Education:

Diploma in Physics 1998 (Technical University Vienna, Austria)
1998-2003 Technical University Vienna, Austria (field: Radiation Protection, Dosimetry)
International Space University , Summer School, 2000
PhD-Thesis in Radiation Protection, Dosimetry 2003
Since 2003 at DLR

Professional experience:

Principal Investigator:

Project “LET calibration of TL response and efficiency of selected TL materials for radiation dosimetry in heavy ion fields” NIRS, Chiba, Japan ( 2002 –)

Project Manager:

Projekt “RBO-2” – BRADOS – Dosimetric Mapping on the ISS (2001 – 2002)
Project “LETVAR and RADO” on Biopan – 5  (2001- 2005)
Projekt “ICCHIBAN – Intercomparison of dosimetric instruments for cosmic radiation with Heavy Ions Beams at NIRS” (2002 - )

Co-investigator:

Projekt “Phantom” on Space Station MIR (1998 – 2000)
Project “RADIS – MATROSHKA” – dose distribution in a human phantom onboard the ISS (2004 –)
Project “Gene activation of heavy ion treated Bacillus subtilis 168 (DSM 402) endospores during germination involved DNA-repair”, NIRS, Chiba, Japan (2005 –)

Research Activities:

Dosimetry of the radiation field in space and in aircraft altitudes. Development of radiation detectors. Ground based accelerator experiments for detector characterization.

Publications

See Publications of the Institute of Aerospace Medicine and
elib - Publications of the DLR -> Thomas Berger