ISU Department
of Physics
Campus Box 8106
Pocatello, Idaho 83209
Phone: (208) 282-3669
FAX (208) 282-4649
email: gesell@physics.isu.edu
Office: Physical Science Building, Room105
Prior to joining ISU in 1991, Dr. Gesell directed the Department of Energy's Radiological and Environmental Sciences Laboratory located on the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Site. While there he managed several programs related to protection of health and environment including: environmental sampling and analysis for the INEEL and its environs; analytical radiochemistry; environmental, ecological and radio-ecological research; DOE Laboratory Accreditation Programs in personnel dosimetry, bioassay and whole body counting; support of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with radiochemical standards and analyses; measurements in support of emergency response; oversight of programs in personnel radiation dosimetry, bioassay, and meteorology.
Before joining DOE in 1981 he was Associate Professor of Health Physics at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston where he taught in health physics and conducted research on various aspects of environmental radiation including radon and dosimetry.
He is a fellow of the Health Physics Society, and is a vice president and serves on the board of directors for the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. He also serves on committees for the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of California Office of the President.
He has numerous papers in the literature focused on environmental radiation
and dosimetry and published, with Merril Eisenbud, the fourth edition of
"Environmental
Radioactivity from Natural, Industrial and Military Sources" (Academic
Press, 1997).