Lorraine Days Bio
Lorraine [Marceau] Day, PhD serves as the Safety Program administrator at Louisiana State
University’s Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD). She has over-all
responsibility for the safe operation of a 1.4 GeV synchrotron ring and 200 MeV Linac, some of
the largest accelerators outside a DOE facility. This includes, in addition to Radiation Safety,
Industrial Hygiene, Nanotechnology Safety, Industrial and Electrical safety. Currently, Lorraine
serves as the chair of the Nanotechnology Committee of the Health Physics Society [thru 2015]
and regularly participates in The Nanotechnology Working Group monthly meetings. In
addition, she teaches classes in health physics, medical physics and has previously taught
biochemistry at LSU’s school of Veterinary Medicine. Her areas of expertise include Interlocks,
Instrumentation, Risk Assessment, Nanotechnology and Toxicology. She is a fellow of the
Health Physics Society where she served as Past President of the Accelerator Section. She has
spent 12 years on the Continuing Education Committee and served two terms as President of the
Deep South Chapter of the Health Physics Society. Dr. Day is also a lifetime member of Iota
Sigma Pi the woman chemistry honors’ society.