Dade Moeller (February 27, 1927 – September 26, 2011) was an internationally known expert in radiation safety and environmental protection.

was born in 1927 in Grant, Florida, a fishing community located on the intracoastal waterway near the Atlantic Ocean.

Moeller died at home from complications due to malignant lymphoma on September 26, 2011.

After graduating, Dade became a commissioned officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, with assignments that included Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the Headquarters office in Washington, D.C.[1][3] In 1957 with sponsorship from the U.S. Public Health Service, Moeller earned the Doctor of Philosophy degree in nuclear engineering from North Carolina State University.

In 1961, he became the officer in charge at the Northeastern Radiological Health Laboratory in Winchester, Massachusetts, and studied radioactive fallout from atomic weapons testing and monitored children's thyroids for the uptake of radioactive iodine.