Management & Collaboration
Management
Steering Committee
The Steering Committee deliberates the basic policy for management of the Institute, matters related with the construction of facilities and installation of equipment, matters related with appointment of tenured faculty, matters related with the planning and execution of budget, etc.
| Director / Professor | NANBA Kenji |
|---|---|
| Vice Director / Professor | WADA Toshihiro |
| Vice Director / Professor, Nagasaki University | TAKAMURA Noboru |
| Professor | Vasyl YOSCHENKO |
| Professor | RAHMAN Ismail |
| Professor | TAKATA Hyoe |
| Associate Professor | HIRAO Shigekazu |
| Associate Professor | WAKIYAMA Yoshifumi |
Collaborative Research Council
The Collaborative Research Council is comprised of representatives of IER and of the following universities and research institutes. The CRC deliberates the basic policy and plan concerning IER’s research activities in general, appointment of short-term faculty members and execution of the budget.
| Director / Professor | NANBA Kenji |
|---|---|
| Vice Director / Professor | WADA Toshihiro |
| Vice Director / Professor, Nagasaki University | TAKAMURA Noboru |
| University of Tsukuba | ONDA Yuichi |
| Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology | YOSHIZAKI Goro |
| Hiroshima University | SHIMAMURA Masaki |
| Fukushima Medical University | ISHIKAWA Tetsuo |
| National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology | NAKAJIMA Tetsuo |
External Inspection and Evaluation
Institute of Environmental Radioactivity (IER) has established an Advisory Board as an external evaluation system to advise the Director on the overall activities of the institute.
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board consists of the following four members, who are highly knowledgeable and internationally active in the field of environmental radioactivity.
| Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) | Prof. Deborah H OUGHTON |
|---|---|
| Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) | Dr. Florian GERING |
| Colorado State University (CSU) | Prof. Thomas E JOHNSON |
| Formerly with Institute for Environmental Sciences (IES) | Dr. YOSHIDA Satoshi |
Past Evaluations & Proposed Responses
Please refer to the following PDF files for past evaluations from the Advisory Board and the proposed responses from the IER.
International Partnership
Fukushima University and IER have established collaborative agreements with the above research institutes.
- Hiroshima University
- Nagasaki University
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
- QST National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS)
- Fukushima Medical University
- University of Tsukuba
- Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
- National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
- Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine (IREM), Hirosaki University
- Kawazawa University
- Institute for Environmental Sciences (IES)
- Tomioka Town, Fukushima Prefecture