Journal of Medical Chemical, Biological and Radiological Defense

JMedCBR Editorial Board

 

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Gabriele Kraatz-Wadsack, DVM, PhD

Germany

Dr. Kraatz-Wadsack holds degrees in Veterinary Medicine from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich, Germany and in Microbiology from the Bavarian State Chamber. She worked for ten years in the Bacteriology and Immunology Laboratories at the Institute of Microbiology at the German Federal Armed Forces Medical Academy in Munich, Germany.

 

Dr. Kraatz-Wadsack is currently the Chief of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch, Department for Disarmament Affairs at the United Nations.

 

Recent activities include:

  • Senior Advisor on the CWC and BTWC at the German Federal Foreign Office, CW/BW Divison, Department for Disarmament and Arms Control.

  • Senior Advisor to the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin to help set up the first counter-bioterrorism-center.

  • UNMOVIC New York, Chief BW operations, Division of Planning and senior adviser on training for Biological Weapons Inspections

  • 26 inspection missions in the biological, chemical and delivery system area, eight as Chief Inspector of Biological Weapons Inspections for UNSCOM ( United Nations Special Commission on Iraq) and desk officer for ongoing monitoring and verification of Iraq’s biological dual-use infrastructure.