Dr Vitas Anderson

Principal Consultant, BEng (Hons), PhD, MIEEE

Vitas is an engineer and biophysicist with extensive experience in the research and management of safe human exposure to radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF).

He graduated with honours as an engineer from the University of Melbourne, where he also received undergraduate training in the medical sciences. He received his doctorate in biophysics from Swinburne University of Technology where he published the first ever estimates of RF absorption in the head from mobile phone use.

Vitas’s research projects in RF EMF bioeffects and safety have spanned a wide range of topic areas including experimental and numerical dosimetry, the development of RF EMF survey techniques, neurophysiological human experiments, in vitro studies, thermophysiological modelling and measurement, examination of theoretical bioeffect mechanisms, and testing of RF EMF hypersensitivity.

Since 1989, Vitas has worked in the RF safety area as a corporate researcher, academic and independent consultant. In the course of his career he has been commissioned to conduct RF EMF safety research projects for several government and industry organisations and participated in projects awarded under NHMRC and ARC public research grants. He has published extensively in the scientific literature with 30 peer-reviewed papers and numerous technical reports.

Vitas has actively participated in national and international standards committees for RF safety and exposure assessment, including Standards Australia, ARPANSA, the IEEE and IEC. He also serves as an honorary technical assessor for the Australian National Association of Testing Authorities (NATA) regarding the accreditation of agencies conducting measured and calculated EMF exposure assessments.

Peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters

V. Anderson, Estimating Uncertainty in Assessments of Human Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields, in Electromagnetic Ergonomics: From Electrification to a Wireless Society, J. Karpowicz Ed. London: CRC Press, 2023, p. 33-54.

Curtin, A.G., V. Anderson, F. Brockhus, and D.R. Cohen, Novel team-based approach to quality improvement effectively engages staff and reduces adverse events in healthcare settings. BMJ Open Quality, 2020. 9(2): p. 1-9.

Cohen, D.R., et al., Implementation of the Best Practice Clinical Learning Environment Framework: A case study for improving learning in the clinical setting using a novel quality improvement approach. Management in Healthcare, 2018. 3(1): p. 24-40.

Cohen, D.R., P.J. Cohen, and V. Anderson, Map-enabled experiential review: A novel approach to engaging healthcare staff in quality improvement. Management in Healthcare, 2018. 3(2): p. 187-198.

Verrender, A., et al., IEI-EMF provocation case studies: A novel approach to testing sensitive individuals. Bioelectromagnetics, 2017. 39(2): p. 132-143.

Kumar, G., et al., A genotoxic analysis of the hematopoietic system after mobile phone type radiation exposure in rats. International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2015. 91(8): p. 664-72.

McIntosh, R.L., S. Iskra, and V. Anderson, Significant RF-EMF and thermal levels observed in a computational model of a person with a tibial plate for grounded 40 MHz exposure. Bioelectromagnetics, 2014. 35(4): p. 284-95.

Perentos, N., et al., Exposure compliance methodologies for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) enabled networks and terminals. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2012. 60: p. 644-653.

McIntosh, R.L. and V. Anderson, SAR versus VAR, and the size and shape that provide the most appropriate RF exposure metric in the range of 0.5-6 GHz. Bioelectromagnetics, 2011. 32(4): p. 312-21.

Kumar, G., et al., Evaluation of hematopoietic system effects after in vitro radiofrequency radiation exposure in rats. International journal of radiation biology, 2011. 87(2): p. 231-40.

McIntosh, R.L. and V. Anderson, A comprehensive tissue properties database provided for the thermal assessment of a human at rest. Biophysical Reviews and Letters, 2010. 5(3): p. 129-151.

McIntosh, R.L. and V. Anderson, SAR versus S(inc): What is the appropriate RF exposure metric in the range 1-10 GHz? Part II: Using complex human body models. Bioelectromagnetics, 2010. 31(6): p. 467-78.

McIntosh, R.L., et al., Assessment of SAR and thermal changes near a cochlear implant system for mobile phone type exposures. Bioelectromagnetics, 2008. 29(1): p. 71-80.

McIntosh, R.L., V. Anderson, and R.J. McKenzie, The Use of Temperature as a Metric for the Assessment of RF Safety. Radiation Protection in Australasia, 2008. 25(1): p. 9-21.

Loughran, S.P., et al., Dosimetric evaluation and comparison of different RF exposure apparatuses used in human volunteer studies. Bioelectromagnetics, 2008. 29(3): p. 242-243.

Croft, R.J., et al., Mobile phones and brain tumours: A review of epidemiological research. Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine, 2008. 31(4): p. 255-267.

Anderson, V. and R. McIntosh, Guidelines for the RF exposure assessment of metallic implants, in The International EMF Dosimetry Handbook. 2008, MCL: Melbourne, Australia. p. 1-52.

Hamblin, D.L., et al., EEG electrode caps can reduce SAR induced in the head by GSM900 mobile phones. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2007. 54(5): p. 914-920.

Anderson, V. and J. Rowley, Measurements of skin surface temperature during mobile phone use. Bioelectromagnetics, 2007. 28(2): p. 159-162.

McIntosh, R.L., V. Anderson, and R.J. McKenzie, A numerical evaluation of SAR distribution and temperature changes around a metallic plate in the head of a RF exposed worker. Bioelectromagnetics, 2005. 26(5): p. 377-388.

Anderson, V., Comparisons of peak SAR levels in concentric sphere head models of children and adults for irradiation by a dipole at 900 MHz. Physics in medicine and biology, 2003. 48(20): p. 3263-75.

Thompson, C.J., V. Anderson, and J.T. Rowley, Assessment of guidelines for limiting exposures to EMF using methods of probabilistic risk analysis. Health Physics, 2002. 82(4): p. 484-490.

McIntosh, R.L., R.J. McKenzie, and V. Anderson, The Numerical Evaluation of SAR Distribution and Temperature Change around Metallic Implants in RF Exposed Workers. Bioelectromagnetics Society 24th Annual Meeting, 2002: p. 186-187.

Cranfield, C.G., A.W. Wood, V. Anderson, and K.G. Menezes, Effects of mobile phone type signals on calcium levels within human leukaemic T-cells (Jurkat cells). Int J Radiat Biol, 2001. 77(12): p. 1207-1217.

Anderson, V., Mobile telephony and the Precautionary Principle – a phoney debate? Radiation Protection in Australasia, 2001. 18(2): p. 71-76.

Thompson, C.J., Y.S. Yang, V. Anderson, and A.W. Wood, A cooperative model for Ca++ efflux windowing from cell membranes exposed to electromagnetic radiation. Bioelectromagnetics, 2000. 21(6): p. 455-464.

Yang, Y.S., C.J. Thompson, V. Anderson, and A.W. Wood, A statistical mechanical model of cell membrane ion channels in electric fields: the mean-field approximation. Physica A, 1999. 268(3-4): p. 424-432.

Anderson, V., et al., Nerve conduction velocity and mobile phones, in Electricity and Magnetism in Biology and Medicine, F. Bersani, Editor. 1999, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York. p. 749-752.

Thompson, C.J., J.T. Rowley, V. Anderson, and K.H. Joyner, ‘Surface Waves and Resonances Associated with Exposure to Electromagnetic Radiation’ by AJ McCarthy. Radiation Protection in Australasia, 1998. 16(2): p. 36-37.

Thompson, C.J., et al., Nonlinear dynamics of charged particles interacting with combined AC-DC electromagnetic fields. Physica A, 1995. 220(3-4): p. 471-484.

Anderson, V. and K.H. Joyner, Specific absorption rate levels measured in a phantom head exposed to radio frequency transmissions from analog hand-held mobile phones. Bioelectromagnetics, 1995. 16(1): p. 60-69.