Prof. J. Lin
University of Illinois
Chicago, USA

James Lin

James C. Lin is a Professor of electrical engineering, bioengineering, physiology and biophysics at the University of Illinois-Chicago, where he has served as Head of the Department of Bioengineering, and as Director of Special Projects in the College of Engineering. He held an NSC Research Chair from 1993-97, and is a recipient of the d’Arsonval Medal Award of the Bioelectromagnetics Society. His current research interests include electromagnetics in biology and medicine, biomedical imaging and sensing, minimally invasive microwave technology for medical interventions, and biological interactions of radio frequency and microwave radiation. He is the author of several books, the editor of the book series on Advances in Electromagnetic Fields in Living Systems, and the author of numerous journal papers and book chapters. His column on telecommunication radiation safety and health is carried by four professional magazines. He has been serving the ICNIRP Commission since 2004.

Prof. Dr. K. Jokela
STUK - Radiation and
Nuclear Safety
Authority, Finland

kari.jokela@stuk.fi

Kari Jokela received his PhD in Technology in 1982 from the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. Since 1977, he is working for the STUK, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (Finland), where he is now research professor and chief of the section for non-ionizing radiation. He is the author or co-author of numerous publications dealing mainly with microwaves techniques, RF measurements, RF dosymetry, EM-field protection standards, UV radionmetry and solar UV climatology. He has been serving ICNIRP SCIII since 1994.

Mr. H.I. Bassen
FDA
Center for Devices
and Radiological
Health, USA

hib@cdrh.fda.gov

Howard Bassen received a BSEE from the University of Maryland (1965) and a Master of Science from George Washington University (1980). From 1986 to 1990 Mr. Bassen was Associate Chief for Engineering of the Department of Microwave Research at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, D.C. Since 1991 Mr. Bassen has been the Chief of the Electrophysics Branch in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, directing research, development, and laboratory testing of electromagnetic field-emitting medical devices and electronic products and evaluating hazards of electromagnetic fields, medical electrical stimulation devices, and related instrumentation. He is adjunct faculty member at the George Washington University and the University of Maryland, teaching Biomedical Engineering. He chairs several subcommittees in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He has served ICNIRP SCIII since 1997.

Dr. M. Cavagnaro
Sapienza University
Rome, Italy

cavagnaro@die.uniroma1.it

Marta Cavagnaro received her Ph.D. in Electronic Engineering in 1997, from Sapienza University of Rome. Since 2000 she is Assistant Professor in Electromagnetic Fields at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, where she teaches “Environmental Impact of Electromagnetic Fields” and electromagnetic field applications in “Biomedical Instrumentation”. Her research activity is mainly devoted to dosimetry studies of electromagnetic fields. Her interests include numerical methods, power absorption in subjects exposed to the field radiated by mobile communication systems, interaction issues between MRI and pacemakers, UWB technology for medical applications, and minimally invasive techniques for the therapeutic use of microwave energy. She joined ICNIRP SCIII in May 2010.

Dr. S. Mann
Health Protection Agency
Radiological Protection
United Kingdom

simon.mann@hpa.org.uk

Simon Mann is Head of the Physical Dosimetry Departmentat the Health Protection Agency’s Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards at Chilton in Oxfordshire, UK. He is a chartered electrical engineer, and received his BSc in Electronics and his DPhil in Electromagnetic Compatibility from the University of York in 1988 and 1993 respectively. His research interests are concerned with developing exposure assessment methods for guideline compliance, epidemiological studies and dosimetry. Simon was Secretary to the HPA's EMF Exposure Guidelines Group, which developed the UK's 2004 advice on limiting EMF exposures, and is Secretary to the independent Advisory Group on Non-ionising Radiation (AGNIR). He is a UK delegate to the CENELEC TC106X Committee, which is developing product compliance and occupational exposure standards to be used with European Directives. He has served ICNIRP SCIII since April 2007.

Dr. C. Roy
Australian Radiation
Protection and Nuclear
Safety Agency
Australia

colroy7@bigpond.com

Colin Roy received his Ph.D from the University of Melbourne in 1970. The next ten years of research was spent in the area of radiation chemistry and atmospheric research associated with stratospheric ozone depletion. He joined the predecessor of ARPANSA in 1980 and was the Director of the Non-Ionizing Radiation Branch until January 2010. His continuing area of research was in radiation measurement, personal dosimetry and radiation protection in the UVR and EMR areas. He has also been involved in the development of Australian standards in RF and ELF and various Codes of Practice. He has served ICNIRP SCIII since 1997.

Dr. S. Watanabe
National Institute of
Information & Communi-
cations Technology
Japan

wata@nict.go.jp

Soichi Watanabe received his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1996 from the Tokyo Metropolitan University, where he wrote his dissertation on "Power Absorption Characteristics of Human Models Exposed to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Waves from Near-by Radiation Sources”. Since 2006, he is the Research Manager responsible for leading the Biomedical EMC research in the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT). His research works include SAR measurement method, numerical dosimetry with voxel models, and the development of exposure setups and dosimetry for biological, medical, and epidemiological studies..