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Name
Arturo Vargas
Title
UPC - EURADOS
Bio
Dr. A. Vargas has a nuclear engineer PhD from the Technical University Catalonia (UPC) (https://futur.upc.edu/1002374). He joined the Institute of energy technologies (INTE) of the UPC in 1992 working in the research of radionuclide metrology and instrument development. Currently, he is the responsible of the environmental radioactivity subgroup included in the research group “Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics”. Dr. A. Vargas has actively working during the last years in the “Environmental dosimetry” working group 3 of the European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS, http://www.eurados.org/). From February 2015, he has been elected as the Chairperson of WG3.
At the beginning of research career Dr. Arturo Vargas studied the radiological risk occurred as a result of inhaling the radon progeny. At this stage, he designed and set up equipment for the measurement of radon gas and the characterization of radioactive aerosol particles arising from its disintegration. Furthermore, he designed and set up the radon chamber at the UPC. During this stage he was involved in 2 European and 1 Spanish research projects. In 2000 started studies of outdoor radon used as a tracer, where he was involved in 4 Spanish research projects. He designed and set up a monitor (ARMON) for very low air radon concentrations measurements. In this topic, currently he is involved in the European Project “Radon metrology for use in climate change observation and radiation protection at the environmental level - traceRadon (http://traceradon-empir.eu/).
From 2010, Dr. Arturo Vargas has focused the research of novel gamma spectrometry monitors to be used in early warning systems, both fix and mobile stations. The research is focused in the characterization of such monitors by means of Monte Carlo simulations, experimental measurements in reference laboratories and long series in the radiological early warning stations. These studies are being carried out in the framework of WG3 of EURADOS and started in the European project “Metrology for radiological early warning networks in Europe” (MetroERM http://earlywarning-emrp.eu/). In addition, Dr Vargas has carried out research in the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for radiological emergency scenarios and has been involved in the European project “Metrology for mobile detection ionising radiation following a nuclear or radiological incident – preparedness”. Currently, he is working in the European project “Remote and real-time optical detection of alpha-emitting radionuclides in the environment – remoteAlpha“
During the research period, Dr Arturo Vargas published more than 50 publications in peer review journals, participated in seven national projects funded by the Spanish Ministry and six European projects.
At the beginning of research career Dr. Arturo Vargas studied the radiological risk occurred as a result of inhaling the radon progeny. At this stage, he designed and set up equipment for the measurement of radon gas and the characterization of radioactive aerosol particles arising from its disintegration. Furthermore, he designed and set up the radon chamber at the UPC. During this stage he was involved in 2 European and 1 Spanish research projects. In 2000 started studies of outdoor radon used as a tracer, where he was involved in 4 Spanish research projects. He designed and set up a monitor (ARMON) for very low air radon concentrations measurements. In this topic, currently he is involved in the European Project “Radon metrology for use in climate change observation and radiation protection at the environmental level - traceRadon (http://traceradon-empir.eu/).
From 2010, Dr. Arturo Vargas has focused the research of novel gamma spectrometry monitors to be used in early warning systems, both fix and mobile stations. The research is focused in the characterization of such monitors by means of Monte Carlo simulations, experimental measurements in reference laboratories and long series in the radiological early warning stations. These studies are being carried out in the framework of WG3 of EURADOS and started in the European project “Metrology for radiological early warning networks in Europe” (MetroERM http://earlywarning-emrp.eu/). In addition, Dr Vargas has carried out research in the use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for radiological emergency scenarios and has been involved in the European project “Metrology for mobile detection ionising radiation following a nuclear or radiological incident – preparedness”. Currently, he is working in the European project “Remote and real-time optical detection of alpha-emitting radionuclides in the environment – remoteAlpha“
During the research period, Dr Arturo Vargas published more than 50 publications in peer review journals, participated in seven national projects funded by the Spanish Ministry and six European projects.
