session 5

Title

Radiation Fields, Effects and Risks in Human Space Missions

type

oral

Description

The major topics of this session are the characterization of the radiation environment by theoretical modeling and experimental data, radiation effects on physical and biological systems, countermeasures to radiation and radiation risk assessment.

IPC members

• Co-Chair: Prof. Lawrence Pinsky, University of Houston, United States;

• Co-Chair: Dr. Guenther Reitz, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Germany;

• Rapporteur: Dr. Premkumar Saganti, Prairie View A&M University, United States;