Sigma Xi Lecture – Electromagnetic Fields and Health Hazards – a Physicist's Perspective
Aviva Brecher
Thursday, 17 Oct 2002 at 8:00 pm – Campanile Room, Memorial Union
Aviva Brecher is a senior scientist (National Technical Expert) on transportation safety, health and environmental issues at DOT's national Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, MA. Until recently she was a senior strategic planner and policy analyst supporting transportation research and development planning for DOT administrations and the NSTC Transportation subcommittees. At the Volpe Center Dr. Brecher worked on a wide range of projects requiring technical expertise in the physical sciences and risk assessment, including the environmental, health and safety effects of electromagnetic fields. She received her BS and MS in Physics from MIT in 1968, and a Ph.D.in Applied Physics from the University of California at San Diego in 1972.
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