Kathryn Higley

Affiliation

Oregon State University

Biography

OSU Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering. President, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Former Head of the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering in the College of Engineering at Oregon State University. She has held both Reactor Operator and Senior Reactor Operator’s license. At Oregon State University since 1994 teaching undergraduate and graduate classes on radioecology, dosimetry, radiation protection, and radiation biology. Member of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. Fellow of the Health Physics Society and a Certified Health Physicist. Dr. Higley and her students have done research in radiologically contaminated environments around the globe.