Mikhail Balonov

Mikhail I. Balonov is Chief Research Scientist at the Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene (RIRH), St. Petersburg, Russia (http://www.niirg.ru/ ). He has more than fifty years of work experience in the field of radiation protection of the public. This includes unique experience of population protection after the nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and Fukushima-1 NPPs. His current job is the development and implementation of regulation for medical exposures in Russia. Seven years of work (2000-2006) at IAEA as Head of the Unit for Safety of Radioactive Discharges. Developed international safety standards and technical reports on control of environmental radioactivity, radionuclides in food and drinking water, etc. Twelve years (1988-2000) of leading the Department of Radioecology at RIRH following the Chernobyl accident. Member of the ICRP Committee 2 (2001-2013), Scientific secretary of the UN Chernobyl Forum (2003-2005), UNSCEAR consultant since 2005. Dr. Sc. in Radiobiology and Radiation Hygiene, Professor; PhD in Biophysics. M. Balonov graduated as M. S. in Nuclear Physics in 1967 from the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute.