Mr. B.E. Stuck
US Army
Medical Research
Detachment
USA

bruce.stuck@brooks.af.mil

Bruce E. Stuck is the Director of the U.S. Army Medical Research Detachment of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research located at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas with programmatic responsibilities for laser and microwave biological effects research.  He has 30 years experience in laser bioeffects research and is the author/co-author of research on the ocular and cutaneous effects of laser radiation, the effects of laser exposure on vision and performance, the assessment of laser accident cases, the treatment of laser-induced retinal injury and assessments of laser eye protection.  Mr. Stuck is a member of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Laser Institute of America, the Biomedical Optical Society of the SPIE and the American National Standards Institute’s (ANSI) Z136 Committee which develops the ANSI Standard for the Safe Use of Lasers. He has been serving ICNIRP SCIV since July 1999.

Prof. E. Breitbart
Centre of Dermatology,
Buxtehude, Germany

e.breitbart@elbekliniken.de

Eckhard Breitbart is the head of the Centre of Dermatology, Buxtehude, Germany, and is working since many years in the fields of clinical and experimental skin cancer research. He is a member of the Standing Committee on Non-Ionizing Radiation of the German National Radiation Protection Board and of various national and international scientific and medical societies. He is the former President of the European Society of Skin Cancer Prevention EUROSKIN whose aim is to reduce skin cancer incidence and mortality by promoting and co-ordinating collaboration between European specialists in the fields of skin cancer research and prevention. At the national level, he is instructed by the government to establish an independent Skin-Cancer Screening within the scope of the Cancer Early Detection Programme in Germany. On the basis of the "Round Table Solaria" in Germany he is also instructed, in co-operation with WHO and the German Cancer Aid, to establish a "European Certification Standard for Solaria-Studios. He has been elected as an ICNIRP member in 2004. 

Prof. Dr.
P. Söderberg
Karolinska Institutet
Sweden

per.soderberg@ste.ki.se

Per Söderberg is a Professor of Ophthalmology. He is the head of the Research Department, St. Erik's Eye Hospital and the executive director of the Swedish optometry program at the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Main research interests are effects of optical radiation in the eye with an emphasis on ultraviolet radiation, cataract measurement, and anterior segment surgery. His work includes exploration of the pathophysiological mechanism for UVR induced cataract, development of a new model for determination of UVR toxicity in the eye, determination of the influence of variables such as age, sex, pigmentation, exposure time and fractionation of exposure on UVR induced cataract and development of new systems for measurement of cataract. Dr Söderberg has served ICNIRP SCIV since 2002.

Dr. J-P. Césarini
France


jpcesarini@free.fr

Jean-Pierre Césarini, a certified pathologist, received his MD from the University of Marseille in 1964, where he worked as an assistant professor for pathology and research from 1968-1971. Since 1972 he has been a research senior for the French National Institute of Health. From 1980 until 2001, he worked as Head of the Research Laboratory on Oncogenesis, UVR and Human Skin at the Rothschild Foundation for INSERM. His research interests include epidemiological, clinical and pathological aspects of melanoma and the effects of UVR on human skin. Dr. Césarini is associate director of Division 6 of CIE and chairman of several technical committees. He has been an ICNIRP Member from 1992 to 2004.

Prof. Dr. B. Diffey
Dryburn Hospital
UK

b.l.diffey@ncl.ac.uk

Brian Diffey is Head of the Regional Medical Physics Department, employing around 250 physicists, engineers and technologists based at 15 hospitals across the north of England. He is Professor of Medical Physics in the University of Newcastle and also holds a personal chair in Photobiology within the Medical School. He has a considerable involvement in studies of human exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation, its effects on human skin, and in measures that can be taken to reduce excessive exposure, especially the use of sunscreens. He was presented with the 1999 Medal by the Society of Cosmetic Scientists for innovative contributions to the suncare industry, and in April 2000 was a member of the International Agency for Research on Cancer working group on the Evaluation of Sunscreens as Preventive Agents in Skin Cancer. He has published more than 300 papers in the medical and scientific literature and spoken at over 200 national and international meetings. He has served ICNIRP SCIV since 1998.

Dr. A. McKinlay
Health Protection Agency
Radiation Protection Division
United Kingdom

Alastair.McKinlay@hpa.org.uk

Alastair McKinlay is Head of the Physical Dosimetry Department at the United Kingdom Health Protection Agency’s Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards. He is a graduate of Strathclyde University Scotland where he received a B.Sc. (Hons.) in Natural Philosophy. He was awarded a Ph.D. by the UK National Council for Academic Awards for studies in thermoluminescence dosimetry. Appointments held previously included: Membership of the United Kingdom "Application of Radioactive Substances Advisory Committee" (ARSAC): President of the UK National Committee of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE): Chairman of the European Commission Expert Group on Mobile Telephony and Human Health and: Founding member of the European Society of Skin Cancer Prevention (EUROSKIN). Alastair is currently President of EUROSKIN: A member of the Research Steering Committee of the UK National Adult Brain Cancer Study: A member of the Programme Management Committee of the UK Mobile Telephone Health Research Programme and: A member of the International Advisory Committee of the WHO EMF Project. He was a Main Commission Member of ICNIRP from its inception in 1992 until 2004, its Vice-chairman from 1996 to 2000 and its Chairman from 2000 to 2004.

Dr. K. Schulmeister
ARC Seibersdorf Research
Austria

karl.schulmeister@arcs.ac.at

Karl Schulmeister is a physicist at the Austrian Research Centers, Seibersdorf, Austria. He received his M.Sc. in Technical Physics from the University of Technology in Vienna in 1992 and an M.Sc. in Computational Physics from the University of Dublin, Ireland, in 1993. In 2001 he received his Doctorate (technology) in Biophysics from the Vienna University of Technology. Dr. Schulmeister has worked at ARC Seibersdorf research (a governmental research center) since 1994, where he is presently the head of the working group „Laser and Optical Radiation“ in the Health Physics Division. Since 1994 his research has concentrated on hazard assessments and radiometry of optical radiation and lasers. In recent years he developed a probabilistic risk model for ocular laser damage which is used by the European Space Agency for risk management of space-based laser missions. He also serves as lecturer for Non-ionizing Radiation Protection at the University of Technology in Graz. Dr. Schulmeister is head of the Austrian delegation to IEC TC 76 (Laser), where he is also technical secretary of Working Group 1on radiation safety standards. In 2002 he was elected to the position of Associate Director of Division 6 “Photobiology” of CIE, the International Commission on Illumination, where he is also active in a number of Technical Committees. As a consulting member of ICNIRP, he has actively participated in several ICNIRP task groups on Light Emitting Diodes, Laser Pointers, and Laser Guidelines, and Infrared Warming Cabins. He has been serving ICNIRP SCIV since July 2003.

Dr. D.H. Sliney
US Army Center for
Health Promotion &
Preventive Medicine
USA

david.sliney@us.army.mil

David H. Sliney received his B.S. in physics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, his M.S. in physics and radiological health from Emory University, and his Ph.D. in biophysics and medical physics from the University of London. He is the Manager of the Laser/Optical Radiation Program at the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine. Dr. Sliney´s research interests focus on subjects related to UV effects upon the eye, laser hazards and laser applications in medicine and surgery. He served as member, advisor and chairman of numerous committees and institutions, which are active in the establishment of safety standards for protection against non-ionising radiation in particular from lasers and other high-intensity optical sources (ANSI, ISO, ACGIH, IEC, WHO, NCRP). Dr. Sliney was an IRPA/INIRC member from 1984-1992 and has been an ICNIRP member from its inception in 1992 until 2004.