Michalakis Tzortzis

Accomplished professional with expertise in regulatory compliance, decision making, and risk management. Demonstrates strong stakeholder communication and reporting skills, alongside proficiency in project management and strategic planning. Adept at critical thinking and evaluation, fostering team collaboration, and maintaining ethical integrity. Committed to organisational excellence with a continuous improvement mindset.

Membership in European or international affairs

• Member of the Atomic Questions Working Party of the Council of European Union.
• Member of the EURATOM Treaty Article 31 Group of Experts - member of the working sub-group on natural sources of radioactivity.
• Cyprus representative to EC European Radiological Data Exchange Platform (EURDEP) / European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange (ECURIE).
• Member of the working groups for natural sources, education and training, emergencies and occupational exposures of the Heads of European Radiological Protection Competent Authorities.
• Member of the Western European Nuclear Regulators Association.
• Primary or alternate member of the IAEA's standards committees - RASSC, WASSC and EPRESC.
• Cyprus Point of Contact for the Convention on Nuclear Safety.
• Cyprus Point of Contact for the Joint Convention on the safe management of spent fuel and radioactive waste.
• Cyprus Point of Contact for the IAEA Code of Conduct on the safety and security of radioactive sources.
• Cyprus Point of Contact for the Convention on Physical Protection of nuclear installations and radioactive material.
• Cyprus Point of Contact for the IAEA Assistance and Early Notification Conventions.
• Cyprus National Liaison Assistant with IAEA Technical Cooperation.
• Cyprus Liaison Officer for IAEA EPRIMS platform and IRMIS uploader.
  14. Cyprus Liaison Officer for IAEA NUSEC / NUSIMS / ITDB platforms.
  15. Cyprus coordinator for IAEA RASIMS.

Membership in professional societies

• Member of the Cyprus Association of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering (CAMPBE).
• Member of the Cyprus Medical Physicists Association (CYMPA).
• Member of the Cyprus Physicists Association.
• Member of the University of Surrey Alumni Association.
• Member of the University of Cyprus Alumni Association.

As main author:

• Tzortzis, M., Tsertos, H., Christofides, S., Christodoulides, G., 2003. Gamma radiation measurements and dose rates in commercially-used natural tiling rocks (granites). Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 70, 223-235.
• Tzortzis, M., Tsertos, H., Christofides, S., Christodoulides, G., 2003. Gamma-ray measurements of naturally occurring radioactive samples from Cyprus characteristic geological rocks. Radiation Measurements 37, 221-229
• Tzortzis, M., Svoukis, E., Tsertos, H., 2004. A comprehensive study of natural gamma radioactivity levels and associated dose rates from surface soils in Cyprus. Radiation Protection Dosimetry 109, No. 3, 217-224.
• Tzortzis, M., Tsertos, H., 2004. Determination of thorium, uranium, and potassium elemental concentrations in surface soils in Cyprus. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 77, 325-338.
• Tzortzis, M., Tsertos, H., 2005. Natural radioelement concentration in the Troodos Ophiolite Complex of Cyprus. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 85, 47-54.

As co-author:

• Alghamdi, A., Ma, A.K.W., Tzortzis, M., Spyrou, N.M., 2005. Neutron fluence-to-dose conversion coefficients in an anthropomorphic phantom. ICRS-10/ RPS-2004 proceedings, Madeira, Portugal.
• Masson O. et al., 2019. Airborne concentrations and chemical considerations of radioactive ruthenium from an undeclared major nuclear release in 2017. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 116, no. 34, p. 16750-16759.
• Souzana Achilleos et al., 2024. Airborne particle radioactivity during desert dust days in Cyprus. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Volume 278, 2024, 107467, ISSN 0265-931X.
• Environmental radioactivity measurements in Cyprus, 2004-2009. Department of Labour Inspection, Government Press Office, 2010.
• Environmental radioactivity measurements in Cyprus, 2010-2015. Department of Labour Inspection, Government Press Office, 2016.

In preparation:

• A comprehensive study of radon levels in Cyprus dwellings, work places, public buildings and places of special interest, based on geographical, geological and population criteria (Radiation Inspection and Control Service; Frederick University Cyprus).

• Sightseeing, resilience and stress management Byzantine music and notation Αviation and aeronautics Lifelong learning mindset (energy policy publications, attending open courses on nuclear governance and sustainability).