RadCon – Dr. Gabriele Voigt

Education & Qualifications

  • 1971 · Abitur, Gymnasium Kempten (DE)
  • 1977 · Diploma in Biology (Genetics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Radiation Biology), University of Munich
  • 1980 · PhD in Genetics, University of Bayreuth – “Übertragung von Plasmiden aus E. coli auf B. subtilis”
  • 1999–2005 · Habilitation/Lecturer in Radioecology, TU München (Weihenstephan)

Key Roles & Experience

  • 1977–1979 · Scientific assistant, Genetics Dept., University of Bayreuth (lectures & advanced genetics courses)
  • 1980–1984 · Institute of Radiation Hygiene (Federal Health Office), research on biokinetics & dosimetry
  • since 1984 · Institute of Radiation Protection (GSF/Helmholtz), Risk Analysis; food‑chain transfer, countermeasures, Chernobyl/CIS work
  • 1986 · Guest scientist, Colorado State University: transfer & biokinetics of Tc radioisotopes in goats
  • 2002–2010 · Director, NAAL (IAEA), Programme Manager for Environmental Management (terrestrial)
  • since 2010 · Director, SGAS (IAEA) & Programme Manager of ECAS; Safeguards Analytical Services

Committees & Service (selection)

  • GSF Scientific Advisory Committee (1986–1997)
  • Internal Steering & Scientific Technical Advisory Committees (1992–1997)
  • IAEA: Joint Advisory Committee – Subcommittee on Gender Concerns (Chair, 2003–2007)
  • IAEA: Joint Appeals & Disciplinary Boards (since 2003)
  • SG Departmental Focal Point for Gender Concerns (since 2010)

Awards & Memberships

  1. 2005 Leadership Award of theAmerican Radiochemical Society

  2. 2005 Award “Women in NuclearSciences” by the World Nuclear Association Several IAEA awards

  3. Member of theInternational Union of Radioecologists (IUR) involved in different working/action groups (TransferParameters, Arctic/Antarctic Environments, Countermeasures)

  4. Member in theGerman/Suisse Fachverband für Strahlenschutz (FfS)

  5. Member of the German VereinDeutscher Biologen (VDBiol)

  6. Member of WIN global (Women inNuclear) – Executive Member from 2005-2012, Board Member since 2005, Vice President of WiN IAEA chaptersince 2013

  7. Member of WIIS(Women in Nuclear Security) Vienna Chapter (founding member)

  8. Member and since 2010 Member andVice-President of WiN Europe

  9. Member and since 2006Vice-President of the VIC’s Women’s Group of the Vienna based UN organisations

  10. Member of INMM(Institute of Nuclear Materials Management) since 2010

  11. Associate Editor of theJournal of Environmental Radioactivity, Elsevier, and member of the Editorial Board and Member of theEditorial Board of The Official Journal of the Portuguese Health Physics Society Radioprotecção andReferee to J Environ Radiation Biophysics, Radiation Research, Radiation Dosimetry, Science of the TotalEnvironment, Health Physics and others

  12. Member of the Editorial Board ofthe Russian Journal of Radiation Protection and Radioecology

Scientific Publications

  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. Semioshkina*, G. Voigt  Soil–Plant transfer of radionuclides in arid environments, Journal of  Environmental Radioactivity, 237 (2021)    106692.
  7. Semioshkina, G. Voigt  Soil–Plant Transfer of Radionuclides in Non-temperate Environment, IAEA TecDoc Series, IAEA TECDOC 1979.
  8. 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
  9.  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.
  10.  Prasoon Raj, Maryam Almakrani, François Foulon, Nemeer Padiyath, Ahmed El-Naggar, Gabriele Voigt, Natalia Semioshkina.
  11. 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 
  12. G. Buheitel
  13. Untersuchungen über den Einfluß von Neurosporacrassa Rohextrakt bzw.-Endonuklease auf die Transfektionsfähigkeit von DNS.
  14. Diplomarbeit Universität München (1977)
  15. G. Buheitel & W. Klingmüller
  16. In Vivo Transfer of Genes From Escherichia coli toBacillus subtilis. European J Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 7 (1979), 79-84