Gillian Anne Hirth AO, also known as Gillian A. Hirth, is a health scientist and CEO of Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA).[1] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "service to environmental science, nuclear and radiation safety and the development of national and international regulatory standards",[2] and worked with the United Nations following the Fukushima accident, advising on environmental radiology.[3]
Gillian Hirth | |
|---|---|
| Education | PhD |
| Employer | Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency |
| Known for | Radiation safety |
Education and career
editHirth graduated in 1999, with a PhD in environmental radiochemistry. She began work at Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow from 2000 to 2003.[4] After her position at ANSTO, Hirth worked in the Australian Defence Organisation in the field of hazardous materials and environmental management.[5][6]
Hirth was previously Chief Radiation Health Scientist of Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA),[7] and as at July 2024, is CEO of ARPANSA.
From 2020 to 2023 she was a member of the Commission on Safety Standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). She is also on the Board of Council of the International Union of Radioecology.[8] Hirth was Chair of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation for 2019 to 2020.[9]
Hirth's career has involved developing safety codes and standards, including radionuclide activity concentrations in wildlife in ecosystems around uranium mining.[10][11]
Publications
editHirth has published on radiation safety, radionuclide activity, and on the radiation levels in wildlife in uranium mining ecosystems.
- Hirth, Gillian. (2014). "A review of existing Australian radionuclide activity concentration data in non-human biota inhabiting uranium environments." Australia.[12]
- Hirth, Gillian A., Mathew P. Johansen, Julia G. Carpenter, Andreas Bollhöfer, Nicholas A. Beresford. (2017). Whole-organism concentration ratios in wildlife inhabiting Australian uranium mining environments, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Volumes 178–179, (p. 385–393).[13]
- Hirth, Gillian, Grzechnik, Marcus, & Ainsworth, Anthony (2017). Improving public health relating to ultra-violet radiation exposure – innovations and plans at ARPANSA. ARPS2017 Conference Handbook Science and the Art of Radiation Protection: Broadening the Horizon, (p. 100). Australia.[14]
Awards
edit- 2024 - King's Birthday - Officer of the Order of Australia.[2]
External links
edit- Honours, Officer of the Order of Australia
References
edit- ^ "ARPANSA".
- ^ a b "2024 King's Birthday Honours recipients". The University of Melbourne. 2023-06-17. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "The Many Different Pathways of STEMM - The Royal Society of Victoria". rsv.org.au. 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Dr Gillian Hirth – 2024 ARPS". Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "The Many Different Pathways of STEMM - The Royal Society of Victoria". rsv.org.au. 2023-07-04. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Science Victoria" (PDF).
- ^ "Chittering" (PDF).
- ^ "Dr Gillian Hirth – 2024 ARPS". Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Gillian Hirth". United Nations : Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation. Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Dr Gillian Hirth – 2024 ARPS". Retrieved 2024-07-20.
- ^ "Industry.Gov".
- ^ Hirth, Gillian (2014-05-15). A review of existing Australian radionuclide activity concentration data in non-human biota inhabiting uranium environments (Report).
- ^ Hirth, Gillian A.; Johansen, Mathew P.; Carpenter, Julia G.; Bollhöfer, Andreas; Beresford, Nicholas A. (November 2017). "Whole-organism concentration ratios in wildlife inhabiting Australian uranium mining environments". Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 178–179: 385–393. doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2017.04.007.
- ^ "INIS Repository Search - Citation". inis.iaea.org. Retrieved 2024-07-20.