Edward A. Christman

Management Consultant in Environmental Health and Safety , Specializing in Radiation Protection.

Certified by the American Board of Health Physics in Comprehensive Health Physics.

Assistant Professor, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Associate Graduate Faculty Member, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

EDUCATION:

 Ph.D. Rutgers University, Radiation Science, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 1977

 M.S. Rutgers University, Radiation Science, New Brunswick, NJ 08903 1974

 B.S. cum laude, in Physics, Ohio University, Athens, OH 1965

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

  Radiation Physics and Chemistry   Radiation Protection  Medical Physics Occupational Health and Safety

EXPERIENCE:

May, 1991 to April, 1999

Director, Environmental Health and Safety Office, Health Sciences campus, Columbia University, New York City, NY.  Responsible for all Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety programs for the campus.  Initiated the program in the Health Sciences Division

August, 1989 to  May, 1991

Associate Director for Program Development, Department of Radiation and Environmental Health and Safety, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.  Responsibilities include the initiation and coordination of all Health and Safety programs in the University.

September, 1977 to August, 1989

Supervising Radiological Physicist, Department of Radiation and Environmental Health and Safety Rutgers University, New Brunswick,  NJ.  Responsibilities include general supervision of radiation safety program for a large university and medical school.  This includes over 300 radioisotope users, many analytic X-ray unit and other machine sources including a 20 MeV Tandem Van de Graff accelerator.

Associate member of the Graduate Faculty in Radiation Science and Environmental Science, Rutgers University.  Taught two core curriculum courses in Instrumentation and Dosimetry in the graduate level radiological health program.  Adjunct Assistant Professor in Radiology, Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

June, 1976 to September, 1977

Post Doctoral Appointment, Radiation Science, Rutgers University, with Professor Alan Appleby.  Participated in Radiation Chemistry studies using heavy ion beams of the Bevalac Accelerator in Lawrence Berkeley Lab., Berkeley, California, as a visiting scientist in the Biology and Medicine Group.  Worked on dosimetric and data reduction aspects in studying the response of various chemical systems to heavy ions to help elucidate the physical energy deposition patterns in aqueous solutions.

1974 to 1976

Instructor in Radiation Science, Rutgers University. 

1966 to 1971

Associate Mechanical Engineer, AVCO Corporation, Missiles and Space Division, Wilmington, MA.  Participated in all phases of the design and development of guidance and control systems for missile reentry vehicles and satellites.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Outside reviewer for the New Jersey DEP Bureau of Nuclear Energy Relative Risk Project.

Founding Member of the Executive Board, The US EPA Eastern Regional Radon Training Center at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Member of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) Radium/Radon Advisory Board

 HONOR SOCIETIES AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Honor Society, Sigma Pi Sigma, Honorary Physics Society, Health Physics Society, both national and local chapters; executive board member of New Jersey, President (1987): Program Chair of the 23rd Annual Midyear Topical Meeting,  Radiation Research Society, Society for Risk Analysis,

Publications and Presentations
Dr, Christman is the author of many publications in radiation science  and  radiation safety .  He has also presented several lectures in the Peoples Republic of China and the Republic of the Phillipines.

To contact us:

Phone: 609 919-0275

Fax: 609  919-0277

Email: eac8@comcast.net

Primary Business Address

443 Sayre Drive

Princeton, New Jersey 08540