Dr. Fritz A. Seiler

Fritz A. Seiler is currently President of Sigma Five Consulting a company devoted to the application of computer technology to solve environmental problems.He has over 30 years experience in research involving physics and risk assessment, with a broad background in nuclear physics, health physics, toxicology, uncertainty analysis, and risk management.He was a faculty member at the University of Basel, Switzerland where he conducted research in nuclear physics, including: experimental and theoretical studies reactions between light nuclei (fusion reaction) and studies on neutron interactions; neutron activation analysis; prompt gamma measurements; and similar topics.In addition, he accepted an appointment as Staff Officer for Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) Warfare Defense on the Swiss Army Command.In this capacity, he assessed and minimized NBC risks to military and civilian populations.Subsequently, he assumed an additional appointment as Commanding Officer of the Swiss Army's 37 radiation laboratories coordinating sampling; data collection; risk evaluation; and risk management.Subsequent to immigration to the United States, Fritz Seiler joined the Lovelace Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute.In that capacity, he was involved in risk assessment of chemical and radiological agents, cost-risk-benefit analysis emphasizing economics, and uncertainty analysis.He was also involved in the study of nuclear radiation dosimetry; environmental dispersion; chemical and radiological materials transport; and new sampling methods.He performed a wide variety of measurements, data evaluation, and statistics, as well as theoretical modeling and systems simulation.Later, he joined IT corporation and continued and expanded his previous activities.For a one year period, Dr. Seiler was a Vice President with the Institute for Regulatory Science,a not-for-profit organization involved with the application of best available science, including peer review to societal decisions.Dr. Seiler is Fellow of the American Physical Society and has been designated Distinguished Technical Associate of IT Corporation.He is a member of the Society of Risk Analysis; the Health Physics Society; the American Nuclear Society, (Member of NCRP Liaison Committee); and the American National Standards Institute.He has published more than 120 scientific papers in the areas of physics, risk assessment, and risk management.Fritz Seiler received a Baccalaureate in Economics from the Basel School of Economics, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Basel, Switzerland.