Jason T. Harris

Biography

Dr. Jason T. Harris is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Health Sciences at Purdue University. From 2008-2015 he was an Assistant, then Associate, Professor at Idaho State University (ISU) in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Health Physics. Dr. Harris received his Ph.D. from Purdue University in health physics, a M.S. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in nuclear engineering, and a B.S. in biology and marine science from the University of. Dr. Harris has nearly 15 years of experience as the primary instructor for courses in Health Physics and Nuclear Engineering, including diverse subjects such as radiation detection and instrumentation, health physics, radiation physics, laboratory experimentation, nonproliferation, and nuclear security. Dr. Harris also holds a joint appointment with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and served as the ISU Associate Director for the Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES). As part of his research activities, Dr. Harris participates in a number of areas related to environmental and reactor health physics, accelerator applications, radiation detection and measurement, nonproliferation, and nuclear security.

Research Interest

Occupational and public radiation exposure from nuclear power Nuclear power reactor and environmental health physics Nuclear security, nonproliferation and safeguards Radiation detection and instrumentation for reactor and accelerator applications