Staff
John Sullivan, Radiation Safety Officer
John has worked on dosimetry, bioassays, laboratory surveys, meter calibration, and machine program. Recently he has taken over the RSO shipping program and has been working on laboratory decommissioning.
First coming to WSU as an undergraduate in chemistry, he took a short hiatus to University of Utah for graduate school where he received his Master’s of Science for the synthesis of marine alkaloid natural products. After returning to WSU in 2011, he spent 10 years working as the chemical hygiene and safety officer for the Department of Chemistry while managing the department stockrooms.
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Kathy Robertson-DeMers
Kathy joined WSU in 2025 and supports key program areas including dosimetry implementation, laboratory surveillance and inspections, radiological instrument calibration, decommissioning activities, and radiological records management.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Stephens College and a Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri–Columbia. A Certified Health Physicist, Kathy brings more than 28 years of experience across diverse areas of radiation safety and health physics.
Her career began with epidemiological hazard assessments at Oak Ridge Associated Universities, followed by operational health physics roles at EG&G Mound and Hanford, where she worked in internal and external dosimetry and radiological counting room operations. As an independent contractor, she supported Department of Energy workers’ compensation program oversight, conducted radiation safety program audits, and provided expertise in X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) manufacturing safety. Prior to joining WSU, Kathy served at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission conducting decommissioning licensing reviews for commercial nuclear reactors.
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