Curriculum Vitae

Personalia:

Name:				Harmen Bijwaard
Date and place of birth:	September 13, 1971, Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
Nationality:			Dutch
Professional address:		Laboratory for Radiation Research (LSO)
				National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
				Antonie van Leeuwenhoeklaan 9
				3721 MA Bilthoven
				The Netherlands
				e-mail: Harmen.Bijwaard[AT]RIVM.NL
				website: http://www.geo.uu.nl/~bijwaard

Research & management experience:

2013-		Associate professor (lector) medical technology at INHolland University of Applied Sciences
2005-		Project management at RIVM: 
		1. EU sixth and seventh framework projects
		2. RIVM R&D projects
		3. VWS & IGZ projects 
2000-		Radiation research at RIVM:
		1. relation between ionising radiation and cancer/cardiovascular disease (mechanistic modelling)
		2. population dose due to industrial releases of radioactivity
		3. diagnostic applications of ionising radiation: X-ray equipment and CT scanners
2000-2000	Classification research at Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
1995-1999	PhD research in global seismic tomography at Utrecht University
		Supervisor and co-promotor: Dr W. Spakman
		Promotor: Prof. dr R.K. Snieder
		Graduation date: November 8, 1999
1994-1995	Research assistant at Utrecht University

Awarded research funding

2011		155 k€ for participation in EU FP7 project ProCardio, 
		 45 k€ for cofinancing EU FP7 project ProCardio,
		600 k€ for strategic research project SCARIER? (pending revisions) 
2010		200 k€ for strategic research project IRRADIANCE
2009		 10 k€ for participation in EU FP7 project STORE
2006		864 k€ for strategic research project MIRACLE

Education:

2008-2009	Foreign Affairs Class, Campus Den Haag, Leiden University
2007-2007	Professional management of complex projects (TWISTER), HORIZON Training & Development, Bilthoven
2005-2006	Management of research projects, HORIZON Training & Development, Utrecht
2003-2003	Medical imaging with ionising radiation, European School of Medical Physics, Archamps, France
2001-2002	Level 3 course in radiation hygiene at the academic medical centre in Leiden (LUMC)
2000-2000	Several courses as on-the-job training such as "Statistical Data Editing", 
		"National Accounting", "Survey Methodology", and "Purposive Reporting".
1990-1994	Undergraduate studies in Geophysics at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
		Majors: Seismology, Geodynamics
		Minors: Applied Geophysics, Tectonophysics, Geomagnetism
		Extra courses in Physics, Astronomy, and Applied Geosciences (Delft University of Technology) 
		Thesis: "Tomographic investigation of crustal structure in Israel"
		Supervisor: Dr W. Spakman
		Graduation: November 28, 1994 (cum laude)
1989-1991	Propaedeutics Astronomy
1989-1990	Propaedeutics Physics and propaedeutics Geophysics
1983-1989	Secondary School (The Rythovius College, Eersel, The Netherlands)
		Majors: Dutch (70%), English (90%), French (90%), Latin (80%), Mathematics (90%), Physics (90%), and Chemistry (80%)

Other relevant experiences:

2011-2013	Work Package leader of EU project ProCardio
2010-2013	Representative (de facto) of LIRICS in Governing Board of MELODI (Multidisciplinary European LOw Dose Initiative)
2009		Initiator of the Low-dose Ionising Radiation Investigations ConSortium of the Netherlands (LIRICS)
2009-2012	Treasurer of BC Iduna (badminton club with approximately 200 members)
2006-2009	Advisory Board member of EU project ERA-PRO
2005-2013	Member of the Belgian delegation for the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR)
2005-2009	Coordinator for nuclear accidents modelling group
2005		Lecturer for level 2 course in radiation hygiene
1997-		Invited speaker at several conferences and workshops (for both geophysical and radiation research)
1997-1999	Thesis advisor for graduate students
1994-		Independent travels to many countries in Africa, Asia, South and Central America
1994		Field trip Electric and Electromagnetic Methods (2 weeks, Italy)
1991-1998	Practicum assistant and coordinator for several Mathematics and Geophysics courses
1991		Geological field work (1 month, Italy)

Other skills:

Languages:	Dutch, English, French, German
Software:	Linux/Unix/Cygwin, Windows NT/XP, Fortran/C/Pascal(Delphi), Mathematica

Scientific papers:

1998	1	H. Bijwaard, W. Spakman, and E. R. Engdahl, 
		Closing the gap between regional and global travel time tomography, 
		J. Geophys. Res., 103, B12, 30,055-30,078.
1999	2	H. Bijwaard and W. Spakman, 
		Tomographic evidence for a narrow whole mantle plume below Iceland,
		Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 166, 121-126.
	3	H. Bijwaard and W. Spakman, 
		Fast kinematic ray tracing of first- and later-arriving global seismic phases, 
		Geophys. J. Int., 139, 359-369.
	4	S. Goes, W. Spakman, and H. Bijwaard, 
		A lower mantle source for European volcanism, 
		Science, 286, 1928-1931.
	5	C. Rangin, W. Spakman, M. Pubellier, and H. Bijwaard, 
		Tomographic and geological constraints on subduction along the eastern Sundaland continental margin (South-East Asia), 
		Bull. Soc. Geol. Fr., 170, 6, 775-788.
	6	R. van der Voo, W. Spakman, and H. Bijwaard, 
		Mesozoic subducted slabs under Siberia, 
		Nature, 397, 246-249.
	7	R. van der Voo, W. Spakman, and H. Bijwaard, 
		Tethyan subducted slabs under India, 
		Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 171, 7-20.
2000	8	H. Bijwaard and W. Spakman, 
		Nonlinear global P-wave tomography by iterated linearized inversion,
		Geophys. J. Int., 141, 71-82.
	9	S. Goes, W. Spakman, and H. Bijwaard, 
		Imaging mantle upwellings with seismic waves (invited paper), 
		Science Progress, 83, 261-275.
	10	M.A. Gutscher, W. Spakman, H. Bijwaard, and E.R. Engdahl, 
		Geodynamics of flat subduction: Seismicity and tomographic constraints from the Andean margin, 
		Tectonics, 19, 5, 814-833.
	11	A.H.E. Roehm, H. Bijwaard, W. Spakman, and J. Trampert, 
		Effects of arrival time errors on traveltime tomography, 
		Geophys. J. Int., 142, 270-276.
	12	A. Taboada, L.A. Rivera, A. Fuenzalida, A. Cisternas, H. Philip, H. Bijwaard, J. Olaya, C. Rivera, 
		Geodynamics of the northern Andes: Subductions and intracontinental deformation (Colombia), 
		Tectonics, 19, 5, 787-813.
2001	13	H. Bijwaard, M.J.P. Brugmans, and H.P. Leenhouts,
		A consistent two-mutation model of lung cancer for different data sets of radon-exposed rats, 
		Radiat. Environ. Biophys., 40, 269-277.
	14	E. Hafkenscheid, S.J.H. Buiter, M.J.R. Wortel, W. Spakman, and H. Bijwaard, 
		Modelling the seismic velocity structure beneath Indonesia: A comparison with tomography, 
		Tectonophysics, 333, 35-46.
	15	S. Lallemand, Y. Font, H. Bijwaard, and H. Kao, 
		New insights on 3-D plates interaction near Taiwan from tomography and tectonic implications, 
		Tectonophysics, 335, 229-253.
	16	W. Spakman and H. Bijwaard, 
		Optimization of cell parameterizations for tomographic inverse problems, 
		Pure and Applied Geophysics, 158, 1401-1423.
2002	17	H. Bijwaard, M.J.P. Brugmans, and H.P. Leenhouts, 
		A consistent two-mutation model of bone cancer for two data sets of radium-injected beagles, 
		J. Radiol. Prot., 22 (3A), A67-A70.
	18	H. Bijwaard and H. Eleveld, 
		Comparison of atmospheric dispersion modelling according to old and new regulations in the Netherlands, 
		Proc. 8th Int. Conf. on Harmonisation within Atmospheric Dispersion Modelling for Regulatory Purposes, 148-152.
	19	M.J.P. Brugmans, H. Bijwaard, and H.P. Leenhouts, 
		The overrated role of 'promotion' in mechanistic modelling of radiation carcinogenesis, 
		J. Radiol. Prot., 22 (3A), A75-A79.
	20	H.P. Leenhouts, M.J.P. Brugmans, and H. Bijwaard, 
		The implications of re-analysing radiation-induced leukaemia in atomic bomb survivors: risks for acute and chronic exposures are different, 
		J. Radiol. Prot., 22 (3A), A163-A167.
2003	21	H-J. Kim, H-T. Jou, H-M. Cho, H. Bijwaard, T. Sato, J-K. Hong, H-S. Yoo, and C-E. Baag, 
		Crustal structure of the continental margin of Korea in the East Sea (Japan Sea) from deep seismic sounding data: evidence for rifting affected by the hotter than normal mantle, 
		Tectonophysics, 364, 25-42.
2004	22	H. Bijwaard, M.J.P. Brugmans, and H.P. Leenhouts, 
		Two-mutation models for bone cancer due to radium, strontium and plutonium, 
		Radiat. Res., 162 (2), 171-184.
	23	M.J.P. Brugmans, S.M. Rispens, H. Bijwaard, D. Laurier, A. Rogel, L. Tomasek, and M. Tirmarche
		Radon-induced lung cancer in French and Czech miner cohorts described with a two-mutation cancer model,
		Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 43 (3), 153-163.
2005	24	H. Bijwaard and M.J.P. Brugmans,
		Multistage cancer models of bone cancer induction in beagles and mice by radium and plutonium, compared to humans,
		Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Health Effects of Incorporated Radionuclides (HEIR 2004), eds. U Oeh, P. Roth and H.G. Paretzke,
		GSF-Bericht 06/05, 229-236.
	25	H. Bijwaard, M.J.P. Brugmans, and S.M. Rispens,
		Comment on "Studies of radon-exposed miner cohorts using a biologically based model: comparison of current Czech and French data with historic data from China and Colorado" by W.F. Heidenreich, L. Tomasek, A. Rogel, D. Laurier and M. Tirmarche (2004) Radiat Environ Biophys 43: 247-256, 
		Radiat. Environ. Biophys. 44, 149-151.
	26	H. Bijwaard and M.J.P. Brugmans,
		Reply to the response by Lloyd et al. to “Two-mutation models for bone cancer due to radium, strontium and plutonium” by Bijwaard et al. (Radiat. Res. 162, 171-184, 2004), 
		Radiat. Res. 164, 829.
2006	27	H. Bijwaard, M.J.P. Brugmans, and H. Schoellnberger,
		Can promotion of initiated cells be explained by excess replacement of radiation-inactivated neighbor cells?
		Radiat. Res. 165, 741-744.
	28	H. Schoellnberger, M. Manuguerra, H. Bijwaard, H. Boshuizen, H.P. Altenburg, S.M. Rispens, M.J.P. Brugmans and P. Vineis,
		Analysis of epidemiological cohort data on smoking effects and lung cancer with a multistage cancer model, 
		Carcinogenesis 27 (7), 1432-1444.
	29	H. Bijwaard, 
		Mechanistic models of bone cancer induction by radium and plutonium in animals compared to humans,
		Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 122, 340-344.
2007	30	H. Bijwaard and S.A.J. Dekkers,
		Human bone cancer risk of Pu-239 derived from animal models,
		Radiat. Res. 168, 582-592. 
	31	H. Bijwaard,
		Mechanistic models of bone cancer induction by plutonium using archive data,
		Proceedings of the NIRS-BfS Int. Workshop on Research Appl. of the Radiobiology Archives, July 24, 2007, National Inst. of Radiological Sciences, pp. 50-59
2008	32	S. Tapio, P.N. Schofield, C. Adelmann, M.J. Atkinson, J.L.B. Bard, H. Bijwaard, M. Birschwilks, P. Dubus, L. Fiette, G. Gerber, M. Gruenberger, L. Quintanilla-Martinez, B. Rozell, S. Saigusa, M. Warren, C.R. Watson and B. Grosche
		Progress in updating the European Radiobiology Archives,
		Int. J. Radiat. Biol. 84 (11), 930-936. 
2010	33	H. Bijwaard, A. Brenner, S.A.J. Dekkers, T. van Dillen, C.E. Land and J.D. Boice Jr., 
		Breast cancer risk from different mammography screening practises,
		Radiat. Res. 174, 367-376.
	34	S.A.J. Dekkers, H. Bijwaard, S. Bouffler, M. Ellender, C. Kowalczuk, R. Huiskamp, E. Meijne and M. Sutmuller,
		A two-mutation model of radiation induced acute myeloid leukemia using historical mouse data,
		Radiat. Environ. Biophys., online 15/9.
2011	35	T. van Dillen, S.A.J. Dekkers, H. Bijwaard, M. Kreuzer and B. Grosche,
		Lung cancer from radon: a two-stage model analysis of the WISMUT cohort, 1955-1998,
		Radiat. Res. 175, 119-130.
	36	H. Bijwaard, S.A.J. Dekkers and T. van Dillen,
		Modelling breast cancer in a TB fluoroscopy cohort: implications for the Dutch mammography screening,
		Radiat. Prot. Dos. 143, 375-379.
	37	H. Bijwaard, S.A.J. Dekkers and T. van Dillen,
		Modelling lung cancer due to radon and smoking in WISMUT miners: preliminary results,
		Radiat. Prot. Dos. 143, 380-383.

Reports:

2000	1	H. Bijwaard, M. van Bommel, J. van de Bovenkamp, J. Dubbeldam, R. van Gastel, A. Geurtjens, M. Okkerse, M. Vollebregt, L. Wielenga, J. Zwijnenburg, 
		Poolers over de pool, 
		CBS research paper 0030.
	2	H. Bijwaard, J. van der Hoeven, H. van Hooff, B. Kroese, and A. Willeboordse, 
		A model to describe the activities of a business, 
		CBS research paper 0040.
2003	3	H. Bijwaard, R.M.W. Overwater, P. Glastra en L.A. Nissan, 
		Radium in baggerspecie afkomstig uit het Rijnmondgebied, resultaten over 2002 en correcties voor 1994-2001, 
		RIVM report 610100005.
2004	4	H. Bijwaard en M.J.P. Brugmans, 
		Kwaliteitsborging van radiodiagnostische apparatuur, een inventarisatie van initiatieven in binnen- en buitenland, 
		RIVM report 265021001.
	5	H. Eleveld, C.P. Tanzi, H. Bijwaard, P.J.M. Kwakman en E.J. Meeuwsen, 
		Emissies en doses door bronnen van ioniserende straling in Nederland - Jaarrapport 2003 'Beleidsmonitoring straling', 
		RIVM report 861020003.
	6	H. Bijwaard en M.J.P. Brugmans, 
		Acceptatie- en statustesten van radiodiagnostische apparatuur, aanbevelingen voor te inspecteren parameters,
		RIVM report 265021002.
2005	7	H. Bijwaard en M.J.P. Brugmans,
		Digitalisering in de radiodiagnostiek, gevolgen voor de patiëntveiligheid,
		RIVM report 265021003.
2006	8	H. Bijwaard en P. Stoop,
		Ontwikkelingen in de Computer Tomografie, gevolgen voor de patiëntveiligheid,
		RIVM report 265021004.
	9	P. Stoop en H. Bijwaard,
		Optimalisatie van de dosis bij radiologisch onderzoek van kinderen, inventarisatie van de praktijk in algemene ziekenhuizen,
		RIVM report 265021005.
2007	10	E.J. Meeuwsen, P. Stoop en H. Bijwaard,
		Kwaliteitsborging ter optimalisatie van de patiëntdosis in de interventieradiologie,
		RIVM report 300080002.
	11	H. Bijwaard en P. Stoop,
		Kwaliteitsborging van radiodiagnostische apparatuur, overzicht van publicaties sinds 2004,
		RIVM report 300080001.
2009	12	H. Bijwaard en P. Stoop,
		Cosmetische toepassingen van lasers buiten de reguliere gezondheidszorg, aanbevelingen voor veilig en verantwoord gebruik,
		RIVM report 300080003.
2010	13	H. Bijwaard,
		Inventarisatie van ontwikkelingen van PET-CT,
		RIVM report 300080008.
2011	14	T. van Dillen, H. Bijwaard, I. de Waard-Schalkx en P. Stoop,
		Gebruik van lasers binnen ziekenhuizen, veiligheidsaspecten bij medische behandelingen,
		RIVM report 300080009.
	15	R. Stam en H. Bijwaard,
		Recent developments in medical techniques involving ionising or non-ionising radiation,
		RIVM report 300080010.
2012	16	M. van Bruggen, I.R. de Waard en H. Bijwaard,
		Inventarisatie van hoog-risicogroepen bij radiodiagnostische verrichtingen,
		RIVM report 610113001.