Martin Fast

Martin Fast studied physics at the University of Heidelberg (2005-2010). From 2010-2013 he conducted his PhD studies on “New Methods for Motion Management During Radiation Therapy” at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg. After postdoc appointments at The Institute of Cancer Research - Royal Marsden hospital in London (2013-2016) and the Netherlands Cancer Institute - Antoni van Leeuwenhoek hospital (2017-2019), Dr Fast was appointed as associate professor in the radiotherapy department of the UMC Utrecht in 2019. Dr Fast’s main research interest is the development of MRI-guided real-time adaptive radiotherapy. He is currently the (co-)author of 50+ peer-reviewed publications with more than 1500 citations. A full list of publications is available on GoogleScholar.

MSc students:

• Marit Vink (TuE, 4D dose accumulation)
• Laurie de Vries (UU, plastic scintillation dosimetry)

PhD students:

• Manon Aubert (Cardiac MRI)
• Frederique van Gameren (Breathing guidance)
• Katrinus Keijnemans (4D-MRI)
• Luuk van der Pol (Cardiac sparing & STOPSTORM)

Postdoc:

• Dr. Tom Bosma (MRI coil development)
• Dr. Maarten Terpstra (MRI reconstruction)
• Dr. Prescilla Uijtewaal (MLC tracking)

Assistant professor:

• Dr. Stefano Mandija (STOPSTORM data manager)

Alumni:

• Dr. Osman Akdag (PhD student 2019-2024)
• Luuk Elemans (MSc student, TuE)
• Dr. Beau Pontre (Senior lecturer, University of Auckland)
• Marissa van Lente (MSc student, TuE)