Alfred Hefner

Alfred Hefner is Principal Consultant in the Seibersdorf Laboratories former Austrian Research Centers . He has been employed at the former Austrian Research Center since 1970, first as a Senior physicist and deputy Radiation Protection Officer, and beginning in 1972 as the Deputy Head of the Institute for Radiation Protection. In addition, Dr. Hefner served as the Radiation Protection Officer, Coordinator of Licensing Procedures and Liaison Officer for the Safeguards Analytical Laboratory operated jointly by Austria and the IAEA. He has a PhD in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry with Philosophy from the University of Vienna and the Technical University of Vienna, and a Radiation Protection Certificate of the Technical University of Vienna. Dr. Hefner also studied Law and has been a University lecturer for radiation protection and health physics (ionising and non-ionising) at the University Salzburg for over 25 years. He is also an adviser and member of the Representative of the Holy See (Vatican) to the International Organisations in Vienna. He served as General Secretary and President of the Austrian Society for Radiation Protection (ÖVS), and is currently a honorary member of the Society. He is also member of the Fachverband (Germany) and the Health Physics Society (USA). Within IRPA he initiated in the last years together with Mr. Henrichs from the Fachverband (Germany) the Young Scientists competition, the first time now hold internationally at the 13th IRPA Conference in May 2012 in Glasgow.

Univ.-Lector Dr. Alfred HEFNER, QE. RPE
Consultant, Radiation Protection Expert.
Radiation Safety and Application
Seibersdorf Labor GmbH.
A - 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria
Tel: +43 (0) 50 550-2509 
Fax +43 (0) 50 550-3033
Email: alfred.hefner@irpa.net