Jury

Scientific Committee and juries

Csilla PESZNYÁK Medical Physics and Radiation Protection Expert in Hungary. Associate professor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Head of Radiation Protection Service at National Institute of Oncology, Hungary. Past President of the ENEN aisbl. Past President of Health Physics Section, Roland Eötvös Physical Society. Board member of Hungarian Society of Medical Physics and next president of Hungarian Radiation Oncology Society.

Štefan ČERBA graduated from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU) in the degree course nuclear engineering. He worked at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) and as an expert advisor for the Slovak Nuclear Regulatory Authority. Currently he works as a senior researcher at STU where he is involved in research activities related to reactor physics, radiation protection, numerical simulations, and nuclear data. He is also involved in the education process through subject such as reactor physics, NPP decommissioning, materials for NPPs and computer network. He is involved and responsible for the implementation of several national and international projects, he is a task leader in ENEN2plus and communication manager in ENEEP. He is also a chairman of the NURECO – Nuclear Research Community civil association and the chairman of the Supervisory Board of the B&J NUCLEAR research spin-off company.

Francisco Javier ELORZA Full Professor of Hydrogeology and Nuclear Waste Management at the Technical University of Madrid (UPM) since 2008. Associated Professor of Applied Mathematics in UPM (1987-2008). Author of more than 50 articles in international scientific journals. About 250 communications to international and national meetings. He has about 38 years’ experience in the field of Nuclear Waste Management and has participated in more than 40 projects related with nuclear waste management, deep geological disposal and NPP decommissioning. Coordinator in UPM of the SARENA (SAfe and REliable Nuclear Applications) Erasmus+ supported EMJMD Programme (2019 – ). President of the European Nuclear Education Network (2024 – ).

Walter AMBROSINI is Full Professor in Nuclear Plants at the University of Pisa, Italy. His Research interests involve the field of Nuclear Reactor Thermal-hydraulics. He has been President of the Research Doctorate in Nuclear Engineering in Pisa (2008-2016), President of the MSc in Nuclear Engineering in Pisa (2011-2018), President of the European Nuclear Education Network (2013-2016), Member of the ASN Commission for Energetics and Nuclear Engineering (2018-2021), Present Member of the CDs of CIRTEN and of the Associazione Italiana Nucleare (AIN). His relevant Memberships: AIN, ENS, ANS, ASME.

Gabriel PAVEL: Has been Executive Director of the European Nuclear Education Network for two years. He has completed 2 E&T projects and has 6 projects under implementation. Experience: 16y in the nuclear sector. University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania (16y); Lecturer on nuclear engineering, radiation protection, non-power applications of ionizing radiation. 5 E&T projects and 24 projects with industry.

Barbara FERRUCCI graduated in Nuclear Engineering in Bologna, Italy. During her Ph.D., she investigated the radiological impact of accidental release scenarios involving storage facilities of radioactive waste, integrating environmental models and geographical Information Systems. Since 2012, she has been a researcher at the ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Development) Research Center in Bologna. Currently, she is involved in two main international projects: INNUMAT, addressing research on new structural materials for Gen-IV reactors, and ENEN2plus for education and training actions in the nuclear field. As part of the ENEN2plus project, she has organized the Winter School on Nuclear Waste Safety and Management, which will be held on March 4-8, 2024, in Bologna, Italy.

David HARBOTTLE is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Leeds, UK. Trained as a chemical engineer he has developed his research in the area of colloids and surface science, applying his technical expertise to work on a range of nuclear related activities including waste management, decommissioning and decontamination. He is a member of the Nuclear Academic and Industry Liaison Sub-committee (NAILS) to promote the exchange of knowledge between industry and academia, and sits as a member of the Particles with Fluids Sellafield Ltd. Centre of Expertise, providing technical expertise and knowledge to support decommissioning activities on the Sellafield site. He is the program lead for the undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Leeds and is involved in UK-wide networks supporting the modernization of undergraduate engineering curricula.

Gábor STELCZER graduated in medical physics at Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME), Faculty of Natural Sciences. He started to work at the National Institute of Oncology (NIO), Budapest in the field of radiotherapy. He made his PhD about Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (APBI). Currently, he is working at the NIO as an MPE in the field of robot-based stereotactic radiotherapy and at the BME as an assistant professor. He has been involved in the training of medical physics for many years. He takes roles in the Hungarian Society of Medical Physics. He is involved in international projects like ENEN2plus and BioPhyHealth.

Gillian POWER graduated with a primary degree in Engineering from University College, Dublin in 2001. She went on to be awarded a Masters degree, in Physical Sciences in Medicine from Trinity College, Dublin in 2004. Since 2005 she has been a Senior Physicist, for the Irish National Screening programme and was a key member of the team that made BreastCheck the first fully digital national screening programme. In more recent years she has been instrumental as an MPE, in introducing tomosynthesis imaging to the BreastCheck arsenal and looks forward to helping bring Contrast Enhanced imaging to the imaging suite this year. She is currently honorary secretary of the Irish Association of Physicists in Medicine, one of two Irish representatives on the IOMP and she sits on the EFOMP Projects Committee.

Justyna JACZEWSKA-ÖZCAN graduated from Jagiellonian University in Krakow in Poland and received a Master’s Degree in Computer Science in 2003 and a Doctoral Degree in Physics in 2008. Later she worked for Jagiellonian University and almost two years for A. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University and continued research in the field of applications of atomic force microscopy. In 2012 left science for the private sector (IT) but in 2019 moved back and since that time has been working for Education and Training Division in National Centre For Nuclear Research in Poland. In her current position as a physicist, her main job responsibility is to teach about ionizing radiation: during nuclear safety and radiological protection trainings, give lectures to students visiting Nuclear Centre, teach laboratory classes and workshops with detectors and guide tours to Maria research nuclear reactor.

Lois S. TOVEY has a BSc in Ceramic Science & Engineering and a PhD in Materials from the University of Leeds. She has extensive experience in project management and business development within the nuclear sector. She has managed large research consortia working on nuclear decommissioning, waste management and advanced fuels and has worked in a start-up providing instrumentation and testing services for the nuclear industry. She is currently a visiting researcher at the University of Leeds where she is involved with education and outreach activities.

Stellan HOLGERSSON graduated in Nuclear Chemistry at Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden in 2001.His Thesis is concerned about the use of cement and concrete for incapsulating radioactive waste. He made a post doc at Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany in 2002-2003, investigating the properties of graphite from Pebble Bed Reactors for radioactive waste containment. He returned to Sweden to become Senior Researcher at Department of Chemical Engineering at Chalmers in 2005, where he has been working since then. The focus of his research is about radionuclide sorption and diffusion properties of the granitic bedrock in the far-field of a geological disposal of radioactive waste. Another area for his research is investigations on the possibility of the recycling of materials from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), batteries and solar cells. Stellan have also cooperated with other research groups on various topics in biochemistry and radiotherapy medicine, where he has assisted with ICP-MS analyses.

Tom CLARIJS graduated in Biomedical Sciences, whereafter he specialised in Biomedical and Clinical Engineering, in particular medical radiation physics. He was active within QCC-Gent, a center for technical quality control in diagnostic radiology, linked to the department of Medical Physics at the University of Ghent and the Standard Dosimetry Lab. At the moment Tom is active within the SCK CEN Academy for Nuclear Sciences and Technology of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre. In providing education and training he offers topics related to nuclear physics, radiation protection, emergency response and medical physics. He is involved in international projects such as ENEN2+, PRISMAP and PIANOFORTE, offers support to national and international scientific societies such as BVS-ABR, BPS, Rad4Med, MELODI, EUTERP and IAEA and is the vice-chair of the Belgian Society for Radiation Protection.

Veronica ROSSETTI graduated in Physics in Turin, Italy, and specialised in Medical Physics at the University of Genoa, Italy. After numerous experiences in Italy and abroad (France, USA), she is currently Senior Medical Physicist at the University Hospital “Città della Salute e della Scienza” of Turin, where she is mainly involved in diagnostic radiology, paediatric radiology, mammography screening and radiation protection. She lectures numerous courses at the University of Turin and at the Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics of the ICTP in Trieste. She has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Association of Medical Physics (AIFM) and has been involved in training in medical physics for many years. She currently is a member of the Board of the European Federation of Medical Physics Organisations (EFOMP), as Chairperson of the Education and Training Committee.

Veronica ROSSETTI graduated in Physics in Turin, Italy, and specialised in Medical Physics at the University of Genoa, Italy. After numerous experiences in Italy and abroad (France, USA), she is currently Senior Medical Physicist at the University Hospital “Città della Salute e della Scienza” of Turin, where she is mainly involved in diagnostic radiology, paediatric radiology, mammography screening and radiation protection. She lectures numerous courses at the University of Turin and at the Master of Advanced Studies in Medical Physics of the ICTP in Trieste. She has been a member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Association of Medical Physics (AIFM) and has been involved in training in medical physics for many years. She currently is a member of the Board of the European Federation of Medical Physics Organisations (EFOMP), as Chairperson of the Education and Training Committee.