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Andrew Wood
SEG Member - PG ENV

Andrew Wood is an Adjunct Professor at the 6G Research and Innovation Laboratory at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, and is a Chief Investigator with the Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research. He is also an Honorary Professor at RMIT University in Melbourne. After studying physics at Bristol University, UK, he obtained a PhD in biophysics from King’s College Hospital Medical School, London, UK. At Swinburne, he has taught Medical Biophysics at both undergraduate and postgraduate level for over 30 years. He has supervised 16 successful PhD candidates. He served on the Radiation Health Committee of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) for over ten years. In 2001 he acted as a short-term consultant to the WHO in Malaysia on NIR-related matters. In relation to possible health effects of NIR electromagnetic fields, Dr. Wood has conducted laboratory studies both at the cellular level and with human volunteers. He also is involved in theoretical research into mechanisms of action of these fields on biological systems, particularly in relation to dosimetric aspects. He is an Associate Editor for the journal Bioelectromagnetics. He was a Member of the ICNIRP Scientific Expert Group (SEG) from 2013 to 2020 and appointed in April 2023 for a new project.

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