Keith Eckerman (Keith)
P.O. Box 2008, 1060 Commerce Park, MS-6480
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6480
Phone: 865-574-6251
Fax: 865-574-1778
E-Mail: kfe@ornl.gov

Position:

Leader, Biosystems Modeling Group

Appointed:

ORNL staff member since 1979; appointed to present position in 1979

Education:

Ph.D., Environmental Health Engineering, Northwestern University, 1972

Memberships:

International Commission on Radiological Protection, (Member Committee 2); National Council on Radiation and Measurements (Scientific Committee 57); Health Physics Society

Primary Expertise:

Internationally recognized authority on internal dosimetry and biokinetic modeling; radiation dosimetry; radiation protection; radiological assessment; application of mathematical models to radiation dosimetry, physiology, and metabolism

Other Expertise:

Radiation transport; environmental transport; biokinetic modeling; training

Publications:

Over 180 journal publications, book chapters, standards, and proceedings, including:

R. W. Leggett, K. F. Eckerman, and L. R. Williams, 1993, "An Elementary Method for Implementing Complex Biokinetic Models," Health Phys. 64 (3):260-271.

K. F. Eckerman and J. C. Ryman, 1993, External Exposure to Radionuclides in Air, Water, and Soil, Federal Guidance Report No. 12, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

D. A. Weber, K. F. Eckerman, L. T. Dillman, and J. C. Ryman, 1989, MIRD: Radionuclide Data and Decay Schemes, Society of Nuclear Medicine, New York.

K. F. Eckerman, A. B. Wolbarst, and A. C. B. Richardson, 1988, Limiting Values of Radionuclide Intake and Air Concentration and Dose Conversion Factors for Inhalation, Submersion, and Ingestion, Federal Guidance Report No. 11, EPA-5201/1-88-020, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

R. W. Leggett and K. F. Eckerman, 1987, "A Method for Estimating the Systemic Burden of Plutonium from Urinalyses," Health Phys. 52: 337-346.