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MJW Senior Staff Profiles
Current Job Responsibilities Dr. Vargo has twenty five years of experience in applied health physics, radiological protection, and nuclear safety in a variety of professional settings including power and research reactors, national laboratories, fuel cycle facilities, and broad-scope licenses. His specialties include radiation protection program development, personnel dosimetry, dose reconstruction, education and training, and emergency management. International experience includes extensive work in republics of the former Soviet Union. Dr. Vargo's main responsibilities with MJW are to provide our radiological clients with his broad and extensive range of health physics expertise and real world experience. Dr. Vargo currently is a Dose Reconstructor providing support to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Dose Reconstruction Program. Dr. Vargo conducts dose reconstructions for claimants under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act. His primary focus is to develop coworker data sets for various DOE and AWE sites to help streamline the dose reconstruction process for claimants with insufficient dosimetric histories. Work Experience MJW Corporation Inc.: Senior Scientist, 2003 to present OTHER: Staff Scientist, Health Protection Research, national laboratory, DOE Richland Operations (12 years) Commercial Nuclear Power Plant: Radiation Protection Manager (2 years) Radiological Engineering General Supervisor (5 years) Health Physicist (4 years) Training Specialist (1 year) Sr. Health Physicist and Radiation Safety Officer, consulting firm and low-level radioactive waste brokerage (1 year) Educational Background Ph.D., Applied Physics, Columbia Pacific University, 1989 MS, Health Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1988 BS, Radiological Health, Duquesne University, 1978 Certifications American Board of Health Physics, 1984 Recertified: 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists, 1983 Hazardous Materials Manager, 1984, recertified through 2008 Professional Affiliations And Appointments Health Physics Society, 1978 - Present Vice President/President Elect - Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards President-Elect Susquehanna Valley Chapter HPS Associate Editor, Health Physics - the Radiation Protection Journal Adjunct Associate Professor - Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Chair - American Board of Health Physics Inventor - Omni-directional radiation probe, U.S. Patent 5,081,362 Fellow, Institute of Physics (UK) (FInstP; Chartered Physicist, CPhys) William B. McAdams Outstanding Service Award, American Board of Health Physics Chartered Scientist, The Science Council (UK) (CSci) |
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