Inese Vilcāne

Inese Vilcāne serves as a Lecturer at Riga Technical University (RTU), teaching core courses in Occupational Health and Safety, Workplace Risk Assessment Methods, and Workplace Environment and Ergonomics. She concurrently works as an occupational health and safety expert for Latvia's State Service of Education Quality, evaluating professional education programs, and provides certified safety consulting services to industry clients.

Her educational background includes:

• Professional Master’s degree in Occupational Health and Safety
• Doctoral studies in Human Factors, Occupational Safety and Health at the University of Latvia

Dr. Vilcāne's research integrates workplace safety engineering with biological impact assessment, focusing on electromagnetic field exposure, ergonomic risk factors, and innovative biotextile development. Her work employs Drosophila melanogaster models and human physiological monitoring to evaluate protective materials, bridging engineering principles with biological safety validation for hazardous workplace environments.

Analysis of her 2018-2023 publications reveals three dominant research thrusts: (1) biotextile innovation for electromagnetic protection, (2) physiological impact studies of 50 Hz fields on cardiovascular function, and (3) digital transformation of occupational safety systems through AI and stakeholder platforms. These interdisciplinary efforts span materials science, biophysics, and information systems.

Scientific Awards:

• No awards documented in source materials

She actively leads multiple EU-funded projects including CARE (Social Death Awareness), 3D Biotextile (nanoparticle-enhanced protective materials), and IFSITEX (biotextile-biosystem interactions), focusing on environmental safety education and protective material innovation. Her grant portfolio demonstrates strong collaboration with Baltic and Nordic institutions.

As a researcher at the University of Latvia’s Institute of Biology, she contributes to electromagnetic field effects studies while coordinating international teams across the smARt augmented reality education and Real-World Environmental Awareness projects, developing next-generation safety training methodologies.