Igor Janovský
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| Name and Surname: | Igor Janovský |
| Title, Degree: | Ing. (equiv. Grad. Eng.), PhD. |
| Contact Address: | National Technical Museum, Kostelní 42, Prague 7, Czech Republic |
| Phone: | (+420) 220 399 295 |
| E-mail: | igor.janovsky (at) ntm.cz |
| Education: | 1967 – 1970
University of Leeds, Cookridge High Energy Radiation Research Centre, Leeds, UK 1970 PhD. (title of doctoral thesis: “The Radiation Chemistry of Methanol”) 1956 – 1961 Czech Technical University, Faculty of Technical and Nuclear Physics, Prague Major field of study: Nuclear chemistry 1961 Degree examination and defence of Thesis (Ing., Honours Degree) |
| Postgraduate and Training Courses: | 1994
“Training Course in Validation and Process Control for Electron Sterilization”, (Risø, Denmark) 1993 “International School on EPR Dosimetry”, (Marciana Marina, Elba, Italy) 1982 “International Training Course on High-Dose Dosimetry for Radiation Processing”, (Risø, Denmark) 1975 – 1976 “Selected Chapters from Chemical Kinetics” (Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague) 1974 – 1975 “Selected Chapters from the Theory of Chemical Bonding” (Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague) |
| Work Experience: | From 2005 up to present
Research Worker at the National Technical Museum Prague, Department of the History of Science and Technology Job description: Investigation of the Department’s research projects; participation in conferences; translating, publishing and editorial activities 2004 – 2005 Part-time job with the office administration of The Prague Post (newspaper Editorial Office) 1997 - 2004 Guest scientist at the Leibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung e.V. (IOM), Leipzig, Germany Job description: Investigation of unstable radical species by ESR spectroscopy 1961 - 1997 Radiation Chemistry Department of the Nuclear Research Institute Řež, Czech Republic Job description: Research projects related to radiation chemistry and radiation dosimetry of electron and gamma radiation |
| Study Stays: | 1992 – 1993, 1995
Contract work with the Ionizing Radiation Standards Group of the Institute for National Measurement Standards, National Research Council Canada, Ottawa Job description: TLD dosimetry of low doses of gamma radiation 1992 IAEA fellowship of six months’ duration at the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Whiteshell Laboratories, Radiation Application Research Branch, Pinawa, Manitoba, Canada Job description: Dosimetry of high doses of electron radiation for radiation processing 1983, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2006 Research appointments (up to three months duration) at the Risø National Laboratory, Denmark Job description: Dosimetry of high- and low-energy electron beams |
| Membership in Organizations: | American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
Subcommittee E10.01 “Dosimetry for Radiation Processing”: Active in several
Task Groups developing and revising ASTM Standards
Expert of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Vienna): Missions to the Polytechnic School of Quito (Ecuador) and to the Ankara Nuclear and Training Center (Turkey) were carried out in 1991 and 1995, respectively Czech Chemical Society Association of Graduates and Friends of Charles University Society for the History of Sciences and Technology |