ALAN E. WATTS

PO Box *** Cell: 740-***-****

Athens, Ohio 45701 ad4atz@r.postjobfree.com Home: 740-***-**** PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Seasoned and accomplished Radiation Safety Officer / Health Physicist skilled in

● Health Physics ● Strategic Planning ● Program & Project Management

● Administration ● Workman's Comp ● Hazardous / Radioactive Materials

● Decontamination ● Regulatory Inspections ● Security Alarm Systems

● Regulations ● Laboratory Audits ● Environmental Health & Safety

● Training / Teaching ● Regulatory Agencies Liaison ● Emergency Response Strong operations professional with over thirty years of experience, including 1) Zero violations out of 40 federal and state regulatory inspections 2) Outstanding customer service

3) Strong, confident, detailed, and creative leader PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio February 1997 to present Laboratory & Radiation Safety, Environmental Health & Safety departments Director of Laboratory & Radiation Safety March 2015 to present

● Manage, direct, and advise Laboratory & Radiation Safety staff operations including budget control, evaluations, professional development, deadline completion, security alarms control and emergency response including Local Law Enforcement response

● Strategic planning

Radiation Safety Officer / Health Physicist February 1997 to present

● Manage and direct the Radiation Safety Program

● Administrate NRC/State radioactive material broad scope license and regulations, State NARM, NORM & Radiation-Generating Equipment licenses and regulations as well as University radiation safety policies and procedures

● Ensure Homeland Security sites compliance and security alarm response follow-up

● Laser Safety, non-ionizing radiation, pregnancy trainings and oversight, and implementation; specialist for all radiation areas

● Teach Radiation Safety courses and audit user labs monthly

● Review all licensees’ authorizations, license amendments, etc.

● Liaison with multiple state and federal regulatory agencies

● Respond to and support Biological Safety/Chemical Safety operations/emergencies Interim Director of Safety August 2018 to April 2019

● Manage, direct, and advise Environmental Health & Safety and Laboratory & Radiation Safety staff operations, including budget control, evaluations, and deadline completion

● Radiation Safety as Radiation Safety Officer

● Laboratory Safety / Biological and Chemical Safety

● OHSA / Workmen’s Comp

● Hazardous Materials/Environmental Engineering

● Vector Control/Food Safety

● Industrial Hygiene

● Fire Safety

● Ergonomics

College of Health Sciences and Professions - Health Sciences Department Adjunct Professor January 2001 to present

● Teach Introduction to Radiological Health course

● Guest speak for various Health Sciences courses, in addition to Biological Sciences and Physics departments

University of Missouri – Columbia September 1991 to February 1997 Environmental Health and Safety Department

Health Physicist / Environmental Health Technician

● Inspected all authorized user labs as to compliance with NRC and University regulations and policies; oversee four technicians

● Performed biweekly training in Radiation Safety campus wide

● Responded to decontamination emergencies

● Calibrated instrumentation

● Monitored radioisotope thyroid uptakes and patient therapies

● Received/delivered radioactive materials to University end users

● Picked up, stored, and disposed of hazardous and radioactive material as regulated by NRC/DOT/EPA and local agencies

● Processed dosimetry film badges and TLDs

● Managed RCRA/CERCLA, infectious, mixed, and hazardous wastes ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

*HAZWOPER - Hazardous Waste Operations & Management

*State of Texas Attorney General’s Office – Eminent Domain & Court Evidence prep

* Wastewater Sample/Test/Analysis, Environmental Soils Core/Test/Analysis

*Construction materials sampling & testing; Inspect both plant and construction sites

*Contract Programming - Independently ran nationwide company, Houston Office

*BioSafety Laboratory III (BSL III) testing

*Several function specific Certifications

*CPR and First Aid

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Nuclear Engineering - Health Physics, University of Missouri – Columbia Bachelor of Arts, Environmental Biology, University of Missouri – Columbia SPECIAL TRAINING

● J. L. Shepherd & Associates Model MK 1-25 Irradiator Certification

● Regulatory Medical X-Ray Physics, Univ. of Tx. - San Antonio

● "SEMA", State of Missouri, Radiological Monitor Emergency Response Plan and Exercise for the Callaway Nuclear Reactor

● "SEMA"Union Electric Environmental Sampling & Ingestion Pathway Exercise, Missouri Nuclear Accident Plan

● Campbell Pacific Nuclear Gauge & Troxler Nuclear Gauge Manufacturer's Nuclear Gauge Safety & Operations

Alan Watts

MS Nuclear Engineer

Areas of Specialty

Radiation Safety Officer Ohio University – Athens, OH Health/Medical Physicist University of Missouri – Columbia, MO Accelerator*

Certified operator 1

Certified operator 2

Authorized Trainer per State regulations

Irradiator*

Certified operator

Authorized Trainer per State & Federal regulations Radiation Generating Equipment (RGE)

Certified Expert (CE)

X-Ray

Certified Expert (CE)

- includes Student Health, Campus Care

Fluoroscopy (CE)

Nuclear Gauges (CE)

Certified operator

Cell Towers

Microwave & Radio

Lasers

All Classes

Radioactive Waste

Storage & Disposal

Emergency Response

US Dept. of Transportation

Authorized to Transport RAM

Authorized Trainer per State & Federal regulations Training (everything above and below)

Prenatal Exposure - Pregnant Women (users of RAM)

DXA (users) - Human Subjects

Fluoroscopy (users)

Live Animals

Human Subjects

MRI (users) - Human Subjects

General Radiation Safety (inspections, packages, bioassays, sealed sources) Administration

Radiation Safety Committee

Licenses

Reporting to State & Federal agencies

*Homeland Security Sites - training of users and Ohio University Police; completing background checks, Trustworthy & Reliability Officer (State & Federal) Adjunct Faculty - Introduction to Radiological Health

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