NA Management Staff
Deputy Director General
Mr. Werner Burkart has worked as IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications since 2000. Prior to joining the Agency, he was Head of the Department of Radiation Hygiene in the German Federal Office for Radiation Protection.
From 1973 to 1975 Mr. Burkart headed the Biology and Medicine Division of the Swiss National Science Foundation. He then joined the Swiss Institute for Reactor Research at Würenlingen, where he held different assignments in radiation biology, radioecology and radiation protection.
Mr. Burkart became Head of the Radiation Hygiene Division at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland in 1988. Today he is Professor for Radiation Biology at the Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. Since 2008, Mr Burkart has been Honorary Professor of Radiation Biology in the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna, in Austria. Mr. Burkart holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Masters of Science in Environmental Health (radiological health and internal dosimetry).
Directors
- Qu Liang
Head of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture - Rethy Chhem Kieth
Head of the Division of Human Health - Ramamoorthy Natesan
Head of the Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences - Gabriele Voigt
Head of the Agency's Laboratories (Seibersdorf and Headquarters) - Maria Betti
Head of the IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories (IAEA-MEL), Monaco - Massoud Samiei
Head of the Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT)