Georgi Popov
- CSC2024 Keynote Speaker
- Presentation Topic: Prevention through Design (PtD) for Hazards in Construction
- Professor and Chair, Occupational Risk and Safety Sciences Department, University of Central Missouri
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Biography —
Georgi Popov, Ph.D., CSP, QEP, SMS, ARM, CMC, FASSP,FAIHA is the chair of Occupational Risk and Safety Sciences at UCM. Popov holds a Ph.D. from the National Scientific Board, an M.S. in Nuclear Physics from Defense University in Bulgaria and a post-graduate certification in environmental air quality. He graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, KS. For his service with the United Nations mission in Cambodia he was awarded a UN medal.
Popov is the chair of ANSI/ASSP Z590.3, vice chair of ISO 31000 U.S. TAG, a professional member of ASSP’s Heart of America Chapter and a member of the Society’s Risk Management/Insurance Practice Specialty. In 2017, Popov received ASSP’s Outstanding Safety Educator Award.
He is coauthor of Assessing and Managing Risk - An ERM Perspective; Risk Management Tools for Safety Professionals; and Risk Assessment - A Practical Guide to Assessing Operational Risk.
In 2022 Dr. Popov was awarded the NIOSH Prevention through Design Pioneer award.