Jan K. Wachter

Dr. Jan K. Wachter has over 30 years of work experience in the government, private and academic sectors, primarily in the field of environmental health and safety. He has held a variety of supervisory research and administrative positions within the U.S. Department of Energy’s national laboratory complexes. He is a retired professor from Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Safety Sciences Department and was its PhD program coordinator. He holds an Sc.D. and M.S., Environmental Health, M.B.A., Executive Program, and a B.S., Biology/Chemistry, from the University of Pittsburgh. He also holds an M.A., Applied Theology from Wheeling Jesuit University and a Masters in Divinity from Pittsburgh Theology Seminary.  His professional certifications include: CSP, CIH, CQE, CQMgr, and CRE. His research areas of interest are safety ethics and the use of human performance tools to enhance workplace safety.