Paul Stansbury
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
Paul.Stansbury@pnl.gov
Biography
Dr. Stansbury is a Staff Scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which is operated by Battelle Memorial Institute for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). He specializes in the assessment and mitigation of human health risks in the workplace and the environment. His experience includes university, private enterprise, and national laboratory positions as a senior technical contributor, line manager, project manager, and professor. He is currently working on a project for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to install radiation portal monitors at all locations where people or materials may enter the country to detect the illicit import of radioactive or nuclear material, which might be used maliciously. He is a manager of the Unified Dose Assessment Center, the risk assessment arm of the Hanford Emergency Operations Center.
Research Interests
- Radiation Dosimetry in the Workplace and the Environment
- Risk Assessment for Workplace and Environmental Hazards
- Applications of Radiation Detectors
Education and Credentials
- Certified Health Physicist (CHP) by the American Board of Health Physics in 1996 and recertified in 2000.
- Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering (Health Physics), 1977
- M.S. in Physics, Georgia Tech, 1971
- B.S. in Physics, Georgia Tech, Co-Op Program Participant, 1970
Affiliations and Professional Service
- Health Physics Society
- American Academy of Health Physics
- Society for Risk Analysis
- Adjunct Faculty Member Washington State University
- Adjunct Faculty Member Oregon State University
- Treasurer of the American Academy of Health Physics 2004 – 2006Taught Radiological Science and Radiation Instrumentation in 72 hours of a 6-week Certificate Course for Pharmacy Doctoral Students give by Washington State University department of Pharmacy 2004
- Instructor of a 44-hour review course given by the Columbia Chapter HPS to professionals in the region preparing for the ABHP exam 1998 – present
- Chair of Columbia Chapter Education and Training Committee 1998 – present
- Chair of Columbia Chapter Homeland Security Committee 2003 – present
- HPS Electronic Media Committee 1996 – 2000
- HPS Strategic Planning Committee 1991 – 1997
- HPS parliamentarian, chair of Rules Committee 1989 – 1991
- Member, HPS Board of Directors 1986 – 1989
- HPS Scientific and Public Issues Committee, 1986 - 1989
- Member, Working Group on Uranium Bioassay Standard under HPS Standards Committee 1984 – 1995
- Chair of the Education and Training Committee, 1982 - 1983
- President, North Carolina Chapter HPS 1980-1981
- Member, NCRP Scientific Committee #45 on "Occupational Radiation Exposure 1983 - 1989
Awards and Recognitions
- Fellow of the Health Physics Society (awarded 2003)
Selected Publications
2002
- Siebentritt, Jr. CR, RJ Cloutier, CS French, Jr., PS Stansbury, and DJ Strom. 2002. "Jack C. Greene 1921-2001." Health Physics 82(4):551-552.
2001
- Stansbury PS, and DJ Strom. 2001. Uses of ANSI/HPS N13.12-1999, "Surface and Volume Radioactivity Standards for Clearance" and Comparison with Existing Standards. PNNL-13484, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2000
- Strom DJ, and PS Stansbury. 2000. "Determining Parameters of Lognormal Distributions from Minimal Information." American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal 61(6):877-880.
- Strom DJ, and PS Stansbury. 2000. "The Seven (Or More) Deadly (Or Not So Deadly) Sins of Radiation Protection." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 90(4):387-391.