Scientific Secretariat

George Kaye served as the first Scientific Secretary when ICRP was created in 1928. Until 1957, the Secretary of the Commission was selected from among the Commission members.  However, in that year the then Secretary Walter Binks had to retire for health reasons.  Bo Lindell (who was not a member of the Commission at the time) was asked to be a "temporary" secretary, then went on to become ICRP Scientific Secretary.

ICRP Scientific Secretary became a full-time paid position in 1962 with the appointment of F. David Sowby.  This significantly increased the efficiency of ICRP operations. Over time the Scientific Secretary was assisted more and more in his duties with administrative support provided in-kind through the various national organisations that hosted the Secretariat. In 2009, ICRP created the second full-time paid position of Executive Assistant to fill this role.

Christopher Clement CHP is the tenth ICRP Scientific Secretary since 1928, serving in this position since December 2008. sci.sec@icrp.org +1 (613) 944-1918  curriculum vitae

As ICRP’s Chief Executive, head of the ICRP Scientific Secretariat, and Editor of the Annals of the ICRP, the Scientific Secretary:

• Oversees the daily operation of ICRP
• Prepares, organizes, and participates in all Main Commission meetings
• Is directly involved in aspects of the scientific and policy work of ICRP
• Represents ICRP at international meetings
• Speaks on behalf of ICRP at workshops, symposia, etc.
• Responds to requests for information about the work of ICRP
• Coordinates the publication of all ICRP reports including working with the authors, final editing of the reports, and various discussions and negotiations with the publisher, Elsevier Science
  
  

Michiya Sasaki, ICRP Assistant Scientific Secretary, is on loan to the ICRP Scientific Secretariat as a cost free expert from the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry of Japan (CRIEPI) on a one year term renewable to a maximum of three years.

Duties of the Assistant Scientific Secretary include acting as Associate Editor of the Annals of the ICRP and assisting the Scientific Secretary as required.

Michiya.Sasaki@icrp.org

+1 (613) 943 7510.

Lynn Lemaire has been the Executive Assistant to the Scientific Secretary since June 2009. lynn.lemaire@icrp.org +1 (613) 947-9750

The Executive Assistant assists the Scientific Secretary by taking care of bookkeeping and other administrative and financial functions such as: 

• administering the finances of ICRP
• preparing the correspondence from the Scientific Secretariat
• assisting with planning and preparing the meetings of the Commission
• maintaining ICRP records

Toshihiro Higuchi, an historian of science at Stanford university interested in radiolgical protection affairs, works on a volunteer part-time basis as the ICRP Historian.  He assists with the organisation of ICRP archives, and is undertaking an oral history project on behalf of ICRP.

Taylor Whitter joins the Scientific Secretariat from September to December 2013 in the position of Intern, on loan from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission co-op program.  While with ICRP she can be reached at intern@icrp.org or +1 (613) 943-4086.”

The Scientific Secretariat is located in Ottawa, Canada.

International Commission on Radiological Protection
PO Box 1046, Station B
280 Slater Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5S9
CANADA
Fax: +1(613) 944-1920