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Composition: The Commission membership consists of a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and up to 12 members. Commission members are independent experts in the scientific disciplines relevant to non-ionizing radiation protection (biology, epidemiology, physics, bio-physics, medicine). In carrying out their voluntary work for the Commission they do not represent either their countries of origin or their institutes. ICNIRP members are required to declare any personal interests in relation to their activities for ICNIRP. Members' declarations of personal interests are available below along the member's profile.

Election: Members are elected to the Commission from nominations received by current members, by the Executive Council of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), the IRPA Associate Societies, and by national public authorities for radiation protection following an open call for nominations published on the ICNIRP website. The election takes place every 4 years at the last ICNIRP Annual General Meeting before each IRPA Congress.

Duties: The duties of the Commission include:

  • Formulating and implementing ICNIRP policy in accordance with the Charter and resources available.
  • Specifying, prioritizing and directing the ICNIRP work plan.
  • Providing chairmanship and scientific expertise to the Project Groups and coordinating their activities according to the needs of ICNIRP.
  • Reviewing and approving proposed ICNIRP publications.
  • Fostering cooperation with other organizations in the field of non-ionizing radiation protection.

Akimasa Hirata
Chair

Dr. Akimasa Hirata received his B.E. and Ph.D. degrees in Communications Engineering from Osaka University, Suita, Japan. He is currently a Full Professor in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and serves as the Director of the Center for Biomedical Physics and Information Technology at the Nagoya Institute of Technology. His research primarily focuses on computational dosimetry for electromagnetic fields across a wide spectrum, from extremely low frequencies to millimeter waves, as well as the risk management of heat-related illnesses and the medical applications of electromagnetic fields. Dr. Hirata has extensive experience collaborating with international radiation protection committees, including IEEE and GLORE. His contributions to science have been recognized with numerous awards, including the Japan Academy Medal and IEEE Richard R. Stoddart Award. Akimasa Hirata joined the ICNIRP Main Commission in May 2016 and has served as its since July 2024.

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Ken Karipidis
Vice Chair

Dr Ken Karipidis is originally a physics graduate from La Trobe University and later completed a PhD in epidemiology at Monash University. He is currently working as a scientist at the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA) as Assistant Director of Health Impact Assessment. He has been a member of various national standard setting committees including the working groups developing the Australian radiofrequency exposure standard and extremely low frequency exposure guidelines. Ken has a number of eminent appointments including being an adjunct Associate Professor at Swinburne University of Technology, an advisory board member at the Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research and is an associate investigator at the Centre for Population Health Research on Electromagnetic Energy. Ken joined ICNIRP in August 2015, as an SEG member and joined the Main Commission in May 2020. He is now serving as the ICNIRP Vice Chair since July 2024.

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Young Hwan Ahn
Member

Dr Young Hwan Ahn is a Full-time faculty Neurosurgeon at the Department of Neurosurgery, Director of the Parkinson Center at the Ajou University Hospital and Director of the RF-EMF Research Lab at the Ajou University School of Medicine. Dr Ahn holds a PhD in Medicine from the Chung Ang University in Seoul, Korea. He has a broad experience collaborating in national and international EMF scientific committees and projects groups such as the Japan-Korea Collaborative NTP validation Animal Study on Carcinogenicity of Mobile Phone Radiofrequency Radiation. Dr Ahn joined the Main Commission in July 2024.

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Nigel Cridland
Member

Nigel Cridland has worked in the field of non-ionising radiations for 35 years, having started research with ultraviolet radiation in the 1980s. He obtained his DPhil in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford, where he also undertook postdoctoral research. In 1990, he moved to the Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, part of Public Health England, to initiate research on the cellular responses to ultraviolet radiation. He also diversified adding interests in electromagnetic fields. He served as a scientific secretary to the Stewart Committee and from 2001 to 2012 he was scientific co-ordinator of the UK’s Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Programme. Since 2002 he has led a group involved in the assessment of occupational exposures to optical radiations and electromagnetic fields and has a particular interest in ‘at risk’ employees. He was involved in the development of the European Commission’s practical guides to the optical and EMF Directives, being a member of the team that drafted the former and leading the team that wrote the latter. Nigel Cridland joined the Commission in May 2020.

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Frank de Vocht
Member

Dr Frank de Vocht is a Professor in Epidemiology and Public Health, and joined the Centre for Public Health, which is part of Population Health Sciences at Bristol Medical School, United Kingdom in 2014. He obtained his PhD from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He has a longstanding experience collaborating within international and national organizations in the field of epidemiology, radiation protection and environmental health hazards. He has over 170 peer-review publications broadly covering the areas of public health, radiation epidemiology, and environmental and occupational epidemiology. Frank de Vocht joined the Main Commission in July 2024.

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Anke Huss
Member

Anke Huss is an associate professor at the Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS) at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Her research focuses on environmental and occupational exposure assessment to environmental factors including electromagnetic fields and their health effects. She has experience including static, extremely-low-frequency and radiofrequency electromagnetic fields. In particular, she is involved in several case-control and cohort studies evaluating neurodevelopment and sleep in children in the ABCD cohort (Amsterdam Born Children and their Development) and GERoNiMO project, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s or ALS in the NOCCA (Nordic Occupational Cancer Study) and SNC (Swiss National Cohort) studies and on electromagnetic hypersensitivity. She is co-PI of the ongoing longitudinal study AMIGO. She is a member of the Dutch Health council, and the Scientific Council for Electromagnetic fields of the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM). Anke Huss joined the main Commission in May 2020.

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Ilko Ilev
Member

Dr Ilko Ilev has over 30 years of extensive experience and distinguished accomplishments in leading science research institutions in the USA, Europe and Japan in the areas of biophotonics, laser medicine, biomedical optics, nanobiophotonics, and laser and optical radiation safety (LORS) evaluation of biophotonics technologies and medical devices. Since 1998, he has been with the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) at U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) serving as an FDA Senior Biomedical Research Service (SBRS) Scientist and chairing the FDA LORS Research Program and FDA Laser Safety Committee. Dr. Ilev has published more than 460 papers in highly ranked peer-reviewed journals and proceedings. Along with multiple original publications, he holds 14 patents. For his outstanding contributions to the field of laser and biomedical optics, he has been elected as a Fellow of major scientific societies: IEEE; OPTICA; SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics); AIMBE (American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering); and ASLMS (American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery). Ilko Ilev joined the ICNIRP Main Commission in July 2024.

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Jens Kuhne
Member

Dr Jens Kuhne is a physicist with a special interest in biophysics. In 2016, he received his doctoral degree (Dr. rer. nat.) from Ruhr-University Bochum. In 2017 he joined the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection in the working group “electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields and ultrasound” where he mainly focuses on exposure and dosimetry. He is now serving as a Co-Director at the Competence Center EMF („Research and Evaluation“) at the Federal Office for Radiation Protection in Germany. Jens Kuhne was appointed a Member of the ICNIRP Scientific Expert Group (SEG) in 2020 and joined the Main Commission in July 2024.

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Ilkka Laakso
Member

Dr Ilkka Laakso is Professor of Electromagnetics in Health Technologies at Aalto University, Finland. His research focuses on theoretical and computational bioelectromagnetics at both extremely low and radio frequencies. Special interests are electromagnetic dosimetry for human exposure assessment and biomedical applications of electromagnetic fields. He received the Master degree in electromagnetics and circuit theory from Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, in 2007, and the PhD in electromagnetics from Aalto University, Finland in 2011. He subsequently spent four years in Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, as a a postdoctoral researcher, Research Assistant Professor, and Research Associate Professor. He is the secretary of Subcommittee of EMF Dosimetry Modeling of IEEE International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety and a working group chairman. Ilkka Laakso joined the ICNIRP Scientific Expert Group (SEG) in 2016 and the Main Commission in July 2024.

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Isabelle Lagroye
Member

Dr Isabelle Lagroye holds a PhD in Life Sciences from the Bordeaux II University, France. After a post-doctoral position at the Radiation Oncology Center in Dr Roti-Roti's laboratory (Saint-Louis, MO, USA), she has carried out research work at the Bioelectronics group of the IMS laboratory-UMR5218, University of Bordeaux since 1999. She is a Director of studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), France. Her research deals mainly with the toxicological effects of non-invasive electromagnetic fields, investigating genotoxicity, apoptosis, and protein expression in rodents' brain and skin, and cell cultures exposed to mobile communication signals from 2G to 5G. Isabelle Lagroye was a member of the ICNIRP Standing Committee on Biology from 2009 until 2012, then a Member of the ICNIRP Scientific Expert Group (SEG) from 2013 until 2021 and joined the Main Commission in July 2024.

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Alberto Modenese
Member

Dr Alberto Modenese works as Professor of Occupational Medicine and Coordinator of the Post-graduate Specialization School in Occupational Medicine at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UniMoRe). He is an Occupational Physician, based at the UniMoRe Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences in Modena (Italy). He is also the Secretary of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) Scientific Committee "Radiation and Work" and he is a Board Member of the Italian Medical Radioprotection Association (i.e. Associazione Italiana di Radioprotezione Medica, AIRM). He is a medical doctor and holds a PhD in Clinical and Experimental Medicine of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. His research interests are in particular the evaluation and prevention of health risks related to occupational exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiations (EMF and optical radiation), occupational epidemiology and systematic reviews in OSH: he published more than 120 scientific contributions in the NIR area (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0850-5615). Alberto Modenese joined the Main Commission in July 2024.

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Gunnhild Oftedal
Member

Gunnhild Oftedal obtained a degree in biophysics and PhD in psycho-physio acoustics, with a focus on effects on hearing, in 1985 at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Currently, she is working as Research Co-ordinator at the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, NTNU. From the early 1990s, she has been involved in research on health effects of EMF in the ELF and the RF ranges, mainly with experimental human studies and observational studies. Her focus has been on symptoms attributed to electromagnetic fields, but she also has been involved in studies on pregnancy outcomes in populations exposed to RF fields. She is member of international organisations in the field of non-ionising radiation and participates in the work of WHO on the health risk assessment on RF fields.  She is an ICNIRP commission member since May 2016.

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