RadCon – Dr. Natalia Semioshkina

Academic degrees

  • 1966 · Diploma in Physics at Moscow
  • 2002 · Doctoral: Thesis on “The radiological situation at the former soviet atomic bomb test site” at the Allrussian Scientific Institute of Agroradiology and Agroecology, Obninsk, Russia.

Languages

Russian, German, English, French

QUALIFICATIONS (SELECTION)

  • 12/1971–03/1979 Scientist at Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energ,y Moscow
  • 1982–1990 Scientist at the Institutes of Crystallography at Technische Universität München, Universität München, Universität Erlangen, Technische Fachhochschule Berlin; scientific work for Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universitäten. General Subject: Dynamical diffraction.
  • 06/1991–05/1996 Co-worker of Prof. A.M. Kellerer, Institute of Radiation Biology at former GSF, Neuherberg (now Helmholtz-Zentrum München, HMGU Participation in the co-operation with GIS, mainly concerning the consequences of the Nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and in the Southern Urals. Participation in measurement campaigns in contaminated areas of Russia, Kazakhstan
  • 06/1996–10/2012 Scientist at Institute of Radiation Protection/Department of Radiation Physics of HZM, working group of Risk Analysis.

Participation in the following projects of the European Community as scientist and (if mentioned) as Coordinator or Project Officer

  • RESTORE, Copernicus, SAVE – Scientist
  • EVANET‑TERRA – Coordinator
  • SOUL (Southern Urals Radiation Risk Research) – Projekt Officer
  • EDSS Chile (Project of Volkswagen Foundation) – Scientist
  • „Assessment of potential exposures of nuclear waste deposits up to 1,000,000 years“ – Scientist
  • „Impact of climatic changes on the biosphere“ – Scientist
  • “Combining epidemiology and radiobiology to assess cancer risks in the breast, lung, thyroid and digestive tract after exposures to ionizing radiation with cumulated doses in the order of 100 mSv or below” (EpiRadBio) – Projekt Officer

Selected scientific publications and conference presentations

  1. N. Semioshkina*, G. Voigt. Soil–Plant transfer of radionuclides in arid environments, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 237 (2021) 106692.
  2. N. Semioshkina, G. Voigt. Soil–Plant Transfer of Radionuclides in Non-temperate Environment, IAEA TecDoc Series, IAEA TECDOC 1979.
  3. Prasoon Raj, Nemeer Padiyath, Natalia Semioshkina, François Foulon, Ahmed K. Alkaabi, Gabriele Voigt, Yacine Addad. Transfer of Natural Radionuclides from Soil to Abu Dhabi Date Palms, Sustainability 2022, 14, 11327. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811327
  4. Prasoon Raj, Nemeer Padiyath, Natalia Semioshkina, Yacine Addad, François Foulon, Diana Francis, Gabriele Voigt. Conceptualization of arid region radioecology strategies for agricultural ecosystems of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Science of the Total Environment 832 (2022) 154965.
  5. Prasoon Raj, Maryam Almakrani, François Foulon, Nemeer Padiyath, Ahmed El-Naggar, Gabriele Voigt, Natalia Semioshkina. Field-based soil–plant uptake measurements of natural radionuclides for key vegetables and ghaf leaves in Abu Dhabi, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 276 (2024) 107415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2024.107415
  6. G. V. Smirnov, N. A. Semiochkina, V. V. Sklyarevskii, S. Kadeckova, B. Shestak. Observation of the Suppression of a Nuclear Reaction in a Direct Gamma Quantum Beam. JETP, 71 (1976) 2214–2229
  7. G. V. Smirnov, N. A. Semiochkina, V. V. Sklyarevskii, S. Kadeckova, B. Shestak. The energy spectrum of gammaßqunta anomalously trasfering a resonantly absorbing Fe‑57 single Crystal. JETP 72
  8. U. van Bürck, G.V. Smirnov, R.L. Mössbauer, F. Parak, N. Semioshkina (1978) Suppression of nuclear inelastic channels in nuclear resonance and electronic scattering of gamma quanta for different hyperfine transitions in perfect Fe‑57 single crystal. J. Phys. C, 11, 2305–2321
  9. U. van Bürck, G.V. Smirnov, R.L. Mössbauer, H.J. Maurus, N. Semioshkina (1980) Enhanced nuclear resonance scattering in dynamical diffraction of gamma rays. J. Phys. C, 13, 4511–4529
  10. Schmidbauer, E., E. Mosheim, and N. Semioschkina (1986), Magnetization and Fe‑57 Mossbauer Study of Obsidians, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 13(4), 256–261
  11. E. Born, H. Schwarzbauer, N.A. Semioshkina, E. Willibald, G. Zorn. (1986) Zeitschrift für Metallkunde, 77, 49–53
  12. H. Jagodzinski, N. Semiochkina, H. Boysen, F. Frey (1987) The Four‑Beam Case: Neutron Measurements on Alpha‑Quarz. Acta Crystallographica, A43 C219
  13. W. Treimer, H. Strothmann, N. Semioshkina, H. Schreib (1989) development of a new facility for neutron small angle scattering. Physica B, 156&157, 598–601
  14. G. Voigt, N. Semiochkina, (1998) Initial evaluation of the radiological situation at the Semipalatinsk test site in the republic of Kazakhstan. GSF‑Bericht 10/98
  15. M. van der Perk, J. P. Absalom, P. A. Burrough, N. M. J. Crout, A. Gillit, B. J. Howard, H. Mehli, N. Semiochkina, P. Strand, G. Voigt, S. Wright (1998) GIS embedded models as tools to assess radionuclide transfer from soil via food products to humans in areas contaminated by the Chernobyl accident. First International Health Geographics Conference, Baltimore, USA
  16. Beresford N.A., Voigt, G., Howard, B.J., Ratnikov, A., Travnikova, I., Gillett, A.G., Mehli, H., Semiochkina, N., Barnett, C.L. & Skuterud, L. Reducing the consumption of 137Cs via forest fungi – provision of ‘self‑help’ advice. NATO Science Series, Environmental Security Vol 58; 359–368 (1999)
  17. M. van der Perk, T. Lev, J. P. Absalom, P. A. Burrough, N. M. J. Crout, E. K. Garger, A. Gillit, N. Semiochkina, G. Voigt. (2000) Spatial modelling of transfer of long‑lived radionuclides from soil to food products in the Chernigov region, Ukraine. J Environ Modelling 128, 35–50
  18. G. Voigt, N. Semiochkina (eds.) (2000) Restoration Strategies for radioactive contaminated ecosystems. GSF‑Bericht 7/2000
  19. G. Voigt, J. Absalom, N. A. Beresford, P. Burrough, N. M. J. Crout, A. Gillit, B. J. Howard, H. Mehli, G. Rauret, U. Sansone, N. Semiochkina, P. Strand, M. Van der Perk, M. Vidal, S. Wright (2000/2001) Environmental decision support system for restoration strategies of contaminated ecosystems. EUR report 18193 EN
  20. G. Voigt, N. Semiochkina, G. Rosner, B. Karabalin, M. Mukuschewa, S. Wright, A. Sanchez, B.J. Howard, ITE, P. Strand. The present radiological situation at the Semipalatinsk nuclear weapons test site with regard to Pu contamination. In: Plutonium in the Environment (Elsevier), Vol. 1, 363–374 (2001)
  21. N. A. Beresford, G. Voigt, S. M. Wright, B.J. Howard, C.L. Barnett, B. Prister, M. Balonov, A. Ratnikov, I. Travnikova, A.G. Gillett, H. Mehli, L. Skuterud, S. Lepicard, N. Semiochkina, L. Perepeliantinikovqa, N. Goncharova, A.N. Archipov. (2001) Self‑help countermeasure strategies..., J. Environ Radioactivity 56, 215–239
  22. G.Voigt & N. Semiochkina (2001) The present radioecological situation of the Semipalatinsk Test Site and ingestion dose estimations... WHO Workshop, Helsinki, 13–15 May 2001
  23. G. Voigt, P. Schuller, N. Semiochkina (2001) The application of the RESTORE‑EDSS to Chile. ECORAD2001, Aix‑en‑Provence
  24. Савинков А.Ф., Мамадалиев С.М., Фогт Г., Семиошкина Н.А., Сандыбаев Н.Т. и др. Изучение накопления 137Cs ... Биотехнология. Теория и практика – 2000 – №3‑4 – с. 26–27.
  25. Савинков А.Ф., Мамадалиев С.М., Фогт Г., Семиошкина Н.А., Сандыбаев Н.Т. и др. Определение влияния … 137Cs … Биотехнология. Теория и практика – 2000 – №3‑4 – с. 27.
  26. Савинков А.Ф., Троицкий Е.Н., Фогт Г., Семиошкина Н.А., Сандыбаев Н.Т. и др. Поступление 137Cs … Биотехнология. Теория и практика – 2000 – №3‑4 – с. 25–26.
  27. Фогт Г., Семиошкина Н.А. и др. Современная радиологическая обстановка на Семипалатинском испытательном полигоне / Вестник НЯЦ РК – 2000 – вып.3 – с. 164–170
  28. M. van der Perk, T. Lev, J. P. Absalom, ... (2000) Spatial modelling ... Chernigov region, Ukraine. J Environ Modelling 128, 35–50
  29. Voigt G., N. Semiochkina, G. Rosner, ... (2001) The present radiological situation ... Plutonium in the Environment. Elsevier, 363–374
  30. Göksu, H. Y., Semioschkina N., Shishkina, E., Wieser, A., El‑Faramawy, N.A., Dregteva, M.O., Jacob, P., Ivanov, D.V. (2002) Thin layer α‑Al2O3:C beta dosimeters for the assessment of current dose rate in teeth due to 90Sr intake, Radiation Protection Dosimetry 101:507–513
  31. Semioshkina, N., G. Voigt and D. Tarsitano (2003). Evaluation and network of EC – Decision Support Systems in the field of terrestrial radioecological research – EVANET. 5th Eurosafe Forum, Paris, 39–51.
  32. Semiochkina, N., Voigt, G., Mukusheva, M., Bruk, G., Travnikova, I., Strand, P. (2004) Assessment of the current internal dose due to 137Cs and 90Sr for people living within the Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan. Health Physics 86(2):187–191.
  33. Howard B. J., Semioshkina, N., Voigt, G., Mukusheva, M., Clifford, J. (2004) Radiostrontium contamination of soil and vegetation within the Semipalatinsk test site. Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 43:285–292.
  34. Tarsitano D., Semioskina N. and Voigt G., Critical evaluation of the available models. (EVANET‑TERRA report. GSF: Germany, 2004)
  35. D. Tarsitano, N. Semioschkina and G. Voigt. EVANET‑TERRA … ECORAD 2004, Aix‑en‑Provence, Frankreich.
  36. D. Tarsitano, N. Semioschkina and G. Voigt (2005) EVANET‑TERRA … Radioprotection 40 Suppl. 1, S261–S268
  37. E.A. Shishkina, H.Y. Göksu, N.A. El‑Faramawy, N. Semioshkina (2005) Assessment of 90Sr concentration in dental tissue … Rad. Research 163, 462–467
  38. Spiridonov S.I., Gontarenko I.A., Mukusheva M.K., Fesenko S.V., Semioshkina N.A. Prediction of 137Cs accumulation in animal products in the territory of Semipalatinsk test site. Radiats Biol Radioecol. 2005 Jul‑Aug;45(4):480–7.
  39. Semioshkina, N., Voigt, G., Fesenko, S., Savinkov, A., Mukusheva, M. (2006) Pilot study on the transfer of 137Cs and 90Sr to horse milk and meat. J. Environ. Radioactivity 85, 84–93
  40. N. Semioshkina, G. Voigt (2006) Overview on GSF activities at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. J. Radiat. Res., 47 Suppl., A95–A100.
  41. Savinkov, A., Semioshkina, N., Howard, B.J., Voigt, G. (2007) Radiostrontium uptake by plants from different soil types in Kazakhstan. Science of the Total Environment 373, 324–333
  42. Semioshkina, N., Proehl, G., Savinkov, A., Voigt, G. (2007) Transfer of 137Cs and 90Sr from feed to rabbits. J. Environ. Radioactivity 98, 84–93
  43. N. Semioshkina, V. Potapov, V. Lukyanov, O. Ivanov. Measurements of 90Sr in Teeth of Techa River Residents. IEEE NSS’08, 19–25 Oct 2008
  44. V. Shershakov, S. Fesenko, I. Kryshev, N. Semioshkina. Decision‑Aiding Tools for Remediation Strategies. In: Radioactivity in the Environment, Vol.14, Elsevier, 2009, 121–175
  45. N. Semioshkina, I. Fiedler, B. Schillinger, A. Ulanovsky, V. Potapov, O. Ivanov, F.M. Wagner, U. Gerstmann. Comparison of three non‑destructive methods to measure 90Sr in human tooth samples. Radiation Measurements 46 (2011) 1897–1899
  46. Ch. Staudt, N. Semiochkina, J. Ch. Kaiser. … Referenzbiosphärenmodelle … BfS‑RESFOR‑78/13
  47. C. Staudt, N. Semiochkina, J.C. Kaiser, G. Proehl. Modeling the impact of climate change … Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 115 (2013) 214–223
  48. B. Shuhaibar, J. Jakes, N. Semioshkina, G. Voigt. (2014) The Concept of DESSAK … ICRER, Barcelona, 7–12 Sep 2014