Affiliation: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

Dr. Loechl joined the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2010 as a nutrition specialist and has been heading the Nutritional and Health-related Environmental Studies Section since June 2015. Before joining the IAEA, she was a scientist with the International Potato Center (CIP) and a post-doc research fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She has extensive programme management experience which she gained through her work at the World Food Programme and the German Agency for International Cooperation. A German citizen, Dr. Loechl earned her Ph.D. in international nutrition from the University of Giessen, and her M.Sc. in human nutrition from the University of Bonn. Her current research focuses on the use of nuclear and related techniques in nutritional assessment and for monitoring and evaluation of nutrition interventions to combat all forms of malnutrition.