Dr. Bernard Veyret

Dr. Bernard Veyret belongs to the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) as "Directeur de Recherche" (senior scientist) at the "Laboratoire de l'Integration du Materiau au Syteme", within the College of Chemistry and Physics at the University of Bordeaux 1, France.

Trained as an engineer in Physics and Chemistry at the "Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution" ESPCI in Paris, he joined the CNRS in 1979, got his PhD and did research on the physical chemistry of the troposphere. Since 1984, B. Veyret has turned towards the new field of research on biological effects of electromagnetic fields (bioelectromagnetics).

He is now head of the Bioelectromagnetics Laboratory of the "Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes". His research team in Bordeaux is composed of about 15 scientists, biologists and physicists. He was one of the founders of the European Bioelectromagnetics Association (EBEA) in 1989. He spent a sabbatical year at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" during the school year 2005-2006.

He belongs to the main commission of ICNIRP (International Commission on Non Ionizing Radiation Protection) and is a member of the International Committee of the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority (SSI). B. Veyret has authored more than 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals and co-authored several national and international expert-group reports on EMF and health (he was the chairman of the French expert group on "ELF and health" and is a consultant for the AFSSET on the same topic).

He is currently a consultant with WHO, developing a Web-based EMF course for young scientists working in bioelectromagnetics, and has served as the chairman of the research recommendation committee of WHO.

He was the coordinator of the European programme Perform-B and was an external reviewer for the RAMPS2001 and TeraHertz-Bridge European programmes.

This year, Bernard Veyret was awarded the Medal of the French URSI.