 0.3-1.3-GHz range

    N.R. Peplinski;F.T. Ulaby;M.C. Dobson

  • Active Microwave Soil Moisture Research

    M. Craig Dobson;Fawwaz T. Ulaby

  • Generalized refractive mixing dielectric model for moist soils

    V.L. Mironov;M.C. Dobson;V.H. Kaupp;S.A. Komarov

  • Estimation of forest biophysical characteristics in Northern Michigan with SIR-C/X-SAR

    M.C. Dobson;F.T. Ulaby;L.E. Pierce;T.L. Sharik

  • Land-cover classification and estimation of terrain attributes using synthetic aperture radar

    M. Craig Dobson;Fawwaz T. Ulaby;Leland E. Pierce

  • A semi-empirical backscattering model at L-band and C-band for a soybean canopy with soil moisture inversion

    R.D. de Roo;Yang Du;F.T. Ulaby;M.C. Dobson

  • Microwave Backscatter Dependence on Surface Roughness, Soil Moisture, and Soil Texture: Part II-Vegetation-Covered Soil

    Fawwaz T. Ulaby;Gerald A. Bradley;Myron C. Dobson

  • Effects of Vegetation Cover on the Microwave Radiometric Sensitivity to Soil Moisture

    Fawwaz T. Ulaby;Mohammad Razani;Myron C. Dobson

  • Knowledge-based land-cover classification using ERS-1/JERS-1 SAR composites

    M.C. Dobson;L.E. Pierce;F.T. Ulaby

  • Microwave dielectric properties of dry rocks

    F.T. Ulaby;T.H. Bengal;M.C. Dobson;J.R. East

  • Sensitivity to soil moisture by active and passive microwave sensors

    Y. Du;F.T. Ulaby;M.C. Dobson

  • Using Mimics To Model L-band Multiangle and Multitemporal Backscatter From A Walnut Orchard

    K.C. Mcdonald;M.C. Dobson;F.T. Ulaby

  • Microwave Backscatter Dependence on Surface Roughness, Soil Moisture, And Soil Texture: Part III-Soil Tension

    Myron C. Dobson;Fawwaz Ulaby

  • Knowledge-based classification of polarimetric SAR images

    L. E. Pierce;F. T. Ulaby;Kamal Sarabandi;M. C. Dobson

Frequent Co-Authors

Fawwaz T. Ulaby
Fawwaz T. Ulaby University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kamal Sarabandi
Kamal Sarabandi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Norman L. Christensen
Norman L. Christensen Duke University
Eric S. Kasischke
Eric S. Kasischke University of Maryland, College Park
Martti Hallikainen
Martti Hallikainen Aalto University
Anthony Freeman
Anthony Freeman Jet Propulsion Lab
Brian Brisco
Brian Brisco Natural Resources Canada
James B. Garvin
James B. Garvin Goddard Space Flight Center
Leslie A. Viereck
Leslie A. Viereck US Forest Service
Ram Oren
Ram Oren Duke University

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