is currently the Head of Radiation Effects Department at the Public Health England (PHE) Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards. He has held several appointments at PHE and its predecessor organisations, the Health Protection Agency and National Radiological Protection Board, since 1991. Previously he held a post-doctoral research position in the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. Dr. Bouffler’s research interests focus on the biological mechanisms of radiogenic diseases utilising mouse models and human cellular systems.

Dr. Bouffler is the U.K. representative to the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation and has served on the U.K. delegation since 2006. He was recently elected to the Main Commission of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) having served as Vice-Chair of ICRP’s Committee 1 from 2013 to 2017. He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers.

Dr. Bouffler was educated at the University of Southampton, receiving a BSc and PhD in Biology.