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Research Interests: Biomedical applications/health effects of nonionizing electromagnetic fields; impact of technology on society
Recent Papers
K. R. Foster and L. Trottier, Picking Cherries in Science: Comments on the BioInitiative Report, Science Based Medicine, Feb 15, 2013
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/index.php/picking-cherries-in-science-the-bio-initiative-report/
K. R. Foster and L. Trottier, Comments on "Mortality by neoplasia and cellular telephone base stations in the Belo Horizonte municipality, Minas Gerais state, Brazil" by A. C. Dode et al. Science of the Total Environment 409 (2011) 3649-3665. in Science of the Total Environment
K. R. Foster and R. A. Tell, Radiofrequency exposures from Trilliant SmartMeter, Health Physics 105:177-186 (2013).
K. R. Foster, A world awash with wireless devices. IEEE Microwave Magazine 14: 73-84 (2013)
K. R. Foster and J. E. Moulder, Wi-Fi and Health: Review of Current Status of Research Health Physics 105:561-575 (2013).
K. R. Foster,Comments on "In Vivo Experimental Study of Thermal Problems for Rechargeable Neuro-stimulators" by Chen S., Li Q., Wang W., Ma B., Hao H., Li L. 2013. Neuromodulation 2013; 16: 436-442
K.R. Foster, R. Koprowski, J. D. Skufca, Machine learning, medical diagnosis, and biomedical engineering research - commentary. BioMedical Engineering Online 1 July 2014 (available online at http://www.biomedical-engineering-online.com/content/13/1/94/abstract.
K. R. Foster and C-K Chou, Do children absorb more radiofrequency than adults from mobile phones? IEEE Access 2(1):1-13 (2014)
K. R. Foster and G. J. Rubin, Allergic to Technology: Ethics and the "Electrically Hypersensitive" Individual, Ethics in Biology, Engineering and Medicine 5(1):39-50 (2014)
Bushberg, Jerrold T., et al. "IEEE Committee on Man And Radiation-COMAR Technical Information Statement Radiofrequency Safety and Utility Smart Meters." Health Physics 108.3 (2015): 388-391.
K. R. Foster and D. Colombi, Thermal Response of Tissue to RF Exposure to Canonical Dipole at Three Exposure Limits, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (submitted)
K. R. Foster, M. Ziskin, Q. Balzano, Test of a Simple Model for Predicting Thermal Response of Skin to Microwave Energy (in preparation)
K. R. Foster and J. Skufca, False Discovery, IEEE Access (in press)
K. R. Foster and J. E. Moulder, Can Wi-Fi Affect Brain Function? (Commentary) Radiation Research 184.6 (2015): 565-567.
K. R. Foster, Thermal effects of radiofrequency energy: report of a workshop. Bioelectromagnetics Society Meeting, Seoul Korea June 2010
K. R. Foster. Malintent: (mis) application of technology for homeland security. Forum on Philosophy, Engineering and Technology, Golden CO May 2010
K. R. Foster Electromagnetic- thermal transduction, International Society For Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Stillwater MN (Oct. 2010) invited presentation.
K. R. Foster, Murderous Microwaves – Health Effects of Mobile Telephones. Seminar at Univ. of DE 3/16/11.
K. R. Foster and D. Langleben, New Technologies for Homeland Security: What are their ethical implications? 6th Int. Conf. on Homeland Security, April 2011.
K. R. Foster, Present State of Science Regarding Possible Health Risks of Exposure to RF Energy, Andescom, Quito EQ Nov. 2012
K. R. Foster, A World Awash With Wireless Devices, Andescom, Quito EQ Nov 2012
K. R. Foster, Radiofrequency Fields and Health, Colombian Engineering Society, Bogota Colombia May 2013
K. R. Foster, Health Effects of Radiofrequency Energy(?), World Conference on Science Journalism, Helsinki FI June 2013.
K. R. Foster and R. A. Tell,Radiofrequency Exposure from SmartMeters, Health Physics Annual Meeting, Madison WI, June 2013
K. R. Foster, A World Awash with Wireless Devices, Health Physics Annual Meeting, Madison WI, June 2013
K. R. Foster and J. Moulder, Review of Current Research on Biological Effects of Wi-Fi Radiation, Health Physics Annual Meeting, Madison WI, June 2013.
K. R. Foster, A World Awash with Wireless Devices, Health Physics Annual Meeting, Madison WI, June 2013
K. R. Foster and J. Moulder, Review of Current Research on Biological Effects of Wi-Fi Radiation, Health Physics Annual Meeting, Madison WI, June 2013.
"What makes medical technology work?" and "A world awash with wireless", presented at numerous in the U.S. and Europe during 2012-2014 as part of the SSIT IEEE Distinguished Lecture Series
Thermal Considerations for Design of RF Exposure Guidelines, ICNIRP meeting, Istanbul, May 2015
Should we apply the precautionary principle to EMF? (Plenary session, BioEm15 conference, Asilomar CA June 2015)
The precautionary principle. Ministry of Telecommunications (Thailan) sponsored conference, Bangkok, Thailand Dec. 2015
IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR)
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