PD Dr. Stefan Bartzsch
PI Experimental Medical Physics, Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM)
PD Dr. Stefan Bartzsch
PI Experimental Medical Physics, Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM)
Career
Stefan Bartzsch received is diploma in physics at the University of Jena and started his research in radiation oncology with a PhD at the German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ) in Heidelberg 2011-2014. He developed dose calculation and dosimetry methods for a microbeam therapy, a still experimental radiation therapy approach at the European Synchrotron in Grenoble (France).
Between 2014 and 2017 Stefan Bartzsch developed the concept of a compact lab or hospital based synchrotron for microbeam therapy at the Institute of Cancer Research in London (UK). Among others he carried out his research using a Cancer Research UK pioneer award.
With this knowledge he moved to Klinikum r. d. Isar and Helmholtz Munich to construct a first prototype of this device. In 2019 Stefan Bartzsch received an Emmy Noether fellowship by the German Research Foundation (DFG) for these developments and established his research team Experimental Medical Physics at the Institute for Radiation Medicine at the Helmholtz Munich.
Today the team of Stefan Bartzsch aims to use the temporal and spatial pattern of radiation to improve cancer care and reduce treatment side effects. The focus are spatially fractionated radiation therapy and high dose rate radiation therapy, promising new treatment perspectives for some of the most deadly cancer diseases, such as tumours in the lung and brain. The highly interdisciplinary team consisting of engineers, physicists, physicians and biologists tackles the challenge of clinical translation. They model biological effects, analyze preclinical data, implement technical solutions and investigate clinical applications in treatment planning studies. Stefan Bartzsch and his team are internationally well connected with collaborators in Europe, Australia and America.
Skills and Expertise
Radiation OncologyMedical Physics Radiobiology Dosimetry Monte Carlo Engineering X-Ray PhysicsBiophysics
Professional Career
Emmy Noether Group Leader
Technical University Munich, Germany
TUM Junior Fellow
Technical University Munich, Germany
Team Leader
Institute of Radiation Medicine (IRM), Helmholtz Munich, Germany
Postdoc
Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
PhD
German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany
Honors and Awards
Emmy Noether Group
Cancer Research UK pioneer award
Most important publications
2022 Med. Phys.
Heat management of a compact x-ray source for microbeam radiotherapy and FLASH treatments.
2020 International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics
Establishment of microbeam radiation therapy at a small animal irradiator.
2020 Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology
Private thoughts
Our new high power x-ray source, a line focus x-ray tube, will achieve dose rates of more than 100 Gy/s and features a micrometre sized source. This revolutionary technology enables completely novel approaches in radiation oncology and x-ray imaging.
Our new high power x-ray source, a line focus x-ray tube, will achieve dose rates of more than 100 Gy/s and features a micrometre sized source. This revolutionary technology enables completely novel approaches in radiation oncology and x-ray imaging.
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