Tom Clarijs, Board member

Tom Clarijs is a biomedical scientist, with degrees in medical physics and radiation protection, and has been working on medical applications, radiation protection and education and training in FANC (the Belgian Federal Agency for Nuclear Control) and SCK CEN (the Belgian nuclear research centre). Since 2012 he is active within the SCK CEN Academy for Nuclear Science and Technology, and has contributed to various projects related to qualification, education and training in profiles related to radiation protection, such as ENETRAP II and III, PETRUS III, TRASNUSAFE, ECNET, ENEN III, ENEN+, MIND, ANNETTE, CONCERT, TOURR and EURAD. Currently, he is an active member of the following projects: ENEN2plus, PIANOFORTE, ELINDER, OFFERR and PRISMAP. He took part in various working groups and task forces on a national (medical physics, radiation protection, radiology, nuclear medicine, clinical audit) and international level (HERCA).

His main areas of expertise are medical and occupational radiation protection, legislation, and education and training in these matters. He is lecturer in the training programmes for radiation protection experts and officers, as well as various courses in radiation protection targeted to workers, medical professionals and first responders. He is president of the Belgian Society for Radiation Protection and member of the E&T working group of MELODI.