Tore Straume, Ph.D.

Chief, Radiation & Space Biotechnologies Branch and Chief Division Scientist Space Biosciences Division NASA Ames Research Center Mail Stop: 236-7 Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000 Tel: 650.604.3943 Email: tstraume@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Professional Experience

U.S. Public Health Services Radiological Health Fellow University of Washington, Seattle, WA	1973 - 1975
Radiation Biophysicist, Project Leader, Program Leader Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore, CA	1975 - 1997
Professor of Radiobiology (Research) University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT	1997 - 2004
Director, Center of Excellence for Biomolecular Technologies University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT	1999 - 2004
President & Founder of a Utah startup company GenMetrix LLC, Salt Lake City, UT	2000 - 2004
Chief, Radiation & Space Biotechnologies Branch and Chief Scientist, Space Biosciences Division NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA	2004 - Present

Recent Awards

2006	DOE Special Achievement Award for a leading role in developing a new dosimetry system for the atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
2007	NASA Group Achievement Award for extraordinary efforts to realign the Ames workforce to priority Agency missions while reducing Agency costs.

Special Assignments & Professional Affiliations

1984-1992:	Member of Talent Pool, Committee on Interagency Radiation Research and Policy Coordination, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, Washington, DC
1987-1998:	Associate Editor and Editorial Board Member, Health Physics Journal, Health Physics Society
1994-1996:	Professor of Physics (Adjunct), California State University, San Jose, CA
1994-1997:	Member, Expert Panel on Worker Health Surveillance, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (by invitation from the Director of NIOSH and Assistant Secretary of Energy)
1995:	Mentor of Minority Students, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
1995-1998:	Member, NCRP Committee 93, "Radiation Measurements", National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
1996:	Guest Member, Radiation Study Section, National Institutes of Health
1997-1998:	Consultant to the City of Berkeley, expert reviewer of Environmental Health Risk Assessment for Tritium Releases at the National Tritium Labeling Facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California
1998-2001:	Chairman, Research Needs Committee, Health Physics Society
2000-2001:	Member of Expert Panel on Tritium Risk Assessment, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, CDC
2000-2006:	Member, U.S. Working Group on the Reevaluation of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Dosimetry (DS02). Also, Program Manager for the U.S. Neutron Measurement Team, U.S. National Academy of Science and U.S. Department of Energy
2005-Present:	Leader, radiation measurement technology development and technology maturation for NASA's Space Radiation Program

Selected Publications

Dr. Straume is a recognized expert in (1) radiation measurement technologies and dosimetry, (2) biomarker dosimetry and biotechnology development, and (3) radiobiology. For examples of relevant publications and patents go to: http://spacebiosciences.arc.nasa.gov/straumePubs.html

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