Missions of the laboratory
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TO PROMOTE RESEARCH AND TECHING IN THE FIELD OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON ADVANCES IN PRE-CLINICAL RADIOTHERAPY FOR A WIDE RANGE OF BEAM MODALITES, FROM ESTABLISHED CONVENTIONAL SOURCES OF PHOTONS AND HADRONS UP TO LASER-BASED SYSTEMS
ACTIONS
Applied biomedical Research:
• Dosimetry and beam monitoring
• Medical imaging
• Treatment planning and plan adaptation
• Monte-Carlo simulations
• Laser ion acceleration
Fundamental Research:
• Nuclear science
• R&D towards a nuclear frequency standard: study of the exotic nucleus 229mTh.
Innovation activities:
• Detector development for medical imaging and beam monitoring
• Technologies for laser-driven proton acceleration for bio-medical applications
Services:
• Hosting students in the framework of Erasmus and Marie-Curie programs
• Workshops, networking activities
• Expertise in the fi elds of the above listed research areas
• Translational research in collaboration with industrial partners
KEY DATA (2016)
• Staff: Professors/Lecturers: 4, Staff/Postdocs: 7, PhD students: 23, MSc students: 17
Scientific Production: ca. 40 publications in refereed journals and ca. 25 conference proceedings per year, 55 PhD and MSc theses completed since 2012, organization of international workshops
Developmental projects:
- Compton camera for in-vivo ion beam monitoring in particle therapy
- Ion based imaging
- High-power laser-driven ion acceleration research infrastructure
- EU, DFG, BMBF projects
- DFG Cluster of Excellence
- Coordination of European networking activity

PD Dr. Peter G. Thirolf
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Prof. Dr. Katia Parodi
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Contact:
Ludwig-Maximilians - Universität München
Faculty of Physics, Department of Medical Physics
Am Coulombwall 1 - 85748 Garching, Germany