Professional Positions

Independent Consultant 1995-present

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 1987-1995
   Assistant Research Professor of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering
   Director of Brain Imaging Research Laboratory, Evanston Hospital Division of Neurology
   Associate Professional Staff, Evanston Hospital

Children's Memorial Hospital, Divison of Cardiology, Chicago IL 1980-1987
   Principal Research Engineer

Evanston Hospital, Division of Neurology, Evanston, IL  1977-1980
   Research Engineer

EDUCATION

Northwestern University, B.S. (Biomedical Engineering), 1978.

Northwestern University, M.S. (Electrical Engineering), 1979.

Northwestern University, Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering), 1987.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES

American Radio Relay League (ARRL)
   Chairman, ARRL RF Safety Committee

Member, FCC Technological Advisory Council

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
   Member, NFPA Committee on Public Emergency Reporting Systems

Life Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
   Member, IEEE EMBS Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR)
   Member, IEEE International Committee on Electromagnetic Safety (ICES)

Registered Professional Engineer, State of Illinois

FCC General Radiotelephone Operator License

FCC Amateur Radio License, N9GL, Extra Class.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lapin GD and Groothuis DR: The necessity of image registration for dynamic CT studies. Proc IEEE EMBS 13:283-284, 1991.

Lapin GD and Groothuis DR: Potential errors due to aliasing in digital video analysis of quantitative autoradiography. J Neuroscience Methods 38:71-80, 1991.

Groothuis DR, Lapin GD, Vriesendorp FJ, Mikhael MA and Patlak CS: A method to quantitatively measure transcapillary transport of iodinated compounds in canine brain tumors with computed tomography. J Cereb Blood Flow Metabol 11:939-948, 1991.

Lapin GD, Munson RJ and Groothuis DR: Noninvasive determination of arterial blood concentrations of meglumine iothalamate with x-ray computed tomography. J Comput Assist Tomogr 17:108-114, 1993.

Lapin GD and Groothuis DR: Optimal venous infusion schedules of radioopaque dyes for CT determination of transcapillary transport rates. Proc IEEE EMBS 15:479-480, 1993.

Shrawder S, Lapin GD, Allen CV, Groothuis DR and Vick NA: A new head holder for patient immobilization and repositioning in physiological imaging. J Comput Assist Tomogr 18:329-336, 1994.

Lapin GD, Allen CV and Groothuis DR: Noninvasive measurement of plasma arterial blood concentration of meglumine iothalamate from CT scans of human brain. J Comput Assist Tomogr 18:363-369, 1994.

Goyette JA, Lapin GD, Kang MG and Katsaggelos AK: Improving autoradiograph resolution using image restoration techniques. IEEE Eng Med Biol 13:571-574, 1994.

Lapin GD: Modeling of drug delivery to brain tissue. In Polymeric Site-Specific Pharmacotherapy AJ Domb, ed., Wiley, Chichester, pp. 69-93, 1994.

Lapin GD: Analog signals and components. In The ARRL Handbook, Seventy Second through Seventy-Seventh Editions, R Schetgen, ed., American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT, pp. 8.1-8.37, 1994-2000.

Lapin GD: The EMF to BBB Connection: Studying the effects of electromagnetic energy on the blood-brain barrier. IEEE Eng Med Biol 15:57-60, 1996.

Lapin GD and Allen C: Requirements for accurate anatomical imaging of the rat for electromagnetic modeling. Proc IEEE EMBS 19:2480-2483, 1997.

Lapin GD: RF safety at Field Day. QST 83(6):48-51, June 1999.

Lapin GD, et al.; Basic Principles for Assessing Compatibility of New Spectrum Allocations, FCC Technological Advisory Council White Paper,https:/www.fcc.gov/bureaus/oet/tac/tacdocs/meeting121015/Principles-White-Paper-Release-1.1.pdf, December 2015

RSGB/ARRL EMF Team, New license regulations for RF electromagnetic fields, RadCom 97(3):22-24, March 2021

Lapin GD; RF Safety.  In The ARRL Handbook, 100th Edition, H.W. Silver, ed., American Radio Relay League, Newington, CT, pp.22.28-22.36, 2023.