Dr. Inmaculada Sierra Bercedo

Doctorate in Pharmacy, Complutense University, Madrid
Radiation protection, internal dosimetry, alpha spectrometry, LSC, bioassay.

Personal biography

Dr. Inmaculada Sierra has been involved in internal dosimetry for 27 years. She is Head of in Vitro Bioassay Laboratory on Internal Dosimetry Group at CIEMAT. This laboratory is the Spanish reference laboratory and it is accredited laboratory according to ISO 17025 for measurements of excreted activity rate in biological samples, acting as technical support of the national regulatory body. She participates in agreements and research projects at national and international level such as CSN, CSIC, ENUSA, EU, IAEA, WHO and projects such as CONFIDENCE, TECHREC, MEYER, ALMAS… She has extensive experience in emergency and accidental situations in the field of conventional and radiological contamination. She is a member of EURADOS since 2014 and she currently coordinates the initiative of “In vitro Emergency Bioassay Methods” in WG7/TG on” Internal Dosimetry for Emergency” of EURADOS. She is a member of the editorial board of Radioprotección Journal of SEPR. She was also involved in the WG “Internal contamination” of REMPAN, a WHO Network on Radiation Emergency Medical Preparedness and Assistance. She has participated in the EC Project TECHREC (2014-2016) for the elaboration of European Technical recommendations for Monitoring Individuals for Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides and in CONCERT EJP (2015-2020). She has collaborated as an Expert in a IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme-PIP-TC20141224-001 in EVT1802989 – ARG0015 Project – National Training Course on “in vitro” monitoring techniques for occupational exposure assessment (CNEA-2018). Participation in the 17th Coordination Meeting of the member institutions of the WHO Radiological Emergency Medical Preparedness and Assistance Network (REMPAN) as an expert in internal dosimetry. Member of the scientific committee of the 6th European Congress IRPA 2022 (Orlando) and of the next IRPA 2026 Congress in Liverpool.