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.
CV
The Curriculum Vitae of Casper Beijst
Professional
Medical Physicist, Division of Imaging and Oncology, Department of Radiotherapy, UMC Utrecht
Visiting Researcher, Department of Imaging Physics, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
Visiting Researcher, Solar Energy Materials Research Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley
Education and training
Medical Physics Resident, UMC Utrecht
Subspecialty: Radiotherapy
Medical Physics Resident, UMC Utrecht
Subspecialty: Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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
Master of Science, Eindhoven University of Technology
Applied Physics
Bachelor of Science, Eindhoven University of Technology
Applied Physics
Other
Elected Full Member, ESTRO Focus Group on Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy
Member, Staff Council, UMC Utrecht
Chair, Early Career Research Board, UMC Utrecht