is an internationally recognized expert with more than 39 y of experience in radiation measurements, protection, effects, policy, and radiological/nuclear preparedness and response. He is widely published and is often invited to speak at conferences and symposia. He has served as a technical expert for the International Atomic Energy Agency and World Health Organization, and is a member of two editorial boards.

Dr. Schauer’s career began in 1984 when he was commissioned as a radiation specialist in the U.S. Navy. His assignments included operational, research, teaching and leadership positions at commands from San Diego, California to Kittery, Maine, with most of his time spent in Bethesda, Maryland. His final tour (1999 to 2004) was on the faculty (Radiology and Radiological Sciences) of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

Following his retirement from the Navy, Dr. Schauer remained in Bethesda where he served as the Executive Director of NCRP from 2004 to 2012. During his tenure the Council published more than 40 reports, commentaries, statements, and annual meeting proceedings on a wide range of basic and applied topics with direct impact on federal, state and local regulations, policies and guidelines. He reorganized NCRP’s financial, administrative, publication and executive functions to ensure compliance with the Congressional Charter. He is now Executive Director Emeritus at NCRP.

Dr. Schauer also served as Executive Secretary of the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements from 2014 to 2019. In 2016, Dr. Schauer returned to the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute as a radiation physicist in the Radiation Sciences Department where he first served as a junior naval officer from 1986 to 1990.