Casper Beijst: Innovations in medical physics
Casper Beijst is a medical physicist and scientist at the department of radiotherapy of the UMC Utrecht. His research focuses on motion correction techniques for imaging and radiotherapy.
He is the leader of the molecular and motion reconstruction group. In recent years, he was awarded with an NWO OTP (2021), KWF PPS (2022), NWO LTP (2024) and EU IHI (2025) grant establishing a group of 6 (4 PhD students, postdoc, 1 MSc student).
He has an official double registration as a medical physicist both in the field of radiotherapy and radiology/nuclear medicine. The crossover in expertise allows him to bridge the gap between radiology and radiotherapy with the aim of improving imaging for therapy guidance
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The Curriculum Vitae of Casper Beijst
Professional
2020–Present
Medical Physicist, Division of Imaging and Oncology, Department of Radiotherapy, UMC Utrecht
2019
Visiting Researcher, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
2010
Visiting Researcher, Solar Energy Materials Research Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley
Education and training
2020–2022
Medical Physics Resident, UMC Utrecht
Subspecialty: Radiotherapy
2016–2020
Medical Physics Resident, UMC Utrecht
Subspecialty: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
2012–2016
PhD Student, UMC Utrecht
Imaging Techniques for Guidance of Radionuclide Therapy
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ir. H.W.A.M. de Jong and Prof. Dr. Ir. M.A. Viergever
2007–2011
Master of Science, Eindhoven University of Technology
Applied Physics
2004–2010
Bachelor of Science, Eindhoven University of Technology
Applied Physics
Other
2023–Present
Elected Full Member, ESTRO Focus Group on Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
2023–Present
Member, Staff Council, UMC Utrecht
2022–Present
Chair, Early Career Research Board, UMC Utrecht