Leonardo Sobehart

Leonardo J. Sobehart is a professor of nuclear engineering at the Balseiro Institute in Argentina. He headed the legal division of INVAP Argentina`s leading nuclear technology development firm. He holds degrees in law and business administration from the National University of Buenos Aires. Previously, Sobehart was deputy chairman of the Board of the Nuclear Regulatory Authority of Argentina. He was an alternative representative of the nation of Argentina to the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA). He served as a member of the Liaison Committee for the Safeguards Agreement between Argentina, Brazil, ABACC, and the IAEA, and coordinated the Argentine Support Program for the Safeguards Agreement. Sobehart is a member of the Nuclear Group of the Argentine Council for International Relations(CARI), and of the Program Committee of the 12th Congress of the International Radiation Protection Association to be held in Buenos Aires in October of 2008.